Billionaire UVA donor Paul Jones is doubling down on his jackassery with an editorial in today’s Progress. Fun fact: Jefferson would have fired Sullivan, too. #
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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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Jefferson is sort of the 18th-century version of Tom Friedman’s taxi drivers: a conveniently unavailable sock-puppet who happens to hold the exact same views as whoever invokes him.
That is, when he’s not rolling over in his grave about this or that.
Eerily similar propaganda is used against the President of the United States. To wit: Things are going to pot and it’s this person’s fault for taking office a few years ago.
I like how firing Sullivan is proposed as a solution to the “problem” of UVa’s continuing slide down the US News and World Report’s rankings. As if throwing the campus and community into chaos will somehow result in a higher ranking?
These people are dolts and they take us for idiots.
Of course, it seems that these bastions of higher education simply are not smart enough to be able to afford to run themselves without infusions of money from outside sources… especially the uber rich. They would most certainly go out of biz if they had to just break even on their own.
15000 students * 12000 tuition =180 000 000 . Seems like one could educate on that… unless of course you have more admin staff than teachers… etc etc…
Danpri, I agree with you on that. It’s a school. Not a sports franchise training program nor a place for people to show off their money. They should cut admin and focus on teaching students, the rest should come second.
The disappeared film on Paul Tudor Jones: “Trader: The Documentary” (1987)
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/XH5W4vffBbY/