Committee considers rearranging workflow
The Honor Committee is working to improve the efficiency and continuity of its procedures by shuffling long discussions and brainstorming sessions to its procedures committee.
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The Honor Committee is working to improve the efficiency and continuity of its procedures by shuffling long discussions and brainstorming sessions to its procedures committee.
After spending a term focused on procedural issues, the Honor Committee's executive board members said they plan to hold more conversations that will encourage students to think actively about the system during the fall semester. In addition, the Committee hopes to do more to accommodate minority groups, while increasing the flexibility of Commerce students' exam schedules.
As the semester comes to a close, members of the University Judiciary Committee are working to improve outreach programs and maintain strong levels of internal diversity.\nSo far, UJC has succeeded in diversifying the organization, Chair Will Bane said.
At last night's meeting of the University Judiciary Committee, members debated whether UJC should endorse a non-discrimination resolution by Queer and Allied Activism.
As the academic year comes to a close, members of the Honor Committee worked to finalize upcoming initiatives for next year at its meeting Sunday evening.
Members of the University Judiciary Committee elected third-year Nursing student Emily Flavin to the position of vice-chair for first years in a special election yesterday.
The Diversity Action Board hosted an annual forum Wednesday night to discuss challenges related to diversity faced by the Honor Committee.
At the current Honor Committee's final meeting Sunday night, outgoing Chair David Truetzel announced the results of this weekend's elections for the new executive board, as well as looked back upon his year within the Committee.
The Honor Committee sponsored a forum last night to discuss ethical academic responsibility and the differences between faculty and student expectations of academic ethical principles.
The first-ever University Judiciary Committee mock trial took place in Newcomb Ballroom yesterday evening to outline basic procedures of a typical case. UJC hoped the trial would increase awareness and education of trial proceedings among students.
The University Board of Elections announced the results of last week's elections to fill the representative body of the Honor Committee last night.
Last night saw the elections of the new representative body of the University Judiciary Committee after a week-long voting period.
It may be common for students to talk about tests they have taken, but could this activity fall under a moral gray area in the honor code?
After three weeks of discussion and an extended conversation yesterday evening, the Honor Committee voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would release public summaries of honor cases. Two-thirds of Committee members voted to put the amendment on the upcoming University Board of Elections student ballot.
Bipolar disorder is less prevalent among University students than across the nation as a whole, according to Russell Federman, director of the University's Counseling and Psychological Services.\nFederman estimates that about 1 percent of the University's population has bipolar disorder, according to the first post on his blog, "Bipolar You,", that focuses on and hopes to reach out to individuals living with the disorder within a university environment. By contrast, the National Institute for Mental Health estimates that about 2.5 percent of the U.S. population older than 18 has bipolar disorder, he said.
Members of the Honor Committee proposed two amendments at last night's meeting, both of which will be put on a referendum to be included in the University-wide elections Feb. 26.
College Dean Meredith Woo on Friday announced the appointment of Eugene R. Schutt, Jr. as the College's new associate dean for development.
The Albemarle County Planning Commission is developing a new blueprint, the Places29 Plan, which outlines significant changes to the U.S. 29 corridor as part of the county's Comprehensive Plan, designed to facilitate growth, development and change in Albemarle County. If approved, Places29 could impact many citizens' commutes.\nPlaces29 specifically outlines the development of four neighborhoods surrounding the U.S. 29 Corridor in northern Albemarle County, where officials expect a significant amount of future growth. The Places29 plan includes needs for schools, libraries, parks and other community facilities necessary to a growing community.\nJudy Wiegand, senior planner of the Albemarle County Planning Commission, said the plan would preserve rural areas while at the same time making urban areas as attractive as possible.\nThough the county has not allotted a specific amount of funds for the plan, it is expected to cost more than $300 million, said Neil Williamson, executive director of the Free Enterprise Forum, a non-profit organization that analyzes local government policy in Central Virginia.\nWilliamson expressed several concerns about the plan.\n"My primary reservation is that the specific design contemplated doesn't exist anywhere else in the United States," he said. "Beyond that there are no funds available for this utopian plan."\nAdditionally, Williamson predicted the Places29 plan will cause "significant headaches for commuters."\nWiegand said, however, the plan takes into account commuter problems that may arise from construction by providing alternative routes to citizens.\nIn addition to road concerns, Williamson noted that local businesses along U.S. 29 will be heavily impacted as well.\n"The plan as currently contemplated will create a 20-year economic dislocation in the business backbone of Albemarle County," Williamson said, citing the reduced accessibility to local businesses as a direct cause for this disruption. "The transportation design does not adequately address the needs of the business."\nWiegand, though, said while there will be reduced visibility for the businesses near the construction as it progresses, the Virginia Department of Transportation will work with the community to minimize problems as much as possible.\n"Businesses will have plenty of time to adjust, although a few businesses might be bought out," Wiegand said.\nIn the long run, Places29 could give the businesses along the interchanges better visibility and access, Wiegand said.\n"Once the construction is done, everyone will benefit," she said. "People and businesses will have easier access. Once we alleviate some of this congestion, some people who haven't been shopping there might come back."\nNo official date has yet been set for the plan's completion.\n-Kevin Mead contributed to this article