Third-year College student John Nelson officially was named the next Student Council president last night, while second-year College student Colin Hood and second-year Engineering student Nikhil Panda also secured positions on Council?s executive committee.?I?m very excited,? Nelson said.
Representatives for the University?s two sanctioning bodies were named last night, as a week of both contested and uncontested elections came to a close.Third-year students Mary Siegel, JJ Litchford, Robert Atkinson, Alex Carroll and Jennifer Newsome were elected as the Honor Committee?s College representatives last night, while third-year students Pev Ahdout and Greg Corkran and second-year student William Bane were chosen as College University Judiciary Committee representatives.While one of the most common goals the new representatives share is maintaining transparency and communication between the two committees and students, many of the newly elected members also have specific goals of their own.?My goal since the very beginning has been to make UJC respond more to students? needs and make students feel like they have ownership over the committee,? Ahdout said.
Student voters rejected the referendum to create a multiple-sanction honor system, as seventy percent of total voters voted against the referendum, while only 28 percent voted for it.Hoos Against Single Sanction proposed the initial referendum, which sought to implement a system of less strict sanctions, such as suspension from the University, in conjunction with the current single sanction, in which the only punishment is expulsion.
The spring 2009 elections saw a 38 percent voter turnout rate, nearly double the rate from last year?s elections and the highest rate since 2005, according to statistics released by the University Board of Elections last night.Only the Darden and Education Schools experienced decreased turnout, as students across the University selected representatives for the Honor Committee, the University Judiciary Committee and Student Council, while also weighing referenda to the constitutions of those organizations.UBE Chair Alisa Abbott, a fourth-year College student, attributed the leap in voter turnout to ?increased publicity and highly contested referendums.? Abbott said the hotly contested honor referendum likely drew a high volume of students, as voters decided whether to amend the University?s single-sanction policy of expulsion for honor offenses.Abbott said the University Board of Elections set up tables on the Lawn everyday last week and also sent out an e-mail to University community members to help increase election participation.
After a week of University-wide elections, the results for the annual class council elections were revealed last night in Maury Hall.Third-year College students Sarah Elaine Hart and Emily Draper were elected the Fourth Year Trustees president and vice president, respectively.
The Honor Committee is considering changing the language of one of its bylaws so that students will lose their academic credits during the semester they are accused of an honor offense instead of the semester they are found guilty.The topic was first brought up during the Committee?s faculty advisory committee meeting on Feb.
The University Judiciary Committee released its Fall 2008 Statistics Report earlier this month in a continued effort to enhance the organization?s transparency.
The University?s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service presented a quality of service and efficiency study to Charlottesville City Council last week to help the city handle the current economic recession.Center Director John P.
Business school students may be more likely to cheat than students from any other academic discipline, according to research conducted by Donald McCabe, a management and global business professor at Rutgers University Business School.
A recent study at the University of California, Irvine found that many college and university students feel more entitled to higher grades for less work than in the past.The findings suggest that students believe they deserve an A letter grade for simply coming to class and reading the material, University Assoc.
Hereford College and the Alderman Road and McCormick Road dormitories experienced a significant decrease in electrical consumption during October and November, according to recently released results from this past fall?s Dorm Energy Challenge.This past fall, the McCormick Road dormitories won the challenge with an overall kilowatt per hour decrease of 18.71 percent.
The Inter-Fraternity Council held its second and last round of elections last night, bringing in eight more members to the organization?s 2009-10 Governing Board.Second-year College student Penn Daniel was elected chairman for membership education, while second-year College student Kayu Muigai will soon begin his term as chairman for community service.
In an effort to curb parking payment violations at the Central Grounds Parking Garage near Newcomb Hall, the University?s Parking and Transportation department will issue $20 parking citations starting March 2 to patrons unable or unwilling to pay their hourly parking fees, department director Rebecca White said.Patrons will only receive a warning citation, however, if the parking fee is less than $100, or if they have not received a previous citation in the past year, White said.
The Information Technology and Communication office currently is considering the elimination of about two-thirds of its student jobs as part of a change in the technical help desk model, said Michael McPherson, University associate vice president and deputy chief information officer.ITC currently employs about 90 students in various roles, including answering phones at the help desk, working at walk-in locations and serving as consultants in dormitories, he said.
Public television and radio in Virginia could soon lose nearly all taxpayer funding, and some local programs ? including those supported by the University?s Virginia Foundation for the Humanities ? are now at risk.
A bill unanimously passed earlier this month by the Virginia House of Delegates and now awaiting Senate approval may allow college students to seek exemptions from jury duty.
A $2.9 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the new National Student Clearinghouse database, which will provide a research and reporting system enabling high schools throughout the country to track college enrollment and graduation statistics about their graduates.
Best ActorWith the exception of Richard Jenkins? The Visitor, I?ve seen every film the Best Actor nominees have starred in ? and all of these men are incredibly worthy of the award.
The proposed honor referendum, diversity within the student body and faculty and living wage for University employees were among the many topics brought up last night at the second annual Commission on the University?s Present.
University Police officers recently solved two theft cases with the help of internet technology, using eBay and the University network to charge two University students with separate crimes.University Police Lieut.
