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Va. candidates prepare for 2005 elections

As the presidential election fades into the past, Virginia politics is already focused squarely on the 2005 elections, and the wealth of legislative and executive positions up for grabs. In the highest-profile race, Democratic Lt.


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High winds cause minor problems for University

High winds yesterday felled trees and knocked down power lines in the area, causing some power outages both on and off Grounds. Several power lines reportedly were knocked down near the intersection of Madison and Preston Avenues yesterday because of the unusually heavy winds.


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County raises money for police dog

The Albemarle County Police Department has raised more than enough money purchase a new police dog, the County announced in a press release yesterday. After Ingo, a German Shepard, was fatally shot while responding to a reported burglary Oct.


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Student database raises privacy concerns

A recent proposal by the Department of Education to create a new database of enrollment records on all students attending colleges and universities across the country is raising concerns among advocacy groups over the loss of privacy rights. In the past, the government only has requested specific student information on individuals who apply for financial aid.


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Harvard Law to resume policy barring military recruiters

In response to a federal appeals court ruling that colleges and universities may bar military recruiters from their campuses without losing federal funding, Harvard Law School announced it will resume its ban on military recruiters, Dean Elena Kagan announced Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. On Monday, the third U.S.


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Sandwich boards return to street

Pedestrians need to look where they're going, since Charlottesville officials recently decided to once again allow businesses on West Main Street to display sandwich boards on the sidewalk. The issue first arose in September when businesses were forced to remove their display boards from the sidewalk.


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Nursing School plans facilities expansion

The University's Nursing School received a record-high number of applications last year for this fall's incoming class, Nursing School Dean Jeannette Lancaster said. The Nursing School received 310 applications, but the school only could accept 49 new students.


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Council promotes course evals.

Student Council announced the launching of an initiative last night to encourage student participation in completing online course evaluations for classes this semester. Under a new plan approved by the Office of the University Provost, six questions about the course formulated by Council will accompany normal course evaluations produced by individual academic departments. The data collected through this system will be made available to students on the Course Offering Directory if 65 percent of students enrolled in a given class fill out evaluations for the class. "This has been a project that's been in the works for about half a decade," said Daniel Young, Council academic affairs chair.


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Area cost of living increasing

Residents of Charlottesville and Albemarle County as well as University students will face an additional rise in the cost of living in the upcoming year. City and County assessors forecast another year of real estate assessment increases, which means higher property prices, a rise in taxes and higher rental prices. In the past six years, the City and the surrounding area have experienced an annual increase of 10-12 percent in real estate assessments, City Assessor Roosevelt Barbour said. Preliminary numbers suggest that this year's increase in real estate assessments for the City may be as much as 12-15 percent, Barbour said. Real Estate assessments are determined for each of the City's 30 residential and 12 commercial neighborhoods on an annual basis. A rise in the values of homes for sale has a direct bearing on surrounding homes that are not for sale, Barbour said.


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Study: student depression rising

Last year, a random sample of 917 University students participated in the National College Health Assessment, which was released last month and revealed a 4.6 percent increase over the last four years of college students who said they had received a diagnosis of depression. According to Student Health Director Jim Turner, the University students who participated in the survey were taken from the 2003 graduating class.


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Sigma Chi brother, club lax player dies

Second-year College student David Sloan Critchfield was friendly, caring and dedicated to his family, his fraternity and his sports teams, said his friends and family. "When Sloan did anything, it's like he did it with his whole heart," Critchfield's mother Triss Critchfield told their hometown paper, The Portland Press Herald.


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First day of January Term sign-up draws over 100

Registration for the University's first January academic session began yesterday at 8 a.m. Within the hour, one class was already full. By the end of the first day of registration, 136 of about 400 slots for students in January Term classes were full, according to program director Dudley Doane. Administrators said they were pleased with the interest. "It's been quite amazing," said Milton Adams, vice provost for academic programs. The program is the collaborative effort of multiple departments at the University. Students have been "very patient and positive" with the process, Doane said.


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Licensing revenue generates almost $1 billion for colleges and universities

In the 2003 fiscal year, colleges and universities across the country filed for more patents, signed more licenses with companies seeking to turn academic research into drugs, devices and other products, and identified a larger number of scientific discoveries with commercial potential than ever before, according to a report released last week. The 165 institutions that responded to the survey of technology-transfer activity received more than $968 million collectively. In addition, 3,450 U.S.


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U.Va. statement shifts bowl prospects

For the first time in three years, it seemed like the Virginia football team's bowl situation would be settled early and without controversy. However, a statement from University President John T.

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