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Awareness week highlights dangers of binge drinking

By Anthony LaMesa | November 21, 2003

Student leaders and University officials encouraged students to "say something" to their peers about alcohol and substance abuse during this year's Substance Abuse Awareness Week, which began Monday. "Say something" was the theme of this year's activities designed to educate students about substance abuse, especially the dangers of binge drinking. "We want fellow students to talk to their friends about any behaviors that they are witnessing that they think might be dangerous," said Kathy Radd, chair of the University's alcohol and drug abuse prevention team.

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Elizabeth Edwards supports husband's candidacy with two appearances in C'ville

By Riley McDonald | November 20, 2003

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Sen. John Edwards, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, championed her husband's proposals and her own commitment to education in two appearances on Grounds yesterday. The events, one at the Education School and the other at the Law School, were just one stop on Elizabeth Edwards' nationwide tour as the nine candidates for the Democratic Party nomination gear up for state primaries.

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University Medical Center opens new clinic for overweight children

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 20, 2003

With America's reliance on video games and television for entertainment, children are being brought up much too attached to the comforts of their own home, say the founders of the Children's Fitness Clinic, a new program for overweight children at the University Medical Center. The Center's main goal is not only to encourage healthier eating habits and more physical exercise, but also to elevate self-image and self-esteem.

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Former Lt. governor, Dean campaign treasure speaks at University kick-off rally

By Matt Galati | November 20, 2003

Amid a large crowd wielding an array of campaign buttons and signs, former Lt. Gov. Don Beyer headlined the Hoos for Howard Dean Official Kickoff Rally last night in Clark Hall. Beyer, who served as lieutenant governor from 1990-1998, is the national treasurer for Vermont Governor Howard Dean's democratic presidential nomination candidacy and leads the candidate's campaigning in Virginia. Beyer's opening remarks focused on Dean's straightforwardness on issues. "He is to my mind the most fearless political leader I've ever seen," Beyer said.

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Schools explore textbook options

By Timothy Lee | November 20, 2003

As students shell out hundreds of dollars for textbooks each semester, a few organizations have taken steps to reduce the high cost of books. "There is a lot of individual experimentation going on among publishers," said Judith Platt of the Association of American Publishers.

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City discusses development of Preston Ave. intersection

By Fallon Duplantis | November 20, 2003

Plans for a development at the intersection of Preston Avenue and Grady Avenue are being resurrected as a result of new zoning regulations established in September by City Council. Currently the city is searching for a qualified development team to work closely with them and the community to construct more detailed plans. "Our expectation is that the area will be residential," Mayor Maurice Cox said.

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Students resoundingly approve elections reform

By Whitney Garrison | November 20, 2003

Nine months after the integrity of Student Council elections at the University came into serious question after a series of controversies, students last night approved a new elections body completely separate from Council. The University Board of Elections reform amendment received the second highest number of overall votes of the 14 referenda in the election, which spanned the last two days.

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Lacking visas, grads can't work everywhere they want to be

By Angela Manese-Lee | November 19, 2003

With the job market in the shape it is, finding work is hard enough. When you add the need for work authorization, increasingly strict visa rules and the pressure to choose between the country of your birth and the country of your current residence, the challenge becomes even greater. This was the situation facing Razy Farook, a fourth-year Commerce student from Sri Lanka, when he walked into a job interview a few weeks ago. He walked out after answering just one question: Did he have appropriate authorization to work in the United States?

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Student released from University hospital

By Laura Hindman | November 19, 2003

After sustaining severe head injuries during an altercation outside the Sigma Chi fraternity house, second-year College student and University football player Carson Ward left the University Medical Center this week in improved condition. Ward underwent emergency surgery to remove blood clots in his brain and remained unconscious for several days after the alleged incident, which occurred in the early hours of Nov.

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U.Va. libraries could be required to give records to feds under law

By Josh Goodman | November 19, 2003

Students are used to having the sources they cite in their research papers scrutinized by professors and teaching assistants, but not by Uncle Sam. Yet under the Patriot Act, passed by Congress in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks as a way to fight terrorism, the federal government has the power to do just that -- a power it that has left unexercised for now. The act empowers law enforcement officers to obtain library records as a part of foreign terrorism or international intelligence investigations, without having to notify the individual whose records they obtained. "We are not exempt from those requirements," said Madelyn Wessel, special assistant to the vice president of student affairs and a liaison to the University's General Counsel. Though U.S.

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A FLASH IN THE NIGHT

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 19, 2003

Ronnie Painter, an employee with Dominion Virginia Power, repairs an electric transformer on Route 29 North near Massie Road late Monday night while his coworker Daniel Hoosier looks on from the ground below.

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Officials respond to Staff Union allegations

By Natasha Altamirano | November 19, 2003

University administrators said yesterday that they have responded to allegations that an employee who holds a managerial position at the University Medical Center used a racial epithet in a conversation at a staff meeting Nov.

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Publishers confront used book market

By Sarah R. Gatsos | November 19, 2003

As the fall semester draws to a close and students begin to sell and purchase books, textbook publishers continue in their ongoing battle with the used book market for sales. Jeremy Hunt, manager of the independent Student Book Store on the Corner, said while sales vary from semester to semester, most students buy used books.

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Diversity Center to replace informal lounge

By Lauren Todd Pappa | November 19, 2003

Through the efforts of several student groups and other organizations on Grounds, the under-utilized Newcomb Hall informal lounge soon will be transformed from drab to fab through the creation of a new Diversity Center. "The purpose is to provide a resource space for programming, lounging and relaxing," Minority Rights Coalition Chair M.

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Student Council grants Eta Lodge CIO status with reservations

By Natasha Altamirano and Whitney Garrison | November 19, 2003

Student Council voted last night to allow Eta Lodge, not to be confused with the National fraternity also known as "the Lodge," to keep its CIO status despite the Inter-Fraternity Council's decision to reject its application to the IFC last week. Eta Lodge, formally a part of the national fraternity Phi Kappa Sigma, was granted CIO status a year and a half ago as a temporary means of regaining IFC status. Council Architecture Rep.

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Council votes down three CIO appeals

By Whitney Garrison | November 19, 2003

Last night Student Council heard three CIOs appeal their fall appropriations funding allocations. The first two groups, Off the Lawn and Students Promoting Free Trade, both were denied their appeals and thus were allocated zero dollars by Council. Council Appropriations Committee Co-Chair Conor Fee said both groups had estimated that they would make more money fundraising than they would spend throughout the course of the year. "They're making more money than they are using," Fee said.

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University Art Museum to honor two longtime supporters at gala

By Natasha Altamirano and Whitney Garrison | November 19, 2003

The University Art Museum will host an honorary gala event Friday as a tribute to Ruth and Robert Cross, museum supporters and activists for the past 30 years, according to a University press release. The event, entitled "La Belle Epoque: The Legacy of Ruth and Robert Cross at the University of Virginia Art Museum," will include a cocktail reception hosted by University President and Mrs. John T.

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True 'Lies': Franken on all the Right's moves

By Bobby Naemi | November 18, 2003

All publicity is good publicity, as the saying goes, and Al Franken probably could not have imagined a better scenario in which to release his new book "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right." After all, before a certain network decided to sue Franken and his publisher, the book was languishing near the bottom of most pre-order charts.

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Nation-wide International Education Week encourages global perspective, University plans events

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 18, 2003

As the world becomes more connected, Americans and American educational institutions must broaden their perspective, say the State Department officials who launched International Education Week yesterday. "The challenges we face in areas such as security, democratic development, economics and health cannot be addressed by any country acting alone," Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a press release last week.

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Booksellers look abroad for lower textbook prices

By Jason Amirhadji | November 18, 2003

As publishers continue to release new textbook editions at an increasing rate, reducing the functional lifespan of their less expensive used predecessors, campus bookstores across the nation have begun tapping foreign markets as a method of obtaining textbooks at a significantly reduced cost. The price of an American textbook in countries such as China and England can be up to 50 percent less than what is charged in the United States, said Jeremy Hunt, manager of the Student Book Store, an independent seller on the Corner which began importing textbooks two summers ago and ended the practice at the end of last year for logistical reasons. "It can be a fun game," Hunt said.