Cloistered away, down dusty, gravel access roads, a community of 10 women rise at 3 a.m. They pray, they read, they pray more, they work, they sing, they pray again and they sleep -- time passes like this here, amid the barren foothills of the Blue Ridge.
I n class, former Russian history Prof. Jim Hart always taught his students compassion. When he retired from the Uni versity and became director of volunteer programs at the Charlottesville Salvation Army, located off of Ridge Street, he was able to continue teaching the same values.
I'm scared. You might be carrying a gun under your veil," said a University student when Women's Studies Professor Farzaneh Milani decided to wear a traditional Iranian chador to class in the spring of 1994.
