City considers town status
Reversion from city to town classification could cut costs, sidestep budget gaps
By Joseph Liss, Associate Editor
Charlottesville City Council member Kathy Galvin pushed Monday for Council to consider changing Charlottesville’s status from a city to a town to decrease its financial obligations. Should Charlottesville revert to town status, its financial obligations would be greatly reduced, as Albemarle County would be responsible for providing education, emergency services, the bulk of police protection [...]
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Love Connection: Bethany and Dan
Will this bowling date end in a strike or just a gutter ball?
By Mai Le, Staff Writer
Dan Major: Environmental science Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa. University involvement: Club triathlon, a couple semesters of Madison house service, IM sports, ummm, class? Hobbies: I do triathlons and I like weight lifting. I have been trying to learn guitar but that has been going slow. Describe a typical weekend: Gym and random stuff with friends during [...]
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Cavaliers defeat Eagles, 66-49
Bounce-back performances from Scott, Zeglinski catalyze commanding performance against Boston College
By Ashley Robertson and Matt Welsh, Sports Editor
Earlier this week, Boston College men’s basketball coach Steve Donahue conceded that his inexperienced squad would struggle to replicate Virginia Tech’s smothering defensive strategy for stopping Virginia’s senior forward Mike Scott. Scott proved the Eagles coach right in a big way as No. 19 Virginia blasted Boston College last night, 66-49. Four days after the [...]
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News
AG disputes redistricting suit
January 27 by Joseph Liss, Associate EditorAttorney General Ken Cuccinelli asked the Virginia Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn a lower court ruling made the previous day which held that six Virginia residents had grounds to sue the state for its current redistricting legislation. “Given the impending elections and deadlines associated with the federal Voting Rights Act, my office is seeking immediate [...]
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- Delegate calls on state to study sale of marijuana | January 26
Life
There’s no place like home for the holidays…
January 25 by Alex Davis, ColumnistI think we all know that feeling at the end of the semester when all you want to do is get the hell out of dodge and head home for the holidays. By the end of exams I was just about ready to carry my giant suitcase home if that’s what it took. I was [...]
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Health & Science
New Year’s resolution
January 25 by Surabhi Bhatt, Senior Writer‘Tis the season for the ultimate test: sticking to your New Year’s resolutions. We’ve all made them at one point or another — whether it is sticking to a diet or pledging to end procrastination. According to The Wall Street Journal, the most popular of them all is losing weight. As students frequent the Aquatic [...]
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Sports
Virginia seeks sweet 16th win
January 27 by Asma Khan, Staff WriterOn the heels of another disappointing conference loss, the Virginia women’s basketball team continues conference play this weekend when it takes on Florida State Sunday at John Paul Jones Arena. Virginia (15-7, 3-5 ACC) comes off a 63-53 defeat to Georgia Tech Wednesday evening and looks to notch a win against the Seminoles to improve [...]
- Virginia seeks sweet 16th win | January 27
- Cavs host year’s first home meet | January 27
- Team joins field of 30 for Penn State Invitational | January 27
- Volleyball hires Dennis Hohenshell | January 27
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Opinion
Roll out
January 27 by Managing BoardWe would be kidding ourselves if we said we had any idea of what was in store for us when last January we assumed the positions comprising the 122nd managing board of The Cavalier Daily. Plagiarism incidents, University Judiciary Committee charges and nearly being blocked from our offices by construction were not in the job [...]
- Checking the state chambers | January 27
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tableau
Downton Abbey
January 26 by Rebecca Lim, Staff WriterThe British are coming! Masterpiece Classic’s Downton Abbey, the Golden Globe-winning period drama, has captivated viewers in the U.K. and made its way onto U.S. television screens in a most welcome invasion. The show, now in its second season, centers around two groups coexisting in the titular estate: the aristocratic Crawley family, with the dignified [...]
- Downton Abbey | January 26
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