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Blue Ridge shooting victim dies; suspect now faces murder charge

Tim Davis, a 27-year old Charlottesville employee for WNRN radio and victim of the April 5 Blue Ridge Parkway shooting, passed away at the University Medical Center Friday. Currently, 18-year old Christina Floyd, who also was injured in the shooting, is in stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery. Ralph Leon Jackson, the man suspected of shooting Davis and Floyd, is currently detained at Middle River Regional Jail in Verona, Va., without bond.


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Student Financial Services updates loan policies this summer

The University's Financial Aid Office will introduce several changes to the student loan process this summer to fall into accordance with a student-loan provision in the 2010 Federal Health Care Law. The loan overhaul will make the government sole lender of student loans, thus eliminating banks as institutional intermediaries.


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Foxfield officials change administrative policies

Attendees of the 2010 annual Foxfield Races will see some operational changes to the races intended to streamline and improve the safety of the day's events, Foxfield marketing director Anne Susen said. The races, which are scheduled for April 24, will begin at 9 a.m.


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Bureau, U.Va. push for high census yield

The University and U.S. Census Bureau have made efforts throughout the past week to encourage students to complete the decennial questionnaire. Census workers, for example, have handed out forms on the Corner and have been stationed in Newcomb Hall to provide information about the survey, which was sent out in mid-March. Students' participation in the census is instrumental in determining the distribution of resources, said Pat Lampkin, the University's vice president for student affairs. "It is our civic duty," she said.


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Police have suspect in custody following Monday

Augusta County law enforcement officials announced in a press conference yesterday that they have apprehended Ralph Leon Jackson, a man suspected of shooting two people at Rock Point Overlook at about 7:30 Monday evening at mile marker 10 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The victims, 18-year-old Christina Floyd of Fluvanna County and 27-year-old Timothy Davis of Charlottesville, were taken to the University Medical Center.


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StudCo renews popular policies

Student Council's Student Life Committee announced last week that the Charles L. Brown Science & Engineering Library will resume its extended exam hours during the upcoming final exam period in May.


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UVaPride arranges forum on diversity

University students, faculty members and administrators held a forum Monday in response to recent challenges and controversy surrounding the school's non-discrimination policy. The forum was organized by UVaPride, an association of faculty, staff and graduate students, and the student organization Queer and Allied Activism.


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University student passes away Sunday

Fourth-year College student Joe Arwood passed away Sunday morning at the University Medical Center. The cause of death is not yet known. Arwood, a member of Sigma Phi Society, was found unconscious at the house Friday morning by one of his fraternity brothers, who then administered CPR, said Psychology Prof.

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