
Virginia opens two state-managed shelters for Hurricane Florence
Virginia is opening two state-managed shelters this morning to assist residents evacuating in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Virginia is opening two state-managed shelters this morning to assist residents evacuating in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

The UVA athletics department announced today (Sept. 11) changes to athletics contests scheduled for Friday, Sept. 14, Saturday, Sept. 15 and possibly Sunday, Sept. 16 due to the forecast of severe weather throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

The UVA football home game against Ohio U. has been relocated to Vanderbilt Stadium on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

Due to the forecast weather related to Hurricane Florence, Liberty and Norfolk State have agreed to postpone this weekend’s football game to Dec. 1.

Shenandoah University earned its second straight victory to start the 2018 football season with a 59-21 non-league win over North Carolina Wesleyan Saturday night.

Stevenson made a few more plays in the highest-leverage situations, as the Bridgewater College football team fell 35-23 on Saturday evening at Jopson Field.

James Forman Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Yale University law professor and public intellectual, will be the University of Virginia’s guest at Charlottesville’s Paramount Theater on Sept. 27 at 4 p.m.

LIVE@theWAYNE returns to the Wayne Theatre on Friday, Sept. 14, at 7:30 p.m. with the Boogie Kings and After Jack. Tickets are $15 per person.

The UVA men’s and women’s squash teams announced their 2018-19 varsity schedule on Thursday (Sept. 6).

There will undoubtedly be a sea of maroon and orange during the Virginia Tech football home opener against William & Mary on Sept. 8.
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