Student Council announced yesterday that Environmental Sensitivity and Sustainability will be the focus of next year?s University Unity Project.
University students and Charlottesville residents could soon benefit from a recently approved initiative meant to provide increased rail transportation to Washington, D.C.
Before the start of the men?s lacrosse game Saturday, the Virginia Pep Band will protest the University?s allegedly reiterated decision to disallow it from playing at varsity Olympic sporting events not attended by the Cavalier Marching Band.?The administration?s decision to exclude the Pep Band should alarm all students who care about student leadership at the University,? stated Alexander Houck, Pep Band director and third-year College student, in a press release.
In advance of the Honor Committee?s transition of power in early April, current members approved an amendment Sunday meant to improve trial processing efficiency and also unveiled a new Web site meant to better communicate with students.The amendment, which had been discussed for several weeks, alters sections IV.C.8.
Student Council formally transitioned from the Matt Schrimper administration to the John Nelson administration last night.Prior to the start of the swearing-in ceremony, though, the outgoing Council president made sure his final piece of legislation passed.Council voted to accept a bill, drafted by third-year student Schrimper, recognizing Noble Cozart Lampkin as the official University dog.
Foxfield Race officials made several changes to race policies this year to reduce instances of public drunkenness and underage drinking, Director of Racing Patrick Butterfield said.Perhaps the most readily noticeable policy change for the April 25 race is that students older than 21 this year will no longer receive armbands identifying themselves as such, because it was too easy for underage attendees to find wristbands, Butterfield said.
In an effort to expand undergraduate arts research opportunities and establish a set of grant awards especially for creative subjects, officials recently created the University Undergraduate Award for Arts Projects.
In developing SpermPaint, a substance that causes sperm to glow when examined under a florescent microscope, University researchers have found a new method to analyze rape kits.
The Honor Committee held its annual retreat this weekend, during which the newly elected Committee worked to plan its year-long term and name its new chair and vice chairs.Third-year Commerce School student David Truetzel was named the Committee?s new chair, replacing current Honor Chair Jess Huang.?Trusting me to serve as their representative to the wider University community is obviously a huge honor,? Truetzel said.Truetzel, who has been involved with honor since his first year, said ?everyone was really excited? at the retreat for the new administration.
As the economic downturn continues, department chairs in various schools are reporting difficulties with hiring faculty and expanding services like course offerings and funding for faculty travel.The commonwealth?s projected budget cuts affect schools and departments differently, based on how much those sections depend on state funds, said Elizabeth Fortune, associate dean of finance and administration for the Architecture School.The University assigns its budget cuts based on a proportionate share of its state funds, explained Colette Sheehy, vice president for management and budget.?What the central budget office does is assign the cuts to the major vice presidential offices,? Sheehy said.
The University Judiciary Committee officially created the position of senior data manager last night by voting to change Articles IV and V of its bylaws.
Two unidentified suspects robbed a University student Friday afternoon at Madison Lane.
The National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded a $74,990 development grant for the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities radio show, ?BackStory with the American History Guys.? History Prof.
In response to the announcement of Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III as the University?s spring commencement speaker, several students have begun circulating a petition to contest the process by which Wilkinson was selected.The petition, which as of press time had gained 336 signatures on ipetitions.com, reads, ?We the undersigned encourage the UVA administration to create a better, more transparent and more accountable commencement speaker selection committee to better reflect and respect the diverse opinions of the student body.? The petition states that the student body deserves a unifying speaker as well as a ?fair, open and respectful? process through which a speaker can be selected.College fourth-year Quynh Khanh Vu, who also serves as a Cavalier Daily senior advertising representative, said she drafted the petition for several reasons.
The University?s economics and foreign affairs departments both recently decided to change their major requirements and required classes for those majors.The economics department has been discussing the changes to its major requirements for quite some time, said Ron Michener, director of undergraduate studies in the economics department.
A recent survey of 600 college graduates found that only 30 percent of respondents like or love their current occupations.The study, conducted by the Rockport Institute, a career-counseling firm, surveyed college graduates living in the Washington D.C.
In each of the past two years, University students ?biked? about 7,354 miles to Uganda to raise money for the construction of schools in that African country.
Police found toxic chemicals inside a ground floor apartment in the GrandMarc apartment complex at 15th Street Tuesday night after investigating reports of a strange odor coming from the apartment.
Student Council officially opened its new University Unity Project poll yesterday, allowing students to vote for their preferred project theme.
Since the Student Information System?s debut Monday, some students have expressed concerns about the new online system, citing a variety of difficulties logging in and general user unfamiliarity.The SIS, which replaced the Integrated Student Information System as the University?s online course registration system of record, was intended to offer students a greater variety of registration and financial aid features, said Carole Horwitz, director of communications for the Student Systems Project.
