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Gillen to put full court press on drunk driving

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 5, 2003

The Central Virginia Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving announced Tuesday the inaugural membership of the chapter's Board of Advisors. University Men's Basketball Coach Pete Gillen was named as one of the three individuals appointed to the newly-created Board, as was Brad Chandler, a graduate of the University Law School. Since beginning his tenure as the men's basketball coach in 1998, Gillen has compiled an 86-64 record and was named Men's Basketball Coach of the Year in Virginia by the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 2001. Chandler is presently senior partner of Chandler, Franklin and O'Bryan and has been included in the "Best Lawyers in America" for the past 20 years. Ron Huber, Charlottesville's assistant Commonwealth attorney, also was selected for the Board. The areas encompassed by the Central Virginia Chapter cuts a wide swath through the Commonwealth, stretching from Winchester to Lynchburg. Board members each will serve a two-year term.

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City Council calls for education funding

By Jon Breece | September 5, 2003

The Charlottesville City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night calling for the Virginia General Assembly to invest more state funding in public education. A decade of staggered revenue-depriving tax cuts coupled with recent economic downturns have left public schools adrift in an economic quagmire, according to City Council members. Because the state is using what local leaders consider an antiquated formula for determining a school district's need, Virginia's localities, particularly the Commonwealth's cities, are attempting to shoulder the burden to meet the educational needs of its students. "The bottom line is that localities are subsidizing the state because the state is not meeting its obligations to fund public education," said Vice Mayor Meredith Richards, and executive board member of Virginia First Cities. VFC is a coalition of the state's 15 oldest and most fiscally stressed cities, including Winchester, Hampton and Norfolk. While stressing Charlottesville schools are not in dire straits, Ed Gillaspie, director of business and finance for Charlottesville Public Schools, said the schools have been shortchanged by the state.

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U.Va., six other Virginia colleges sued

By Anthony LaMesa | September 5, 2003

Seven Virginia public colleges and universities, including the University of Virginia, are facing a lawsuit after the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a legal challenge Tuesday on behalf of undocumented citizens, who the advocacy group says have been denied or will be denied admission at the schools based on their immigration status. Last September, Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore issued a memo of legal advice to Virginia public colleges and universities advising them against admitting undocumented citizens. "It's the attorney general's view that schools as a matter of policy should not admit illegal aliens," Kilgore Spokesperson Tim Murtaugh said.

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ROTC scholarships decrease due to war

By Shannon Sturcken | September 5, 2003

As a result of the recent war in Iraq, there's good news and bad news for the University's ROTC programs: The good news is improved morale and increased retention rates; the bad news is a lack of scholarship funding for incoming ROTC recruits, according to Army ROTC Chair Lt.

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City council passes initial stages of bill for re-zoning

By Jason Amirhadji | September 4, 2003

In a move that some see as inevitable and others fear will spawn high-rise apartments near the University, the Charlottesville City Council is set to allow high-density housing in two popular off-Grounds housing areas. This change is just one of many in a proposed city zoning ordinance, which would shape Charlottesville's development for years to come.

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Students encounter overloaded courses

By Riley McDonald | September 4, 2003

As the add/drop deadline approaches, College students are making a last-ditch attempt to push their way into popular or required courses via glitches in ISIS or a professors' good will. "There does seem to be this general problem that we have more students than we have classes," Politics Prof.

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A&S Council President resigns after stipend dispute

By Christine Wallace | September 4, 2003

Arts and Sciences Council President Mollie Sledd said she plans to resign from office Sept. 17 after she was denied a $2,000 stipend she anticipated receiving from the Council. "The Arts and Sciences Council has always given a stipend to the president for staying over the summer," Sledd said.

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A new assembly for the Old Dominion

By Josh Goodman | September 3, 2003

What do diminutive, washed-up child actors, buff Austrian action stars, alleged car thieves, disabled smut peddlers, strippers, porn stars and men with names like "Cruz" and "Gray" have in common? If you said none of these people are running in this fall's elections for the Virginia General Assembly, you would probably be right.

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IFC sanctions three fraternities for 'dirty rush'

By Natasha Altamirano | September 3, 2003

The Inter-Fraternity Council sanctioned three fraternities Thursday for allegedly engaging in "dirty rush" activities. Each of the three fraternities allegedly took groups of mostly first-year "potential rushees" tubing on the James River prior to the official start of fall and spring rush, IFC President Ryan Ewalt said. Ewalt declined to discuss details regarding the sanctioned fraternities and their respective punishments, which were administered at an IFC Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday night. "Each fraternity was fairly but severely sanctioned," he said. David Bowman, IFC vice president of judiciary, presided over the hearings. "We are trying to set a strong precedent now and prevent dirty rushing in the future," Bowman said. "Dirty rush" is a term given to activities that resemble recruitment efforts which take place outside the designated time frame for rush.

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Formula could limit financial aid

By Anthony LaMesa | September 3, 2003

Many students will have to dig much deeper into their pockets to pay for college next year because of a little-publicized change in formulas used for federal financial aid eligibility. The United States Department of Education updated the formula the federal government uses to calculate estimated financial need for student aid in May. According to Larry Zaglaniczny, director of congressional relations for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the update allows students and their parents to count less of the money they pay in state taxes against the cost of their education. "They calculated for the year 2000 and that was at the height of a good economy and as a consequence, a number of states reduced their tax burden," Zaglaniczny said.

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