In the wake of University of Maryland President C. D. Mote, Jr.'s controversial remarks about the University of Virginia, some state legislators asked for a clarification while others downplayed the import of the statement. The Oct.
Amid a continuing campaign by the Recording Industry Association of America to crack down on Internet users suspected of illegal file sharing, two students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology unveiled yesterday a new system to legally distribute music to students and faculty on campus. The Library Access to Music Project uses the campus television cable system to broadcast music to listeners, who can go online and sign up to customize the playlist on any one of 16 available music channels.
Virginia Department of Health inspection records show that every University dining facility, with the exception of Newcomb dining hall, Java City and the French House, was cited with at least one critical violation at its most recent inspection. Routine health department inspections take place at random without warning to facilities.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will announce regulations next week that will include an additional visa fee for all international students. The $100 fee will cover the cost of adding them to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, a database created to track all international students within the country. Officials say the government hopes to have the final system up and running next fall.
A local parent is lobbying the Albemarle County School Board to order the removal of the upside- down, rainbow triangle stickers that some high school guidance counselors display outside their offices. Crozet resident Bill Rossberg, father two Western Albemarle High School students, said he believes the stickers, representing what is commonly considered a symbol of gay pride, have no place in schools. "Western Albemarle is a really conservative area," Rossberg said.
University of Maryland President C. D. Mote, Jr. inspired consternation and criticism throughout Virginia recently when he declared the University's top ranking "ridiculous." In an article published in The Diamondback, Maryland's student newspaper, Mote is quoted calling into question the University's number one placement in the U.S.
Students disconcerted by the Student Council elections process will have an opportunity to change the procedure by which student governors are elected in the upcoming elections. On Nov.
Beginning Nov. 3, the Charlottesville Department of Public Works will offer free leaf collection to city trash customers. Public Works employees will distribute clear plastic bags for leaf collection to customers this week.
Dianne Harris will give a lecture on post- World War II houses and their role in forming American culture Thursday, Nov.
Long believed to be havens for hippies and bastions of liberalism ringed with high ivory towers, American campuses can no longer be painted with such broad strokes, according to a Harvard study. A survey recently conducted by Harvard University's Institute for Politics found 61 percent of college students approve of President George W.
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.
