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Albemarle school board makes list of top censors

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 13, 2004

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

By AJ Frank | April 13, 2004

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

By Matt Galati | April 13, 2004

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

By Sarah R. Gatsos | April 13, 2004

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

By Patrick Jones | April 9, 2004

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

By Timothy Lee | April 9, 2004

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

By Shannon Sturcken | April 9, 2004

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

By AJ Frank | April 9, 2004

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

By Christopher Jones | April 9, 2004

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

By Lauren Todd Pappa and Sarah R. Gatsos | April 9, 2004

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

By Amir Khoddami | April 8, 2004

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

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 8, 2004

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

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 8, 2004

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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Faculty uphold honor at other Va. institutions

By Lauren Todd Pappa and Sarah R. Gatsos | April 8, 2004

Like the University, faculty at other Virginia colleges and universities play an integral role in supporting and maintaining their honor systems. At the University of Richmond, faculty members are largely responsible for initiating honor cases even though the system is entirely student-run, said Chase Rowan, Richmond College honor council chair. "They are the principle source of accusations," Rowan said.

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Adkins wins 'Good Guy' room

By Neelam Patel | April 8, 2004

Third-year College student Amey Adkins said she never expected to be one of the students selected to live on the Lawn, much less in one of the seven endowed rooms. Adkins was announced yesterday as the next resident of the Gus Blagden Room, an honor colloquially referred to as "the Good Guy" award. "I had nominated someone else, and I wasn't expecting that someone would nominate me," Adkins said.

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