By Joseph Nuffer Cavalier Daily Senior Writer In the past, there has been a stark difference between human innovation and nature's ways of solving similar problems.
In an effort to combat the rising cost of housing in Charlottesville, City Council adopted goals aimed at creating more affordable housing Monday night. However, Council did not approve the formal Housing Strategy presented by the City's Department of Neighborhood Development. Council members expressed concern over several of the document's recommendations, including the hiring of a staff member to handle housing concerns. The proposal to have a Housing Strategy staff member was developed several months ago and has since been abandoned, Charlottesville Neighborhood Development Coordinator Jim Tolbert said. In addition, the document needs standard editing before official passage, Council Member Kendra Hamilton said. "Those are things we are not necessarily sure we want to sign off on," Hamilton said. Council has held several work sessions focused on setting up a housing trust fund and providing affordable housing in Charlottesville. Council will likely reconsider and pass the strategy by Dec.
Imagine winning an iPod for turning over a pack of cigarettes, or getting a free massage for promising to help a friend quit smoking.
Off the coasts of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket Island and Cape Cod, in the waters where the rich and the famous roam free, the government is considering a plan to build the world's largest offshore wind power plant.
The academic world is dominated by Democrats, according to a recently published study. The study was conducted by Daniel Klein, associate professor of economics at Santa Clara University and Charlotta Stern of the Institute for Social Research at Stolkholm University.
Former Virginia quarterback Matt Schaub will appear in court Feb. 18 to face misdemeanor assault and battery charges, WINA reported yesterday. As reported in The Cavalier Daily, Schaub, now a backup with the Atlanta Falcons, was allegedly one of three people who assaulted a 19-year-old on the Corner District on Nov.
During the first four days of course enrollment via ISIS, the newly implemented electronic waiting list system has effectively restricted the often overwhelming amounts of e-mail traffic that professors receive from students requesting access into classes, according to University professors. Professors from the Spanish, biology, economics and politics departments -- the four departments now using electronic waiting lists -- praised its positive results. The new system "has been effective in reducing the amount of e-mail traffic; students seem to have gotten the word about the waiting lists," Politics Prof.
Children of same-sex couples are no different from children in traditional families based on a variety of health indicators, according to a new study by University Psychology Prof.
What began as an e-mail to 15 students calling for a response to the University's sexual assault policy turned into a silent crowd of hundreds of students, faculty and staff gathered on Grounds yesterday to call for changes in a system that organizers termed inadequate at responding to and preventing sexual assault. An estimated 400 students, faculty, staff and community members lined the sidewalk bordering the Amphitheater in a line stretching from the Lawn to the Bryan Hall bridge.
While most students have not even begun to think about their Spring Break plans, members of the Nicaragua Orphans Fund have begun to organize their plans and spearhead a fundraising campaign. The group will hold a benefit concert tonight with all proceeds going towards its annual trip to Nicaragua during spring break 2005.
The Commonwealth of Virginia commended the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad Tuesday for its outstanding service to over 150,000 citizens. "I think it is an important message to our volunteers who don't always receive the proper recognition for the hard work they are doing," Squad President David Starmer said.
University President John T. Casteen, III, held the sixth and final University charter initiative briefing before a crowd of faculty, staff and students in the Special Collections Library Auditorium yesterday afternoon.
The Motion Picture Association of America announced it will follow the Recording Industry Association of America's lead and sue people who illegally trade movies online, according to a report in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The MPAA lawsuits, which began Tuesday, could target college students trading movies on their universities' networks.
Local Charlottesville officials spoke out against Richmond legislation at Monday night's City Council meeting.
University students, faculty and staff and Charlottesville community members held a teach-in last night in Clark Hall to address a charter initiative that may change the relationship between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the University. The legislation before the House of Delegates would give the Boards of Visitors at the University, the College of William and Mary and Virginia Tech the right to set tuition, increase enrollment, issue bonds, set faculty and staff salaries and commence building projects independently in exchange for a reduction in state appropriations. University President John T.
Student Council unanimously approved a resolution last night to endorse the implementation of late-night bus routes through the University Transit Service on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Currently, UTS stops bus routes at 12:20 a.m.
Despite national reports that the turnout rate for young voters in the presidential election was no higher than in 2000, a University of Maryland study found that 20.9 million voters between the ages of 18 and 29 participated -- 4.6 million more young voters than the 2000 election. Similarly, the number of youth voters in Virginia between the ages of 18 and 29 reached 550,000, reflecting a 12 percent increase from the 2000 election, according to statistics compiled by Virginia21, a Richmond-based political action tank.
During the month of October, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport broke its previous passenger record set in March. The October passenger record was 11.5 percent higher than the 2003 October mark, Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Chairman Kurt Goodwin said. More than 18,000 passengers traveled through the airport this October -- 2,000 more travelers than in October 2003. "We are doing a lot to promote the airport," Goodwin said.
