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London’s Calling10
Dec 10, 2009
On Dec. 7, the University of Virginia announced that Mike London would be its new football coach.
Twelve Ways to Toast the Season2
Dec 08, 2009
A 12-pack of beers brewed especially for the season, all of which make for colorful additions to holiday gatherings.
Ye Olde Civility Project3
Dec 07, 2009
As a teenager, George Washington copied a set of rules for civil behavior, and the 110 principles became his guide to treating people with respect and dignity. That was then—when women curtsied and men doffed their hats—and this is now—when cell phones jingle and holiday shoppers jangle each other in checkout lines.
Desegregating U.Va.33
Oct 12, 2009
What was it like to be one of the University's first black students?
Rugby: For those who play for fun4
Oct 09, 2009
This article was originally published in the March/April 1966 edition of Alumni News. On Sunday afternoons in the fall and spring, one of the things to do, especially with one’s date, is to go down to the field behind Memorial Gymnasium, sit on the bank, and watch a group of young men in uniforms with striped shirts play a game called rugby. To many Americans, rugby is equated with clipped British accents, tea and crumpets, and the playing fields of Eton, and, of course, Rugby. They think of the game mostly as one of those peculiar rites, like queuing up…
Who makes the TV shows you love?6
Oct 09, 2009
HBO’s Janet Graham Borba (Col ’79) fires up the small screen.
Inside the Scrum6
Oct 09, 2009
The first hints of autumn ride on the breeze of a Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville as throngs of fans file toward Scott Stadium, their chatter soon to become cheering for the Cavaliers in yet another gridiron confrontation.Few pause as they pass Mad Bowl, where another battle of athletic prowess is under way. Athletes grunt as they collide, then strain in scrums like huddled warriors, their cleats clawing at the turf for precious yards toward a distant goal.
¿Habla Español?0
Sep 14, 2009
Dan Restrepo (Col '93) is first to speak Spanish during a White House press briefing.
HIGHLIGHTS
Lane DeGregory (Col ’89) wins a Pulitzer Prize for her article about a feral child
A Portrait of the South in Black and White
Paul Gaston recounts his role in the civil rights movement in Charlottesville.
Leap of Faith
Jenny D'Agostino (Com '03) takes plunge with ropes course
1976: Block Party
The dawn of Charlottesville's Downtown Mall.
School of Rock
U.Va.'s Battle of the Bands face off. Hear music clips and watch a video.
Lending a hand
A first-hand account of an alumnus working for Kiva in Africa.
The Mayor of Summertime
Bob Oakes (Col ’84) serves as mayor of Nags Head
U.Va. Profs that Provide a Brush with Celebrity
Famous
How celebrity and the media have changed over the past 300 years as told by the American History Guys from the radio show Backstory.
