This decoration won’t be topping any Old Dominion wedding cakes if a majority of Virginiansvote “yes” to the State constitution amendment that would ban both marriage and civil unions for members of the same sex. Talk is heating up about the proposed amendment banning gay marriage. In November, Virginia voters will get the chance to […]
This decoration won’t be topping any Old Dominion wedding cakes if a majority of Virginiansvote “yes” to the State constitution amendment that would ban both marriage and civil unions for members of the same sex. Talk is heating up about the proposed amendment banning gay marriage. In November, Virginia voters will get the chance to […]
A diminutive Geraldine Ferraro shared a secret with a packed ballroom at UVA’s Newcomb Hall on Wednesday night, September 13. During her 1984 campaign for the vice presidency, she stood on an important platform. Specifically, a box. “It really made a difference,” the former Democratic congresswoman said with a laugh. Ferraro delivered a keynote address […]
As America approaches a population milestone of 300 million in our 230th year, perhaps some soul-searching is in order. Could we possess a national persona that helps determine the prevailing zeitgeist, that trend of thought characteristic of a time and place? Did our formative years as a nation set in place circumstances that would forever influence our moral fiber? Have we finally arrived at a plateau where politics and culture coalesce to form an authentic civilization?
Managing attorney for the Virginia Justice Center Tim Freilich debates his opponent’s tough-on-immigrants stance at the Northside Library Wednesday, September 13. “I agree with you on one thing,” Tim Freilich, managing attorney with the Virginia Justice Center for Farm and Immigrant Workers, a statewide project of the Legal Aid Justice Center said. “Our immigration system […]
A Charlottesville-based religious organization called Clergy and Laity United for Justice and Peace (CLJP) plans to ditch the dogma in a new public outreach program that kicks off Wednesday, September 20, with a forum on “The Role of Religion in Politics”—the first of many planned public events to expand the group’s discussions beyond their monthly […]
The age of Innocence: “One thing this book taught me,” John Grisham said of his upcoming work of nonfiction, “there are a lot of innocent people in prison.” Like a defense attorney well practiced at making a closing argument, John Grisham promised to speak with “no notes” when, last Thursday, he addressed several hundred UVA […]
A spike in the number of traffic fatalities around the state this year may make 2006 one of the deadliest in recent memory. And while accidents can happen for different reasons, fatal accidents have a common denominator: safety belt use. According to a 2005 Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles report, of 750 fatalities from […]
On Sunday, September 10, a 21-year-old student survived a shot in the abdomen, which happened around 4am at a residence on Wertland Street. Police are looking for two black males who are suspected of trying to rob the student. The incident has Charlottesville police and University officials concerned with how students interact with the city […]
After a lawsuit between the Albemarle School Board and Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian rights advocacy group, the School Board changed a policy that prohibited religiously oriented flyers in schools. Now, a debate about which flyers to allow has schools weighing their role as community centers versus protective educational environments. A board meeting on Thursday, […]
When Dave Matthews finally telephones from the West Coast, he’s 30 minutes late. And full of apologies. “On the rare occasion that I can say it had nothing to do with me I will claim complete innocence,” he says, placing guilt elsewhere. “I hate being late. It makes me sick.”