AltWeeklies Wire
Caught in the Payday Lending Cyclenew
Thomasine Wilson took out one payday loan in 2003. Two years and $2,000 later, she pulled herself out of the cycle of debt that the loan touched off.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver and Will Goldsmith |
03-26-2008 |
Economy
All 'Greek' to Younew
Collins' dry wit is explained by his influences, Anthony Trollope and Evelyn Waugh. He is sometimes compared to Jane Austen, with whom he shares insight into the mating rituals of the upper class.
C-Ville Weekly |
Elizabeth McCullough |
03-19-2008 |
Fiction
UVA Faculty Call for Emissions Cutbacksnew
While the "Resolution on Climate Commitment" recently ratified last week by the Faculty Senate is ultimately only symbolic, it implores the administration to detail specific goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conduct an energy audit and create a cabinet-level position to coordinate and enforce conservation.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
03-19-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The False Promise of the State Lotterynew
In 1999, Virginia voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional referendum designating all state lottery proceeds to education, but when you buy a lottery ticket, only a fraction goes towards education.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
03-19-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Sex Files: Not Just for Funnew
Sex can be central to a healthy lifestyle.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
03-12-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
'The History of Anonymity' Both Approaches and Recedesnew
Jennifer Chang's poems make real use of the line, particularly the first of the batch, which is several pages long and shares the title of her collection.
C-Ville Weekly |
Sara Yenke |
03-12-2008 |
Poetry
Peelander-Z from Outer Spacenew
Punk may be dead, but what about "Japanese action comic punk"?
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peelander-Z
Want to Learn About Wine? Read the Labelnew
Ninety percent of what you need to know about wine can be found on the bottle, and that knowledge can be winnowed down to four facts: the winery, the grapes, the vintage and the region. Or who, what, when and where. If you have to add why to that list, then there's just no helping you.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
03-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine
Salvia: The Next Casualty in the War on Drugsnew
Let us herald the last legal days of the strong, natural hallucinogen salvia divinorum in Virginia. Raise your hand if you've ever heard of it before.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
03-05-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Why is Virginia Wine Interesting?new
Because it's a work in progress.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
02-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Sex Files: System Overloadnew
The warning signs that you're an online porn addict.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
02-27-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Professor Defends Domestic Government Spyingnew
"We ought to be more concerned if Bin Laden is calling someone in Peoria than if he's calling someone in Pakistan," Robert Turner says, arguing for an expansion of FISA.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
02-27-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Cheap Industrial Food Comes at a High Pricenew
As far as our understanding of where our food comes from, the image of a grazing cow is about as much as most of us want to know. Even recalls of tainted beef are becoming so commonplace that the latest one (of 143 million pounds of beef) may not do much to make the average consumer stop and think for long.
C-Ville Weekly |
Elizabeth Van Deventer |
02-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Why Are We Still Smothered in Paper?new
We were promised a paperless office, a workplace devoid of the scattered, cluttered clumps of paper humpbacking everyone's desk. So what happened?
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
02-27-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
What Obama's Virginia Victory Says About Usnew
Behind Barack Obama's decisive victory in Virginia's primary lay the presence of the late Irene Morgan, who battled bus segregation in Virginia, but never became as famous as Rosa Parks.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
02-20-2008 |
Commentary
