Search continues for missing Va. Tech student, reward posted

October 17, 2009 was the last time Morgan was seen. How many girls have to go missing? How come they just disappear with no trace? These question we ask and the family ask. Where do our missing children go?"Police...

Metallica Posts Morgan Dana Harrington Alert

Metallica has posted an alert for Morgan Dana Harrington, the 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who disappeared after getting separated from her friends at a Metallica concert in Charlottesville, VA. Metallica is...

Morgan Dana Harrington: Virginia Tech Student Missing

Morgan Dana Harrington, a a 20-year-old Virgina Tech student, disappeared after becoming separated from her friends at a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia in Charlotresville. Morgan Dana Harrington,...

Turkish students discover individualism in the U.S.

BY EMRE PEKER, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE  [to the companion interview with Gunay Evinch, "The changing role of Young Turks in the U.S."] Serdar Özenalp arrived in Charlottesville, Va., around midnight after a 20-hour journey from Istanbul, Turkey. He hailed a cab with two...

Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis - Why the Silence?

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Dave Matthews Band Saxophonist Dies at 46

The Dave Matthews Band is reeling from the unexpected loss of one of the group's founding members, saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who died Tuesday at the age of 46. The following statement has been posted on the...

Local group takes on sex trafficking

"   Impoverished fiscally, physically or emotionally, women, men and children throughout the world and even in the commonwealth are being exploited, and the Sexual Assault Resource Agency wants to do something about it.   “You don’t think of human...

Bush heckled during 4th July speech

"Protesters made it hard to hear President Bush Friday as he welcomed new citizens and marked Independence Day at the home of Thomas Jefferson. As is the tradition each Fourth of July, a naturalization ceremony was held at Monticello in Charlottesville, Va. This year, 76...

Off Track? Record industry takes action against seven UVA students for illega...

Off track?Record industry takes action against seven UVA students for illegal downloadingBY BRENDAN FITZGERALDThe close-cropped, brown-eyed bulk of a young man sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October...

What does Andy Block see? A state that spends more on jailing kids than teach...

This is a great power of the individual story out of Charlottesville, VA. Two quotes for you below, then ... read the story:"...sure, it's cynical, but I can't understand Andy Block. If you look past the awards...

VA Tech students back to school

After a summer of mourning the shootings which took 31 students, Virginia Tech reopened doors to students today. The fall semester begins on a hopeful note; this in spite of the news that five VA Tech students,...

The Local Food Movement: What happens when food gets to be more political tha...

Charlottesville is a hub for the new local food movement.But what happens when food gets to be more political than flavorful?By Meg McEvoy/C-VILLEThis summer, take a break from the drive-through and get out to the...

Strange fruit: LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, VA

Sally Mann’s curious world, on both sides of the lensBY ERIKA HOWSARE“Personal” is a word often applied to Sally Mann’s photographs (along with others—“intimate,” “startling,” and sometimes that...

Rivanna: Local groups are trying to clean up Jefferson’s river

After nearly three centuries of human progress dirtied the Rivanna, local groups are trying to clean up Jefferson’s riverBY JAYSON WHITEHEADOne recent afternoon, a friend and I put in on the Rivanna and for the...

The life of the mind

What goes on beneath the surface of campus life, and what are schools like UVA up against dealing with mental illness in college students?BY MEG MCEVOYMy day to talk with Dr. Russ Federman about mental health at...

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