Bob's mess: 'Please stop,' Governor McDonnell urges alumni, faculty, legislators
As many of you know, no major decision of this kind can be made at Virginia without the support and assent of the Governor. – Peter Kiernan
June 28th, 2012 issue #1126
Leadership fitness: Did Dragas engage in plus-sized bullying?
Given the lack of specific, convincing reasons that Rector Helen Dragas has given for forcing the resignation of UVA President Teresa Sullivan, what really motivated the decision has become a mystery. What if a visceral, even unconscious, prejudice against Sullivan's physical appearance, manner, or gender contributed to the undignified way in which her firing was handled? Recent • Dragas to Kington: 'Why we can't afford to wait'
Sullivan oustermath: A timeline of UVA in tumult
Some believe that UVA's Rector needs to step down. Late May to early June - In the "why we can't afford to wait" emails later obtained by the Cavalier Daily, Rector Helen Dragas and Vice-Rector Mark Kington swap newspaper and magazine articles as wel…
News
Big box bonanza: Hunter Craig lauded in Wegmans deal
Two and a half years after selling a 1,200-acre property known as Biscuit Run to the Commonwealth for use as a state park– and eight months after suing the state in a...
Doernberg's disgust: How bullied bus lady got Charlottesville boost
The 68-year-old bus monitor who was viciously bullied by a group of New York middle-schoolers has a Charlottesville native to thank for helping push the video viral, a medi...
Fluid debate: Citizens press experts on chloramine in water
Two weeks ago– before UVA President Teresa Sullivan's forced resignation roiled Charlottesville and beyond– the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority's plan to add ...
Kluge Fired? Not quite says husband
Following the expiration of a one-year transition contract, the once vastly affluent socialite Patricia Kluge will no longer be employed full-time at the vineyard that once...
The Dish
Jeremiah Langhorne: From pizza boy to top chef
Albemarle High School graduate Jeremiah Langhorne, 26, has come a long way from being a pizza delivery boy. That was his first job in the restaurant business. Eventually, h...
Essays
The 'incrementalist': UVA President Teresa Sullivan, translated
"I have been described as an incrementalist. It is true. Sweeping action may be gratifying and may create the aura of strong leadership, but its unintended consequences may...
Real Estate - On the Block
Stribling student-plex going single-family again
UVA Crisis
'Strangely silent'? Republican lawmakers weigh in on UVA crisis
Nearly two weeks after UVA Rector Helen Dragas' June 10 announcement that President Teresa Sullivan resigned because of "philosophical differences," local Republican delega...
4 honor: Resinstate Sullivan rally brings thousands to Lawn
"It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it." ~Th Jefferson A few thousand students, faculty, and friends rallied on the University of Virginia Lawn Sunda...
Alums for Sullivan: Dragas' top employee sends out emotional video
"Maybe it was a mistake," says Carol Wood, the spokesperson for UVA, who sent out a link on Saturday morning to an emotional video of alumni standing up in support of ouste...
Decision time: Zeithaml steps back, Cohen suggests reinstatement likely
Following a June 22 press conference called by Carl Zeithaml, the McIntire School of Commerce dean who was tapped by Rector Helen Dragas to be interim president after Teres...
Dragas' digs: Rector's new farm suggests plan to stick around
Even if Helen Dragas doesn't remain UVA rector into a second term, she'll have a place fit for a billionaire to entertain friends and colleagues near Charlottesville. Sourc...
Fast-moving day: Sullivan reinstatement could be happening
The people in the Hook newsroom were trying to write some thoughtful analysis for next week's issue, but then we checked around and realized that events are happening so fa...
McDonnell to BOV: Make a final decision or else
Gov. Bob McDonnell issued a statement today demanding a decision from the UVA Board of Visitors on who will be President of the University by Tuesday, or else he will deman...
A passerby gives two thumbs up to a statement painted on Beta Bridge.
Resignations begin: Esteemed computer science prof pulls plug
Professor William Wulf began his career at UVA in the early 1960s as the first Ph.D. student in the school's then nascent computer science department. On Tuesday, June 19, ...
Taking action: UVA faculty address McDonnell, launch social media sites
Cries for the resignation of embattled UVA Rector have been echoing for days, and they're only getting louder. On Thursday, June 21, 15 faculty members who are also UVA alu...
Unanimous: BOV votes to reinstate Sullivan
After two tumultuous weeks, UVA President Teresa Sullivan has been reinstated by unanimous vote of the Board of Visitors. Sullivan's words Her remarks to the BOV and to th...
Zeithaml in charge? Dragas pick embraces Simon, pans Sulli-sack
"I realize that some of you don't trust me," says Carl Zeithaml, the day following his selection by a deeply divided Board of Visitors that followed getting hand-picked to ...
Zeithaml suspends presidency: Will wait until BOV votes on Sullivan reinstatement
The man tapped as the interim president of the University of Virginia has decided to go back to work as the dean of the University's McIntire School of Commerce and cease f...
