An off-campus party at Virginia Tech Sunday evening resulted in the death of one student, who fell out of a third-story window.
Student Council efforts to lobby for the creation of an "art fund" for student-run projects have met with success, netting a $5,000 grant from the University. Council's Student Arts Committee spearheaded the initiative, which aims to increase opportunities for students to advance their interests in the arts. Vice President for Student Affairs Pat Lampkin, whose office provided the funds, spoke enthusiastically about the art fund, which she said will support student arts in the community. "It's an avenue for our students to bring the arts into the student community," she said. The Student Arts Committee is the only Council committee receiving money from the Vice President for Student Affairs office at present, according to Lampkin. The Committee will manage the funds and allocate them for student art projects outside of the classroom which otherwise would remain unfunded, Student Arts Committee Chair Rebecca Menges said. Proposals for "new and emerging work" in the arts, whether in film, music, dance, drama, studio art, architecture and design, creative writing or poetry, will be presented to the Committee for approval.
Chuck Wilson, CEO of Babygrande Records, spoke in the Rotunda last night as part of '106 and Rotunda,' a presentation on the hip hop industry sponsored by LMNTal and YBE.
Beginning this year, University pre-law students will be able to access a new source of information about law school. Second-year Law student Davene Swinson unveiled a new mentoring program Sept.
After two years of discussion and debate, the University Judiciary Committee is set to vote on extending the statute of limitations for physical assault cases at its Oct.
University Ethics Prof. John Moreno is scheduled to testify about the ethics of file sharing before a U.S.
Recent economic shortfalls facing the Commonwealth of Virginia have led lawmakers toonce again consider raising the cigarette tax in an effort to increase state income. Last week, Sen.
After two attempts in the past week by students to catch suspicious persons without immediate police assistance, University and Charlottesville police are admonishing students not to attempt to catch suspects in the serial rapist case on their own. "We don't know if it was the serial rapist," Charlottesville Police Captain Chip Harding said.
This past summer, a selected group of incoming first years tried out a new program to help them successfully move from high school into the University. "Students are invited to attend the second summer session," said Asst.
John R. Isom, superintendent of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, announced his plan to retire in January. At 61, Isom did not cite any particular reason for leaving. Isom succeeded former Superintendent Albert A.
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad's annual fund drive got a boost from the University last Thursday. Leonard W.
A potential for $4,000 in academic scholarships is not something that would normally slip under the radar of college students. But the relatively unknown Greek Endowment Scholarship could alleviate a large sum of tuition for a wide pool of eligible applicants. The Inter-Fraternity and Inter-Sorority Councils are increasing publicity for two $2,000 scholarships awarded annually to one eligible IFC Greek male and one ISC Greek female. IFC Alumni Relations Chair Alex Berrang said that, although the scholarship has been around for over a decade, it has not gotten as much publicity has they would have liked. "This is a substantial amount of money that we are offering," Berrang said.
As fans rejoice at this weekend's close football victory, sports officials are happy to see large crowds pack the stands of Scott Stadium. Two home games into the season, attendance at home football games has been higher than in years past.
Thanks to a multi-million dollar grant from the federal government, local emergency officials will no longer be relegated to responding to emergencies in a piecemeal manner because of incompatible communications equipment. Last Thursday, the United States Department of Homeland Security awarded the regional Emergency Communications Center, which represents Albemarle County, Charlottesville and University public safety agencies, a $6 million dollar grant that will aid in funding a new 800-megahertz emergency radio system.
In 1934, Alice Jackson Stuart, then Alice Jackson, an African American woman from Richmond, was rejected from the University's Graduate school.At the time, the University claimed she was rejected based upon "good and sufficient reasons" as well as race. Stuart was the first African American to apply to a graduate school in Virginia.
The Milky Way galaxy is literally eating its neighbor, according to a study conducted by a team of astronomers from the University of Virginia and the University of Massachusetts. "Basically, the Milky Way is acting like a cannibal," said University Astronomy Prof.
The Virginia Department of Health is warning residents to stay safe in the aftermath left by Hurricane Isabel.So far, Virginia's death toll for the storm stands at 26 people.
Medical students at the University no longer will receive letter grades during the first two years of medical school.
The large pine tree by Brooks Hall, which was knocked down by Hurricane Isabel's powerful winds last Thursday night, recently was discovered to be the oldest tree on Grounds by a student who counted the rings of its immense trunk. According to University spokesperson Carol Wood, the student counted 256 growth rings, which means the tree likely was over 250 years old and pre-dated Thomas Jefferson's founding of the University. In total, 20 large trees were brought down on University property due to the hurricane.
University students and Student Council members engaged in a free-flowing discussion of topics ranging from diversity to transportation to housing last night, just as planners envisioned when developing Council's first annual Student Forum. Around 100 students, including at least 30 members of Council, attended the forum in Old Cabell Hall, which was named I-N-vision. The event, which was moderated by Council Chief of Staff Noah Sullivan, included multiple 10-minute blocks of time for students to tell Council members their views on first-year life, student groups, diversity, housing, transportation, academics and other concerns. Last night's event did not feature any major confrontations over the diversity initiative that members of the University administration are developing.
