Honor convictions fall in 1999-2000
In honor trials, student juries handed down fewer guilty verdicts this year than last, according to Honor Committee case statistics released Sunday night.
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In honor trials, student juries handed down fewer guilty verdicts this year than last, according to Honor Committee case statistics released Sunday night.
Charlottesville resident Dominic Morris, accused of shooting an Albemarle County man Sunday morning, turned himself in to city police Tuesday after a two-day hideout in a motel just south of Richmond.
The Honor Committee lost one of its five executive officers at last night's meeting when, in closed session, fourth-year Architecture student Scott Sottile resigned from his position as Vice Chairman for Services and the Honor Committee as a whole.
Bogged down by the sheer complexity of its task, a commission examining the honor system will not meet its Sep. 17 deadline to suggest changes to the honor system and will have to ask the Honor Committee for an extension.
Los Angeles, Aug. 16 -- While the first night of the Democratic National Convention focused on the accomplishments of the past eight years, the second night was dominated by a theme of looking to the future.
Los Angeles, Aug. 15 -- As over 15,000 current Democratic Party leaders converge on the Staples Center for the Democratic National Convention, a group that calls themselves the next generation of Democratic leaders also is convening in downtown Los Angeles. The Young Democrats of America, a group of active, college-age Democrats, is just one of the many ways college students are getting involved in this year's Convention.
Los Angeles, Aug. 16 -- They arrived in downtown Los Angeles by the thousands, protesting everything from brutality to breastfeeding and preaching viewpoints from anti-abortion to Armageddon. They came wearing outrageous outfits such as "scalpel lady" and even a Jesus costume. They are the demonstrators of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, and their presence has caused tension and even violence since the event began.
Los Angeles, Aug. 15 -- As over 15,000 current Democratic Party leaders converge on the Staples Center for the Democratic National Convention, a group that calls themselves the next generation of Democratic leaders also is convening in downtown Los Angeles. The Young Democrats of America, a group of active, college-age Democrats, is just one of the many ways college students are getting involved in this year's Convention.
Los Angeles, Aug. 16 -- They arrived in downtown Los Angeles by the thousands, protesting everything from brutality to breastfeeding and preaching viewpoints from anti-abortion to Armageddon. They came wearing outrageous outfits such as "scalpel lady" and even a Jesus costume. They are the demonstrators of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, and their presence has caused tension and even violence since the event began.
Los Angeles, Aug. 16 -- While the first night of the Democratic National Convention focused on the accomplishments of the past eight years, the second night was dominated by a theme of looking to the future.
Los Angeles, Aug. 15 -- As over 15,000 current Democratic Party leaders converge on the Staples Center for the Democratic National Convention, a group that calls themselves the next generation of democratic leaders also is convening in downtown Los Angeles. The Young Democrats of America, a group of active, college-age Democrats, is just one of the many ways college students are getting involved in this year's Convention.
Four Honor System Review Commission members met with about 20 students last night in an open forum in Minor Hall to discuss concerns about the system.
The Albemarle County General District Court handed six-month jail sentences to two individuals involved in the Feb. 1999 assault of then fourth-year students Jonathan Dean and Cabral Thorton.
A female University student reported to police yesterday that an unidentified black male approached her with a knife. This is the second incident involving a knife reported to police this week.
As a result of an ongoing Facilities Management project to remove lead-based paint from Monroe Hall, students recently have had to maneuver around "hazardous material" caution tape and information stations to get to class.
Some University officials will be packing up and temporarily moving out of the Rotunda at the end of the semester.
The University now faces a third lawsuit resulting from the decision to suspend three students who were involved in the Nov. 21, 1997 assault of then-first-year student Alexander "Sandy" Kory above the Ruffner Footbridge on Newcomb Road.
In the first honor trial open to the public since September 1998, second-year Engineering student Patricia Gonzales was asked to leave the University community Saturday after a student jury found her guilty of cheating on an organic chemistry exam.
The University Judiciary Committee held its executive committee elections last night. Elected officers, including College Rep. Lissa Percopo, who was named Chairwowan, will begin their term Sunday.
After several weeks of planning and discussion, the Honor Committee decided in a 15-0-2 vote not to hold a special referendum election by the student body on the seriousness clause. The decision at last night's special Committee meeting comes a week before voting was to begin.