Charlottesville: Michelle Obama talks change

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s time for new solutions, Michelle Obama told a rally of 2,500 people on Grounds at the University of Virginia Wednesday afternoon, “because we know that the old ways just won’t do.” Obama, the wife of Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama, and Jill Biden, the wife of Delaware senator…

Harrisonburg: EMU reports small drop in undergrad enrollment

Jim Bishop

Story by Jim Bishop Fall semester 2008 enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University finds a small drop in undergraduate numbers, while graduate programs held steady, and the Adult Degree Completion Program had a significant increase. EMU has 185 first-year students enrolled the fall semester compared to 203 last fall. Traditional undergraduate enrollment – first-year through seniors…

Best Seat in the House: Did Groh cave on Lalich?

Chris Graham

Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] “We have a strong set of standards and values on our team that reflect those of the University, and we do not compromise those values to win football games.” A pretty strong statement from a coach who spent the better part of a week castigating…

College Football: Lalich will not make the trip to UConn.

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Peter Lalich won’t be making the trip with his UVa. football teammates to Connecticut this weekend. “We stand by Peter and in talking with him have made a decision which is best in the short term for him, the team, and our University. We have a strong set of standards…

The Top Story: Democrats taking up mantle of fiscal responsibility

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democrats have been doing well in Virginia in recent years, and it’s no secret why. They’ve been balancing budgets and building the economy. And while national Democrats are using a “more of the same” theme to link GOP presidential nominee John McCain to the failed presidency of George…

The car tax as a Senate voting issue

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] “Since my time as your governor,” Jim Gilmore writes in a fundraising letter that went out last week, “I have routinely been vilified by the biased liberal media, by the state Democratic Party and even by the liberal tax-and-spend members of my own party. Why? Because I promised…

Augusta, Staunton, Waynesboro Dems Paint the Valley Blue

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Creigh Deeds remembered being asked to save the date on his schedule. “David Bottenfield said we needed to mark off this date, the 16th of August, for Paint the Valley Blue, that we were going to have a little picnic at the Frontier Culture Museum,” Deeds said at last night’s…