Correction from November 27 issue
Due to a reporting error, in the story "State to pay for six new profs" [UVA News, November 27, 2007], it was stated that the company Rolls-Royce still makes Rolls-Royce […]
Correction from November 20 issue
Due to a reporting error, in the story "Faith group strives for real action" [Government News, November 20, 2007], Father Dennis McAuliffe, co-president and pastor of Holy Comforter Catholic Church, […]
"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier"
comics Prior to its publication last month, "The Black Dossier" had become almost as legendary as the mysterious tome in its title. This third volume detailing the adventures of the […]
Twelfth Night
stage Despite signs pointing to the contrary, I have felt like some relentless Shakes-peer is bribing local theater companies to perform Twelfth Night and formed the impression that the show […]
Publish or perish
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies has come up with a cool idea (about global warming, ironically), and C-VILLE, proud member that we are, is more than happy to join in. On the 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol, AAN has made available to its members a wide array of articles that bring us up to date about what is—and what's not—being done about what Al Gore has dubbed the "climate crisis."
You're getting warmer
I remember so well the final morning hours of the Kyoto conference. The negotiations had gone on long past their scheduled evening close, and the convention center management was frantic—a […]
Chill out
Ten years after the Kyoto Protocol first was introduced, the question remains: What can be done about global warming? For the 175 countries that have ratified it so far, the […]
Kyoto accordingly
Ross Gelbspanauthor, The Heat is On and Boiling Point, www.heatisonline.org Ross Gelbspan More features: You’re getting warmer The Kyoto Accord began the race to halt global warming.On its 10th anniversary, […]
The Ice Man
In the middle of a table in Konrad Steffen’s office at the University of Colorado in Boulder sits a strikingly beautiful globe composed of hand-carved gemstones. Steffen, a geography professor, […]
Days are numbered for Beta house
After several months of deliberation, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation has decided to tear down the former Beta Theta fraternity house—a 94-year-old building also known as the Compton House—in order to […]