[caption id="attachment_32743" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Cavalier Daily's 121st Managing Board (L-R): Irene Kan, Bobby Laverty, Ross Lawrence, Matt Martorana and Bennett Sorbo.
The Virginia Senate recently passed a bill for the third time that would allow any qualified voter in Virginia to vote absentee in-person without providing a reason. Currently, eligibility for voting through absentee ballots is reserved for individuals who are disabled, in the military or in other circumstances that would prevent them from physically engaging in the voting process on the day of elections.
[caption id="attachment_32720" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The outgoing Committee is in the process of considering several constitutional changes.
As the spring semester opens, the University Judiciary Committee will look to continue its progress increasing its outreach and transparency efforts. "It seemed like in the past we've had difficulty directly communicating what our procedures look like at the University," Vice Chair for First-Years Will Bane said, "but this semester UJC plans to show the student body "[what we are] here to do and how we do it." The Committee hopes to hold a UJC Awareness Day later in the spring to facilitate this communication, Chair Michael Chapman said.
[caption id="attachment_32677" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Dan and Gil Harrington held a press conference yesterday on the Copeley Road bridge.
Though the past two weeks have seen a widespread and popular outpouring of support for Haiti after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the tiny island, individuals and organizations on Grounds have not lessened their focus on helping to secure the devastated country's future. According to the Hoos for Haiti blog, the organization has almost reached the halfway mark of its $100,000 goal.
[caption id="attachment_32673" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="University Transit System officials hope students will be able to plan their commute more carefully with the new alert system.
Spring cleaning took place a little early this year on Grounds. Various University offices destroyed 9,500 pounds of paper records as part of Records Management Day. The event's goal was to help University offices dispose of records they no longer needed and to promote proper record management processes. The Office of Records Management organized the event, which took place Jan.
[caption id="attachment_32637" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Police officials held a press conference yesterday after investigating the hayfield where the remains were found.
[caption id="attachment_32635" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Through its collaboration with 'Hoo Crew for a football T-shirt design contest, Student Council hopes to increase student involvement in athletics.
A recent University study indicated that the online behavior of users of social networking sites reflects their childhood social development and interactions. The research group, which was led by Psychology Prof.
Local police and fire departments responded to an incident that occurred at Peabody Hall yesterday at 11:56 a.m., University Police Sgt.
University President John T. Casteen, III will give his final State of the University address Feb. 9 at noon in the Old Cabell Hall auditorium, University spokesperson Carol Wood said. Casteen will use his address to highlight and remember the many changes that the University has gone through during his 20-year long tenure as president. "The University has been his primary academic home since coming to Charlottesville as an undergraduate in the early 1960s," Wood said.
[caption id="attachment_32596" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The new center will be housed in the Education School building.
[caption id="attachment_32594" align="alignleft" width="249" caption="Mayor Dave Norris hopes to create fixed affordable housing funds.
A University-supported bill in the General Assembly would prevent campus threat assessment teams from releasing their records and documents under the terms of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Since the Virginia Tech massacre, the commonwealth has required all public colleges and universities to form campus threat assessment teams - which include law enforcement officials, mental health professionals, student affairs and residence staff - to investigate students who may pose threats to themselves or others around them. Del.
An eight-year series of trials conducted nationwide by a team that included University researchers has debunked the popular belief that ginkgo biloba can prevent dementia or improve cognitive function in older adults. Ginkgo biloba is a flavanoid, an anti-oxidant substance that has anti-inflammatory properties, said Lewis Kuller, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh who helped conduct the trial.
[caption id="attachment_32552" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="After 116 years of production, one of the University's treasured traditions, the Corks and Curls yearbook, will come to an end.
[caption id="attachment_32550" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Honor Committee Chair David Truetzel cited potential legal ramifications and privacy concerns as reasons Graduate Rep.
