On Friday, August 31, Senator John Warner announced he would not seek a sixth term in the U.S. Senate. He made his comments from the steps of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia.
Special thanks to the University of Virginia for providing the audio for this event. Read more at the Hook’s website as well as on The New Dominion.
| Shaele Wood started volunteering in college, and is now the United Way Thomas Jefferson Area’s Volunteer Center Director. Shaele shares how to find volunteer opportunities by visiting www.BeAVolunteer.info an online database that allows visitors to search by keyword, issue area addressed, type of opportunity, youth and family opportunities and more. Volunteers can also view an online calendar of special events, training sessions and one-time volunteer opportunities. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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Washington and Lee Senior Logan Gibson has just returned from Rwanda, where she was helping to set up a library. She joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss her adventure. Gibson’s experience was sponsored by the program Projects for Peace. Her work will continue this year at W&L, as she is president of that school’s Books for Africa organization.
“Overrated.†“Overrated.†“Overrated.â€Â
Patrick kept saying words, and Chris kept throwing back the same response.
“Overrated.â€Â
Find out what triggered Chris’ manic episode on this week’s “ACC Nation†- and learn more about …
- Why former UNC soccer star Cat Whitehill had a hard time picking Georgia Tech and Florida State before she left with the rest of Team USA for next month’s Women’s World Cup …
- Did Chris really pick JMU to upset UNC? We’re going to have to make sure he’s still taking his Ritalin.
- Was it an accident that the “ACC Nation†preseason previews ended with Clemson and Florida State? Nah, couldn’t be.
Professional wrestling and politics are more similar than you might want to admit. After all, one of them is fake.
We’ll let you muse on that for a moment …
OK. We’re back.
Wrestling, er, rasslin’, politics and Michael Vick are the hot topics this week on “The New Dominion Show.â€Â
Joining us this week …
- UVa. law professor Larry Walker talks about the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
- Martin Mercerau of PETA talks about the impact that the Michael Vick case is having on the effort to stamp out the dogfighting subculture in the U.S.
- And Steve Johnson, one of the authors of the upcoming book Benoit on the life and violent death of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, talks about the book and the sad, sad Benoit story.
Dead fish, dead projects and a brand name that could add new life to a city - that and more this week on “The Augusta Free Press Show.â€Â
Joining us this week …
- Don Kain of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality talks about ongoing studies into fish kills in the Shenandoah Valley.
- Lorie Smith talks about an upcoming referendum in Waynesboro that could bring back to life several capital-improvements projects that were left for dead by Waynesboro City Council earlier this month.
- And Amanda Huffman discusses efforts in Staunton to develop a new brand for the Queen City. (Hey, there’s an idea there.)
David Ekern is the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about how VDOT is dealing with bridge maintenance in the wake of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis earlier this month. Before coming to Virginia, Ekern ran Idaho’s transportation agency, and also has experience working in Minnesota.
Lori McIlwain is with the National Autism Association, which recently launched a new program called Family First, which is designed to give assistance to couples whose relationships are strained by caring for an autistic child. She recently joined Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to explain.
Victoria Cochran is the Chair of the State Board of Mental Health. Cochran joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about Virginia’s attitude towards the mentally ill in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre.
Alan Weisman is an award-willing journalist whose reports have appeared in Harpers, the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, NPR, and more. His new book, The World Without Us, asks the question: What would happen to the Earth if jumanity just disappeared?
“I have tried for a long time to come up with a way of talking about some things I think are very important in the world,” Wiesman told Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” In this podcast, he describes how the book is a way to look at the planet. Don’t miss the website.
