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Wednesday marks the Mosaic House spring forum, which will concentrate on religious issues throughout the University.

"We want to take this kind of taboo subject away from closed-mindedness and to make people feel more comfortable talking about it," said Tracy D'Souza, second-year College student and forum planner.

Panelists will include members from groups such as Inter-Varsity Christians and Hillel, as well as individuals holding atheistic and Catholic beliefs.

"We wanted to focus on when you come to the University ... how practicing religion changes if it does change," she said.

The forum will take place in Maury Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on March 29.

Move over, Letterman

There's a new top 10 list in town. Briggs & Stratton, the world's largest producer of air-cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, has released its Top 10 Lawns List for 2000.

And what lucky lawns have landed on this prestigious list? Among the winners are the Alamo, the Golden Gate Park, the United States Naval Academy and, of course, everyone's favorite academical playground - the University's own Lawn.

According to Briggs & Stratton, which did not rank the 10 lawns in any particular order, Thomas Jefferson's favorite patch of grass is "one of the most green spaces in the country ... A field blend of hardy perrennial rye grasses, known for quick green-up and the ability to take abuse."

University reaches out

The University and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation co-hosted a meeting of the Community Foundations of Virginia yesterday in Newcomb Hall.

According to John Redick, executive director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation and academic lecturer in the department of government and foreign affairs, 20 different community foundations from all over Virginia were in attendance at the meeting.

"We all try to meet four or five times per year to share information about what we are doing," Redick said.

The community foundations raise money to be used as gifts and grants to needy organizations in a specific area.

The Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation boasts a Dave Matthews Band fund, built with a percentage of the profits from his concerts.

"They used the money to give half a million dollars to build a park in Esmot, Virginia, last year," Redick said.

The Dave Matthews Band fund is just one of many funds that uses the Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation as a venue for their gift giving. The Foundation currently has a net worth of over $13.5 million.

"It's a very worthwhile job," Redick said. "You can really see immediate results from a lot of what we do on a daily basis."

Compiled by Allison Botos and Ryann Collins

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