The hidden life of UVA
Lindsay Parra Year: Sophomore Major: Economics Hometown: Burke, Virginia What’s in your backpack? Red Blackberry, third generation iPod nano, five pencils, four pens, two highlighters, wallet, keys, legal pad, pepper […]
Follow-up
A story we ran two weeks ago on a General Assembly bill that would require state universities to report annually on “academic freedom” won’t go away. Last week, we left […]
Know your presidential primary
Depending on just how super Super Tuesday turns out to be, the Virginia presidential primaries might just become meaningful.
Tracking down the homeless
Once every year, for the last six years, the Thomas Jefferson Coalition Against the Homeless (TJACH) has undertaken a three-day census of the area’s least fortunate, to find out things […]
Assembly can’t kill HPV vaccine
Last year, Virginia joined Texas as the only states to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated for the human papillomavirus (HPV), a move that outraged social conservatives in both places. […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for Albemarle County for: 3.5 years Resides in: Albemarle CountyJob title: Organizational development specialist. She started in community development enforcing zoning laws, and now she teaches classes through the […]
Correction from January 29 issue
Due to a reporting error, last week’s Curtain Calls column incorrectly stated that Jack Fisk was nominated for an Academy Award for Art Direction for his work on No Country […]
Sympathy for the doofus
We admit it: We’ve been more than a little harsh on U.S. Representative Thomas M. Davis III. We’ve criticized his lax oversight of the Bush Administration,
Hospital starts hunt for redeveloper
Bert Brown has watched his wife decline since 2001 with advanced dementia. He likes living on Locust Avenue near the Martha Jefferson Hospital, as his wife has had extended stays […]
City assessments level out…for some
Well, assessments are out once again, though this year, city and county residents may not need their real estate-related defibrillators. Assessments have finally caught up with the market, rising only […]