The McCain campaign filed suit yesterday against the Virginia State Board of Elections in attempt to force the board to count the late arriving ballots of overseas military personnel.
Student Council?s Environmental Sustainability Committee is asking students for feedback on an initiative to create a sustainable University housing option for 10 to 20 students through a referendum that appears on the University Board Elections Web site.
If Politics Prof. Larry Sabato?s final predictions hold true, Democratic candidate Barack Obama will be elected the next president of the United States and will earn more than two times the number of Electoral College votes than Republican rival John McCain.?The Crystal Ball expects Barack Obama to run closer to the maximum than to the minimum in the popular vote tally,? his final prediction released yesterday states, adding that Obama is expected to earn 364 Electoral College votes.Moreover, Democrats will pick up seven to eight seats in the U.S.
The volatile economy apparently has hit the University?s investments hard, as the University of Virginia Investment Management Company recently reported a negative 11-percent return on the University?s endowment for the quarter that ended in September.?This ranks with only two previous years in the University?s history,? University spokesperson Carol Wood said, noting that in 1990, during the first Gulf War, the endowment reported a negative 10.2-percent return and during the stock market crash of 1987 it experienced a loss of 12.2 percent.
For many students at Radford University in Southwest Virginia, the burning question isn?t who will win today?s election ? it?s whether students formerly denied registration will have a say at the polls.The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law have charged in a letter to Tracy Howard, general registrar of voters for the City of Radford, that he implemented ?unlawful and potentially discriminatory policies? in administering students? registration in the City of Radford and are asking Howard to make every effort to ensure all eligible student voters are able to cast ballots today.Howard has come under fire for his decision to follow up with students who registered in Radford with their college addresses and ask that they clarify in writing what they considered to be their permanent address.
The NAACP?s bid for a preliminary injunction concerning its recently filed lawsuit against the Virginia State Board of Elections was turned down yesterday, NAACP spokesperson Carla Sims said.The lawsuit alleged that the commonwealth may not be prepared for the large, potentially record-breaking number of voters expected today, especially in areas with black population majorities, Sims said.?The only thing that was denied was a preliminary injunction,? Sims said, noting that the NAACP has not entirely dropped its case against the VSBE, contrary to some early reports.As a result of the decision, Sims said, no changes have been made to today?s voting hours and procedures.
Michael Wade, chairman of the Third Congressional District Republican Committee, has compiled a list of college students ? including some at the University ? who are currently under suspicion by his office of intending to vote twice in today?s presidential election.Each student on the list, Wade said, has registered to vote in the commonwealth of Virginia in addition to requesting an absentee ballot from an out-of-state location.
If grade and high school students could vote, Barack Obama would become the next president of the United States by a landslide margin, according to a study conducted by the University Center for Politics.
The Cavalier Daily interviewed Ralph Nader this past October.
Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers announced the settlement of a three-year lawsuit last week that may affect Google Book Search partnerships with a number of academic institutions, including the University.In the class-action lawsuit, filed by the Authors Guild in 2005, authors and publishers expressed concerns that Google?s scanning of books for Google Book Search violated copyright law.
With the election just a couple days away, former Virginia governor and U.S.
As the country?s economic troubles continue, University students are getting a good deal, according to Kiplinger, which placed the University third in its 2008-09 Best Values in Public Colleges rankings.Kiplinger Senior Associate Editor Jane Bennett Clark said Kiplinger ? a personal finance and business forecasting company ? bases its ranking on cost and quality measures, using criteria such as test scores of incoming freshmen, student-to-faculty ratio and graduation rates, as well as total in-state and out-of-state costs.
Despite the economic downturn, the 2008 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign received over $135,000 in its first two weeks, according to the CVC Web site.?The [CVC] is simply a tool that makes giving and supporting employees? favorite charities easier,? CVC Chair Jim Fitzgerald said.
In coordination with academic advisors and University athletic coaches, the Honor Committee will soon start delivering honor presentations to the University?s athletic teams.Committee Chair Jess Huang said statistics the Committee has collected show that athletes are disproportionately reported to the Committee for offenses.?It?s important that we address these concerns with the athletes themselves,? Huang said.The presentations will consist of a short PowerPoint and case studies.
With the Commission on the Future of the University?s reaffirmed commitment to diversity, the Diversity Council provides a forum for discussion and a sounding board for diversity- and equity-related issues in areas such as admissions, student groups and the Charlottesville community.
With just a few days until the election, the 18- to 24-year-old demographic has the potential to make its most significant impact in the history of presidential elections.
Citing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama?s technological savvy and technology policies, Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt expressed his support for the Illinois senator yesterday at the Law School.Schmidt and Obama?s technology advisor Julius Genachowski made a stop in Charlottesville yesterday in an effort to garner support for the presidential candidate and his technology policies.
In an effort to increase environmental awareness before the upcoming presidential election, the Student Environmental Action group hosted a non-partisan rally yesterday afternoon in front of the Brown Science and Engineering Library.
Possible Class 1 Misdemeanor charges, punishable by as much as a year in jail and a $2,500 fine at the Commonwealth?s attorney?s discretion, await voters who choose to wear their political party affiliations to the polls during Election Day, according to a recent clarification to the Code of Virginia by the Virginia State Board of Elections.
While a record amount of financial aid was granted to students last year, the amount of money students are borrowing to finance their educations is increasing, according to a College Board report released Wednesday.The report, which surveyed more than 3,100 higher education institutions, also found that American college and university tuition costs grew slightly faster than the Consumer Price Index last year.
