UVa, Sabato offer free online course through Coursera

If you've heard of the free massive open online courses offered to anyone through Coursera, you may be interested in a course being offered for University of Virginia Professor Dr. Larry Sabato about President John F. Kennedy's life, administration, and legacy.<br /><br />Titled "The Kennedy Half Century," the four-week class will begin October 21 with two hours of video instruction by Sabato each week.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.coursera.org/">Coursera</a> is an educational website that partners with some of the world’s top universities, including the University of Virginia, to provide free online courses. Anyone can register for the course at <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35738630&msgid=537119&act=8TIE&c=561522&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coursera.org%2Fcourse%2Fkennedy" target="_blank">www.coursera.org/course/kennedy</a>.<br /><br />More from the <a href="http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball">Center for Politics</a> at UVa:<br /><blockquote>The MOOC is one of several initiatives the U.Va. Center for Politics is unveiling this fall in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination. Prof. Sabato’s latest <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35738630&msgid=537119&act=8TIE&c=561522&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomsbury.com%2Fus%2Fthe-kennedy-half-century-9781620402801%2F" target="_blank">book</a>, <i>The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy</i>, will be released in October as the class begins. Also in October, the Center will premiere a one-hour <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35738630&msgid=537119&act=8TIE&c=561522&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DS8ZY9837v3Q" target="_blank">national PBS documentary</a> on the same subject, which is being produced in partnership with Community Idea Stations. The Center for Politics and Community Idea Stations recently <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35738630&msgid=537119&act=8TIE&c=561522&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.virginia.edu%2Fcontent%2Fcenter-politics-wins-emmy-award-out-order" target="_blank">received an Emmy Award</a> for their previous documentary, “Out of Order,” which is about political dysfunction in Washington.</blockquote><div style="margin: 1em 0;">A trailer for the “The Kennedy Half Century” class is available by clicking on the course logo below:</div><center><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35738630&msgid=537119&act=8TIE&c=561522&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Diem9zK2cbZI" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/LJS2013082201-photo.png" /></a></center>

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UVa summer Young Writers Camp ... exploring the 3200-acre Sweet Briar College campus

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPzkG1PeBaKYNiwAVqyf7yrhGNIjtSDZ6MPStgwl-oMShqR_rhFHzLY4Vuru-d8kuL1Vvlyw1a_mUpIDnauvXvGObqjkt8NIbm3aR4OGOMVqfuK4YADZDoR4Q5HKBG872QPMeMqE7o_fW/s1600/26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPzkG1PeBaKYNiwAVqyf7yrhGNIjtSDZ6MPStgwl-oMShqR_rhFHzLY4Vuru-d8kuL1Vvlyw1a_mUpIDnauvXvGObqjkt8NIbm3aR4OGOMVqfuK4YADZDoR4Q5HKBG872QPMeMqE7o_fW/s400/26.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After spending three weeks last summer immersed in the French language and culture when Washington & Lee University hosted the <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-governors-school-french-academy.html">Governor's School French Academy</a>, SWAC Niece is enjoying a three-week <a href="http://theyoungwriters.org/">Young Writers Summer Camp</a> this summer sponsored by the University of Virginia but held on the campus of nearby <a href="http://sbc.edu/">Sweet Briar College</a>. This rising high school senior is a writer in all forms of the word, and has been since she was a little girl.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7nOQpldjdm60CEr-L-pzotdkLZE5l8HBJHxmgzZc3Wc6hBOlcImSA8McrHQzzC3AXodToPHI_QEFRqKDnZMR7AjeI1aDX19TosXlS6rEOoXeH1nGYZ0Tt8LZDL4OThxCGVT7UUAMRnRy/s1600/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7nOQpldjdm60CEr-L-pzotdkLZE5l8HBJHxmgzZc3Wc6hBOlcImSA8McrHQzzC3AXodToPHI_QEFRqKDnZMR7AjeI1aDX19TosXlS6rEOoXeH1nGYZ0Tt8LZDL4OThxCGVT7UUAMRnRy/s400/18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sweet Briar's campus consists of 3,200 rolling acres spread out over the Virginia countryside with room to roam for active young people. From the meandering front wooded drive to the historic brick buildings that are listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic District, it offers nooks and crannies to explore or put pen to paper -- or fingers to keyboard -- to describe the scenery, recall experiences, or record memories.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsw6qsmZ7VaOyxDA7bMaZxTqMPMhAOSEtGniZdRt8cJTLf3VAqFqu_Gd7Q2yP5wDHoeM7Mh9_d2uyTDj7__VSL8IBItVgyVQbFgxs4iE7eZ81ChyphenhyphenGpzbU8CyTww41tY1GMdHMWuBRBoCSk/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsw6qsmZ7VaOyxDA7bMaZxTqMPMhAOSEtGniZdRt8cJTLf3VAqFqu_Gd7Q2yP5wDHoeM7Mh9_d2uyTDj7__VSL8IBItVgyVQbFgxs4iE7eZ81ChyphenhyphenGpzbU8CyTww41tY1GMdHMWuBRBoCSk/s400/19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Part of the African American heritage of Sweet Briar.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mjFpnnnEHgGPvMpCCeyxmKKjbRP2yb9a-GoDcmhBuaP7rssR6NQZhW-BSsg6hGvZgJNqK5oB2a1QD99kLDbm7WPxX3nie43HllhOjzTI6UHBqesoYZm0EApJ4I-du-qVDPoi3QQFsgQJ/s1600/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mjFpnnnEHgGPvMpCCeyxmKKjbRP2yb9a-GoDcmhBuaP7rssR6NQZhW-BSsg6hGvZgJNqK5oB2a1QD99kLDbm7WPxX3nie43HllhOjzTI6UHBqesoYZm0EApJ4I-du-qVDPoi3QQFsgQJ/s400/20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZZF_zU1-QLYa-lsGeiEGMjY4rfE7w-CTu6_nB9KW7zlLqCbCThB5a-6eTLz5b8Fp7S3-m8XPDO88ZqjVeUcHSRxzMFTdcTj4AtXL3D_uHMzbSnvZXZdvsVo8p2JPueZqH8ySUE2a6oA7/s1600/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZZF_zU1-QLYa-lsGeiEGMjY4rfE7w-CTu6_nB9KW7zlLqCbCThB5a-6eTLz5b8Fp7S3-m8XPDO88ZqjVeUcHSRxzMFTdcTj4AtXL3D_uHMzbSnvZXZdvsVo8p2JPueZqH8ySUE2a6oA7/s400/21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This imposing yellow structure is Sweet Briar House. Sweet Briar College was founded in <b>1901</b>, the legacy of Indiana Fletcher Williams, who left her entire estate to found an institution in memory of her only daughter, Daisy, who died at the age of 16 in <b>1884</b>. At the time of Mrs. Williams' death in 1900, her estate consisted of more than a million dollars, and over 8,000 acres of land, including the Sweet Briar Plantation.<br /><br />Sweet Briar House has been home to the presidents of the College since its founding in 1901. The former estate residence has been on the Virginia Landmarks Register since the 1970s and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<br /><br />The original house was built in the late 18th century by Joseph Crews. Originally known as Locust Ridge, the structure was a two-story, six-room farmhouse of red brick. In 1830 Elijah Fletcher bought the house and 1,000 acres for $7,000 from Penn family relatives of his wife, Maria Antoinette Crawford. Fletcher, a schoolteacher from Vermont who had come to nearby New Glasgow (now Clifton) to teach at an academy there, rose to prominence in the local community and in Lynchburg following his marriage in 1813.<br /><br />Called "Sweetbrier" for the abundance of wild roses on the property, it became the summer home for the Fletchers and their four children, Indiana, Elizabeth, Sidney, and Lucien. In 1841 the family made it their permanent residence, and in 1851-1852 the original T-shaped farmhouse was enlarged with the addition of the tower wings, showing the daughters' attraction to Italianate architecture they had seen during a grand tour of Europe.<br /><br />The house was furnished with pieces bought in New York and Philadelphia. In 1858, upon Elijah's death, his daughter Indiana inherited Sweetbrier, renaming it "Sweet Briar." In 1865 Indiana married a New York clergyman, James Henry Williams, and though the couple traveled back and forth between New York and Sweet Briar, they considered this to be their home.<br /><br />Sweet Briar College's first president, Mary K. Benedict, used Sweet Briar House as her residence. For the first years of the College it also housed faculty members, the post office, and the infirmary. The first floor also served as the administration building for the College until 1926. A 1927 fire damaged the central part of the house and led to the rebuilding and modernization of the central part and east wing of the house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sweet Briar House is surrounded by gardens restored by The Garden Club of Virginia, and is filled with many of the furnishings original to the Fletcher and Williams families.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwJyFkxZex9tMp5h86a8JsD4hP_vLosOdl2iY21fcD6lbFyvd5oSYdS49Jx1QfpO-7TSfRI6H_ZaUCXwiePmnhBnKfYNU69o8NX49qdNMoEW-bb_kdvjvY-Y2Yq5Ry27Essdt7lCvoUeA/s1600/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwJyFkxZex9tMp5h86a8JsD4hP_vLosOdl2iY21fcD6lbFyvd5oSYdS49Jx1QfpO-7TSfRI6H_ZaUCXwiePmnhBnKfYNU69o8NX49qdNMoEW-bb_kdvjvY-Y2Yq5Ry27Essdt7lCvoUeA/s400/22.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The campus includes hiking trails, <a href="http://sbc.edu/riding">an equestrian center</a>, boat house with two lakes, and an abundance of <a href="http://sbc.edu/outdoor-programs/sweet-briar-outdoor-program">outdoor activities</a> taking advantage of the surrounding national forests and ski areas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCO08f8rDGGWTpLdKBSoS7Lj15wqprr5pJbMoE-b6fTPxZk1vT7dOOM1-PRvS44jfH0aRlcHnSAYO-zBXgNYvgsAHRjq6nlcntB7GHpVmFwnZzS9JzW9hNhiXbqshWwxriKzXZH_t09rh/s1600/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCO08f8rDGGWTpLdKBSoS7Lj15wqprr5pJbMoE-b6fTPxZk1vT7dOOM1-PRvS44jfH0aRlcHnSAYO-zBXgNYvgsAHRjq6nlcntB7GHpVmFwnZzS9JzW9hNhiXbqshWwxriKzXZH_t09rh/s400/23.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8k_NhWK_M8tT0Btb4w6ihQOe98rivX4EwxURk_9NO07PXh4NG_xENA6JY-CV5jo_TsMxPYWZDBW65XhoVX_BP_HvsO3M6MMscxeKaAPJXUxy7OWIePplAlg-1_aMnelyIB9AC2taUgix/s1600/24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8k_NhWK_M8tT0Btb4w6ihQOe98rivX4EwxURk_9NO07PXh4NG_xENA6JY-CV5jo_TsMxPYWZDBW65XhoVX_BP_HvsO3M6MMscxeKaAPJXUxy7OWIePplAlg-1_aMnelyIB9AC2taUgix/s400/24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Young Writers Workshop of the University of Virginia, established in 1982 as the nation’s flagship program for young writers, enters its third decade of bringing together a community of young people from across the country and beyond with a common purpose: to create a supportive, non-competitive environment where teenage writers can live and work together as artists. The faculty of authors and residential staff bring professional experience to the development of new talent.  In partnership with Sweet Briar College and its idyllic setting, the Young Writers Workshop has achieved a long-desired goal to welcome its participants to a retreat space where writers can commune with each other, immerse themselves in creative activity, and fuel their imaginations through an innovative arts program. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2GPdI2RjRV2HJ_iuR7pXrU2q_W5hxcfn9yL1Qgzm7orwTNd_q-XUirkQSe_vA3zHWplbAJqyXUE8vv4dpB64ROFbsocYoOHq5vOjphGuYY1TYT5bDNHf7bwclbpU_dw4xf0jTT0bPIrs/s1600/27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2GPdI2RjRV2HJ_iuR7pXrU2q_W5hxcfn9yL1Qgzm7orwTNd_q-XUirkQSe_vA3zHWplbAJqyXUE8vv4dpB64ROFbsocYoOHq5vOjphGuYY1TYT5bDNHf7bwclbpU_dw4xf0jTT0bPIrs/s400/27.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Participants learn the dynamic principles of play, invention, response, revision, performance, and publication as well as strategies to invent, develop, and revise material using the writer’s most essential tools—language, imagination, craft, sight, and insight. They conference with instructors and peer writers. They examine contemporary artists’ work. They become more discerning readers. Five workshops are offered. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtDzFp3bRfSDfIR_jxTXkKM_rozAWeeTVswgCzbb1Wv7HS74CWq6e9PaAX93wncB3xmYRGLsqcWZQ-iTqHA60RxoZZktLFJgGKWnzNloNpdEVp2cn4A-KkdqH4q8JFpuwPNK5KDkd9n5a/s1600/28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtDzFp3bRfSDfIR_jxTXkKM_rozAWeeTVswgCzbb1Wv7HS74CWq6e9PaAX93wncB3xmYRGLsqcWZQ-iTqHA60RxoZZktLFJgGKWnzNloNpdEVp2cn4A-KkdqH4q8JFpuwPNK5KDkd9n5a/s400/28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fiction: From the real to the surreal, fiction writers learn how evocative fiction works: the power of provocative story hooks, resonant settings, and plot lines that weave together the lives of complex characters. This workshop also focuses on developing a repertoire of voices, styles, and narrative techniques to intrigue readers and leave them wanting more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-3ykoIMwjouSXZiI3rWOmGbFzbyETaZlzoa-ZJUSqNBixCUrQIWra-GuGJei_RYFaX30BTaznozlT14yEPRE-XUchOBX6MPbh8nbRnHvjw7BWI5bmM4SKP1nUzwfnrzwEjIveYOZo458/s1600/29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-3ykoIMwjouSXZiI3rWOmGbFzbyETaZlzoa-ZJUSqNBixCUrQIWra-GuGJei_RYFaX30BTaznozlT14yEPRE-XUchOBX6MPbh8nbRnHvjw7BWI5bmM4SKP1nUzwfnrzwEjIveYOZo458/s400/29.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="program-video"><div class="video-wrapper"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Screen and playwriting: F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "Writers aren’t exactly people … they’re a whole bunch of people trying to be one person." Script writers learn the skills needed to unleash their cast of characters onto screen or stage. Dramatic writing is the perfect genre for those whose inspiration exceeds the limits of the page! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUJV6ty7j_rlkzCt3-kuRLk8BEdEEkB4PV3OnO06fqTuAxhiOxt_uAmFnLTVUQ4AZxljYeQn61vpL5eOQ94KG0holIrXqJcG7PTM0uajfaTr8uRgy5slwjWk-XAKBKGUiq2Ef3yYfGI5h/s1600/30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUJV6ty7j_rlkzCt3-kuRLk8BEdEEkB4PV3OnO06fqTuAxhiOxt_uAmFnLTVUQ4AZxljYeQn61vpL5eOQ94KG0holIrXqJcG7PTM0uajfaTr8uRgy5slwjWk-XAKBKGUiq2Ef3yYfGI5h/s400/30.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Creative nonfiction: Creative nonfiction writers deploy the devices of great fiction—riveting description, charged dialogue, strong narrative structure—for telling true stories. They take these literary skills into field assignments to practice the real moves of the nonfiction writer, through humor, memoir, editorial, review, and many others bringing truth to the page with the force of fiction.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwH9H9KYTR31hz6417NoLu0lf9N3TMuEV3aRf52zJaGdRLQ2OmWcspeojMGjkJa6fUAmJyeqWBcYU57sUeLU2XAPFuEVnz_wTwdx8da7rG7KlxGQLwjYXkM4MnGXl6e18hXzwoKeoARix/s1600/31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwH9H9KYTR31hz6417NoLu0lf9N3TMuEV3aRf52zJaGdRLQ2OmWcspeojMGjkJa6fUAmJyeqWBcYU57sUeLU2XAPFuEVnz_wTwdx8da7rG7KlxGQLwjYXkM4MnGXl6e18hXzwoKeoARix/s400/31.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Poetry: Poets make the ordinary extraordinary. They experiment with craft and form. They embody whole worlds of experience in just one line or image, distill where they have been and what they know, and give shape to personal truth in luminous detail. This workshop helps young poets discover the ways to tempt the muse to the page and forge what follows into a full blaze.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji08HK3QondNCCU01N-hBd-xjmRePih8uul90usUJEhhijaV0Ux84efzAtg2p-l1UL03l7nVBvnMLLM4NzelfHdZjGHVXCqJ1PsGZuN7rV01zjSfn0xNnAUw-yJnD4bZym_KntVzty9fL2/s1600/32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji08HK3QondNCCU01N-hBd-xjmRePih8uul90usUJEhhijaV0Ux84efzAtg2p-l1UL03l7nVBvnMLLM4NzelfHdZjGHVXCqJ1PsGZuN7rV01zjSfn0xNnAUw-yJnD4bZym_KntVzty9fL2/s400/32.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Song writing: SWAC Niece may enjoy this since she's an accomplished guitar player. Artists in this workshop write songs that give rise to unequivocal statement. They concentrate on lyrics, music, or both. Through improvisation, they enter the kinship of poetry through jazz-poetry fusion. They perform live, go solo, or collaborate with other singer-songwriters. Either way, they create in that unparalleled space where sound and words explode.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQpbXsCfGb9iLS1DV1sxc0-3FLbhJkRAMVJE8qrw9m9hCjugPyKISSG6hEgeMZcBAwyBpveVxYz2aXLA1aU1kdm7Jr1HTzsg_Cxe06R0bWRtOAO54V8wvDi9bZ3iVSWutNHb-eAKjzL4m/s1600/33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQpbXsCfGb9iLS1DV1sxc0-3FLbhJkRAMVJE8qrw9m9hCjugPyKISSG6hEgeMZcBAwyBpveVxYz2aXLA1aU1kdm7Jr1HTzsg_Cxe06R0bWRtOAO54V8wvDi9bZ3iVSWutNHb-eAKjzL4m/s400/33.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Those who wished to attend had to compete for a slot by writing an autobiographical sketch including details reasons for wanting to attend the Workshop and capturing the applicant’s interests and influences as a writer, as well as a recommendation.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3s8skTf6iNHeOXoO0y71yJUBmjcKGa2txFM2GBuhgpTc0I3GDq4vzfyiOmTaPK42Osy4K-9DoiUvedt-qxwiqaQm2osrr00FkupyFp7d33ZQr6LXV1tZUHhjoPYLeTWB5DbG-6-bqzgGx/s1600/34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3s8skTf6iNHeOXoO0y71yJUBmjcKGa2txFM2GBuhgpTc0I3GDq4vzfyiOmTaPK42Osy4K-9DoiUvedt-qxwiqaQm2osrr00FkupyFp7d33ZQr6LXV1tZUHhjoPYLeTWB5DbG-6-bqzgGx/s400/34.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Applicants also had to submit one one-page writing sample in their first choice of genres, one one-page sample in their second choice of genres, a selective writing portfolio (3-5 page document) in their first choice of genres, and a 2-3 page writing sample in their second choice of genres. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2O6_v1aMvlh1vDqkVSNXM7rS_yNfLDtTIOVQzwhGC2j36HU2pgEU3WgDR5TZ_Lr5WMsly22aZyxu6Skjyc8Ck9Eb5zF5ThcJ2CBnuVE_oZiSQmHNIzt5vFmWwS4wGI5V9W2drD4rMvHi2/s1600/35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2O6_v1aMvlh1vDqkVSNXM7rS_yNfLDtTIOVQzwhGC2j36HU2pgEU3WgDR5TZ_Lr5WMsly22aZyxu6Skjyc8Ck9Eb5zF5ThcJ2CBnuVE_oZiSQmHNIzt5vFmWwS4wGI5V9W2drD4rMvHi2/s400/35.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a <a href="http://theyoungwriters.org/our-story">tremendous opportunity</a> with the chance to work side-by-side with young writers from around the world as well as across the nation. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpl77IE_ZNtgBOAP0FeuFqjj3_pdL4BmiUsEwXEbSgK5ZQPZRXHXxOSFbBK0NmMYetVN9fD7b_G9MaUwEsVjAhID8-86h5k49_3fGFcFZN5HfYJb3pna_aUGHNrm-g7X2O2IQ-rh3cLRqb/s1600/36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpl77IE_ZNtgBOAP0FeuFqjj3_pdL4BmiUsEwXEbSgK5ZQPZRXHXxOSFbBK0NmMYetVN9fD7b_G9MaUwEsVjAhID8-86h5k49_3fGFcFZN5HfYJb3pna_aUGHNrm-g7X2O2IQ-rh3cLRqb/s400/36.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">What inspiration will be found on this sprawling campus? 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Charlottesville ABC agents should be reminded of the Alicia Showalter Reynolds tragedy

I had no intention of writing about the Charlottesville ABC agents who apprehended a UVa student in the false belief she was underage with beer. Her "beer" turned out to be sparkling water but a series of events led to her arrest and she was thrown in the slammer overnight. ABC agents thought their lives were in danger, and the young lady thought her life was in danger, and it ended up in a big mess.<br /><br />The actual incident occurred in April but came to light at the end of June when the <i>Daily Progress</i> reported on it after charges were finally dropped against Elizabeth Daly. Reporter K. Burnell Evans wrote "<a href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/bottled-water-purchase-leads-to-night-in-jail-for-uva/article_b5ab5f62-df9b-11e2-81c4-0019bb30f31a.html">Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for UVa student</a>:"<br /><blockquote>When a half-dozen men and a woman in street clothes closed in on University of Virginia student Elizabeth Daly, 20, she and two roommates panicked.<br /><br />That led to Daly spending a night and an afternoon in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Her initial offense? Walking to her car with bottled water, cookie dough and ice cream just purchased from the Harris Teeter in the Barracks Road Shopping Center for a sorority benefit fundraiser.<br /><br />A group of state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents clad in plainclothes approached her, suspecting the blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water to be a 12-pack of beer. Police say one of the agents jumped on the hood of her car. She says one drew a gun. Unsure of who they were, Daly tried to flee the darkened parking lot.<br /><br />"They were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform," she recalled Thursday in a written account of the April 11 incident.</blockquote>And then there's this:<br /><blockquote>Prosecutors say she apologized profusely when she realized who the agents were. But that wasn't good enough for ABC agents, who charged her with three felonies.</blockquote>She was charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of eluding police. <br /><br />What stands out to me is that <i>half a dozen</i> agents closed in, at night, on several young college students. The agents were in street clothes, unrecognizable as law enforcement, and apparently their quick flashing of badges was not enough to be seen or confirmed. It was dark, the agents banged on the windows and jumped on the hood of the vehicle. The girls fled, terrified they were being assaulted. Stopped a short distance away by another police officer, Ms. Daly was told the car-jumping, window-banging shadows in the night were actually agents, and she apologized profusely. They slapped the cuffs on her and hauled her to jail.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.readthehook.com/109831/terror-harris-teeter-gun-wielding-abc-agents-arrest-underage-water-buyer">Local</a> and national news outlets have picked up on it. <br /><br />As I read yet another account of the incident, I thought about Alicia Showalter Reynolds who was abducted and murdered 17 years ago on Rt. 29 north of Charlottesville, reportedly by a man who had a flashing police light on the roof of his truck and pulled her over. She went missing for two months until her body was found in Culpeper. The murder was never solved ... the case is still open.<br /><br />That incident was an alarming event for women in the area. Still unsolved, Virginia State Police issued a statement in March of this year: <br /><blockquote>CULPEPER – Apprehending the person responsible for the disappearance and death of Alicia Showalter Reynolds remains a priority for the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Culpeper Field Office.<br /><br />March 2, 2013, marks 17 years since Ms. Reynolds was abducted in Culpeper County on Route 29 while traveling from Baltimore, Md., to Charlottesville. Since then the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Culpeper Field Office has received more than 10,040 tips relating to the ongoing case, with 27 of them coming in within the past 12 months. State police continue to ask the public to come forward with any information related to the investigation.<br /><br />According to witnesses who observed Ms. Reynolds’ vehicle parked on the southbound shoulder of Route 29 on March 2, 1996, a white male, approximately 35-45 years old with a medium build and light to medium brown hair was stopped out with her vehicle. The man, described as between 5’10’ to 6’0 tall, was driving a dark colored pickup truck, possibly a green Nissan. Ms. Reynolds’ remains were found two months later on May 7, 1996, in the Lignum area of Culpeper County.<br /><br />As news spread about Ms. Reynolds’ abduction, several other female subjects came forward advising that a white male had either stopped them or attempted to stop them while they were traveling along Route 29 in Culpeper County.<br /><br />Despite the passage of time, state police continue to pursue this case. “Within the past year, the investigation into Ms. Reynolds’ murder was the focus of review by State Police violent crimes investigators from around the state,” said Capt. Gary T. Settle, commander of the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Culpeper Field Office. “These investigators poured over the entire case file, leads, witness statements, interviews, suspect profiles, evidence, etc., to strategize and pursue any new evidential or technological avenues that could benefit and, ultimately, advance the progress of this ongoing investigation.”<br /><br />Anyone with information pertaining to the abduction and murder of Alicia Showalter Reynolds is asked to contact the Virginia State Police Culpeper Division toll-free at 1-800-572-2260, or the Bureau of Criminal Investigation toll-free at 1-888-300-0156 or by e-mail at bci-culpeper@vsp.virginia.gov.</blockquote>At the time, police advised women who were apprehended by a "police" vehicle to find a safe area before stopping, and were assured real officers would know they were not fleeing. <br /><br />With that in mind, perhaps ABC officers, especially those working in college towns, should be reminded of the <a href="http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Alicia_Showalter_Reynolds">Alicia Reynolds tragedy</a>.<br /><br /><b>UPDATE: </b>A number of newspaper editorials have questioned the validity and wisdom of ABC agents' actions during this incident including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, posting the editorial, <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/our-opinion/today-s-top-opinion-drunk-on-power/article_6d59ca44-59bb-5bb2-88b6-78f17b3ffade.html">Drunk on power?</a> 

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