Follow-up

$$$$$ (July 2004)

What began as part of the 2003 Fringe Festival landed Erin Crowe (Studio Art ’03) in the news in August. She paints portraits of Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve. Why? “Partly it’s just because his face is so interesting — his lips, his ears, his hair,” she told The  Washington Post, “and partly it was just the image of the man I wanted to play off of.” All 18 paintings at a gallery in Sag Harbor, Long Island, sold at prices from $1,000 to $4,000, according to the Post.

South Lawn preparations yield clues about the Foster family (October 2005)

Continued archaeological investigation of University of Virginia land owned in the 19th century by a free black family, the Fosters, has revealed the location of 18 more grave shafts, bringing the total number of grave shafts discovered since 1993 to 32. The University commissioned the additional investigations this summer in preparation for the South Lawn Project, which likely will include an area memorializing the site.

Great catch (October 2005)

Playing against the best in the world of Ultimate Frisbee turned into a winning spree for the United States team, which featured U.Va.’s Jessi Witt (MA, Psychology ’03, PhD ’08) at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg, Germany.

After dominating Japan in the first game, the United States continued on a path that took them to gold.

“We were fired up,” says Witt. “Everyone just feared us.”

The closest game (15-14) was in the preliminary rounds against Australia. The Australians led for most of the game, but in the closing minutes Witt made an interception that stopped Australia from scoring the winning point.

In the final, also against Australia, the score went to a close 13-11 to the United States. “We went into it thinking we would win. I think Australia didn’t believe they could beat us.”

Witt continues her Ph.D. work in psychology with a memory the highlight: “having the gold medal hung around my neck.”
By Melissa Bray

Biro (January 2005)

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Drama ’89) returned to the University in September to perform his critically acclaimed show, “Biro.” During a three-day visit, Mwine also screened his documentary, “Beware of Time,” and participated in workshops and discussions.