In response to the recent revision of City zoning codes, local developers are building high-density apartments with fewer parking spaces around the University area.
City of Charlottesville Police will receive pay raises while City residents enjoy decreased property tax rates because of the 2005-2006 City budget, passed by City Council Tuesday evening. The $106 million budget, prepared by City Manager Gary O'Connell, was adopted by the Council in a 4-1 vote.
Jerry Kilgore, presumptive Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Commonwealth Attorney General, highlighted his ideas for addressing domestic violence among other issues during a visit to Politics Prof.
The Virginia House of Delegates earned two of the Center for the Protection of Free Expression's annual Muzzle Awards yesterday. "The qualifications for this award is evidence of having done things over the past year showing unusual disregard for principles of free speech and the press," said University Law Prof.
After receiving $1.1 million from the MPC Computers Bowl, the University's Department of Athletics will continue to support other areas of the University by donating $25,000 to both the Faculty Senate and the Cavalier Marching Band endowment. The money granted to the Faculty Senate will go toward one of their six Dissertation-Year Fellowships.
Although Asians are the largest minority group at the University, making up approximately 12 percent of the student population, many students and faculty say they are oftentimes marginalized in the typical dichotomy of black and white race relations. Coinciding with Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month and Take Back the Night, two facebook groups about Asian women have had attention called to them by various students.
The Observatory Hill Dining Hall will open later than expected, according to officials from Facilities Management and the Office of Business Operations. The dining hall originally was scheduled to open over Winter Break, and the timeline then was pushed back to Spring Break.
Student Council unanimously passed a resolution last night to endorse a student exchange program for students to attend historically black universities.
The University Transit Service's pilot program had its first trial run last weekend, providing bus service for University students between the hours of 12:20 a.m.
The Board of Visitors convened by teleconference yesterday to set next year's tuition, which will increase by 8.8 percent for in-state students and 6.2 percent for out-of-state students. The tuition increase, the smallest in the last three years, is expected to be the last time the Board sets tuition on an annual basis as the University moves toward a five-year tuition plan that will lock in future increases. A five-year tuition plan discussed at the Board's February meeting proposed fixing the annual increase in estimated total cost of attendance at 8 percent for in-state students and 6 percent for out-of-state students. The Board deferred setting tuition at the spring meeting that concluded two weeks ago in order for the budget office to recalculate in-state tuition slightly.
In a recently released issue, the U.S. News & World Report altered its standards for law school rankings.
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Airportreceived a $3 million grant through the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration, U.S.
The University Judiciary Committee created a new ad hoc committee for hate crimes last week in response to the overwhelming support for harsher sanctioning of these crimes in the spring ballot referendum. The new committee will be chaired by first-year Law student Eli DeJarnette and first-year College student Mai Hassan. According to UJC Chair Tim Ormsby, the UJC voted to form the ad hoc committee to investigate possible sanctioning changes for hate crimes. "A lot of the motivation for forming the ad hoc committee came from the referendum on the spring ballot," Ormsby said. During spring elections, 70 percent of voters favored UJC creation of specific and severe punishment guidelines for crimes motivated by hate. "The ad hoc committee doesn't have a specific mandate from the UJC," Ormsby said.
The 43 recipients of the Harrison undergraduate research awards, as well as the recipients of various other monetary grants for research, were unveiled in the Rotunda Dome Room yesterday, officially kicking off Research Week at the University. "We had a large number of applicants for the Harrison award," said Nicole F.
Two Charlottesville police officers were indicted Thursday on charges of bribery, conspiracy, witness tampering and giving false statements.
By Margaret Bonner Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The new Honor Committee convened for the first time last night, using the meeting to elect new subcommittee chairs and discuss this year's emphasis on increasing the visibility of honor at the University. In closed session, the Committee elected third-year College student Brock Saunders and second-year Engineering student Alison Tramba co-chairs of the Faculty Advisory Committee and third-year Architecture student Morgan Miles chair of the Diversity Advisory Board.
The Executive Boards of the four Greek councils met yesterday for the Greek Orientation Leadership Seminar, an event sponsored by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life in order to promote communication within the Greek community. Among the main objectives for the seminar was increased personal interaction, recognition of commonalities and differences in the councils and discussion of future plans of the Greek community, said Chris McGill, assistant dean at the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, who facilitated the seminar. McGill said although the objectives were met, seminar participants could have spent more time discussing future plans. "What we need to do is to really look at what the future holds for us and what we want our organizations to be doing," McGill said. The seminar consisted of open discussions, community building activities, presentations and prompt-based forums. Some Greek executive members who attended the seminar said it was a successful and effective event that drew the four councils closer together by increasing communication and bridging the gap through common concerns. "It was an extremely enlightening experience because rarely do we get a time when everyone comes together to see each other face to face and hear the sincerity of the other councils," said Elizabeth Snyder, Inter-Sorority Council vice president of administration. Multicultural Greek Council President Julie Chung also said it was beneficial to put faces to names of people she has communicated with in the past via e-mail. The dialogue between the councils will be ongoing, said Kat Shea, an intern at the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and seminar facilitator. "This is the first of many conversations, and I look forward to seeing what will come out of this," Shea said.
