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Sexual assault Ed. office offers new survey

To shed light on student awareness and experiences concerning sexual assault, the University's Sexual Assault Education Office will distribute a survey this week. This is the most all-encompassing survey the office has distributed, covering sexual and domestic violence, according to Claire Kaplan, sexual assault education coordinator. "We have not done a study on this issue in a long time, and we have never done a study on domestic violence," Kaplan said.


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Dining Services to serve Fair Trade coffee

University Dining Services soon plans to serve coffee certified by Fair Trade in its dining halls, largely because of a student-based effort. Fair Trade Coffee is an organization committed to protecting coffee farmers from harsh working conditions by maintaining a minimum wage of $1.26 per pound of coffee and buying directly from the farmers instead of brokering through various middlemen. University students Chris Antoun and Mike Figura began an organization known as Students Promoting Fair Trade in an effort to increase its awareness among the campus community. They worked closely with Dining Services Associate Director Eddie Whedbee to switch the coffee provider of University dining halls to Pura Vida, which exclusively offers Fair Trade-certified coffee. "The drive to do this was theirs," Dining Services Director Brent Beringer said. Antoun and Figura could not be reached for comment yesterday. University Politics Prof.


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ADAPT to provide water coolers at four fraternities

Beginning this weekend, students may enjoy more beverage options around Rugby Road as the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team begins a new trial phase in its new program to place water coolers at fraternity parties. ADAPT asked the fraternities of Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Chi, Sigma Pi and Theta Delta Chi to participate in a month-long trial period, making water coolers available in their houses during parties.


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U.Va. lawyer reviews rules for Council elections

A small working meeting was held at 10 p.m. last night by Will Sowers, Student Council vice president for administration, in which he discussed his proposals for election rules changes following their review earlier in the day by University General Counsel Rick Kast. Kast is filling in for Madelyn Wessel, Council


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Applications to U.Va. Medical School increase

Across the nation, more and more students are fighting their way through organic chemistry and MCAT testing to apply for medical school. For the first time in six years, the Association of American Medical Colleges reported a rise in the number of medical school applicants nationwide.


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SLIP AND SLIDE

Due to the heavy rains and subsequent ground saturation, this retaining wall between the 200 and 300 block of 15th Street collapsed yesterday morning.


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Major donor addresses Madison House leaders

University alumnus Paul Tudor Jones II, class of 1976, praised the high level of University student volunteerism in a speech before an audience of over 100 Madison House program directors last night as a part of a special visit to Grounds. Madison House invited Jones, who flew in specifically for the evening's dinner and speech, to return to the University over a year ago.


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University of South Alabama newspapers stolen

An investigation currently is underway at the University of South Alabama, located in Mobile, Ala., where 3,000 copies of its Vanguard student newspaper were stolen last week, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Tim Beard, South Alabama's dean of students, told the Associated Press that the papers disappeared following campus wide distribution to students the Tuesday before last. Jamie Sims, Vanguard editor-in-chief, told the Associated Press she believes it is no coincidence the papers stolen included criticism of the school's Student Government Association. The paper questioned if paid cell phones and stipend increases for three SGA officers were a good use of student activity fees paid by all students. Beard said officials are working to find the newspaper thieves.


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LOOSEN UP

Certified Massage Therapist Lisa Barnhart gives first-year College student Joey Djojohadikusumo a massage yesterday at the Women's Wellness Fair in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom.


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University health system tests melanoma vaccine

A melanoma vaccine developed at the University has shown a positive correlation to tumor regression in a recent study conducted by the University of Virginia Health System. Of patients injected with the vaccine, 75 percent showed response by the killer t-cells in the lymph nodes.


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Newly instated file-sharing alternative suspended at MIT

The Library Access to Music Project -- LAMP -- created by two Massachusetts Institute of Technology students, was shut down indefinitely Monday after being active for only a week. Keith Winstein and Josh Mandel created LAMP with the hope that they would be able to share music with students across the campus legally. The program broadcast music, which they had attempted to legally license, over MIT's cable network as opposed to the Internet.


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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.