When Charlottesville made plans to build an all-white high school in 1940, Charlottesville resident Ed Jackson's home was demolished and he and his family were displaced for the first time. Jackson, 77, was born on Pearl Street, the street across from Preston Avenue's Bodo's Bagel shop, where the County Office building now stands.
Despite being situated in the no-man's land between the Corner and the Downtown Mall, Starr Hill Restaurant and Brewery, located at 709 West Main St., has quickly made a name for itself.
Everybody has one. That one person who makes your heart beat a little faster, your day a little better.
Just when you think the Corner has nothing more to offer, when you've been there and done that at every watering hole, coffee shop and eatery, University Avenue's easy-access cultural hub jumps up and surprises you. There's food, sure.
Two decades of dance In 1980, the amphitheater was in a state of complete disrepair. It had been 30 years since anyone used it.
(This is the sixth and last in a weekly series of articles on road trips within reasonable reach of the University.) I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken" Charlottesville is much more than Emmet Street, more than the Lawn, more than Harris Teeter and more than the Mad Bowl.
A new Out Look This week marks yet another milestone for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at the University.
After a University student reported a sexual assault April 15, the University community once again felt the tight clamp of an elusive and frightening force that affects both women and men. While this well-publicized incident renewed fear of sexual assault in the University community, most students do not realize the greatest danger lies in acquaintance rape. "The majority of sexual assaults are placed within the context of the relationship or an acquaintance," said Aretha Donnelly, Adult Education and Special Projects Coordinator at the Sexual Assault Resource Agency.
This week, hoping to find a few questions to answer or comments to which I could respond for this week's column, I raced down to The Cavalier Daily office.
Remembering crimes against humanity Last night's special screening of the film "Forty Days of Musa Dagh," in Newcomb Theater set a pensive tone at the first annual Virginia Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide. Earlier this year, the Virginia General Assembly officially proclaimed April 24th as the Day of Remembrance for the genocide that occurred in 1915 at the hands of the Turkish government. Turks and Armenians lived in relative peace for centuries until the Ottoman Empire began to collapse.
"Stand up against the man!" second-year College student Andrew Starner yelled at a random student walking down the sidewalk from Monroe Hall. As he ran after the student, Starner nearly tripped over the full-size American flag he had draped over his body. The student shot back a look of bewilderment and walked more briskly in the direction of Alderman Library. "This is the weirdest thing I've ever seen since coming to college," said onlooker Hillary Bourne, a second-year College student. Alongside Starner were 10 other American Studies majors from Prof.
With final exams quickly approaching, I figured I would supply everybody with the only study guide you'll ever need.
Joining the force Tonight the Amphitheather will be filled with memories, hope and light during the Fighting Overcoming and Responding to Cancer Everywhere candlelight vigil. The evening will begin with a Glee Club performance and a speech by Bill Darrach from the University Cancer Center.
After two years at the University, I finally have found my favorite house on Rugby Road. A place where everyone is welcome, and it is not who you know or how you look at the door that matters. For once, façade is irrelevant and the sole focus lies on the musical performers who take center stage.
"Ya, I need a chicken gyro," said the late-night customer placing his order well after midnight.
Belly dancing It may be the week of Easter and Passover, but Sunday from 4 to 9 p.m. in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom, the "Layaleena" festival promises to diverge from Matzah and Easter eggs. The second annual "Layaleena," co-sponsored by the Arab, Muslim and Persian student organizations, is intended to be a celebration of Arab culture.
Long gone are the days when fraternity brothers would joke about having All-You-Can-Eat mixers with Alpha Phi. The re-colonized University Alpha Phi branch officially moved from being a colony to a chapter again Sunday, joining the sorority's other 146 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. Three years ago, Alpha Phi's unflattering reputation began to take its toll on their recruitment efforts as the University chapter experienced a steep decline in the number of women accepting rush bids.
For the past 40 years, Arnaldo and Gloria Rodriguez, owners of the Arlington, Va., Cuban restaurant "La Cantanita," have seen their family and friends leave Cuba and Fidel Castro's regime. One of Arnaldo's employees ran through a minefield at age 17 to escape. "The boy in front of him had his leg blown off," he said. Arnaldo and Gloria are two of many Cuban Americans who think Elián Gonzalez, the six-year-old Cuban boy thrown into a politically-charged custody battle between the United States and Cuba, belongs in the U.S. "I'm the first one to say that a father should be with his son.
RE: Acceptance High school seniors no longer have reason to run obsessively out to the mailbox, hoping for notification letters from their prospective colleges.
With less than a month left in the semester, papers demand to be written, projects call out to be completed and exams loom on the horizon.
