Would UVA allow guns on campus?
Capitalizing on fears from high-profile school shootings, a national grassroots organization has formed at universities and colleges that advocates for the right to carry concealed weapons on campus. According to […]
Local vet groups quietly meet needs
Ray Durand's garage stands tucked away behind his white brick house on Pantops. John Miska unloads donations from Bed, Bath & Beyond out of the bed of his old red pickup truck. Miska lugs another box past Durand.
When the chess team is normal
The thermometer has (we hope) dropped below 90 degrees and crosswalks on the Corner are crowding with bright young things out to buy sheets and shower shoes. Once again, fall […]
Supes candidates address Biscuit Run
With the biggest residential development in county history, Biscuit Run, set for public hearing on September 12, and an election for three of the candidates who will be voting on […]
Bond-ing time
While Left of Center, the youngish Dem and "Dem curious" group, is no stranger to high-profile speakers, most of those profiles are on the local level—state politicians, UVA profs, Charlottesville activists.
The doctor isn't in
Dear Ace: If you’re at UVA, what’s that big house you can see across the way from Newcomb Hall? It looks highly historical. —Fool on the hill Fool: That’s not […]
Off track?
The close-cropped, brown-eyed bulk of a young man sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 9, 2000, and offered his thanks to the…
"Sculptures from the Collection"
art It’s never a good sign when a person enters an art exhibit and feels dismissive. Usually the problem is with the viewer, not the work. Perhaps it’s a lack […]
Madden 08
game Brian Urlacher spin-toss-tackling Clinton into the backfield. Mark Brunell pounding the turf in disgust at tossing his third INT. Santana Moss pointing skyward to celebrate a hard-won first down. […]
Zion Crossroads
On the closing track of Zion Crossroads, Corey Harris sings, "If you don't keep your culture/ along come many vultures/ See dem in the sky/ above the ground/ They see some flesh/ and they come swooping down."