Fund Gambles Pay Off

Looking for a new hedge fund manager? So is every other high-powered investor who's not staring down from a 81st-story ledge, contemplating both July's ruthless credit crush and gravity. Every other investor, that is, except the UVA Investment Management Company (UVIMCO), the University-related foundation that handles UVA's numerous investments.

Can the Cavs Turn it Around in '07?

As a young Cavaliers team limped to a 5-7 record last year, Al Groh, Virginia’s football coach, made a curious announcement. Virginia, he said, was playing the 2006 schedule with the 2007 team. The news perplexed Hoos fans, who were paying 2006 prices to attend 2006 football games, and suffering 2006 heartburn as a result. […]

UVA underground

Under the cover of night a small group of UVA students walk cautiously down McCormick Road, tiptoe into the grass and then—CLINK—they’ve vanished. What happened? Escape hatch: The steam tunnel entrance at McCormick Road and Emmet Street leads to another world. No, they haven’t been abducted by the ghosts of ol’ TJ, Faulkner or Poe. […]

Oh, baby!

Last time on "Who wants to be arrested?" we checked in on some of the more ludicrous local laws, covering such important topics as pet skunk ownership, driving barefoot and hunting raccoons after midnight.

What I did over my summer vacation

All work and no play? Hardly. Matt Foley, a life guard at Mint Springs Lake in Crozet, pans the surface of the water while kids paddle around. Of the 11 lifeguards on duty this summer, half were Western Albemarle High School students …

Rufus Wainwright, with Neko Case and A Fine Frenzy

music While the sound of A Fine Frenzy frontwoman Alison Sudol’s dipping vocals and romping piano lines were a pleasant treat as I raced past Bashir’s Taverna towards the white gates at the Pavilion, I was concerned that I was a bit late. When I caught sight of a waifish redhead dressed in black beneath […]

Sarah White and the Pearls

The upstairs portion of the Outback Lodge is a combination ski lodge and video arcade—a pinball machine and foosball table lay at opposite ends of the space, and a moose head hangs on a wooden wall, facing the L-shaped bar.

Truman Sparks, with Pterodactyl and the Cinnamon Band

music On Wednesday night, the rock gods bestowed a shower of riffs and feedback on Charlottesville. At Atomic Burrito, The Brimstone Howl and The Points whipped out gritty garage numbers. The Tea Bazaar reverberated with the psychedelic sounds of Phantom Family Halo. The powers that be, however, led me to Belmont’s "jazz and blues lounge," […]

These Things Ain't Gonna Smoke Themselves

words It’s not too much of an exaggeration to say that every Thursday afternoon, the C-VILLE editorial staff holds its collective breath. That’s when Emily Flake sends in her latest "Lulu Eightball" comic, and it becomes clear what perverse subversions—or whatever you want to call them—we’ll be printing in the following week’s paper for all […]