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The Charlottesville Planning Commission might not have liked everything about the upcoming South Lawn Project as presented at the September 13 meeting, but they had no power to do anything but voice complaints, and some praise, to UVA officials.
The Planning Commission used their only official opportunity to examine the project to level criticism large and small. The “three-party agreement” among City, County and University allows the City to review, but not alter, UVA’s plans.

Why aren’t most of us getting richer? Darden Professor Peter Rodriquez says globalization makes for big profits for the few in finance while slimming the demand for blue-collar workers. Our country’s workers are becoming more valuable in their hours, with productivity rising 16.6 percent from 2000 to 2005. All well and good. But, breaking the […]

Not the world’s liveliest date: “Everyone is a bit nervous the first time they meet their cadavers,” says Dr. Melanie McCollum. This semester, 140 first-year medical students and a handful of graduate students enrolled in Dr. Melanie McCollum’s “Gross Anatomy” course and lab at UVA. Gross Anatomy is a requisite course for students in the […]

After another long, sticky Charlottesville summer, it’s almost that time again. Soon there’ll be a nip in the air, football playoffs on our TV sets, and turtlenecks peeking from every closet.

UVA has recently been piling up rankings and recognitions in magazines like U.S. News and World Report (24th nationally) and Newsweek (one of 25 “New Ivies”). Now Black Enterprise gets in on the game with its September issue…

Every new school year brings with it certain back-to-school essentials: laptop, backpack, notebooks and, of course, a fake ID for Corner bar-hopping. Corner bars have been packed the last few weekends, and bouncers have been beefing up to scrutinize the good, the bad and the ugly of Wahoos’ fake IDs.A Corner bar ABC manager, who […]

Now that the chaos has subsided in the case of four Albemarle teens charged with conspiring to blow up two local schools, questions remain about a juvenile’s right to privacy versus the public’s right to know.