December 18th, 2003 issue #0250

News

• Air coli: New outbreak goes beyond food

  The Hook's November 13 cover story highlighted the growing concern over a vicious strain of E. coli bacteria that has killed a child and seriously injured dozens more throu...

• Enough already? Enter the <I>Hook</I>'s rainfall contest

  Are you good at guessing how many gumballs are in the big jar? How about how much that average-size dark-haired lady weighs? Do you have a Ouija board? Even if none of that...

• Final jug: Sheets cider mill bottles its last

  With little fanfare but much nostalgia, a 75-year Virginia tradition ended December 11 as the Sheets Cider Mill bottled its last jug of sweet apple cider. "This is a sad ...

• Guinea pigs: New film needs test audience

  A producer of a highly acclaimed film has produced another, and he wants you to be his guinea pig– er, serve on a focus group.

• NEWS- Slumped over: Alleged rape followed party

  The night started with festive drinking, but by the early morning hours, a 19-year-old UVA student alleges, she had been raped by a classmate. Details of the incident emerg...

• Solo entry: Gravedigger nominated for Grammy

  Solo Dave has won a Grammy nomination in his freshman effort. "Gravedigger," the first single from Dave Matthews' solo album, Some Devil, earned a nomination as "Best Male ...

• Wet view: Dell project unfinished... really

  The pond at UVA's Dell has been filling, but the project, the subject of The Hook 's August 14 cover story, isn't quite finished. Trapped in culverts since around 1950...