In the ongoing spectacle of obfuscation, idiocy and probable perjury that is the ongoing Alberto Gonzales congressional-testimony trainwreck, it's easy to forget what set off this particular round of Bush-Administration bloodletting in the first place.
On July 24, Dr. Jae Lee, a bioinformatics statistician, and Dr. Dan Theodorescu, an oncologist, announced a breakthrough algorithm (calculation method) that will predict success rates for cancer patients considering treatment options. C-VILLE spoke with Dr. Lee about this research and how it might change cancer therapy. Dr. Jae Lee and a colleague at UVA […]
Muslim students seeking space for prayer on UVA Grounds need look no further than the Lawn. Two years ago, the Office of the Provost designated classroom space in Pavilion VIII as an area for "quiet meditation and reflection." The room was the result of lobbying by Asad Saqib, an engineering student and member of the […]
Larry Monroe, one of the local men approached by city police to submit to a cheek-swab DNA test in 2003 and 2004 in the search for a serial rapist, is suing the City of Charlottesville, city police Chief Tim Longo and detective James Mooney, claiming the swabs violated the constitutional rights of nearly 190 men. […]
Virginia’s bad-driver fees faced their first challenge August 2 and were promptly shot down. Henrico General District Judge Archer L. Yeatts III said that the fees passed by the General Assembly were unconstitutional. Yeatts was ruling in the matter of Anthony O. Price, who was arrested July 2 for driving without a license. Convicted and […]
Steamy temperatures aside, it’s not turning out to be such a hot summer for Kluge Estate, the business incarnation of local millionaire Patricia Kluge. First, the company’s boutique gas station/bistro/café, Fuel Co., closed abruptly on June 30. Now, Kluge Estate is being sued in Albemarle County Circuit Court by a cleaning service for unpaid bills […]
Dear Ace: What’s a good nickname for me? I’ve never had one.—Nick Namor Nick: Sorry, but Ace has never had to suffer the misfortune of coming up with a suitable nickname for himself, as he was born presobriquetted. No Eustace or Cuthbert here; Ace has always been just plain Ace. And let Ace tell you, […]
Due to a production error, the wrong photo accompanied the photo caption in the story "Porn, gambling too much for Darden" [UVA News, July 31, 2007]. The photo is not of Bob Bruner, dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business, as the caption states, but of Gene Block, former UVA provost. We sincerely apologize to […]
A provision requiring the mandatory registration, identification and tracking of all livestock in the United States was removed from the massive farm bill passed by the House of Representatives July 27. That’s good news for the Charlottesville-based Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (VICFA), which vehemently opposes the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), citing its […]
The debate surrounding the renewal of a water-discharge permit at the North Anna Power Station is nearly as heated as the water it pumps into Lake Anna. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has been fielding comments from the public before deciding whether to renew the permit this fall, even as Dominion Power considers building […]