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Longo discusses DNA sampling in rapist search

In response to widespread dissent over a new method to apprehend the serial rapist, University students, faculty and other community members met with local police officials in an open forum last night to address concerns with what some are calling "racial profiling" by police. In its ongoing hunt for the serial rapist, the Charlottesville Police Department recently implemented a new strategy to aid in the investigation.


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IGC hosts third annual Greek Awards ceremony

The 2004 Greek Awards Ceremony was held yesterday at Old Cabell Hall, honoring Greek achievement throughout this past year. The third annual event was sponsored by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and the Inter-Greek Committee, featuring representatives from the Black Fraternal Council, Inter-Fraternity Council, Inter-Sorority Council and the Multicultural Greek Council. "The event is an expression of the purpose of the IGC -- to promote cooperation among the four councils," said Aaron Laushway, associate dean of students and director of fraternity and sorority life. Award recipients are selected by the IGC based on nomination forms completed by each chapter, said Ann Thorne, an undergraduate intern in the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. The representatives of the IGC are asked to step out of their roles as chapter members and into the impartial role of committee representative. Melody Han, MGC President and Alpha Kappa Delta Phi sorority member, received awards for outstanding contributions to the University and MGC person of the year. "I am a little overwhelmed," Han said.


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Albemarle school board makes list of top censors

The Albemarle County School Board's interpretation and enforcement of dress code against a sixth-grader at Jack Jouett Middle School garnered enough national attention to be named on the Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression's annual "Jefferson Muzzles" list. The Center awards the muzzles to government agents or private entities in an effort to "call attention to some of the more ridiculous or egregious affronts to free expression in the previous year," according to a Center press release. The Center ranked the Albemarle County School Board fourth out of 13 award winners for making the student wearing an "NRA shooting Sports Camp" T-shirt inside out "despite the fact that it caused no disruption to the school activities," according to the release. U.S.


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Outten elected to Honor exec. board

At its first meeting of the 2004-2005 term Sunday night, the Honor Committee held elections for several Committee positions. The Committee elected Sarah Outten as vice chair for education and Robyn Dietter to serve as chair of the Faculty Advisory Committee.


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Vice rector attends open student forum

The Vice President for Student Affairs office sponsored an open forum last night with Tom Farrell, University vice rector on the Board of Visitors, and Board member Syd Dorsey in the Kaleidoscope Diversity Center in Newcomb Hall.


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Childress named Faculty Senate chair

The Faculty Senate announced Thursday that Marcia Childress, co-director of Humanities in the Medicine Program at the University Medical School, will serve as the new Faculty Senate chair for the 2004-2005 school year. "It is definitely an honor that brings with it certain responsibilities," Childress said.


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The Pope on pulling the plug

This past weekend I flew back into Dulles from Dallas/Fort Worth and made it about 20 minutes down the road to Charlottesville before intense hunger drove me to a Cracker Barrel right before the Route 29 turn-off.


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Student Council decides on first round of appeals

The Student Council Representative Body heard appeals Tuesday night from 11 Contracted Independent Organizations. During the appeals process, Council gives CIOs the opportunity to have decisions made by the Appropriations Committee reconsidered by the Representative Body.


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Student health insurance cost to increase next year

The University announced Wednesday that beginning this fall, health insurance costs will increase and all students will have to prove that they have health insurance before registering for courses. The University's health care provider, Chickering Group, will increase its premiums by nearly 34 percent to $1,600 a year.


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Students fill streets for Take Back the Night

Chanting "one-in-four, one-in-four, we won't take it anymore," hundreds of demonstrators marched from the downtown amphitheatre to the Rotunda in the 16th annual Take Back the Night, an event to raise community awareness about sexual assault and domestic violence. "Sexual assault and domestic violence remain a stigmatized and silenced problem," said Larissa Kravamja, president of All Women Attaining Knowledge and Enrichment, a co-sponsor of the event.


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It's not all about money

When the Virginia General Assembly finally passes a budget and adjourns, legislators will leave behind a session that saw high profile debates and hundreds of small bills constituting the nuts and bolts of state lawmaking. At the same time, however, the looming budget impasse, if not resolved, threatens a July 1 government shutdown and keeps recipients of state money unsure of what level of funding they will receive. Out of the spotlight Del.


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Committee, faculty reach out for change

While it may seem difficult to make changes to an honor system steeped in tradition, Honor Committee and faculty members say they are working to address faculty concerns and ultimately strengthen the community of trust. The Faculty Senate passed a proposition statement yesterday in support of increased dialogue with the Honor Committee in the coming years.


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Graduate student arrested during ambassador's speech

Rich Felker, a Graduate Arts and Sciences student and member of Students for a Free Tibet, was arrested in the Rotunda Monday for attempting to chain himself to a banister inside the building during a speech by Yang Jiechi, the Chinese ambassador to the United States. University Police arrested Felker and charged him with two misdemeanors: disorderly conduct and an attempt to participate in and/or incite a riot, University Police Capt.


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Private colleges offer extended paid leave at higher rate than public ones

A report by the Family, Gender and Tenure Project at the University says professors requesting extended parental paid leave are significantly more likely to receive it at a private university than a public university, according to a report in the Chronicle. After examining the results of their national study of 168 institutions, Project Director Charmaine Yoest and University Politics Prof.


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April Fools' issues land college papers in trouble

According to an Associated Press story, three student newspapers -- the Tartan at Carnegie Mellon University, the Aquinas at the University of Scranton and the Gateway at the University of Nebraska-Omaha -- have attracted varying degrees of controversy because of their April 1 editions. The Tartan's 12-page April 1 issue "The Natrat" received dozens of complaints about a cartoon involving an ethnic slur and poems about rape and mutilation, which has led to an administrative investigation.

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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.