A not-at-all-cheerful report from the Charlottesville/ Albemarle Health Department shows that local African-American babies are much more likely than white babies to die before they reach the age of one. Black children in the Charlottesville area have three to five times the infant mortality rate of whites, says the new research.
A not-at-all-cheerful report from the Charlottesville/ Albemarle Health Department shows that local African-American babies are much more likely than white babies to die before they reach the age of one. Black children in the Charlottesville area have three to five times the infant mortality rate of whites, says the new research.
Yes, it’s true: People are scared of snakes. This from two researchers in the UVA psychology department, Vanessa LoBue and Judy S. DeLoache, whose study gets some exposure in the July/August issue of The Atlantic. The pair asked 120 young kids and their parents to look at photos of snakes and flowers and measured their reaction times in picking out a threat (one snake photo among eight flowers) and a non-threat (one flower photo among eight snakes).
According to a resident of W. Main Street, he was awakened Tuesday morning around 3 or 4 am by a police officer knocking on his door who then told him that his car was lit on fire.
We are sad to announce the death of UVA grad Stan Winston, a renowned makeup, creature- and visual-effects wizard whose work on Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Jurassic Park earned him four Academy Awards. He died at the age of 62 from multiple myeloma.
According to a state delegate, young Republicans don’t end up as felons. (They have to become congressmen, lobbyists and aides to the Vice President first.)
You people are goddamn killing me. For months, when this News Quiz was buried on the front page, hundreds of folks responded. But now that it’s here on The Spiral…nothing.
Warner says “Thanks, but no thanks” to VP spot. Grisham declines to back Obama.
A little wishy-washy when it comes to art knowledge? Learn a few tricks to impress the Festival of the Photograph crowd from New York Times critic Andy Grundberg!
If you’re inclined to compare local government to totalitarian regimes, at least be hip about it.