ARTS Pick: The Rimers of Eldritch
Venture into the American Midwest as UVA Drama presents The Rimers of Eldritch. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson peels back the motives behind a Missouri murder and assault, uncovering the […]
Party app sets its sights on UVA
A mobile app billing itself as “the modern-day digital Van Wilder” has landed at UVA, and the creators want students here to help it take off. KickOn is designed to […]
Mind the gap: Vandals frustrate Corner fence project
The city built it, and still they come. A 7-foot metal fence now stretches along more than 1,000 feet of railroad track from the 14th Street train trestle on the […]
Do different rules for fraternities and sororities make campus life more dangerous for women?
It’s just before midnight on an October Friday at UVA, and deep in the bowels of a stately brick mansion on Rugby Road, throngs of undergraduates in cutoffs and cowboy […]
New UVA campaign trains community to counter sexual assault
If UVA third-year Sara Surface has to write a “how I spent my summer vacation” essay at the start of this semester, the gist would be something like this: Helped […]
Where do you live as a UVA first-year if you’re trans?
This week marks our first-ever pride issue—just in time for Charlottesville’s Pride Festival this weekend. Check out our other feature stories on deciding whether to marry as a gay couple, […]
Trucked up: Another one falls prey to the 14th Street bridge
The crash of a garbage truck into the railroad trestle on the UVA Corner was a jarring sight on August 5, but it was hardly an unfamiliar one. Large vehicles […]
City says fence along Corner railroad tracks is safety necessity, but some are skeptical
It’s a humid July day, and UVA fourth-year Henry Ilnicky just wants a sandwich. From where he’s standing on 15th Street, Ilnicky could walk under a train trestle and through […]
UVA and Martha Jefferson Hospitals get high marks in recent rankings
A recent U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Virginia Medical Center and Martha Jefferson Hospital among the best hospitals in the region and state, based on a […]
UVA alum brings business opportunities and cultural immersion to Brazil’s favelas
University of Virginia graduate Elliot Rosenberg has been lucky enough to attend two soccer matches in Brazil since the 2014 FIFA World Cup began. But while soccer fans from every […]