An armed man was apprehended Friday night after being chased by the police into the back yard of the Chi Omega sorority house.
At last night's meeting, the Honor Committee discussed an enhanced dorm liaison program set to begin in late September. While Honor and the University Judiciary Committee have worked together on a similar program in the past, this year is the first in which specific Honor and UJC information will be made available to students, Vice Chair for Education Kendal Fox said. In the past, educators only facilitated discussion among residents rather than provide information about their organizations. Fox said a UJC educator will be paired with an educator from Honor. Each UJC-Honor team will then be assigned a first-year dorm with which they will set up times to meet with residents in halls or suites. The educators will provide pizza and give a short presentation on the different roles of Honor and UJC, Fox added. They then will facilitate a discussion about honor, ethics and integrity. Fox said the program will reiterate what first years have already learned about Honor and UJC during dorm programs held during Orientation Week but that this program will be more personal. "People are uncomfortable asking questions in that huge Chem Auditorium and being able to answer questions [in dorms], we thought that would be a good resource for students to have," Fox said. Fox said she will be meeting at the Residence Life Office this Friday to gather contact information.
Last May, Stephanie Garrison walked the Lawn during final exercises with the Class of 2006. But unlike the rest of her classmates, Garrison did not receive her diploma, even though she completed coursework for an undergraduate degree in politics. In an honor trial four months earlier, Garrison was convicted of lying--and her diploma was withheld.
After receiving a $186,000 grant from the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) in April 2006 for her Web site "The World of Dante," Italian Prof.
Leslie Kendrick, a 2006 University Law School graduate, recently received the Brown Award, a $10,000 annual distinction presented by the Judge John R.
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is scheduled to speak at the University next week, according to Sheri Winston, University director of TV news. Khatami, who was president of Iran from 1997 to 2005, will speak in the Dome Room of the Rotunda room next Thursday afternoon. The lecture will be sponsored by the University's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, an interdisciplinary research center and intellectual community at the University of Virginia, according to the Institute's press release. Event coordinator Marilyn Roselius said Religious Studies Prof.
Gov. Tim Kaine declared a state of emergency for the Commonwealth yesterday in advance of Tropical Storm Ernesto as local agencies prepare for potentially extreme weather conditions.
The recent cancellation of two 400-level biology classes has upperclass biology majors scrambling to fill their schedules and fulfill requirements. According to Reginald Garrett, director of undergraduate studies in Biology, the cancellation of the two courses BIOL 401, "Macroevolution," and BIOL 413, "Population Ecology and Conservation Biology," was announced just prior to the start of the semester. The cause of the courses' cancellation was staffing, Garret said. "The Macroevolution professor left to take a job at Georgia at the end of last semester, and 413 is taught by a professor on leave," Garrett said. The cancellation of the two classes created a number of problems, with students scrambling to find classes, Garrett said. "We're having an incredible amount of pressure on 300 and 400-level classes," Garrett said. The cancellation of these classes has a larger significance for fourth-year students since Bachelor of Sciences candidates in biology need four 400-level biology courses to graduate.
Third-year College student Sasheer Moore was struck by a car while crossing Emmet Street Monday afternoon.
A recently released study conducted by the Project on Student Debt found that graduates of public colleges and universities accumulate almost as much debt as their peers at private institutions. The study found that University graduates from the class of 2005 had an average debt burden of $15,176 compared to $13,890 in 2001.
An open honor trial will be held Sept. 10, the Honor Committee announced in a press release Wednesday. The accused student in the upcoming trial is Stephanie Garrison, who was slated to graduate with the class of 2006, but was found guilty in her first trial, held in January 26.
This year's crop of incoming students includes 180 transfer students from Virginia's 23 community colleges representing an increase of over 20 percent from last year. Three factors contributed to the strong representation of community college transfers ,said Dean of Admissions John Blackburn: active recruiting, coupling AccessUVA with Virginia's community colleges this year and the positive press received from the agreement signed between the University and the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) in March. Under the agreement, students will be eligible for automatic transfer admission to the University if they receive an associate degree from one of the 23 community colleges in Virginia within a two-year period, earn a minimum of 54 transferable credit hours, earn at least a 3.4 grade point average and earn no grade lower than a C in any class.
The College Board recently released its average 2006 national SAT test scores, showing the largest decline in combined test scores in 31 years.
Job growth in the Charlottesville and Central Virginia area has topped that of the rest of the state with significant growth coming from the public sector -- specifically, from the University. According to a report from the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, the number of jobs in Charlottesville has jumped 21.5 percent over the last 11 years.
After gaining support in the polls over the past two weeks, Senate Democratic candidate Jim Webb recently achieved a lead over Republican incumbent George Allen for the first time.
In yesterday's article "Alumna perishes in KY plane crash," The Cavalier Daily incorrectly identified Cutchin Powell as Crutchin Powell. The Cavalier Daily regrets this error.
Whether one hears about College Works Painting from an announcement in a large lecture class or from a friend who chose to participate, nearly everyone returning to the University this fall has heard of the internship opportunity.
A study released recently by the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service projects increases in both the Commonwealth's population and public school enrollment through 2010. The study indicates that the greatest population growth will occur in counties neighboring Washington, D.C., such as Loudoun, Prince William and Fairfax counties, each of which have gained over 50,000 residents in the past five years. In terms of population, the Commonwealth ranks 12th among U.S.
