Council passes activity budget
At its representative body meeting yesterday evening, Student Council passed a budget which allocated about $17,000 to fund summer and fall initiatives for the next few months. Council members also approved the introduction of an ad hoc committee which would review and overhaul Council bylaws. Council’s revenue is generated from both student activities fees (SAFs) [...]
Read moreClinics face new laws
When legislation took effect in January which requires women’s health clinics to meet stricter regulations, clinics across the state began searching for a way to comply while continuing to offer the same services to their patients. Gov. Bob McDonnell enacted a law March 7 which classifies clinics as hospitals if they provide more than five [...]
Read moreObama talks student loans
President Barack Obama held a conference call yesterday afternoon with college students from around the nation to speak about the costs of higher education. From aboard Air Force One, he explained the importance of maintaining current interest rates on student loans in a changing economy. “We’re going to schools to talk to students directly about [...]
Read moreAlumni donations decline
Alumni donations to universities, specifically those from younger alumni, have dropped in the past few years, according to a report released last week by Blackbaud, Inc., an organization which provides information and services to non-profit groups. The report, titled the “2011 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance,” evaluates various higher education institutions’ funding sources in [...]
Read moreCenter gives report in D.C.
Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles, director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, presented a report yesterday afternoon in Washington, D.C. which aimed to make Congressional lawmakers more aware of national transportation issues. The substance of the report came from discussions which took place last fall at a transportation conference the Miller Center hosted at [...]
Read moreMuller passes away aged 92
The man who helped convince the Board of Visitors to fund the present-day University Hospital, former University Vice President for Health Affairs William ‘Harry’ Henry Muller Jr. passed away Thursday in Irvington, Va. at the age of 92. Irving Kron, chairman of the department of surgery, emphasized the integral role Muller played in overseeing the [...]
Read moreElzinga hosts FTC official
Federal Trade Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch addressed Economics Prof. Kenneth Elzinga’s antitrust seminar class yesterday to discuss the responsibilities of the FTC and the impact of the group on U.S. policy. The FTC, made up of five members appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate for six-year terms, works to protect both competition [...]
Read moreWebsite ranks University architecture first
Top Colleges Online, a website which evaluates colleges and degree programs, released a list yesterday of the 50 “most amazing examples of college architecture” ranking the University first for the architecture of the Rotunda. Web Editor James Arney said the site’s editors were attracted to the Rotunda’s “historical significance in combination with its aesthetically pleasing [...]
Read moreCommittee may mandate tutorial
The Honor Committee yesterday evening considered making an honor system tutorial, which was previously optional for first-year students, mandatory for all students at the beginning of the fall semester. The Committee hopes to operate the education module through NetBadge. Committee Chair Stephen Nash, a third-year College student, said the Committee would likely have to coordinate [...]
Read moreLove family to file suit
The family of former University student Yeardley Love plans to file a wrongful death suit in Charlottesville Circuit Court, the attorney of Yeardley Love’s mother Sharon Love indicated Thursday. A jury in February convicted former University student George Huguely of the second-degree murder of Love, his ex-girlfriend. Mahlon Funk, Love’s attorney, requested access to the [...]
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