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Following a $234 million budget shortfall during the 2006 fiscal year, Gov. Tim Kaine asked the University and several other institutes of higher education Thursday to submit proposals to cut spending by up to 7.5 percent, according to Kaine's spokesperson Kevin Hall.
In an effort to decrease the occurrence of hazing in fraternities and sororities, 21 national Greek organizations have banded together to create an anti-hazing hotline. The hotline, 1-800-NOT-HAZE, will allow students to anonymously report incidents of hazing within chapters. According to Norval Stephens, chairman of the Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation, reports will be recorded on an answering machine in the office of Cincinnati attorney Manley Burke. "It took a lot of research and planning, but one of the things we've learned is that if you are trying to prevent a crime -- and hazing is a crime -- then you have to report it directly to an attorney," Stephens said.
Two years and a day after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the storm's devastating wake still weighs heavily on the minds of several University students and faculty members. Fourth-year College student Lauren Tilton, whose family lives in New Orleans, experienced the devastation firsthand and said the aftermath of Katrina still presents her and her family with several difficulties. "It's been hard because many of my friends haven't moved back to the city," Tilton said.
For doctors at the University's hospital, one flesh-eating parasite has changed the face of medical diagnoses. Doctors are now using a diagnostic system called "Isabel" that allows doctors to enter symptoms and retrieve possible diagnoses.
Virginia high schoolers' average verbal and math SAT scores declined in the last year, according to a report released this week by the College Board.
Efforts to create an international community at institutions of higher education have resulted in an increased number of students who travel from abroad to attend U.S.
Twenty new heart defibrillators were installed around Grounds last week in an effort to provide rapid responses to sudden cardiac arrests. "Sudden cardiac death is a very significant public problem," said Dr. William Brady, associate professor of pediatric medicine.
In reaction to wavering public support for the recently implemented abusive-driver fees, Republican leaders in the Virginia General Assembly announced a plan last week to hold out-of-state motorists to the new legislation and more selectively apply the harsher penalty.
While students took a break from classes this summer, Virginia officials and higher education administrators worked to determine how to best prevent another act of campus violence like the April shootings at Virginia Tech.
Virginia is for lovers... and apparently for eaters, too. According to the 2007 "F as in Fat" report, released by Trust for America's Health Monday, Virginia was ranked as having the 23rd highest rate of adult obesity within the United States. According to TFAH representative Laura Segal, Virginia is one of 31 states in which the adult obesity rate has increased over last year.
Mary Simonson marched to the beat of a different drummer when she graduated this month with the Commonwealth's first Ph.D.
The nine University Phi Society fraternity pledges charged in the March 24 theft of a hokie bird statue in Blacksburg, Va.
The first University-administrated Semester at Sea is being heralded as an overall success by those involved, despite initial concerns from faculty members. The summer voyage was overseen by Spanish Prof.
Local Verizon customers who have experienced incomplete calls prompting an "all circuits are busy" message in recent weeks may have to wait until 2010 for a full solution to their cellular problems.
The University jumped one spot from last year's standing to tie Georgetown University as the 23rd-ranked university nationwide according to U.S.
Search committees at the University continue to look for permanent replacements for the dean of the College and the dean of students as interim deans carry on the momentum in their respective offices.
University President John T. Casteen, III recently joined more than 300 college and university presidents condemning a vote by a British labor union to advance a boycott against Israeli academic institutions.
