$10M for addition to UVA’s official country club
Sure, UVA’s all about education, but it’s also quite the savvy real estate company. The University of Virginia Foundation, UVA’s primary real estate management firm, manages $230 million in real […]
The seven-digit solution
Though the experience of course enrollment at UVA may never become less frustrating, the University’s new student information system should ensure that the process will be more secure during the […]
Candidates stand off at senior center
“I\’m not as down on America as Mr. Weed. I believe America was great, is great, and will be great!” Republican Congressman Virgil Goode said on Wednesday, August 9, to a large audience crammed into the Senior Center. Many of the approximately 300 spectators roared in support of his invective.
City debates school board election process
This past May, Charlottesville accomplished a first when it held elections at-large, in lieu of an established appointment model, for the City School Board. Shortly thereafter, a School Board Elections […]
Gay teens turned away from military recruitment center
Two gay teens who say they want to serve in the armed forces, but won’t lie about their sexuality, were denied applications on Wednesday, August 9, at the local recruitment […]
250 interchange stalls in city council
Engineers who may have left July 27’s 250 Bypass Interchange Steering Committee meeting feeling optimistic were in for a brutal dose of reality on August 7, when City Council got […]
Is this man killing democracy?
Jonathan Morris wants to make something clear. “At no time did we ever say that Jon Stewart is poisoning democracy,” says the political science professor, though you wouldn’t have known it from this summer’s ample media coverage of “The Daily Show Effect,” an article Morris wrote with his East Carolina University colleague Jody Baumgartner…
An academic take on mixed-income housing
Since Habitat for Humanity and Charlottesville’s Housing Authority are currently planning mixed-income developments, we thought it would be a good chance to get a professorial take on the issue.
Bowers case to move into federal court
Former UVA employee Dena Bowers\’ lawsuit against the University will change venues soon.
After business closes, Martinsville must pay
Call it the governmental butterfly effect: A congressman takes a bribe in California, and 30 people lose their jobs in Martinsville, Virginia.