It was 30 minutes into the October 5 lunch at Johnson Elementary School, and cafeteria manager Myrtle Brooks had already dispensed 206 corn dogs (as compared to only 39 chef salads). But not to worry—each of those corndoggers got their daily fruit and veg, as well. For every corndog (made of turkey, by the way, […]
It was 30 minutes into the October 5 lunch at Johnson Elementary School, and cafeteria manager Myrtle Brooks had already dispensed 206 corn dogs (as compared to only 39 chef salads). But not to worry—each of those corndoggers got their daily fruit and veg, as well. For every corndog (made of turkey, by the way, […]
In a September meeting, the Board of Visitors gave the go-ahead on a schematic design for a new residence hall to be built near the existing Hereford residential collegeâa dorm assignment known among students as getting “Heref**ked” due to its isolating design and distance from central Grounds.
UVA officials aren’t ready to sound the “outbreak” alarm yet, but with five new suspected mumps cases reported over the past week—bringing the total to seven unconfirmed cases on campus—there’s a high level of unease as other mumps reports emerge in the Charlottesville area. “We’re still on an aggressive campaign to get the […]
Scholarships for students playing traditionally “white” sports could be another way for elites to dominate American universities, a September 21 article in The Economist asserts. A column dealing with Dan Golden’s The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges—and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates claims preps wheedle their […]
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes may be a great way to measure a year for those Rent kids, but what’s the best way to measure a growing university? In gallons? In acres? In parking citations? Though C-VILLE couldn’t finish counting all of those curving bricks by deadline, a few interesting totals popped up. […]
The contentious issue of rural preservation is at the root of a new proposal for tradable development rights (TDR) from Albemarle County Supervisor David Slutzky. It’s garnering reserved approval from interested parties across the spectrum.
The question of how to prevent bucolic countryside from being converted to cul-de-sacs and strip malls (a.k.a. How Not To Become Northern Virginia) has been critical lately. Three years ago, the Board of Supervisors decided that Albemarle’s answer would be to designate 5 percent of the county as growth areas.
The rumblings from neighbors over truck traffic on Franklin Street had quieted since the previous City Council meeting, when Woolen Mills resident Bill Emory played a tape of truck noise, ruffling Mayor David Brown. At that time, it seemed that no compromise short of a no-trucks ordinance would appease the E. Market Street residents. But, […]
The Charlottesville Planning Commission will welcome three new members at their October 10 meeting, and all three hail from different parts of the city. The respective residence of the new commissioners speaks volumes about their interest in the planning commission. The first appointee, Fifeville’s Jason Pearson, is executive director of the Green Blue Institute, which […]
The enormous hole in the ground at the corner of Jefferson Park Avenue and Valley Road is a sign of progress, according to Will Bynum, project manager at Kjellstrom & Lee. K&L, the contractor that brought you the tennis facility at the Boar’s Head Inn and an addition to the maternity-services wing at Martha Jefferson […]
On Tuesday, October 3, police identified a body found over the weekend near an abandoned car on the Blue Ridge Parkway as that of UVA graduate student Elizabeth Michelle “Lizzy” Hafter. Her parents had last heard from her the previous Friday, when she told her mother that she was going to the mountains to study and enjoy the weather.