Month: February 2007

ON WINAs Best Seat, Jed talks with Virginia basketball coach Dave Leitao. Leitao’s Cavalier team is teid for first place in the ACC heading into this weekend’s game against in-state rival Virginia Tech. Jed and Leitao discuss the state of the Cavaliers and the challenge presented by the Hokies.

In her 2007 Ridley Lecture, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine compares educators and “starfish throwers.”

Mike Szymanczyk, chairman and chief executive officer of Philip Morris USA, discusses the $25 million gift that the Richmond-based company has made to U.Va.

In this episode, Ken White interviews Hagan Kappler (Darden ’07), who will discuss the upcoming Women’s Leadership Week, Feb. 19-23, sponsored by the National Association of Women MBAs at Darden.

Anne Verbiscer, a research scientist in U.Va.’s department of astronomy, discusses the research on one of Saturn’s moons.

Marc Fisher is a columnist and blogger for The Washington Post. He spoke with Coy Barefoot of Charlottesville–Right Now! about his new book, Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation. Radio may be seen as “old school,” but what’s interesting to Fisher is how media change once they’re considered out of style. He talks about the effects that television had on radio, and he tells the stories of a few disk jockeys that pushed the envelope on radio innovation, including Hunter Hancock, Wolfman Jack, and Cousin Brucie.

Fisher takes us on a guided tour through the history of radio, from the end of live-only musical performances in the 1930s through the “payola” scandals of the ’50s and ’60s to the FM shock jocks and AM right-wing shows of today.

And what does Fisher think of the future of radioGuv,!vDjkjwith podcasts, iPods, and digital streaming now becoming so pervasive? Listen to the podcast and find out. Fisher also keeps his readers up to date on what’s going on in Washington’s radio scene.

University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III delivers his annual State of the University address on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at noon in Old Cabell Hall.

Maurice Apprey, interim dean of the Office of American-American Affairs at the University of Virginia, presents the annual State of the Office of African-American Affairs Address. Apprey, a professor of psychiatric medicine and the School of Medicine’s former associate dean for diversity, was named interim dean in July 2006.

Mark Bergman, a member of the Democratic Party of Virginia, and Shaun Kenney with the Republican Party of Virginia, regularly join Coy Barefoot on Charlottesville–Right Now! for an update on action in the General Assembly. First up in the discussion was the Transportation Compromise – should part of the budget surplus be spent on improving Virginia’s roadways? Next up, Bergman and Kenney discuss two controversial bills: HB2648, which would make abortions a felony; and HB2797, attempting to guarantee “the right to enjoyment of life” for pre-born human beings.
Both also comment on Ed Gillespie’s speech during his recent visit to the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. Some conversations Gillespie’s comments sparked dealt with financial contributions to campaigns and “Gotcha Politics” in reference to the Democratic website Assembly Access.

David Morris is a writer and former Marine, who has an essay in the Winter Edition of the Virginia Quarterly Review. On this segment of Charlottesville–Right Now! with Coy Barefoot, Morris discusses his essay and the Bush Administration’s policies regarding the war in Iraq. The article, The Big Suck: Notes from the Jarhead Underground, recounts his observations about the Marines currently serving in Iraq, gathered from spending several months with them in 2004. He delves into some of the more personal experiences Marines are going through, and tries to shed some light on how the Iraqis are reacting to American intervention.

Morris’ book on the battle of Khafji during the Gulf War, Storm on the Horizon, is in stores everywhere.