A little birdie sends in an article about UVA Gossip sites.… I always wonder why the Cav Daily staff can’t produce better articles. They totally miss some obvious things. We discover the “anonymous editors” who run StreakTheLawn.com and help out the Cav Daily with a deeper look into those gossip sites.
The first thing they missed:
UM, HELLO YOU MISSED CVILLAIN, WHICH SPAWNED THE OTHER SITES! »Read More
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Charlottesville community scholarship program will host a dinner at Shebeen on Tuesday, February 26th to help raise funds for future scholarship grants.
STL Working Mom challenges pretty much all the local bloggers to show up in full force. I did hear that Shebeen serves beer. cVillains should attend.
STLWM explains:
If you’re not in the mood for The Shebeen and don’t care about meeting me or other bloggers, head out to one of the other four participating restaurants Tuesday night. You can choose from C & O, Fellini’s #9, Zinc and ZydeCo. All five restaurants will be contributing a percentage of the night’s take to the Program.
[via STL Working Mom]
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When I woke up this morning, the internet sent me a little tidbit about what he’s been up to lately. It’s no good! This hit Gawker yesterday, and then Google news shortly thereafter, so I’m sure its 15 minutes of rotten, fetid fame will be over soon. Meanwhile… »Read More
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Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up for your week in review.
We got villains dissing on wine bars, gunshots at the Outback and some Grecian food. Don’t forget to stop around back to sample our smelly PR move, celebrity wannabies, and your favorite musical acts. When you leave, grab the gift bag– it’s full of tats, lawsuits, and monkey sex. Enjoy!
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Students. You can get permanent frostbite on your toes, and you do look like idiots wearing flip-flops right now. You know those stories our grandparents tell about walking a mile through the snow to get to school with holes in their shoes, before global warming and everything? They tell the stories to make you appreciate the fact that you don’t have to endure pain and suffering because you can buy warm shoes. Lawnies: you’re off the hook because walking outside to get to the shower is kind of awesome.
DSW. Will you please build a Charlottesville location? I have received so many $20 gift certificates that I haven’t been able to use in time. We need you, because students are walking to school a mile in the freezing cold (soon to be snow) with no real shoes.
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Al Groh, recently named ACC’s coach of the year, got a year contract extension for UVA football. Just in case you didn’t know that means that UVA football will pay him over $1.7 Million in 2008. For what I ask?
(CAVEAT: I’m not a football know it all)
Let’s take a quick look at the stats from this season:
9/1 @ Wyoming 2:00 (Versus) (L) 3-23
9/8 Duke 12:00 (LFS/Raycom) (W) 24-13
9/15 @ North Carolina 12:00 (W) 22-20
9/22 Georgia Tech 12:00 (W) 28-23
9/29 Pittsburgh 7:00 (W) 44-14
10/6 @ Middle Tenn. St. (W) 23-21
10/13 Connecticut 3:30 (W) 17-16
10/20 @ Maryland 8:00 (W) 18-17
10/27 @ N.C. State 4:30 (L) 24-29
11/3 Wake Forest 12:00 (W) 17-16
11/10 @ Miami 7:15 (W) 48-0
11/24 Virginia Tech (L) 21-33
Despite the fact that we had the easiest season ever, we barely beat teams we should have crushed. Why weren’t more games like Miami? Why, when Virginia Tech comes here do they completely outplay us? Groh, last season you were 5-7 and were pummeled by decent teams. Good thing FSU wasn’t on our roster this year.
I’m not sure if it’s due to lack of recruiting, a traditional run run run the ball playing style, ACC’s mistaken award, or what, but if Virginia football wants to get better (and make me happier), then maybe it’s a good idea to spend those millions elsewhere.
I know a lot of alums complain about Groh. They say he’s a nice person, but football is about kicking some serious ass. Groh needs to go back to school to figure things out.
Thoughts, football aficionados?
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I figured out that referencing NY Times Magazine articles and fussing over risotto recipes wen’t winning me any more popularity around here [than when I tied with BusRider for “favorite writer” in our readers poll], so here’s the cynical Lilith you know and tolerate. And yes, I did vote for myself, as a matter of fact. Do you think less of me? Oh you’re about to. I have a conscience, FYI, and it’s barely okay with… »Read More
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Slightly Stoopid
Tonight: Pat McGee Band with Josh Kelly and the Sons of William
Pat McGee brings me back to the days of beating guys’ kegstand records in skirts, skipping class to rope-swing into a river, and browsing collegehumor.com pictures (I was pre-video, people) at 4am. And I won’t be seeing their concert tonight for that reason. It had a time and a place… and OH MAN it was fun.
But Sons of William? Who the hell do they think they are? They’re sons of William, apparently.
Sunday: Slightly Stoopid with Fishbone and the Supervillains
Slightly Stoopid is a great live band! Like Pat McGee, though, I’ve only ever see them play in a venue where the pot smoke can naturally ventilate into the atmosphere, and I recall there being more of it at Slightly Stoopid’s shows. I have two concerts by each under my belt, and if I had to pick one to see, I’d go back to Slightly Stoopid. The music is happy music, for lack of a better word, pot or not. I also think Slightly Stoopid is slightly more famous, and I’m definitely of the school of thought that I should see concerts that future generations will be impressed to hear I attended. Yes, I am that determined to be a cool old fogie.
Thursday: Melt Banana with Hex Machine and Worn in Red
I know nothing about the bands except that their band names ROCK, so they must rock too.
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Beta Bridge paint removal under consideration
Not surprisingly, the issue of “tradition” came up when the University of Virginia’s Facilities Management proposed to strip Beta Bridge of hundreds of layers of paint, citing safety as its concern. When a chunk fell off earlier this year, it was discovered that some coats were still moist from years ago, having been covered with new messages before aerating. I learned that a proposal was submitted by an art student a few years ago to remove the paint as performance art. I wonder if the student ever attempted it, and if so, if he/she was stopped in the name of “tradition.”
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Double Break Ins. 1000 Ridge Street Break-In and Someone Trying to Break Into Blue Ridge Motor Works [DP]
Frat Fight Ends in Stabbing. Police couldn’t get witness accounts because of alcohol? Sounds odd to me [DP]
Double Bitch Slap to the Face of UVA’s Star Scientist Initiative. Sounds like they should have called it the Poop Scientist Failure [WT]
Charlottesville is not a cool place for loans to non-whites, in fact it is the worst according to this report [NCRC, Page 7]… Jim also has a 4 part series that is worth reading if you have some time. [JD]
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