The partisan composition of the University's surrounding three districts may create for a predictable election day in November for the Virginia House of Delegates, Politics Prof.
Politics department Prof. James R. Sofka and University officials have agreed for the embattled professor to spend the academic year until Dec.
Local archeologists working near 1512 JPA made a stunning discovery in late May -- two gravesites dating back to the 19th century were unearthed in a location previously known for archeological finds for the past decade. "We had all thought that the gravesite was formally defined in 1993 when it was initially discovered," Rivanna Archeological Services investigator Benjamin P.
Administrators reported the University has made significant progress in advancing three of the Board of Visitors' highest priority initiatives -- affordability for low-income students, diversity issues and higher education reform -- at the summer meeting that concluded Saturday. The Board, which introduced Access U.Va.
After 10 years of anticipation, Bodo's Bagels finally opened its location on the Corner yesterday. "We were expecting a trickle of people when we opened," General Manager John Kokola said.
New leaders are slated to assume the helm of the University's Board of Visitors after the Board selected W.
Over the last four years, issues such as greater autonomy for higher education, sexual assault and diversity on Grounds have been the top issues facing University students. Higher Education Restructuring After two years of debating issues surrounding the restructuring of Virginia public institutions of higher education, the General Assembly passed legislation April 6 which officially outlines the path toward more autonomy for schools in the Commonwealth, including the University.
At the University, where traditions frequently remain undisturbed for generations, the University's graduation ceremony, or Finals, has seen several incarnations. Board of Visitors Secretary Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam, who received his bachelor's degree in history from the University in 1955 before assuming numerous staff and faculty positions, has witnessed better than anyone else the evolution of this important ceremony over the years. "An ancient tradition at the University [in the 1950s] was that there were four big party weekends, and Finals was one of them," Gilliam said.
There's never a better time to look back then at graduation -- excuse me -- Final Exercises. Most of this weekend's graduates entered the University to the shock of airplanes taking down the Twin Towers in New York.
The new Student Council president officially has taken over, as Jeaqueatta Upton was sworn into office at Tuesday's Council meeting to begin working on her goals of improving police communication, cell phone plans and printing systems, among others. "I'm really looking forward to this upcoming year and letting students know that StudCo is here," Upton said.
Red walls, chain-link gates, detours. For schools the size of the University, construction is both visible and necessary and in many areas, the University is outgrowing its buildings.
Throughout nature, there is clear precedent for the importance of certain physical characteristics in preferential mating.
After the Iota Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. transferred from the Black Fraternal Council to the Inter-Fraternity Council in February, some members of the University community debated whether the Alphas had made the right decision. Two months later, the Alphas are active members of the IFC and continue to feel positive about their decision, according to Alpha Secretary Cameron Webb. "It worked out well, and I think we're definitely still exactly on track with our original vision for joining the IFC," Webb said. In reference to the debate over their decision, Webb said, "I think that as time has gone on we really had the chance to talk to our peers and the administration, and we've really garnered support from the community." Webb said he thinks the interaction between the BFC and the Alphas and the other IFC chapters has improved significantly since February.
With the issue of jurisdictional overlap between the Honor and University Judiciary Committees becoming a more pressing concern lately, the chairs of both committees said their respective bodies have the constitutional right to hear cases of stealing at the University, yet will work together to create a uniform system for acts of stealing. Honor Committee Chair David Hobbs and Judiciary Committee Chair Tim Ormsby both said they recognize that the overlap of jurisdiction is an issue that needs to be addressed. "It's a potential problem in that we don't want a system that provides the possibility of an initiator bias between Honor and UJC," Hobbs said.
After finals end, you're probably going to party for the following week without sleep. After that week of booze, sandy feet and agape ends, my one piece of advice to you is to re-regulate your body clocks.
Graduate students at the University continued to face a series of issues this year, ranging from the familiar struggles with funding to the new dilemma of placing TA evaluations online for students to see. While many University students said they were glad to gain access to course evaluations when choosing classes, other members of the University community said they are not pleased with the availability of TA evaluations -- especially of first-time TAs -- online. Graduate Student Council President Tom Bryan said he believes one problem with the use of these course evaluations is that the evaluations are not adapted to assess the work that TAs are expected to do. "Most TAs are operating under the supervision of a professor, so the fact that the evaluation system was using the same questions [that are used for professors] to evaluate TAs could mean that TAs would get praised or blamed for things they didn't really have control over," Bryan said. Politics Prof.
Albert Einstein once said, "After religious teachers accomplish the refining process indicated, they will surely recognize with joy that true religion has been ennobled and made more profound by scientific knowledge." The age-old question of whether science and religion are compatible is one on which scientists, philosophers and theologians often have been divided. But is there evidence that all religions share commonalities that can be justified in purely mathematical and scientific terms?
In an effort to minimize the sometimes dangerous, disrespectful and destructive behavior surrounding the alcohol-enhanced revelry of the annual spring Foxfield Races, event coordinators met with members of the University's Greek community to discuss preventative measures last night. "We love that the students come to Foxfield," Foxfield Marketing Director Anne Brown said.
Changes to next year's academic calendar posted earlier this semester will cut the upcoming Summer Break a little short, affecting the summer plans of many University students and faculty. Students are set to return to classes on Wednesday, Aug.
