Meredith Gunter is the outreach specialist with the Demographics and Workforce Section at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. Gunter joins Coy on the October 13th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about the population milestone crossed in the United States. As of this past Tuesday, the U.S. Census bureau lists the population as being over 300,000,000 people. Gunter’s unit sponsored a major conference on the topic last week.
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Is time travel possible?
Dr. Ronald L. Mallet of the University of Connecticut is a leading scholar and an innovative force in theoretical physics who declared in July 2002 that he has a theoretical blueprint for a working time machine. He writes about his theory in his new book, Time Traveler: A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality. Mallet’s work is based on the effects that black holes appear to have on time.
Dave Norris announces for Mayor
City Councilor Dave Norris wants to be the next Mayor of Charlottesville (The Hook), and joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to announce that he has the unanimous support of his fellow Councilors to take on the position. Council will officially make the appointment at its first meeting on January 7, 2008.
Norris also weighs in on:
- the recent spate of wheelchair-bound pedestrians being hit by cars and then ticketed by police
- the City’s decision to begin its own ambulance service (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
- police surveillance cameras for downtown Charlottesville (The Hook)
- how City government can be made more efficient
CT growth update: County’s five-year plan, rural churches, campaign finance
Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” every Tuesday to talk about growth and development in area. This week, a look at the run-up to the budget cycle coming up in Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville. The County is moving to a five-year budget this year, and Brian explains what that means. Also:
- New Supervisor Ann Mallek appoints Tom Loach to the Planning Commission, and other appointment news
- Final campaign donation numbers in the Board of Supervisor’s race
- The rural church trend in Albemarle County continues with Grace Baptist Church and First Church of the Nazarene
Police chief Longo on the recent wheelchair tickets
Police Chief Tim Longo joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk for the first time about the incident where a wheelchair-bound man was ticketed after being struck by a Albemarle County police cruiser. While he could not talk about the particulars of either that case, or the second case which occurred earlier this month, Longo was able to talk about department policy.
“These decisions as to whether charge or not charge are made in the field, made in real time by the person who is tasked with the responsibility of investigating the accident,” Longo said.
Photo by George Loper
Jon Kukla explores Mr. Jefferson’s Women
Jon Kukla received his master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and from 1973 until 1990 he directed historical research and publishing at the Library of Virginia. He then followed up as curator and director of the Historic New Orleans Collection, before becoming the director of Red Hill, the Patrick Henry National Memorial in Charlotte County. Now he lives in Richmond, and recently published a book called Mr. Jefferson’s Women. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss the new book.
ACTA’s Mitchell on William and Mary’s new bias reporting system
Charles Mitchell is the program director at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, and he joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the new bias reporting system at the College of William and Mary. ACTA is a group that represents alumni groups who are dissatisfied with the way current operations at their alma mater.
Generation A.D.D.: Natural solutions to the problem
Dr. Michael Papa is a chiropractor and the author of Generation A.D.D.: Natural Solutions for Breaking the Prescription Addiction. Papa joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the so-called epidemic of ADD and AHDD, which he says is often misdiagnosed.
Charting the rise of the Evangelicals
Evangelicals used to be on the periphery of American life, but are now incredibly influential in Washington, on Wall Street, and in every corner of society. Sociologist D. Michael Lindsay of Rice University charts the religious group’s rise to power in his new book, Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to describe the research that went into his work.
Historian David Blight on slave narratives
Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving with only a handful of those are in the first-person. Two newly discovered accounts and the biographies of the men who wrote them join that exclusive group with the publication of the new book A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom. The author of the book, David Blight of Yale University, joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the work.