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Council committees garner 368 applications

By Joseph Liss | September 24, 2012

Student Council received 368 applications for positions on 16 different committees, 26 fewer than last year’s record-breaking fall recruitment. Council could not email out the Class of 2016 listerv this year, which third-year College student Eric McDaniel, Student Council’s director of University relations, said could potentially explain the decrease in applicants. Council was unable to meet with Virginia Carter, director of external communications, who has the ability to send emails to class listservs, until after the application period had ended.

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Virginia polls give Democrats clear lead

By Lizzy Turner and Will Keel | September 21, 2012

Democrats have taken a clear lead in Virginia’s two biggest national elections this year, according to two new polls that show President Barack Obama maintaining a slight edge against GOP nominee Mitt Romney while Tim Kaine gained a new advantage over George Allen in the U.S.

Rebecca Blank, acting U.S. secretary of commerce, visited Grounds Wednesday with good news for the Virginia Innovation Partnership — $1 million in federal funds.
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Blank and Sullivan announce grant for University innovation

By Donald Sensabaugh | September 20, 2012

Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and University President Teresa Sullivan announced Wednesday the Virginia Innovation Partnership — a fund that supports start-ups and early-stage technologies — will receive a $1 million federal grant. The award is part of $7 million in new grants available through the i6 Challenge, an annual initiative led by the Department of Commerce that funds innovation-based entrepreneurial projects.

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Coursera adds 17 online partners

By Grace Hollis and Erik Payne | September 20, 2012

The online learning service Coursera, which announced a partnership with the University July 17, added 17 universities to its list of participating institutions Wednesday. Coursera is a free online course service available to anyone with computer access. It currently partners with six of the schools in the U.S. News and World Report’s top 10, as well as 27 other institutions.

Honor Chair Stephen Nash, above, discussed honor with students Wednesday.
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Nash, students talk honor

By Kaelyn Quinn | September 20, 2012

The Honor Committee held the first in a series of seven roundtable discussions Wednesday evening in an attempt to bring students into a dialogue about honor at the University. Honor Committee Chair Stephen Nash described the discussions as an opportunity for students to “share their experiences about honor and what it has meant to them during their time [at the University] and ways they think the Honor Committee and honor system can improve.”

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Mann, U.Va. triumph again in legal battle

By Lizzy Turner | September 19, 2012

Michael Mann, former University environmental science professor, will not have to give the American Tradition Institute access to his email correspondence and various other documents pertaining to his controversial climate change theory, the Prince William Circuit Court ruled this week. Should the ruling stand, it could set a precedent that researchers in public institutions do not have to disclose to the public proprietary documents relating to their research.

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Council approves $90,000 operating budget

By Emily Hutt | September 19, 2012

Student Council passed its 2012-2013 operating budget at its representative body meeting Tuesday evening, allocating about $90,000 in spending for upcoming initiatives. The budget appropriates funds from both the Student Activities Fees (SAF) paid by students each semester and additional funds, known as non-SAF, obtained through agreements with companies.

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Murdered student's mother aims to promote safety

By Emily Hutt and Heidi Collins | September 18, 2012

Nearly three years after the murder of college student Morgan Harrington, her family is reaching out to young women through a pledge card campaign that aims to remind women about community dangers. The 20-year-old Virginia Tech student went missing in October 2009 after leaving a concert at John Paul Jones Arena.

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State extends clinic standards

By Kelly Kaler and Alex Stock | September 18, 2012

In the latest in a continuing battle over abortion care in the commonwealth of Virginia, the Virginia Board of Health Friday approved measures 13-2 requiring Virginia’s 20 existing abortion clinics to either abide by the same architectural standards as hospitals or cease providing abortions. The board in June passed permanent regulations that closely resembled the emergency rules drafted by state officials after the General Assembly passed a bill last year tightening building standards for abortion clinics.

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Courses promote language learning

By Michelle Davis | September 18, 2012

A short-term language program set in motion by the University’s International Center aims to provide students with a jumpstart in the basic phonetics, grammar and conversational phrases of a foreign language, according to a University statement released Monday. The program, open to anyone in the University and Charlottesville communities, will require participants to take two three-hour courses, followed by small group practice with native speakers.

Hundreds of Charlottesville residents gathered in Lee Park Saturday to celebrate LGBTQ communities. The city’s first ever gay pride festival was organized by Cville Pride, a community network that organizes events to promote equality in the area.
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City holds first pride festival

By Lavanya Yaleswarapu | September 17, 2012

The City of Charlottesville hosted its first ever gay pride festival Saturday afternoon in Lee Park to show support for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer communities. The festival, which was held at the site of last year’s Occupy Charlottesville protests, drew hundreds of individuals and featured live entertainment, food from local vendors and activities for children.

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BOV talks strategic plan

By Anna Perina | September 17, 2012

A desire for innovation lingered in the small auditorium of the Harrison Institute Friday as the Board of Visitors convened its inaugural meeting of the special committee on strategic planning.

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Task force debates human rights commission creation

By Donald Sensabaugh | September 14, 2012

The Charlottesville Human Rights Task Force held its second open forum Thursday night to hear community members’ ideas about the possible creation of a more permanent commission to study discrimination within the City. City Council launched the task force in February in response to a request from the Dialogue on Race, a local group that advocates discussions on racism and diversity. The committee, if created, would investigate instances of bias or injustice in Charlottesville. About 60 community members attended the event, hosted in First Baptist Church.

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