Bruce tapped as next Coalition chair
The presidents of the member organizations of the Minority Rights Coalition chose third-year College student M. Bruce to serve as the group's 2003-2004 chair in an election held last night in Newcomb hall.
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The presidents of the member organizations of the Minority Rights Coalition chose third-year College student M. Bruce to serve as the group's 2003-2004 chair in an election held last night in Newcomb hall.
Prompted by a letter from Rep. Robert Marshall, R-Manassas, James Madison University's Board of Visitors voted Friday to prohibit the distribution of emergency contraception at its Harrisonburg campus student health center.
To celebrate Thomas Jefferson's April 13 birthday, and to honor his legacy of advocacy for freedom of speech, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, announced the 10 recipients of its 'muzzle award' Saturday. The Center has recognized those it feels have violated free speech annually since 1992.
Though the intense combat phase of the United States' war with Iraq essentially has ended, many agree that the questions posed by the conflict still linger.
Midshipmen and cadets from the University Naval, Army and Air Force ROTC programs competed in Military Weekend, a three-day drill and fitness challenge, this weekend. The event, in which Navy took top honors, emphasized physical fitness and preparedness.
On March 20, the day after the United States began bombing Iraq, an estimated 200 University students left their classes at 2 p.m. and walked to the Lawn. The intent, according to Anti-War Coalition Co-Founder Jessica Forman, who helped organize the event, was to prevent students from being complacent about the conflict.
Despite last Thursday's accident at the Emmet Street parking garage construction site, facilities management officials said the project is proceeding in a timely manner. They also have determined the workers were correctly following safety guidelines when the accident occurred.
Over the past several years, the University International Studies office has made a large effort to encourage students to spend time overseas. The war in Iraq, however, may hamper this goal, as fears of violence against Americans abroad grow.
Like many other University students, third-year College student Reema Hijazi watched the start of the war in Iraq on television two weeks ago. Like many University students she protested the United States' actions the next day. But as a student studying abroad in Cairo, the demonstration in which she participated took place in a drastically different political climate and with a cast of thousands.
The FBI continues to search for the suspect in the assault of Daisy Lundy which occurred behind the West Lawn at about 2 a.m Feb. 26. The FBI requested yesterday that the public assist in its investigation.
Ivy Industries, a Charlottesville-based wood-molding manufacturer, closed late last week. Former members of the company's senior management have been accused of participating in a check-kiting operation.
"Bowling for Columbine", a critically acclaimed documentary on gun violence in America, will air for free at the theater in the basement of Newcomb hall March 31 EApril 5. It begins at 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and at 10 p.m. on Saturday.
Administrators in the Commerce School have initiated an investigation into a racially offensive remark a Commerce employee allegedly made to an African-American student on Friday morning, Commerce Dean Carl Zeithaml said yesterday.
Students, professors and honor committee members met yesterday in Gilmer hall to discuss the purpose and future of the single sanction at the University.
As Operation Iraqi Freedom progresses and more troops are sent into harm's way, University graduates may soon find themselves providing medical attention to U.S. soldiers wounded overseas.
In an effort to educate the University community about the judiciary process, members of the University Judiciary Committee will conduct an awareness campaign all this week, handing out information about issues that potentially will change the organization and answering questions about their effect on students.
The Black Student Alliance selected its 2003-2004 executive board in an election held in Clark hall last night.
On Grounds organizations were an amplified presence in this semester's turbulent Student Council elections due to an increased number of endorsements and heightened campaigning by endorsing groups, according to elections officials.
Members of the Asian Student Union met in Maury Hall last night to choose their new executive board in an election lasting for four hours.
Charlottesville residents joined an estimated 10,000 demonstrators Saturday in an anti-war rally and march on the White House.