When Sen. Bernie Sanders took the stage at the University of Virginia on March 2, he told the crowd that “real politics” is about understanding who’s winning in American society and which team is losing ground. To Sanders, the answer is plain to see: The top 1 percent is winning, and the working class is […]
When Sen. Bernie Sanders took the stage at the University of Virginia on March 2, he told the crowd that “real politics” is about understanding who’s winning in American society and which team is losing ground. To Sanders, the answer is plain to see: The top 1 percent is winning, and the working class is […]
By Giulia Silverstein For decades, the Corner has epitomized Charlottesville’s character as an amalgamation of students and locals. Visually, this iconic strip has seen minimal transformation over the years, but that doesn’t mean everything has remained the same. Cal Mincer grew up in Charlottesville, but he’s only recently become a business owner, so he […]
By Sofia Heartney Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to the University of Virginia this week as part of his book tour for the recently published It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism. A former presidential candidate who identifies as a Democratic Socialist, Sanders will appear at Old Cabell Hall at a UVA Center for Politics […]
UVA professor honored for artificial pancreas invention UVA School of Medicine professor Marc Breton has been awarded the university’s 2022 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year for his role in developing an artificial pancreas, which now helps thousands of people around the world who have Type 1 diabetes. After receiving a Ph.D. in systems engineering from […]
Controversial conservative businessman Bert Ellis has been confirmed to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors. On February 7, the Virginia Senate struck down a resolution brought forth by state Sen. Creigh Deeds to remove Ellis’ name from the final list of appointees. Democratic state Senators Lynwood Lewis and Chapman Petersen rejected the resolution alongside […]
Video games are complicated. Even a game as deceptively simple as Pac-Man is composed of a delicate concoction of level design, character art, artificial intelligence, and audio/video signals, all powered by lines upon lines of code. Today, the biggest games inthe industry, which draw revenue eclipsing Hollywood blockbusters, take years to develop and can involve […]
Six months after UVA Student Council’s executive board called for the immediate resignation of Bert Ellis, one of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s first four appointees to the UVA Board of Visitors, the controversy has reached the Virginia General Assembly. On January 31, a resolution brought forth by state Sen. Creigh Deeds to remove Ellis’ name from […]
The UVA chapter of The United Campus Workers has long demanded that the university pay graduate students a living wage, which they currently estimate to be $38,173 a year. Recently, the union found itself fighting for the right to be paid anything. “We’re hearing from multiple grad student workers @UVA that they haven’t been paid […]
A wide variety of women-owned small businesses from across the Charlottesville community came together at the University of Virginia Women’s Center on December 12. The vendors sold locally crafted goods at the free holiday market, including cards, candles, jewelry, calendars, books, and soul food. Cary Oliva, owner of ByCary handmade goods, creates and sells unique […]
“I am a journalist, and the subject that I’m investigating is human prehistory,” Graham Hancock confidently asserts over stunning footage of ancient archaeological sites and a booming soundtrack. In “Ancient Apocalypse,” Hancock tells an alternative story of the dawn of human civilization. He claims that an advanced ice-age civilization existed, and after a flood of […]