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Commerce School earns second place in BusinessWeek ranking

By Courtney Kessler | March 13, 2007

The McIntire School of Commerce was recently ranked the number two undergraduate business program in the country for the second year in a row by BusinessWeek's annual ranking. BusinessWeek took a variety of factors into account to determine the rankings, including students' satisfaction with their programs, test scores and class size, according to BusinessWeek Associate Editor Louis Lavelle. He said students in the Commerce school were able to contribute to an online survey, which was available between October and January. In addition, BusinessWeek surveyed the Commerce School's top recruiters to get their view on the program, Lavelle said. The Commerce School usually accepts between 70 and 75 percent of its applicants each year, which helps in the rankings because it increases the caliber of students in the program and also keeps the faculty-student ratio relatively low, said Michael Atchison, Commerce School undergraduate associate dean and professor. Atchison attributed the high ranking to the Commerce School's curriculum, student satisfaction and placement in the workforce and top MBA programs upon completion of the program. "The other thing they look at is the University of Virginia in general," he said.

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Law school names new Law & Business director

By Meredyth Gilmore | March 13, 2007

The Law School recently named Musictoday Executive Vice President Jim Kingdon director of its Law & Business Program, which was launched in 2003 to prepare law students for advising corporate clients. Kingdon received both his JD and MBA degrees from the University program in 1998, a fact which members of the search committee saw as beneficial. "We thought it was very valuable that Jim has both a JD and MBA and that he has significant managerial experience," said Law Prof.

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Jaberwoke dress code stirs debate

By Christina Brown | March 13, 2007

A dress code implemented by Jaberwoke, a restaurant and bar located on the Corner, has generated debate in the University community as some claim that the new stipulations discriminate against certain racial groups. The dress code, established last semester, prohibits hats without brims, baggy clothing, sweatpants, plain white t-shirts and camouflage unless worn by a member of the Armed Forces. Additionally, under a behavior code, customers may be asked to leave if they do not tip, are not respectful of other customers or do not follow instructions given by Jaberwoke's staff. According to Anderson McClure, co-owner of Jaberwoke, the Virginian and West Main, the dress code has been created to improve the quality of customers' experience at the restaurant. "The main idea is to make the Jaberwoke a nicer place to go," McClure said.

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Officials discuss plans for potential student center

By Thomas Madrecki | March 13, 2007

Community members who feel that there is a crunch for student activity space could see a solution -- if the University Center, included in the latest Board of Visitors' Buildings and Grounds Committee six-year capital outlay plan, is further approved and built according to schedule. According to the plan, the center will provide approximately 40,000 square feet for student meetings, gatherings and performances, some of which will also accommodate student organizations. The building's cost, as mentioned in the six-year plan, is currently budgeted at $30 million. Christina Morell, assistant vice president for student affairs, said the University has been engaged in "preliminary conversations" concerning the development of a new University Center. L.F.

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Governor speaks to nurses

By Christina Brown | March 1, 2007

Gov. Tim Kaine announced increased funding for nursing education and faculty in a press conference at the Nursing School yesterday. According to Kaine, the General Assembly has made changes in the Commonwealth's budget in an attempt to alleviate the nursing shortage in Virginia. "Unless we do something dramatic, only two out of every three of you will have a nurse to take care of you when you need one," Nursing School Dean Jeanette Lancaster said during introductory remarks. Virginia is projected to be short 23,000 nurses by 2020, according to a report by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in 2004. Kaine attributed the shortage to a lack of nursing faculty. Kaine said his proposal for a 15 percent increase in nursing faculty salaries passed both the Senate and the House. The increase will be effective July 1. Kaine also announced the Commonwealth's plan to give $200,000 in scholarships for nurses interested in teaching and receiving their master's degrees. As the final part of his announcement, Kaine said the University and Northern Virginia Community College have each received $750,000 to fund loan forgiveness for nursing students. According to Lancaster, the money will be used to pay off two years of loans for nursing students receiving their doctoral degrees if they teach for four years afterwards. "Both the scholarship and the loan forgiveness will be incentives to get people to go into nursing education," Lancaster said. The money will help the school reach its goal of increasing enrollment by 25 percent by 2008, Lancaster said. "This year we will only be able to make offers to one out of every 6.5 candidates for the school," she said. According to Kaine, the Commonwealth chose to give the University the gift because it is "a leader in nursing." "I recognize that you can have all the incentives in the world, but what it comes down to is having the heart.

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Students decide on referenda

By Thomas Madrecki | March 1, 2007

While students approved referenda to change the Student Council constitution and to add more College representatives to the Honor Committee, the referendum to change the single sanction system failed to pass. The result for a referendum changing the Arts & Sciences Council constitution was not available because of a ballot error that allowed students outside the College to vote on the amendment. "The results are still pending for referendum one," said Steve Yang, University Board of Elections chair. A UBE release stated, "Upon completion of polling, all votes from outside the College had to be assumed to be 'No' votes.

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Devlin elected Trustees pres.

By Thomas Madrecki | March 1, 2007

Class and school council officers were announced last night by the University Board of Elections. Current Third-Year Council president Christine Devlin was elected president of the Fourth-Year Trustees. "I am honored to take on this job, and really excited to do it again next year," Devlin said.

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Jefferson VinDicated?

By Katt Henry | February 28, 2007

Allegations of a possible relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings are rooted in a centuries-old rumor first spread in 1802 by James T.

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UBE discusses effects of recent election reforms

By Kathleen Meyers and Stephanie Kassab | February 28, 2007

As the polls close at 6 p.m. today, students have begun to weigh in on the changes implemented during the spring elections. Steve Yang, University Board of Election's chair, said, "We're working hard to enforce rules and regulations for all candidates." UBE has increased publicity this year and is encouraging students to vote using flyers, banners, e-mails sent to schools and class years and Facebook, Yang added. "We've especially increased advertising on Facebook because we understand that's where a lot of students spend time," Yang said. Despite the increase in publicity of the elections themselves, individual candidates seem to be campaigning less. "I haven't seen as many [fliers and chalk] as I have in past years, part of that might just be with the weather," Yang said. In addition to more election publicity, UBE has extended the period during which students can vote from six days to one week.

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Honor releases response to faculty survey results

By Shea Connelly | February 28, 2007

Sunday the Honor Committee released its analysis of the faculty survey conducted in spring 2005 after choosing to interpret the data independent of the Center for Survey Research, which compiled the data. The response addresses concerns of faculty understanding of the system, support for Honor, the role of Honor in the classroom, cheating at the University, faculty experiences with Honor, fair treatment of students and faculty interaction with the system. Though the survey was conducted by the CSR, Committee members elected to interpret the data themselves in order to use the results to determine where improvements could be made. "We weren't looking for a response that would just interpret the data," Vice Chair for Community Relations A-J Aronstein said.

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U.Va. uses Web resources to ease admission process

By Mimi Liu | February 27, 2007

As the college acceptance waiting game continues for high school seniors, both applicants and prospective students continue to utilize some of the electronic resources provided by the Office of Admissions regarding application and admission processes. "We want to get information to prospective students," Dean of Admissions Jack Blackburn said.

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Gen. Assembly closes session

By Kristina Ferris | February 27, 2007

The Virginia General Assembly's short session officially closed Saturday. This session saw passage of 958 bills, including a transportation bill and a budget bill that could have an effect on higher education funding. The transportation bill will take money from the general fund, comprised of revenue collected by the state through the sales tax and income tax, according to House Speaker William Howell, R-Stafford. The general fund also subsidizes K-12 education and health and human services, among other services the Commonwealth provides its citizens, Howell said. Despite recent uncertainty about funding of the transportation bill, Howell noted that funding of the bill will only take one half of one percent of the general fund, still leaving sufficient resources for other areas. Del.

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