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Plans presented to BOV for new recreation center

By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 6, 2008

The Board of Visitors has added the construction of a new recreation center to the University?s plans for long-term major construction projects.Intramural-Recreational Sports Director Mark Fletcher said his department proposed the construction of a 125,000 square foot building, smaller than the Aquatic & Fitness Center but larger than the North Grounds and Slaughter recreational centers.

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Traditionally International?

By Dalia Mortada | October 6, 2008

As the movement toward curriculum internationalization continues to gain supporters at the University and other institutions, another educational movement encouraging a return to a traditional education has begun to take root.An October 2007 Student Council report paved the way for recent developments in curriculum internationalization, including steps closer to the first-ever student-initiated major in global development.

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Sign ban repealed yesterday

By Jane Ma | October 3, 2008

The ban on signs, banners and flags at University sporting events was repealed yesterday in a statement issued by athletic director Craig Littlepage.?The policy prohibiting signs, banners and flags in all U.Va.

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Ruffin opens for studio programs

By Matt Conover | October 3, 2008

University President John T. Casteen, III dedicated Ruffin Hall, the first building on Grounds to house studio arts programs exclusively, to the late Peter and Adeline Ruffin yesterday afternoon.

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StudCo seeks to reduce early leasing pressure

By Hannah Wallace | October 3, 2008

The pressure many University students feel to sign a lease now for housing next year is a significant issue, Student Council President Matt Schrimper said, and as a result, Council is looking into collaborating with Charlottesville City Council and local landlords to bring about reform.Council also hopes to work in conjunction with the University to address concerns about early lease signing, Schrimper said.

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BOV tables discussion of new research facilities

By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 3, 2008

The University Board of Visitors? Building and Grounds Committee tabled its discussion of two proposed research buildings on Grounds after several members expressed concerns yesterday with the proposed architectural design of the buildings.The research buildings, the Information Technology Engineering building and the Arts and Sciences Research building, would be located near the rest of the University?s science/engineering-related facilities off Whitehead Road, as outlined in the current plans.

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City sees fewer job openings

By Prateek Vasireddy | October 2, 2008

The Charlottesville area reported its highest unemployment rate in the past six years, 4.1 percent, in figures released Tuesday.This statistic represents the unemployment rate in mid-August for Charlottesville?s metropolitan statistical area, which includes the city and the surrounding counties of Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna and Nelson.

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Advisors debate health care plans at University

By Matthew Denton-Edmundson | October 2, 2008

The senior medical advisers for presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated the issue of national health care yesterday in the Dome Room of the Rotunda.Irwin Redlener and William Winkenwerder, Jr., who advise Obama and McCain, respectively, began by recognizing the pressing need for healthcare reform ? about 47 million Americans are currently uninsured, and the cost of health coverage is increasing at more than twice the rate of inflation.

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Hospital plans for outpatient children

By Kelly Morenus | October 2, 2008

The University is currently in the preliminary planning phase for a new children?s outpatient building that will be part of the University Health System.Senior Facility Planner Luis Carrazana said he hopes the building, which will be called the Barry and Bill Battle Building, will begin construction toward the end of 2010 and will contain about 180,000 square feet.The building will provide multidisciplinary outpatient services so children will be able to see all of their healthcare providers in one location, said Nancy McDaniel, Children?s Medical Center medical director.?We have many outpatient clinics that serve children ? All over the Health Grounds for the University, there?s a goal to put all of our outpatient clinics in one building so children come to one place to see their general pediatrician, orthopedist, plastic surgeon,? McDaniel said.

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StudCo to provide national newspapers on Grounds

By Alexandra Hemenway | October 1, 2008

Last night Student Council formally announced the Free Newspaper Project, a joint initiative with the Arts & Sciences Council, which will provide University students with 1,500 free USA Today and New York Times newspapers daily.Student Council Architecture Rep.

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Representatives reject financial bailout plan by narrow margin

By Samantha Koon | September 30, 2008

The U.S. House of Representatives voted against a proposed $700-billion financial bailout plan yesterday, hampering federal legislative efforts to reinvigorate struggling financial institutions in the midst of serious economic troubles.The bill fell by a narrow margin of 228 against and 205 in favor.

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