 Last Thursday was the first day of the Senior Champs Swim Meet at the UVA Aquatic and Fitness Center. Roughly 800 swimmers made smooth entrances into the water over the course of the four-day event, including several who have qualified for the Olympic Trials. |
Tuesday 3/4
UVA punt returner charged with larceny
Two-and-a-half years after coming to UVA to cover receivers and evade would-be tacklers, Michael Antwain Brown, Jr. is charged with one count each of grand larceny, possession of stolen property with intent to sell, altering serial numbers and possession of marijuana in connection to a February 6 report of larceny from a vehicle at the Central Grounds Parking Garage. According to a University Police press release, the victim reported four items stolen from his vehicle valued at more than $3,400.
Wednesday 3/5
It’s on: Perriello versus Goode
 UVA sociology grad student Carey Sargent feels that Charlotttesville, in contrast to Richmond, has “a tighter, more positive local music scene.” |
It’s official: Democrat and Albemarle native Tom Perriello will challenge six-term Republican incumbent Virgil Goode for his fifth-district congressional seat on November 4. “The people of our district want leaders who share their values and will fight day and night to create good-paying jobs, make sure every family has access to a doctor, and get America’s national security back on course,” said Perriello in a press release. According to Bob Gibson of The Daily Progress, Goode still holds a lead in money but was outraised by Perriello in the fourth quarter of last year.
Thursday 3/6
More press for Carey “Dr. Rock” Sargent
Carey Sargent, the UVA sociology grad student who studies music scenes in Charlottesville and Richmond, and who C-VILLE dubbed “Dr. Rock” in a February 5 profile, is featured in the new issue of Richmond’s Style Weekly. Writer Brent Baldwin notes that Sargent sees a marked difference between the two cities when it comes to her topic of choice: “Sargent feels that Charlottesville has a tighter, more positive local music scene, although it’s always in flux, with students coming and going.”
Friday 3/7
Local high schooler wins NAA YouTube contest
The Newspaper Association of America Foundation announced this week that 19-year-old Danny Vigour, a high school senior from Tandem Friends School, won the organization’s “Driving Newspapers” YouTube video contest. According to the press release, Vigour is currently working on a video yearbook for his school and plans to attend a four-year film program after he graduates. “The video I produced stemmed from actual conversations I had with my peers about the purpose newspapers had in their lives,” he says of his winning entry.
Saturday 3/8
Schoenewald to replace Drake as GOP Chair?
At the conclusion of the monthly Albemarle County GOP breakfast at the Golden Corral Steakhouse, First Vice Chairman Christian Schoenewald left to prepare a press release that he sent to local media sources around 1pm. The speaker for March, County GOP Chairman Keith Drake, had just announced during breakfast that he would not pursue re-election as chairman, opting instead for a gig as chairman of the Albemarle Truth in Taxation Alliance. Schoenewald’s release ends as the breakfast did —with his announcement to seek the chairmanship vacated by Drake.
Sunday 3/9
Singletary gets 2,000 points
The score was classic Sean, a full-speed layup drained as if the much larger Maryland defender trying to stop him weren’t there. But what made the 14,154 in the John Paul Jones Arena give a standing ovation was the fact that it gave point guard Sean Singletary 2,000 career points. Before tonight’s final game of the regular season, a 91-76 win against the Terrapins, Singletary’s jersey was retired as his father, brothers and teary-eyed mother looked on.
Monday 3/10
Charlottesville under Tibetan flag
On this date in 1959, the people of Tibet rose up against Chinese occupation. They weren’t able to drive the Chinese from their capital, Lhasa, and in the run-up to this summer’s Beijing Olympics, Tibetan refugees around the world are trying to draw attention to their nation’s plight. Here in Charlottesville, that effort takes the form of the Tibetan flag flying over City Hall—a measure voted on by City Council in honor of Tibetan National Uprising Day—plus a march along Main Street and past the Rotunda.
