The University Transit Service's bus schedules may include extended weekend service by the semester's end.
School: College Year: Third Majors: History and Psychology Hometown: San Francisco Housing: Off Grounds, fraternity Activities: University Guide Service, Phi Society Fraternity and Sustained Dialogue Current Office: Third-Year Council President What makes you a competent and qualified candidate? I want to continue my involvement with Class Councils as President of the Class of 2006 Trustees.
Last night the University Board of Elections held a forum in which four student panelistsdebated the merits and faults of the single sanction. The debate was moderated by University Judiciary Committee Judge Gavin Reddick and Tina Le, Honor Committee chair of single sanction forums. Topics included strengths and weaknesses of the single sanction, its effect on the University's public image as well as the consensus clause in relation to single sanction, among other topics. Honor Committee member Sara Page and Sam Leven, communications director for Hoos Against Single Sanction, voiced opposition against the single sanction policy. Page said single sanction needs to be dynamic and put under regular scrutiny by the student body. The students "are the ones who create these laws, and [the students] are the ones who embrace them," Page said. Leven agreed, saying single sanction "violated several judicial principles," meaning one severe punishment is not appropriate for varying degrees of offenses.
At its meeting last night, Council passed two pieces of legislation concerning course evaluations and rejected one bill regarding the sale of cigarettes on Grounds. A bill to encourage Dining Services to discontinue the sale of tobacco products at on-Grounds locations failed.
According to its constitution, the Honor Committee can hear cases of lying, cheating and stealing at the University.
Name: Andrew Siegel School: College Year: Second Major(s): Economics and Spanish Hometown: Washington, DC Housing: Off Grounds, St.
School: Engineering Year: Second Major: Systems Engineer Hometown: Fluvanna County, Va. Housing: On Grounds, Lambeth Field Apartments Activities: Student Council, Former-First Year Class President 2007, Sustained Dialogue, L2K4 Participant, President's Commission on Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity, President's Commission for Parking and Transportation, Black Leadership Institute, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated Current Office: Student Council Vice President of Administration Web site: www.vote4action.com What makes you a competent and qualified candidate? After serving as a member of the representative body and being the only candidate to have served on the executive board, my broad range of knowledge about Student Council and my even-keeled personality will make me both an effective and approachable leader as Student Council President. In your opinion, what are the most pressing issues facing the University and how would you use your office to deal with them? Student safety, sexual assault, the charter initiative, hate crimes legislation, the development of new student spaces, diversity and the creation of a community of understanding are all pressing issues that I hope to address throughout my term.I plan to utilize the office of president to implement programs and legislation that will continue to bring these issues to the forefront of the student body agenda until they are markedly resolved. How will you maintain contact with your constituency and ensure transparency in your actions? As Student Council President, I plan to implement an aggressive outreach initiative that will include "town hall" meetings with focused groups to better gauge the concerns of our collective student body through the reflections of elected student leaders.I also want to mobilize Student Council to present bi-annual forums, and redesign the representative office hours, so that the representative body is more pro-active in their attendance at student activities.In regards to the issue of transparency, I aim to better develop Council's Corner, a Student Council-run section within the Cavalier Daily, in order to keep students abreast on pressing issues and future plans of action.I'll also urge Council members about the value and importance of their individual vote, now that the media may report our voting records. Why did you decide to run for office? After two years of being heavily involved in representative student government, I felt that running for Student Council President was the next logical step in my progression in enhancing the quality of student life.
School:College Year: Third Majors:Economics (plus possible Foreign Affairs-- stay tuned to find out.) Hometown:Vienna, Va. Housing: On Grounds, Lambeth Field Apartments Activities: Building Attendant at Newcomb Hall Web site: www.wincurranwin.com What makes you a competent and qualified candidate? I have been working at Newcomb Hall for the past two years, right across from the StudCo offices.In essence, this is just a move across the hall for me, a natural progression.
School: College Year: Second Major: Undeclared Hometown: Chester, Va. Housing: Off Grounds, Rugby McIntyre Apartments Activities: Student Council, President's Committee on EOAA, University Guide Service, Peer Advisor, Volunteer-Sexual Consent Campaign, Office of African-American Affairs Peer Advisor Current Office: CLAS Representative--Community Affairs Committee, Diversity Initiative Committee Web site: www.voteupton.com What makes you a competent and qualified candidate? I've been an accomplished leader in Student Council groups for several years, and since arriving on the Grounds, I've established an excellent record of building productive relationships with several student leaders, organizations and administrators.
School:College Year:Second Majors:Possible Politics and Studio Art double major Hometown:Castlewood, Va. Housing: On Grounds, International Residential College Current Office:Student Council Representative What makes you a competent and qualified candidate? I previously served as a representative for Student Council, so I have an understanding of the procedures required to conduct the meetings.
Name: Angela Johnson School: College Year: First Major(s): Undecided Hometown: Woodbridge, Va. Housing: On Grounds, McCormick Road Activities: Student Council What makes you a competent and qualified candidate? I was heavily involved with Student Council in high school, ending my senior year as Student Body President.
School: College Year: First Majors: Economics and American Politics Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va. Housing: On Grounds, Hereford College Activities: First Year Council, University Guide Service, Student Council, Madison House
Name: Connor Sullivan School: College Year: First Major(s): Undeclared Hometown: Gates Mills, OH Housing: On Grounds, Watson Activities: First Year Judiciary Committee Chair, Arts and Sciences Council First Year Representative, Cavalier Daily Life Columnist, University Democrats, Madison House Tutor, The Oculus Undergraduate Research Journal Editing and Formatting Committee Member, South Lawn Student Task Force What makes you a competent and qualified candidate? As the chair of the First Year Judiciary Committee, I have spent the past year as a non-voting member of the University Judiciary Committee, learning about the Committee's structure and function from the inside out and the top down.The time I have spent this year becoming familiar with the whole range of Committee activities through the entire trial process, from beginning to end, has given me an excellent perspective on the duties and responsibilities of a UJC judge In your opinion, what are the most pressing issues facing the University and how would you use your office to deal with them? Among the most pressing issues facing the University is the necessity of continuing our drive to support and expand the diversity of viewpoints represented within student institutions, something I would love to pursue next year for the UJC as a judge. How will you maintain contact with your constituency and ensure transparency in your actions? One of the problems with the UJC in our community is its relative lack of prominence.Many people are unfamiliar with the nature and purposes of the Committee.
School: College Year: Third Major: Anthropology Hometown: Yorktown, Va. Housing: Off Grounds, Theta Delta Chi Activities: Theta Delta Chi Social Chair, former cheerleader, hang-gliding instructor What makes you a competent and qualified candidate? I am an extremely energetic and outgoing gentleman.
University students can expect an increase of on-Grounds housing in future years now that plans for completely reconstructing the Alderman Road dormitories are underway. Though the Board of Visitors must approve the construction project in May, Richard Kovatch, associate vice president for business operations, said it is possible that construction for the project could begin within the next year.
The deans of every school at the University and leaders from various centers within the University have begun meeting monthly in a group called the Deans Development Forum to strategize about the direction of the new Capital Campaign. University President John T.
Last night the University Board of Elections hosted the Student Council representative and executive candidate debates. Candidates running for the positions of College of Arts and Sciences representative, vice president of administration, executive vice president, and Council president responded to questions concerning their stance on various University issues and elaborated upon their qualifications for positions.
The Faculty Senate ratified a new statement recently that explains the faculty position on the restructuring of public higher education, including issues such as benefits, diversity and governance. In a one page statement, the Faculty Senate's ad hoc committee developed four major points to be addressed and referenced by the administration working on the management agreement.
Institutions of higher education are becoming increasingly "market- oriented" and less focused on the quality of education they provide, according to a report published by The Futures Project, a higher education research group, on Feb.
