Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen announced his concession yesterday in the U.S. Senate race, making his Democratic challenger Jim Webb the next senator from the Commonwealth. "This season, the people of Virginia, who I call the owners of government, have spoken, and I respect their decision," Allen said in his speech.
As Democrats now hold a majority in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, many changes in higher education are likely. Rep.
The University's new $43.4 million interdisciplinary engineering research and educational building, Wilsdorf Hall, will be officially dedicated and opened in a ceremony this afternoon. The main goal behind the construction of Wilsdorf Hall was to create a "world-class facility for world-class research," said Barry Johnson, associate dean for research of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Research conducted in the new building will include the fields of nanotechnology, chemical engineering and material science and engineering. The building will house offices as well as laboratories for undergraduate and graduate student use. Johnson said the research facility "was intended to accommodate research the faculty was already doing but also to enable us to contribute in areas we had not been involved in." Wilsdorf Hall is physically connected to the Chemistry Library, the Chemical Engineering building and the Material Science and Engineering building. "The entire building was designed to create a collaborative atmosphere," Johnson said. David Oakland, of VDMO Architects P.C., said, by connecting these various engineering buildings, they hoped to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of academic work. Faculty members also said they hope the new facility will attract new faculty members and researchers. "By showing them the quality of the space they can move into, we are attracting new faculty," said Robert Hull, director of the Institute for Nanoscale and Quantum Science at the University.
The Presidents' Council of the Inter-Fraternity Council presented a $7,000 donation to local charities yesterday with money raised through the first annual Mid-Autumns Carnival, hosted by the University Greek community Sept.
A team of University biology professors under Provost Gene Block discovered that aged mice undergoing light-cycle shifts similar to the time zone changes that cause jet lag had higher death rates than the mice on normal light schedules.
According to figures released Tuesday by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, the number of black students matriculating at the University fell by 19 percent this fall.
The Office of African-American Affairs kicked off a celebration of its 30th anniversary Tuesday with a presentation by University archivist Ervin L.
The University of Michigan will pursue all legal options available to "continue the fight for diversity," University President Mary Sue Coleman said in an announcement released Wednesday. Voters passed a much-debated amendment to Michigan's constitution yesterday, formally ending race and gender preferences in all state agencies, including state colleges. "We will not be deterred in the all-important work of creating a diverse, welcoming campus," Coleman said. The amendment will require significant changes in the University of Michigan's admissions policy and has been the subject of fierce debate both on the regional and national levels. "We will find ways to overcome the handcuffs that Proposal 2 attempts to place on our reach for greater diversity," Coleman said. Kim Forde-Mazrui, University Law professor and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Law, suggested Michigan has few options to pursue. "They don't have any options other than to try and get people to amend the state constitution again," he said.
Several University organizations held the second annual Hunger Banquet last night, seeking to provide knowledge about the state of hunger and homelessness both locally and worldwide. Sponsored by organizations including the Interfaith Social Action Coalition, the banquet allowed nearly 200 students the opportunity to learn how they can become involved in fighting poverty within Charlottesville. Upon arriving, the students were given name tags assigning them to three different social classes. Each class was given a different meal based on their socio-economic standing.
Last night, the Associated Press reported Democrat Jim Webb appeared to unseat incumbent Republican Sen.
On a night when Democrats won control of the House and when Virginia's race may determine who controls the Senate, Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb stepped before supporters and declared, "the votes are in, and we won." Republican incumbent George Allen concluded his remarks for the evening saying more votes remained to be counted in the Commonwealth before a winner is declared.
Eight Virginia residents have reported incidents of voter intimidation to the Virginia State Board of Elections.
Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives last night and stand within two Senate seats of controlling both chambers of Congress, separated only by pending results in Montana and a razor-thin Democratic lead in Virginia.
The Tuesday, Nov. 7 News article "Students debate election issues" attributed several quotations about the Marshall-Newman marriage amendment to College Republican debater Gary Lawkowski.
Yesterday Michigan voters approvedthe Michigan Civil Rights Initiative with nearly 60 percent of the vote.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Charlottesville, soundly defeated Democratic challenger Al Weed for the fifth district Congressional seat in yesterday's midterm election.
After months of heated debate, citizens in the Commonwealth voted to approve the Marshall-Newman Amendment, also known as the "same-sex marriage amendment," in yesterday's election by a margin of 58 percent to 43 percent. The state constitutional amendment defines the institution of marriage as solely existing between a man and a woman and means no unions other than marriage will be legally recognized in the Commonwealth for couples of all sexual orientations. Victoria Cobb, executive director for the Family Foundation, a group which headed the movement supporting the amendment, expressed her enthusiasm upon learning the results. "We always knew a majority of Virginians supported marriage, and our job was to get them out to the polls," Cobb said.
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Members of the University Democrats and College Republicans sparred over myriad issues including the Marshall-Newman Amendment, the war in Iraq and education policies last night in a pre-election debate sponsored by ArgHOOers and Student Council. Fourth-year College students Katie Cristol and Charlie Harris argued for the UDems, while second-year College students Michael Gannon and Gary Lawkowski represented the College Republicans.
