Cover Stories
Cavalier developments? UVA buys 199-acre near-town farm
Published on Oct 22nd, 2012
11 comments After two decades of dealing, a sprawling Charlottesville-area farm recently came into the possession of UVA, practically completing a sort of university-owned western wall around Charlottesville and...
Mr. Jefferson's greed: New book challenges image of reluctant slaveholder
Published on Oct 17th, 2012
75 comments Publishers Weekly calls it the number one history title of the fall and one of the best of all genres. Both Smithsonian and American History magazines have made it a recent cover story. However, thus...
Greenwood: EPA leaves Superfund site 27 years after fatal disaster
Published on Oct 10th, 2012
11 comments The most obvious disturbance to the bucolic setting of Mt. Zion Baptist Church is the sound of constant traffic zooming from Interstate 64. Less obvious, but way more disturbing about the location of...
Less hazardous: Acme Visible Records gets cleaned
Published on Oct 10th, 2012
0 comments For more than 10 years, a prime commercial/light industrial site in designated-growth-area Crozet has been empty. It turns out there's a reason for that: it's polluted. Related: Greenwood: EPA...
All that's Glitter's: Should a perv profit from Wahoo-wah?
Published on Oct 4th, 2012
27 comments It's the riff that's been pumping up UVA fans for years, energizing the Scott Stadium crowd pre-game when the Cavalier Marching Band plays its distinctive chords. And when it blares over the Scott...
McDonnell's BOV: Who gets their donations?
Published on Sep 26th, 2012
17 comments Since what's now called "UVA June," the question has arisen: Why should the governor, whose budget funds just seven percent of the University of Virginia's operations, get to make 100 percent of the...
Prospective presidents: How they might appeal to the BOV
Published on Sep 26th, 2012
18 comments It has long been an intriguing question. Did the leaders of the ouster of UVA President Teresa Sullivan have someone in mind when they made their daring weekend move? Also in this issue: • McDonnell...
Second cooling: Behind the new frozen yogurt craze
Published on Sep 19th, 2012
8 comments Just two years ago, locally owned Arch's Frozen Yogurt, with locations on Ivy Road, the Corner, and Emmet Street, was the only fro-yo game in town. Today, there are three new regional franchises...
Little Washington, big taste: A Central Virginia high-wire act
Published on Sep 12th, 2012
13 comments The Inn at Little Washington has been setting people up for disappointment for years. About an hour and twenty minutes north, just past Sperryville in the small town of Washington, the Inn has become...
Unfathomable: Grief, shock, and questions follow family slaying
Published on Sep 4th, 2012
210 comments "The shining light in the room." That's how Jenny Clark remembers her friend Beth Walton, the 49-year-old mother of three who died along with her children in a murder-suicide that police say appears...
Dragas on Board: The Rector who wouldn't go
Published on Aug 21st, 2012
55 comments Fear, distrust, sadness, anger. Welcome back to the University of Virginia.If you spent the summer on a desert island with no internet, you are in for a surprise. This isn't the same UVA you left at...
Giant problem? The surprising silver lining to Seminole's loss
Published on Aug 14th, 2012
15 comments The news about the impending closing of Giant, Charlottesville's first upscale supermarket, reminds Mariflo Stephens why she began shopping there in the 1980s as an overworked young mom. Related:...
Dude, where's my roundabout?
Published on Aug 13th, 2012
32 comments Why is a new street that could launch an aging shopping center into the 21st Century getting such 20th Century intersections? Related: Giant problem? The surprising silver lining to Seminole's loss...
Big Easy bound: Cox embarks on New Orleans adventure
Published on Aug 3rd, 2012
4 comments It's not the first time moving trucks have pulled away from the home of architecture professor and former Charlottesville Mayor Maurice Cox on Ridge Street. But this time, there's no planned return...
Intimidating? Copter may have encircled Cobbs pre-trial
Published on Jul 24th, 2012
16 comments Last fall, Philip Cobbs expressed terror after an assault weapon-carrying team of about 10 officers raided his southeastern Albemarle farm after a helicopter crew claimed to spot two marijuana plants...
Jury nullification: The elephant in the room
Published on Jul 24th, 2012
22 comments There's an elephant in every courtroom. Prosecutors and judges won't show it to jurors, and even Virginia defense lawyers seem forbidden from mentioning this fact: If you think a law is unjust, you...
Controversial constitutionalist: 30 years of defending the people
Published on Jul 24th, 2012
4 comments In the corner is a cardboard stand-up of James Dean– and another of the Beatles in a phone booth. Toy skeletons are all over the place, as well as artwork that hints of a disturbing vision....
Just say know: Tim Wilson wants to change the world-- one story at a time
Published on Jul 19th, 2012
5 comments UVA psych professor Timothy Wilson's book Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change begins with a horror story. A police officer in Florida is the first to arrive at a house...
Not guilty: Jury acquits in two pot-plant case
Published on Jul 18th, 2012
56 comments In a case closely watched by civil liberties groups and law enforcement, Philip Cobbs was found not guilty of possession of marijuana in a day-long jury trial. This week's cover package • Not guilty...
Borrowed assets: Did deans plagiarize or just repeat 'gobbledygook'?
Published on Jul 9th, 2012
154 comments In the wake of the abrupt June 10 resignation of University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan, the deans of UVA– before eventually reversing themselves and calling for reinstatement–...
Doctor's orders: Spiked bill has him lauding Obamacare
Published on Jun 28th, 2012
21 comments The Supreme Court's surprise ruling to uphold the highly controversial "individual mandate" component of President Obama's Affordable Care Act, a rule practically requiring all Americans to purchase...
Bob's mess: 'Please stop,' Governor McDonnell urges alumni, faculty, legislators
Published on Jun 28th, 2012
37 comments As many of you know, no major decision of this kind can be made at Virginia without the support and assent of the Governor. –Peter KiernanEver since sending these words in his infamous "this...
Leadership fitness: Did Dragas engage in plus-sized bullying?
Published on Jun 27th, 2012
136 comments Given the lack of specific, convincing reasons that Rector Helen Dragas has given for forcing the resignation of UVA President Teresa Sullivan, what really motivated the decision has become a mystery...
Sullivan oustermath: A timeline of UVA in tumult
Published on Jun 25th, 2012
119 comments Some believe that UVA's Rector needs to step down. Late May to early June - In the "why we can't afford to wait" emails later obtained by the Cavalier Daily, Rector Helen Dragas and Vice-Rector Mark...
Kaine's take: BOV secrecy a 'huge mistake'
Published on Jun 19th, 2012
46 comments Former governor Tim Kaine, the man who appointed half of the Board of Visitors, including embattled Rector Helen Dragas, weighed in on the forced resignation of UVA President Teresa Sullivan at a...
Strategic manager: Zeithaml skillset hailed by O'Neil
Published on Jun 19th, 2012
36 comments While leaving little doubt that business skills are a key attribute in its choice of a temporary leader, the UVA Board of Visitors chose a man to serve as interim president who also has...
'Resign!' Students shout at Dragas after BOV picks interim prez
Published on Jun 19th, 2012
156 comments A marathon session of the Board of Visitors ended the day after it began with no new resignations but with an interim president chosen and, afterwards, shouts of "resign" and "shame on you" ringing...
Sullivan appears: Pandemonium outside the Rotunda
Published on Jun 18th, 2012
76 comments Shouts of "UVA, UVA" went up when recently ousted President Teresa Sullivan appeared before the marble steps of the Rotunda. Sullivan's statement: "Apparently, the area of disagreement appears to be...
Dragas shrugged: Defiant rector hires PR firm
Published on Jun 18th, 2012
88 comments With the UVA Faculty Senate formally requesting her resignation and a Board of Visitors meeting with ousted President Theresa Sullivan slated for Monday afternoon, the pressure's on for UVA Rector...
Connections: Who are the BOV's Kington and Craig?
Published on Jun 18th, 2012
17 comments On a Sunday at a hastily convened meeting, three members of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors' executive committee voted to accept the resignation of President Teresa Sullivan, and a...