
Women’s Tennis: UVA defeats VCU in NCAA Tournament
No. 9 seed UVA opened the 2015 NCAA Championship with a 4-0 win over in-state rival VCU on Saturday (May 9) at Snyder Tennis Center.

No. 9 seed UVA opened the 2015 NCAA Championship with a 4-0 win over in-state rival VCU on Saturday (May 9) at Snyder Tennis Center.

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (D-W.Va.) asked 174 Washington and Lee University School of Law graduates to remember the importance of community, lawyers and the pursuit of happiness as they embarked on their careers.

Laverne Cox, best known for her recurring role in Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, will speak at Washington and Lee University on May 21, at 7 p.m. in Lee Chapel. The event is sponsored by the Contact Committee.

The Paramount Theater is excited to welcome back Kathy Griffin to the stage on Friday, June 19th. Two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin is a towering figure on television, on tour and in publishing. She breaks through the entertainment clutter with her universally recognized brand of pull-no-punches comedy.

We the people can have a better government when we know our history. We can have a better community when we contribute to the advancement of others.

The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors this week approved a budget for 2015-2016 that includes an increase in tuition and mandatory fees of about 3 percent.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper VDOT District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

Potomac (11-17-Overall, 5-9-Home) had the tying run on second base and the winning run on first in the bottom of the ninth but failed to score, falling 8-7 in Game One of the four game series to the Frederick Keys (16-13-Overall, 5-10-Road) on Friday night at Pfitzner Stadium.

The UVA women’s lacrosse team (12-6, 4-3 ACC), the No. 7 seed in the 2015 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship, earned an 18-6 victory over Winthrop (17-4, 6-1 Big South) on Friday (May 8) in the tournament’s first-round at Klöckner Stadium.

Here’s a question for you to consider: Do you know what your taxpayer dollars are funding at the United Nations (UN)? You probably don’t – and you would probably have difficulty finding out.
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