Hackers feasted on the personal information of 5,735 current and former UVA faculty members, including their birth dates and social security numbers, on 54 separate days between May 2005 and April 2007, a press release from University Relations announced on June 8. While identify theft at UVA might not be push-button easy, hackers have weaseled […]
Hackers feasted on the personal information of 5,735 current and former UVA faculty members, including their birth dates and social security numbers, on 54 separate days between May 2005 and April 2007, a press release from University Relations announced on June 8. While identify theft at UVA might not be push-button easy, hackers have weaseled […]
Orphaned in the midst of UVA Health System construction is a small, 0.7-acre strip of land owned by VAParc LLC. It would seem that the University would want that strip, a parking lot with 63 spaces valued at $1.3 million, to join the construction orgy all around it. Couldn’t UVA use that acreage for, say, […]
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a well-known illness: A traumatizing event happens to someone and they experience trouble sleeping, memory loss and trouble learning new
The City Council is staring down a June 30 deadline to decide whether Charlottesville wants a $14 million YMCA in the city.
It’s just after 5pm, and cars are beginning to roll into Darden Towe Park.Already groups of men—some young, others smack-dab in middle age—gather around pick-up trucks, passing out cans of Bud Light, the butt ends of softball bats sticking out of bags. They’ve got under four hours of sun left and a game to play,but […]
Charlottesville-based VMDO Architects will design the planned expansion of Brownsville Elementary School, pending resolution of a necessary contract. The firm has designed a number of area elementary projects, as well as the John Paul Jones Arena. The Albemarle County School Board approved the expansion in December to deal with projected growth in the Crozet area. […]
Dear Ace: What’s the deal with those cute little racks of restaurant menus that are at the Visitors Center and in hotel lobbies? Who’s putting them up and how do restaurants make the cut?—Food Man Chu Food: Wow, this sounds like an infomercial setup if Ace has ever heard one. “Hey Ace, why is this […]
This spring the Charlottesville City Council joined over 50 other American cities in proclaiming that we are a “CITY OF ONE.” What does this mean? This is a part of a campaign called “ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History.” It is an effort by Americans to rally Americans—ONE by ONE—to join the United Nations’ […]
“Personal” is a word often applied to Sally Mann’s photographs (along with others—“intimate,” “startling,” and sometimes that chestnut of wary critics, “disturbing”). And “personal” also describes the atmosphere of Steven Cantor’s documentary about Mann, What Remains,
music Caroline Spence took the stage in blue jeans and a simple white blouse. Her brown hair falling over her shoulders, she flashed a broad smile to the audience. She cradled the acoustic guitar slung in front of her and played her first song of the night, “Happy Go Lucky.” A hearty round of applause […]