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University gathers for remembrance

By Angela Manese-Lee | September 12, 2003

Aided by the light of a single candle, 13 speakers called on hundreds gathered last night on the South Lawn to remember the events of September 11, 2001 and the days that followed. Vigil speakers, members of a variety of different University organizations and representing a range of different faiths and backgrounds, offered words of prayer, glimpses of their own memories and urgings of tolerance and peace. Speaker Michael Lusk spoke of a "day that began like any other." He chronicled his morning, watching planes crashing into the two towers of the World Trade Center and into the Pentagon. "It felt like the world was crumbling around us," Lusk told vigil attendees. While most speakers offered their thoughts as indirect victims, Commerce student Arshiya Singh said she spoke as a target. Singh recounted visiting museums in Washington, D.C.

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U.S. Senate rejects proposed changes to student-aid formula

By Jon Breece | September 12, 2003

The U.S. Senate approved an amendment Wednesday prohibiting the Bush administration from changing the federal student-aid formula. The proposed changes endorsed by the Bush administration would lower the amount of tax families could deduct in the need-analysis formula. According to the U.S.

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Rue ponders leaving U.Va. for chancellor job at UNC

By Mary Pumphrey | September 11, 2003

After four years at the University, Dean of Students Penny Rue may be saying goodbye. Rue is on the short list of candidates for the vice chancellor of student affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she began her career 20 years ago as an area director for UNC's housing department. Rue had previously been senior associate dean of students at Georgetown University, beginning in 1987. From 1981 to 1987, she was a staff member at the University of Maryland while working on her doctorate in counseling and personnel services. UNC's vice chancellor for student affairs search committee is expected to reach a decision on which candidate to recommend to administrators by the end of the week, committee chair Laurie Mesibov said. The final decision will be made by UNC's chancellor and provost. UNC officials began trying to fill the position last February, and received over 70 applications.

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House narrowly approves D.C. voucher bill, sends to Senate

By Kara Rowland | September 11, 2003

By a vote of 209-208, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the highly publicized D.C. voucher program Tuesday night, sending to the Senate for approval a bill that would allocate $10 million in private tuition grants for over 1,300 low-income students. Sponsored by Rep.

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Bank robbers plead guilty to March heist

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 11, 2003

Ricardo Lee, 48, and Troy Banks, 33, both pleaded guilty to robbing the Wachovia bank at 10th and High Streets March 11.

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Lackluster job market concerns students

By Riley McDonald | September 11, 2003

In the aftermath of an economic recession, the class of 2003 and current fourth years face a drastically different job market than that of previous graduates -- students who found themselves pursued by a multitude of companies offering signing bonuses and high-level entry positions during the economic boom of the late 1990s. Aaron Shen, a 2003 graduate, said his current position as a research assistant at the University hospital is not the career he envisioned when he began his job search the summer of 2002.

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Congress discusses rising expenses of higher education

By Jason Amirhadji | September 11, 2003

As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, which has provided financial aid for college students since 1965, significant changes to the legislation are being proposed. In response to the growing demand for financial aid, the Coalition for Better Student Loans, which includes a number of high-profile organizations including College Parents of America and Sallie Mae, sent a proposal to Congress Sept.

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Nanotechnology set to change the world

By Andrew Lorenzo | September 11, 2003

Nanotechnology is a field which is growing exponentially. You may have seen a recent HP commercial about nanotechnology and its possible applications: "A lightbulb that will never burn out." "A car that can think." "Shirts that can give you directions." "A tiny computer that can hold every book ever written." "Cellular phones so small, ants can use them." These are certainly interesting ideas in theory, but nanotechnology has some very real applications which could prove to be useful in a more practical sense. Nanotechnology is the science of manipulating materials and creating tools on the atomic scale.

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Prof.'s manslaughter charge dropped

By Dawn Saur | September 11, 2003

An involuntary manslaughter case against Commerce Prof. Michael Atchison was dropped only minutes after it began Tuesday due to a lack of evidence concerning the victim's cause of death. Without testimony from medical personnel verifying that 29-year-old Charlottesville resident Yu Ching Yeh's death was caused by Atchison's failure to stop at a red light, further hearings could not proceed and the charges were dropped at the request Albermarle County Commonwealth Attorney James Camblos.

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New architecture school department chair announced

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 11, 2003

The Department of Architecture announced yesterday Professor Daphne Spain had been named chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning at the University School of Architecture. William Lucy, associate dean for academics in the Architecture School, said he was looking forward to working with Spain in her new capacity. "She's very quick, very experienced, an excellent researcher and teacher," Lucy said.

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New group reaches out to gay Greeks

By Natasha Altamirano | September 11, 2003

While a myriad of advertisements and solicitations adorn bulletin boards and columns across Grounds every day, flyers sporting the catchphrase "Tired of Gay.com?" might have caught students' attention Tuesday. These and other flyers advertising the Greek Men's Club were posted around Grounds and along Rugby Road Tuesday morning. The club's purpose is to provide "a space and a place" to foster support for gay fraternity men, said Aaron Laushway, associate dean of students and director of fraternity and sorority life. "It is important because these issues are not discussed openly in general, and clearly not in many student organizations, including fraternities and sororities," Laushway said.

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UTS bus allegedly runs student on bicycle off road

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 10, 2003

About 10 a.m. Monday morning, a University Transit Service bus allegedly ran fourth-year College student Eliza Evans off her bicycle and onto the curb in front of the McCormick Road Residence Area. An eyewitness helped Evans up and told her that the bus was #2636 and advised her to report it. Evans suffered a skinned elbow and two skinned knees, several cuts and bruises and a hurt shoulder. Evans said she was in shock, so she went home.

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For teaching assistants, a lesson learned

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 10, 2003

To many students, a discussion section at 7 p.m. on Thursday is a dreaded responsibility -- but one that only lasts for 50 minutes. But for the teaching assistants leading the discussion, that brief classroom session is preceded byhours of preparation, office visits, readings and lectures. These hours of work simultaneously help future professors learn to teach, give graduate students jobs that pay their bills and make undergraduate instruction possible at the University. Learning to Teach Teaching assistants come from different countries, various colleges and universities, and usually carry a few years of work experience.

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RIAA pursues lawsuits against 261 file-sharers

By Jon Breece | September 10, 2003

Member companies of the Recording Industry Association of America have filed 261 civil lawsuits against "major" Internet file sharers, the trade association announced Monday. The filings, which occurred across the country, came as little surprise to many in the University community and the industry.

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University, City plan events to remember 9/11

By Jordan Dresnick | September 10, 2003

To commemorate the second anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the University and the Charlottesville community have planned a series of events to take place tomorrow. September 11 will be remembered on Grounds by a candlelight vigil at 8 p.m.

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Duke revises honor code to include clause

By SR Sidarth | September 10, 2003

Honor has been a term synonymous with the University since 1842, when the Honor Code first was established.

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Historic Court Square to undergo renovations

By Preston Gisch | September 10, 2003

Court Square, the frequent meeting place of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe, is undergoing a facelift. The area surrounding Court Square and nearby streets, but not the actual courthouse, will be the focus of the "Court Square Enhancement Project." Court Square includes the area between High Street and Jefferson Street and 4th Street and Park Street, about one block north of the Downtown Mall. "Court Square is the oldest part of the city and its original seat," Charlottesville Vice Mayor Meredith Richards said. The project's aim is "honoring, preserving and promoting Court Square [because] it has not been maintained and certainly not enhanced as a historic area," Richards said.

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Sterling residents cope with bus woes

By Spencer Baumgardner | September 10, 2003

Transportation woes at the newly-built Sterling University Apartments have spurred calls for reform over the past week. Residents of Sterling were forced to combat overcrowded vans that rarely arrived or departed on schedule when attempting to travel to Grounds last week.

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University to begin faculty hiring

By Anthony LaMesa | September 10, 2003

After over two years of budget cuts and an only recently lifted hiring freeze, many University officials say they are pleased with the resumption of a number of searches for new faculty members in departments and schools across Grounds. The majority of the faculty members being recruited will replace retiring faculty or fill positions left vacant during the hiring freeze, resulting in the need for little additional funds for the new hires, University officials said. The College of Arts and Sciences, one of the hardest hit schools from the recent budget slashing, will initiate a total of roughly 34 faculty searches for the 2004-05 academic year, according to Associate Dean for the Sciences George Hornberger and Karen Ryan, associate dean for the arts, humanities and social sciences. While faculty recruitment requires a tremendous investment of time and monetary resources, Hornberger said the 10 searches being conducted for new science faculty is great news for the departments he represents. "This is a giant step toward really improving things," Hornberger said.

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Martha Jefferson launches center for outpatients

By Rachele Byrne | September 9, 2003

Following a successful summer in its ongoing quest for further expansion, Albemarle County's Martha Jefferson Hospital celebrated the opening of its brand-new Outpatient Care Center last Tuesday. The OCC's opening followed closely on the heels of the Aug.