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Students enlist aid of city with living wage

By Christina Holowinsky | April 27, 2010

Workers and Students United, an organization led by University students pushing the institution to pay its employees a living wage, proposed that the Charlottesville City Council pass a resolution to encourage the University to adopt such practices at the April 19 Council meeting. Erin Franey, third-year College student and leader of WASU, said many University employees must take second or third jobs to support their families.

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Horwitz, Hunt, Wilson garner research awards, funding

By Kelly Kirschner | April 27, 2010

Faculty researchers Rick Horwitz, Donald Hunt and Tom Wilson were selected to receive the University's 2010 Distinguished Scientist Awards for their respective contributions to the study of cell behavior, the detection of proteins and peptides and the psychology of self-knowledge. The Office of the Vice President for Research, which created the award, will deliver $10,000 to each recipient to support his research efforts.

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UJC votes down Kaye

By Maggie Streng | April 26, 2010

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. Queer and Allied Activism President Seth Kaye approached UJC last Sunday for its support for a resolution opposing a statement by University alumnus and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli that asked state universities to remove gender identity and sexual orientation from their anti-discrimination policies. Kaye also approached Student Council, which passed the endorsement unanimously Tuesday.

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Energy project takes prize

By Shirley Park | April 26, 2010

[caption id="attachment_34699" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Presidential Committee on Sustainability sponsored the student competition last week.

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University professors receive Guggenheim Fellowships

By Radina Belberova | April 23, 2010

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded English Prof. Rita Felski and Virginia Quarterly Review editor Ted Genoways with 2010 Guggenheim Fellowships, which provide research funding for individuals who demonstrate "achievement and exceptional promise," according to a statement from the Guggenheim Foundation. Felski received her $33,000 award for her work in the field of literary criticism, while Genoways received $35,000 for his contributions to American literature. Felski's award money will go toward research on a project called "Suspicious interpretation of texts as critical methodology." The project is part of a book that will concentrate on the concept of "suspicious reading," according to a University press release. "Often known as 'critique' or more grandly as 'the hermeneutics of suspicion,' this technique of reading texts against the grain to expose their unflattering meanings is widespread throughout the humanities," Felski stated in the press release. Felski - who holds the William R.

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Commemorating the overlooked in the University

By Lindsay Powell | April 23, 2010

It's a history that's been brushed aside for years, but now, in light of recent events that have brought its pernicious past to light, students are working to recognize the role of slaves in the University's history. Between 1817 and 1865, the University was home to at least 150 slaves or more slaves, according to Catherine Neale's research as cited in Robert Brickhouse's article "Slaves at U.Va." from the July 2005 edition of Arts and Sciences Magazine.

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Students fall victim to racial slurs

By Rebecca Rubin | April 22, 2010

Two female fourth-year University students were subjects of a racial bias incident last Thursday morning outside of Cohn's on the Corner. The two students - one of whom is white while the other is Togolese-American - were returning home around 2 a.m.

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Police combat drinking undercover

By Caroline Newman | April 22, 2010

The police department at Frostburg State University has stepped up its efforts to combat underage drinking, occasionally sending undercover officers or students to survey particularly rowdy parties.

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Breast cancer detection technology uses 3-D imaging

By Sofia Economopoulos | April 22, 2010

A new device known as a dual modality tomographic scanner, developed by researchers from the University's radiology department, has the potential to become more effective than mammograms for detecting breast cancer in its early stages. The device conducts structural imaging like a mammogram, but it combines this with molecular breast imaging in an alternating manner, Assoc.

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Students trail in filing 2010 census forms

By Monica Periasamy and Kate Colwell | April 21, 2010

Census return data shows that areas where higher numbers of University students currently reside have turned in their census forms at a lower rate than the rest of the Charlottesville community. The Jefferson Park Avenue and Venable neighborhoods, which are both popular venues for student off-Grounds housing, were calculated as the lowest performing areas in the City of Charlottesville with participation rates of 60 percent and 57 percent, respectively, as of last Thursday, according to a Charlottesville press release. Areas further from Grounds, on the other hand, showed figures that were higher than the national average, which currently stands at 71 percent, according to the U.S.

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Anti-discriminatory bill passes

By Jane Ma | April 21, 2010

[caption id="attachment_34605" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Student Council members passed a resolution that urges the University, commonwealth and nation to support non-discriminatory policies toward sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

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