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Lawn selection questioned

Lawn selection, one of the University's most time-honored traditions, was recently completed, but not without some students expressing concern that the process is less than perfect. After evaluating the 272 applications submitted this year, the Lawn selection committee released the list of 47 third-year students chosen for the 181st class of Lawn residents last week. Forty-seven students are chosen every year for the Lawn by a selection committee made up of 35 students, 20 Ex-Officio members, students who represent a specific portion of the University population, and 15 lottery members, fourth-year students who apply and are chosen at random.

Hospital receives grant for telemedicine

The Infectious Disease Clinic at the University Hospital re-obtained the Ryan White Title III Primary Care and Early Intervention Services grant March 3.

Grad students lobby against budget amendment

In the 2005 legislative session, the Virginia State Senate Budget amendments restricted state appropriations so that they can only be used to provide financial aid to in-state graduate students at Virginia colleges and universities.

Gillen, Gillen, Gone

Pete Gillen stepped down as head coach of the Virginia men's basketball program yesterday, following a 14-15 (4-12 ACC) finish, the team's first losing season since 1998-99. "The team did not reach the goals we thought were achievable entering the 2004-05 season," Athletics Director Craig Littlepage said in a statement released by the University. Littlepage and Gillen had been talking about the future of the program for several weeks, Littlepage said yesterday during brief remarks to the media at University Hall.

Warner picks new BOV members

Gov. Mark R. Warner announced his appointment of three new members to the University's Board of Visitors March 8. The new members, A.

Hospital named among best in nation

The University Medical Center was ranked one of the nation's Top 100 hospitals in a recent study by the research group Solucient, LLC.

Police make arrest in connection with shooting

David Delong Gerald was charged last week for his alleged involvement in a February armed assault of two University students, according to Charlottesville City Police Sergeant Richard Hudson. Gerald allegedly robbed fourth-year College students Josh Hailey and Emily Sigmon at gunpoint before midnight Feb.

BRUSHING OFF THE DANCING SHOES

U.Va. to help pay for landfill clean up

The University volunteered last week to pay a percentage of the cleanup costs for the Ivy Road Landfill, citing its waste contributions and ending a standoff between the City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle over the funding of the project. An agreement between the University, the City and the County has the University paying 7 percent of the cleanup costs per year for the next 30 years.

Va. moves to streamline transfer credit

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia moved forward on a new reform initiative tocreate more uniform courses and help ease the transfer process for Virginia community college students in a meeting March 8. The initiative, which is being led by the Council's Academic Affairs Committee, is an effort to make transferring from community colleges to four-year institutions easier, Stephen Scott, a representative for SCHEV, said. "It is an effort to make the transfer process a more seamless process," Scott said. Core courses are uniform for all two-year colleges in the Virginia community college system, but this is not true for four-year institutions. The Council is now awaiting surveys from four-year institutions that outline which courses taken at two-year institutions transfer to their respective schools and how many credits are given for those courses. "It's up to each institution to say what each one of those courses mean to them," Scott said. Information gathered from four-year institutions will be incorporated into an online transfer tool.

UBE announces new Honor, UJC members

The Honor Committee and University Judiciary Committee representatives from each school were announced by the Board of Elections last night. Third-year Lauren Ross led the College of Arts & Sciences representatives for Honor with 2,138 votes. "It's kind of amazing," Ross said.

Student body elects Upton Council President

Jequeatta Upton, a second-year College student and outgoing Student Council representative, was elected Student Council president with 2,993 votes, edging out second place Thomas Gibson, a third-year College student and outgoing Council representative, by 438 votes. Upton originally entered the race for Council executive vice president but said she decided to switch when she realized she had a lot of student-body support for a presidential run. Upton said she was excited about working with the newly-elected Council and looks forward to a smooth transition. "I know I have great personal relationships with everyone that was elected," Upton said. Curran Jhanjee, a third-year College student, came in third place in the presidential race. Jhanjee laughed when asked about the results. "Probably the best person won," Jhanjee said.

Consensus clause fails to garner 60 percent of vote

The University Board of Elections last night announced the results of student votes on nine referenda included on the University's spring ballot. Eight referenda passed on the spring ballot. Two of the referenda put forth to the student body pertained to the single sanction. The consensus clause referendum, which was put forth by members of the student body, was one of the most controversial referenda on this year's ballot.

Undergraduates vote in record numbers

Voter turnout among undergraduates in the University election results announced yesterday is the highest in recent memory, according to University Board of Elections Chair Steve Yang.

KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED

2005 Candiate Expenditures

Office Title First Name Last Name Final Expenditures Arts & Sciences Council President David Reid $0.00 Arts & Sciences Council Secretary Erica Siegmund $0.00 Arts & Sciences Council Secretary Ahmed Almudallal $0.00 Arts & Sciences Council Treasurer Daphne Garcia $0.00 Arts & Sciences Council Vice President John Koerner $28.74 Arts & Sciences Council Vice President Kate Wise $56.07 Commerce Council Fourth Year Representative Stephen Burgess $20.00 Commerce Council Fourth Year Representative Lucia Offutt $0.00 Commerce Council Fourth Year Representative Shane Smith $20.00 Commerce Council Fourth Year Representative Bridget Barry $0.00 Commerce Council Fourth Year Representative Brendan Jordan $0.00 Commerce Council President Sarah Marchetti $103.57 Commerce Council President Ryan Gurney $18.56 Commerce Council President Christopher Golden $5.00 Commerce Council Secretary Jennie Averbook $0.00 Commerce Council Service Chair Elizabeth Jetton $0.00 Commerce Council Service Chair Gurleen Tiwana $0.00 Commerce Council Social Chair Jenny Hammond $0.00 Commerce Council Social Chair Eric Stangarone $0.00 Commerce Council Treasurer Michelle Polo $0.00 Commerce Council Vice President Ipek Soylu $0.00 Commerce Council Vice President Travis Triplett $1.28 Education Council EDLF Representative Eric Carbaugh $0.00 Education Council President Betsy Ackerson $0.00 Education Council Vice President Crystal Goodman $0.00 Engineering Council Fourth Year President Thomas Randolph $3.44 Engineering Council Fourth Year President Kara Parsons $0.00 Engineering Council President Suparna Navale $0.30 Engineering Council President Rachel Adams $0.00 Engineering Council Secretary Dexter Galozo $0.00 Engineering Council Treasurer Pavan Gupta $0.00 Engineering Council Treasurer Javed Mondal $0.00 Engineering Council Vice President Emily Ewell $20.00 Fourth Year Trustees President Jordan Levy $0.00 Fourth Year Trustees Vice President Brooke Yamakoshi $0.00 Honor Architecture Representative Morgan Miles $103.00 Honor Architecture Representative Patrick Woods $5.00 Honor Arts & Sciences Representative Andrew Siegel $56.56 Honor Arts & Sciences Representative Brandon Walsh $0.00 Honor Arts & Sciences Representative Stewart Ackerly $361.15 Honor Arts & Sciences Representative Brock Saunders $691.07 Honor Arts & Sciences Representative Matt Nicholson $38.01 Honor Arts & Sciences Representative Steven Krueger $259.03 Honor Arts & Sciences Representative Shawn Casey $26.45 Honor Arts & Sciences Representative Lauren Ross $358.71 Honor Arts & Sciences Representative Brendan Connors $10.60 Honor Commerce Representative Matt Miller $50.00 Honor Commerce Representative David Hobbs $34.50 Honor Commerce Representative Anand Kanoria $53.00 Honor Continuing & Professional Studies Representative Jake Benner $0.00 Honor Continuing & Professional Studies Representative David Perez $0.00 Honor Education Representative Sarah Outten $5.00 Honor Education Representative Marc Shook $0.00 Honor Education Representative Sean Jenkins $0.00 Honor Engineering Representative Amir Shahien $18.50 Honor Engineering Representative Louise Montgomery $13.52 Honor Engineering Representative Alison Tramba $4.09 Honor Engineering Representative Chris Transier $0.00 Honor Engineering Representative Dan Bowman $8.64 Honor Law Representative Trevor McFadden $30.45 Honor Law Representative Randall Warden $0.00 Honor Law Representative Will Doffermyre $0.00 Honor Medicine Representative Alexander Hawkins $0.00 Honor Medicine Representative Alaina Brown $0.00 Honor Medicine Representative Kari Lassen $0.00 Honor Medicine Representative Allyson Morman $0.08 Honor Nursing Representative Mandy Cocke $0.70 Judiciary Architecture Representative William Mitchell $0.00 Judiciary Architecture Representative Eric Battino $0.00 Judiciary Arts & Sciences Representative Raleigh Blank $85.83 Judiciary Arts & Sciences Representative Phil Aigrain $94.17 Judiciary Arts & Sciences Representative Ellen D

Rising loan debt: the 'no need' needy

While the University has moved aggressively to make education affordable for the most financially needy students, some students with little or no demonstrated financial need increasingly bear the brunt of heavy debt to attend the University, mirroring a national trend of increased borrowing by middle class students. Only 18 percent of the student body took out non-need-based loans this year, yet these loans comprise 67 percent of the $29 million borrowed by undergraduates and their families through Student Financial Services.

IFC seeks to strengthen internal organization

With the recent institution of the new Inter-Fraternity Council officers, chapter presidents and their fraternities can expect a new set of goals for improving the internal organization of the Council. "The main goals for this year's IFC are to internally strengthen the system by giving the presidents a stronger voice, as well as educating individual chapter members," IFC President Ross Kimbel said. To reach these objectives, IFC has begun to make plans for several changes to the internal makeup of the IFC system, Kimbel said.

Warner education plan set to begin

Gov. Mark R. Warner is leading an effort by the National Governor's Association to improve the quality of the nation's high schools.

Virginia Film Festival theme announced

"Twelve Angry Men" and "Dirty Harry" are coming to Charlottesville Oct. 27 through Oct. 30 for the 18th annual Virginia Film Festival. The two movies are tied together by the festival's theme, "In/Justice." The theme was announced Monday. "We try to choose films that will generate a lot of great titles so that we can show some really great movies," Festival Director Richard Herskowitz said.