AltWeeklies Wire
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
Virginia Assembly Can't Kill HPV Vaccinenew
Last year, Virginia joined Texas as the only states to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated for the human papillomavirus, a move that outraged social conservatives in both places. Now in Virginia, legislators are trying to push back requirement’s start date, or kill it altogether.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
02-07-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
UVA Professor Talks Credit Crisisnew
Commerce School Professor Robert Webb, who specializes in the study of speculative markets, points out that last year, the European Central Bank and the Fed made rate cuts that analysts thought would be a shorter involvement than it has turned out to be.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
01-30-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Proposed Coal Plant a Symbol of Looming Energy Debatenew
The proposed Wise County plant has come to symbolize growing debates about the importance of a region's economic health verses the actual health of its residents, the power of Dominion in state government and the looming battle over the future of public investment for our energy.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
01-16-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hundreds Flood Virginia Capitol to Oppose New Coal Plantnew
Alternative energy, efficiency the way to go, locals say.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
01-16-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Virginia Juggles Education & Prison Spendingnew
Shiny new prisons, crappy old schools.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
01-02-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Energy Expert Warns About Peak Oilnew
Robert Hirsch predicts worldwide shortages, general chaos if not mitigated.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
12-05-2007 |
Environment
Is Racial Profiling a Virginia Problem?new
Citizens, state police disagree; group wants numbers.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
11-28-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
John Echeverri-Gent on Pakistan Crisisnew
The UVA politics prof compares situation to fall of Shah in Iran.
C-Ville Weekly |
David Moltz |
11-14-2007 |
International
Tags: Pakistan, international
Families of Virginia Tech Shooting Victims Sue Citynew
Blacksburg, Va., faces 25 possible lawsuits related to the campus shooting.
C-Ville Weekly |
Allison Cintins |
11-14-2007 |
Disasters
Rutherford Institute Fights for Religious Pot Usenew
Since the early '70s, Carl Eric Olsen has been a member of the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church, a religious group that holds that marijuana is a sacrament, and whose members smoke it all day, every day.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
11-07-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Cities Ask Virginia to Cap Payday Lending at 36 Percentnew
Currently, most lenders charge borrowers $15 interest for every $100 borrowed -- per week. The APR on these loans can balloon to 391 percent, trapping borrowers in a vicious cycle of debt.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
11-07-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Med School Explores Upside (and Down) of Podcastingnew

iPods are cool and all, but some University of Virginia profs wonder if podcasting lectures is driving down classroom attendance.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
11-07-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Higher Ed Leaders Warn of Issues to Comenew
Faculty needs, big science and China loom large.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
10-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Follow the Guns Up the Iron Pipelinenew
How did 14 firearms stolen in Charlottesville end up in the hands of New York police?
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
10-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice