Via Cari, I’ve discovered that UVa students are putting together a regular webcast of a news show, Hoos News. 
I just finished watching the first (and, thus far, only) episode, and it’s thoroughly enjoyable. It’s clearly modeled on The Daily Show, from snarky anchor to over-the-top correspondents, and does a good job as an homage. Some bits are quite funny, others just come across as awkward, but the whole production is very promising. Given that it took some fifty hours to put together the episode, here’s hoping they find the time to keep putting it out.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
Monthly Archive for September, 2005
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I’ve returned from a successful wedding to find all kinds of interesting stuff here on cvillenews.com, thanks to the work of guest bloggers Cari and Duane Gran. It’s a real treat to merely read cvillenews.com (as several thousand of you do each day) without having to write anything, doubly so with writing as lengthy and in-depth as Cari and Duane have provided in the past week and a half.
Though having guest bloggers when I’m gone is a cool thing, I think I’d like to start getting other folks involved even when I’m around. Maybe a rotating cast of co-bloggers, maybe build up a team…I’m not sure. But when the site isn’t just me talking, it’s a lot better. More of that, please.
The Daily Progress is hosting a blog about one Charlottesville relief group’s trip south. Lead by Starlight bus line owners David New and Oliver Kuttner, Charlottesville residents sent two buses full of supplies, and they are currently offering to relocate families to Charlottesville where housing and care will be provided by members of the community:
The group is in favor of unofficially adopting Pearlington as Charlottesville’s sister city. They said they have enough room in Charlottesville to put up those willing to relocate, as well as send down people with the appropriate skill sets to help Pearlington rebuild.
David New and Oliver Kuttner went to Gulfport to look for others willing to relocate and met one family who had been living in a double-wide trailer with 30 other people. They are interested in the offer, Kuttner said.
New said a 6-year-old girl in that family tried to give him a dollar, telling him, “I want to help too.”
The Coast Episcopal School in Long Beach, where the group has been sleeping this week, was buzzing with locals stocking up on food, medicine and other living necessities delivered by numerous relief groups from around the country.
In other news on Katrina relief, the Hook’s latest cover story is about the various projects going on on in Charlottesville.
Sean Tubbs, who runs the Charlottesville Podcasting Network, interviewed Ralph Chester, a Louisiana resident who has found safe haven in Charlottesville. The interview is about 25 minutes in length. The following statement from Mr. Chester speaks volumes about the humanity of the situation:
In one of the past hurricanes that affected the area when the… Superdome was opened, as a shelter of last resort, and was populated by people that could not get at that time… there was a great deal of destruction and some of the more horrific elements of human behavior that went on this time last time, so much was the case that the powers that be in the city then said, including the people who run the Superdome said, it’ll never happen again that this will be used as a shelter. Obviously, it was used a shelter again, and had even more people, and it had more problems. But it was a necessity, it had to happen.
Sean will conduct additional interviews in the coming weeks on the Podcasting Network.
Gas prices have been making the news lately. A variety of factors may explain the rise in fuel cost, but a Department of Energy site provides some insight. One surprising result may be that taxes comprise 19% of the cost of fuel.
In the short term, Virginian’s are thinking of ways to save money on fuel in anticipation of the coming winter, especially since 1/5 of the nations natural gas refineries have been made inoperable by hurricane Katrina. Conservation efforts may be the best short term help for home fuel and seeking out the cheapest local gas may help for automobiles. Don’t forget to consider the Ride Share Program to carpool.
On a more lighthearted note, maybe we can direct our road rage into something more useful, or if we get absolutely desperate we can always count on Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez for help.
Sideblog
Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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