Love connection

Eleanor Katz Year: Second School: College of Arts and Sciences Major: Spanish and Foreign Affairs Hometown: Bethesda, MD Sexual Orientation: Straight UVa Involvement and Activities: Madison House’s Migrant and Latino Aid, Jewish Leadership Council, Chi Omega’s Philanthropy (Make-A-Wish Foundation) Hobbies: I love to ski, cook, read and watch Spanish telenovelas Ideal Date Person (Physical Attributes [...]

Cavaliers prep for Tar Heels

The No. 20 Virginia men’s basketball team heads south to Chapel Hill tomorrow to take on No. 5 North Carolina in the first of two games these teams will play in the next two weeks. Virginia (19-4, 6-3 ACC) comes off a decisive 68-44 win against Wake Forest at home Wednesday. Senior forward Mike Scott [...]

Police, EMTs offer testimony

On May 3, 2010, at 2:24 a.m., Charlottesville police responded to a dispatch reporting an “alcohol overdose” at a 14th Street apartment, Charlottesville Police Officer K.W. Blackwell testified at the murder trial of former University student George Huguely yesterday. Huguely is charged with the first-degree murder of ex-girlfriend and former University student Yeardley Love. Blackwell [...]

Cavs crush Wake 68-44

In the backdrop of last night’s 68-44 thrashing of Wake Forest beamed Mike Scott’s face — plastered on a fan’s hand-crafted dollar bill with the slogan, “In Scott We Trust.” After shooting a perfect 9-of-9 from the field while scoring 19 points, the senior forward demonstrated why he’s earned John Paul Jones’ faith. Scott kick-started [...]

Email: ‘I should have killed you.’

Prosecutors in the trial of former University student George Huguely yesterday read from email correspondence between Huguely and ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love, in which Huguely said, “I should have killed you.” Huguely stands accused of the first-degree murder of Love. Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Chapman introduced a series of emails between the pair, beginning Friday, April 30, [...]

U.Va. drama department presents ‘Vinegar Tom’

Feminism has been a point of societal contention since the term itself was coined. An emerging political movement at the turn of the century, a flourishing cultural campaign in the 1960s and ‘70s, and now a controversial mindset viewed by some as unnecessary and outdated, feminism has traditionally been neglected by the male-dominated entertainment world. [...]

A Day in the Life: TA Edition

Cavs to exploit Deacon defense

The No. 20 Virginia men’s basketball team hopes to return to their winning ways when they battle Wake Forest tonight at John Paul Jones Arena. Saturday’s trip to Tallahassee proved to be unkind to the Cavaliers (18-4, 5-3 ACC), as they came up short in their comeback attempt against then-No. 21 Florida State (16-6, 7-1 [...]

Huguely trial jury selection begins

Attorneys began selecting jurors yesterday for the murder trial of former University student and lacrosse player George Huguely. Huguely faces first-degree murder charges for the death of University student and lacrosse player Yeardley Love. He watched intently as prosecution and defense conducted voir dire, a process which allows counselors to question the pool of 160 [...]

Virginia prepares for Nationals

Sixteen of the finest teams in women’s tennis clash this weekend in one of the premier tournaments of the year at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville. The No. 9 Virginia women’s tennis team comes in with excitement, expectations and memories as it competes on its home court in the ITA National Women’s Team [...]