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Leilani Münter, professional race car driver and environmental activist, will speak on “Never Underestimate a Vegetarian Hippy Chick with a Race Car,” at Bridgewater College on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall. How does someone whose livelihood involves getting only 1.3 miles per gallon of gasoline call themselves an environmentalist? Recognizing that…
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The excitement and glamour of Hollywood are coming to Charlottesville on Oscar Night. Residents of Charlottesville can experience the thrills and surprises of the 84th Academy Awards® on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at Charlottesville’s own Oscar Night America party. The Charlottesville event is one of 49 parties officially sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture…
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(Check www.jmu.edu/jmuweb/calendars/ for updates on events at JMU) Feb. 1-17: Skyline Museum Exhibit, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, Festival Conference and Student Center: “Mentor to an Icon: The Charles Lisanby and Andy Warhol Show”; free. Feb. 1: The Harlem Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, 8 p.m., Concert Hall, Forbes Center for the Performing Arts: The professional musicians…
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On Wednesday, Jan. 11, the Wildlife Center of Virginia admitted a bald eagle – an adult bird – from Prince William County. The bird was picked up on Jan. 10 near Route 234 (between Manassas and Dumfries) and taken to the Village Veterinary Clinic in Burke. On Jan. 11, a volunteer transporter picked up the…
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Attorney Linda Schorsch Jones has announced that she will run for the At-Large seat on the Waynesboro School Board in the May 1 general election. A long-time Waynesboro resident, Jones graduated from Stuarts Draft High School in 1982 and from the University of Virginia in 1986, earning a bachelor of arts degree with honors in…
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At the end of his first semester as a vice president of enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University, Luke Hartman answered questions on why he feels passionately about his enrollment portfolio, a new position in the university’s leadership cabinet. How has the enrollment process changed for students entering college since your undergraduate days in late 1980s…
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The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy will open a satellite location this fall at the University of Virginia Medical Center. It will be the school’s second regional pharmacy education division. In anticipation of its agreement with U.Va., the School of Pharmacy admitted 10 additional students to its incoming doctor of pharmacy class in 2010…
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MATT GARVEY: We are joined by University of Virginia head coach Mike London, wide receiver Kris Burd, and Steve Greer. Coach, if you could make an opening statement and talk about your bowl experience thus far. COACH MIKE LONDON: First of all, obviously we see why the Chick-fil-A Bowl has been one of those bowls…
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Not a lot makes sense with the politicians these days. And no, I’m not ranting about how Congress is talking about raising taxes on working-class and middle-class families at the risk of pushing the economy back into another recession. Looking here at my hometown of Waynesboro, where the City Council suddenly wants accountability from its…
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Please have a seat. Good afternoon, everyone. When I took office, nearly 150,000 American troops were deployed in Iraq, and I pledged to end this war, responsibly. Today, only several thousand troops remain there, and more are coming home every day. This is a season of homecomings, and military families across America are…
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