Officer Carl Graves, a 20-year veteran of the police force, was dismissed from the Albermarle County Police Department Oct.
The Serpentine Society, a network for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender alumni, celebrated its fifth anniversary with a three-day event coinciding with the University's Homecomings weekend. The weekend's events included a tailgate party, a board meeting and a fifth anniversary celebration dinner and awards gala at Alumni Hall. Saturday's banquet featured the presentation of the Bernard D.
Mr. Jefferson was wrong on at least one count: Although he wrote that the Monacan Indian Nation likely was doomed to extinction, a panel discussion in the Rotunda Dome room yesterday afternoon comprised of four tribal leaders and University Anthropology Prof.
As a result of the concerns of Newcomb management officials, many student organizations soon will have easier access and increased security with the advent of card swipe entries to their Newcomb Hall offices.
Since graduating from the University in May 2001, Jon "Tyler" McGaughey has confirmed time and again his place among the few and the proud. As a second lieutenant in Operation Iraqi Freedom, McGaughey led a platoon of Marines through enemy fire, arranged for the evacuation of wounded individuals and calmly avoided confrontation with anti-American demonstrators. On Sept.
Charlottesville Police have charged two men in the robbery of a University student which occurred in June on the railroad tracks between Virginia Avenue and Chancellor Street.
Politics Prof. William Quandt, an international affairs expert and the outgoing vice provost for international affairs at the University, will speak to students and professors receiving honors at Fall Convocation next Friday. "We're very excited about having him here to speak," Director of Major Events Pam Higgins said. Quandt was a member of the National Security Council during the negotiations leading to the Camp David Accords under President Jimmy Carter.
My dad was not a huge television watcher, but every once and a while a show would hook him. As his love for M.A.S.H.
The Senate approved a measure 97-0 yesterday that would outlaw many business techniques used by advertisers who send unsolicited e-mails to millions of Americans. Sponsored by Sens.
The President's Commission on Diversity and Equity held a two-day retreat at Sweet Briar College over the fall reading holiday to make plans to help address diversity issues at the University. The commission, co-chaired by Angela Davis, associate dean of students for student life, and Politics Prof.
The Honor Committee's recruitment of advisors, counsels and educators this year drew a group of students closely representative of the University's student population, according to statistics the Committee released Sunday night. Facing a longstanding concern about the role of minority groups in the trial process -- racial minorities, international students and athletes traditionally are over-represented as accused students and under-represented on Honor -- Committee members said they made an effort to target those minority groups in their support officer recruitment this year. For the first time in its history, the Committee released statistics reporting the demographics of students attending support officer tryouts.
In the wake of proposed Congressional legislation that would penalize schools for tuition increases which outpace inflation, new College Board reports show the average tuition increase at public universities for 2003-2004 was the highest in the 27 years statistics have been kept. This year, the weighted average tuition and fees at four-year public institutions was $4,694, up from $4,155 last year, a 13 percent increase according to two reports released Tuesday, Trends in College Pricing 2003 and Trends in Student Aid 2003.
The University Department of Student Health recently signed a contract with a new vaccine provider to offer flu shots in Newcomb Hall this year.
The National Park Service, after encountering a lack of support from Congress and the public, has decided to drop plans for an underground visitor's center at the Washington Monument. After Sen.
Jolanta Kwasniewska, the First Lady of Poland, has cancelled her visit to University tomorrow. According to University News Services, the cancellation was due to a conflict with her charity efforts.
The Student Council committee for community affairs held Hoo-bay, a flea market-style fundraising event, yesterday in the Amphitheater. The committee planned the fundraising event in order to allow Contracted Independent Organizations with financial need to boost their funds.
Since the beginning of the academic year, numerous injuries and one death have occurred at Virginia Tech parties, all but one of which were the result of falls from balconies and windows. Officials at both Virginia Tech and the University said these incidents serve as a reminder for students to care for their personal safety.
Students, faculty and administrators gathered in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom last night for the Inter-Greek Committee's first annual State of the Greek System Address. The IGC is comprised of representatives from the University's four Greek governing councils:the Inter-Fraternity Council, the Inter-Sorority Council, the Black Fraternal Council and the Multicultural Greek Council. IFC President Ryan Ewalt, ISC President Cahill Zoeller, MGC President Melody Han and BFC Co-Chairs Jason Bell and Darren Kelly each discussed significant past, current and future initiatives of their respective councils. "One of the things we want to accomplish through the [address] is to show the University community where the Greek system has been, where it is now and where it is going," said Ann Thorne, the undergraduate intern for the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, who helped plan the event. The event was open to all members of the University community to provide an opportunity for both involved and uninvolved people with the Greek system to voice any questions or concerns, Thorne said. The address commenced with a brief synopsis of the history of the Greek system given by Aaron Laushway, associate dean of students and director of fraternity and sorority life. "The students have heard me say for many years now that fraternities and sororities are the best vehicles for student self-governance," Laushway said. The IGC originally had planned for the first State of the Greek System address to occur in November 2002, but it was canceled in part as a result of the death of Jack Chen, a member of the Lambda Phi Epsilon Fraternity, he said. Following Laushway's presentation, each Greek council leader addressed issues specific to his or her council, beginning with Bell and Kelly. Bell discussed BFC social events and both local and nationally-mandated service projects. Kelly then addressed some of the BFC's goals for the future, including an increased sense of presence and awareness of BFC organizations.
As the Supreme Court evaluates campaign finance reform this term, University students face an election reform of their own. Following a series of controversies during last spring's Student Council elections, Council instigated a restructuring of the election process that will culminate with a student vote to take place November 11-12. When they vote, students will face a series of referenda that will ask them to approve constitutional changes and the formation of a new organization to oversee elections called the University Board of Elections.
