Chuck Taylor started at WTJU-91.1 in 1979, when he volunteered to DJ for Charlottesville’s first FM station. Just a few years later, he got involved in the station’s management (still as a volunteer), and in 1993 was hired full-time as WTJU’s general manager, although he continued to host a radio show until 1997. Born in the ’50s, Taylor has spent his adult life watching college radio’s rise.
Chuck Taylor started at WTJU-91.1 in 1979, when he volunteered to DJ for Charlottesville’s first FM station. Just a few years later, he got involved in the station’s management (still as a volunteer), and in 1993 was hired full-time as WTJU’s general manager, although he continued to host a radio show until 1997. Born in the ’50s, Taylor has spent his adult life watching college radio’s rise.
On May 9, The Virginia Quarterly Reviewâa four-man publishing operation run out of the University of Virginiaâwon two National Magazine Awards, the industry\’s highest honor. VQR won for General Excellence in the under 100,000 distribution category, as well as for fiction, a category in which they were pitted against such tough competitors as The Atlantic Monthly and McSweeney\’s.
UVA can pretty much build what it wants, where it wants in Charlottesville. Even so, sometimes UVA has to slum it (like the rest of us) and rent.
The dog days of summer are just around the corner. And what better way is there to kill some time and beat the heat than participating in medical experiments?
An old political adage says that every election is either about “keeping a good thing going” or “throwing the bums out.” Dems hope that a handful of victories in the Commonwealth\’s May elections signals that voters are leaning towards the latter choice.
We still can\’t find Osama, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to track the movements of every barnyard animal in the nation.
Last week an advisory committee recommended preservation for roadless areas in Virginia’s national forests.
Dude, where\’s my bus?
For years, people forced to rely on Charlottesville\’s public transportation have found the service doesn\’t quite live up to City Hall\’s “world class” slogan. Riders reported eight-hour journeys from Downtown to Wal-Mart and back, and last year an independent consultant confirmed that riders (and potential riders) had zero faith that the Charlottesville Transit Service (CTS) could get them anywhere on schedule.
On May 3, Charlottesville police charged another 17-year-old boy with crimes stemming from the April 21 assault of two teens near Friendship Court, a low-income housing project near Garrett Street. The suspect was charged with robbery, aggravated malicious wounding, malicious wounding and participation in a criminal street gang.
UVA fourth-year Blake Marvin and Assistant Dean of Students David Bynes initiated a case against the 17 “living wage” student protesters (arrested April 15 after a four-day sit-in in Madison Hall failed to secure $10.72 an hour for UVA’s lowest paid employees). Marvin’s complaint to the University Judiciary Committee cited the students’ unauthorized entry into a UVA facility, intentional disruption or obstruction of operations [at UVA] and failure to comply with directions of UVA officialsâall violations of the Student Code of Conduct.