Northern Virginia soon may be entering the big leagues. The relocation of the Montreal Expos franchise to the region, is a "near certainty," according to Brian Hannigan, communications director for the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority. Portland, Ore.
College of William and Mary student Gregory Thomas Bak jumped out of a fourth-story window of his dormitory Friday morning, in the school's second suicide of the week. Bak's body was found by a fellow student in front of Monroe Residence Hall close to 6 a.m.
In the midst of critics' wavering faith in the U.S. government and United Nations during times of war, the University promoted diplomacy in leaders of tomorrow with the annual Virginia International Community Simulation, held last Thursday through Sunday. The conference, sponsored by the International Relations Organization, consisted of 10 different simulations of global government affairs with 180 student participants from 17 different schools. Conference Secretary-general Omeed Jafari, a third-year College student, said he believes that the conference illustrates the importance of diplomacy in all aspects of international relations. "There's been a lot of debate about whether or not the U.N.
With temperatures on Saturday ranging in the low 70s, students who may have thought they saw the last of winter were suprised to wake Sunday morning and see the University blanketed by snow.
Administrators in the Commerce School have initiated an investigation into a racially offensive remark a Commerce employee allegedly made to an African-American student on Friday morning, Commerce Dean Carl Zeithaml said yesterday. Third-year College student Jennifer Goldson accused the employee of making the remark after a confrontation in the Newcomb parking garage around 11 a.m.
Passing cars honked constantly at the intersection of Ridge and River Streets yesterday in response to protesters' signs decrying "Honk for Peace" during an anti-war demonstration in front of the Charlottesville federal building.
The University Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Sunday night to pass a reworked set of bylaws, which the Committee hopes will help facilitate better understanding of the system. The change reorganized the bylaws for clarity and set earlier evidence submission and investigation report deadlines for better cooperation between the two counsels in a case.
University students in the National Guard currently are being called up for active duty, prompting University officials to promise when students return, they will find the transition from the frontline to the classroom as simple as possible.
Following a decision finalized last week, the proposed Diversity Outreach Center will be constructed in the Newcomb hall informal lounge, probably by the coming fall. The Coalition, Student Council, the Dean of Students office and Newcomb hall have worked together to create a place where people of diverse backgrounds can intermingle. "We saw that there is a lack of visible, physical space for students to come together to celebrate diversity at the University," Coalition President Ryan McCarthy said. "The budget is about $150,000," said Bill Ashby, associate dean of students and director of Newcomb hall. The Diversity Center idea formally was introduced last spring, but the involved organizations have been working actively on the concept since January. The center will continue to serve as a lounge, a small programming space and a resource center with a library. Wednesday, April 2 at 6 p.m., there will be a community planning session to evaluate the space for the diversity center.
As a result of state budget cuts to funding for higher education, student leadership at the College of William and Mary has decided to lobby Gov.
Following recent decisions by Gov. Mark R. Warner to veto and modify several pieces of new legislation, Republican State Attorney General Jerry W.
Hundreds of students and faculty members packed the Wilson hall auditorium last night, many leaving in tears after four University students shared their personal experiences from living in war-wrought countries. University student survivors of wars around the world engaged in the third annual "Children of War" panel to educate the University community about the consequences of war and the scars it leaves behind. "The purpose was to communicate, in personal and real terms, what it means to live through a war," said Faculty Senate Chair Michael J.
In an effort to bolster Virginia's strategies for preventing and responding to domestic terrorism, Gov.
With the help of James Madison, a group of researchers from the University of Virginia and the University of Arkansas have developed a history of central Virginia precipitation for the past two centuries. Their study, published recently in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, shows a shift in the timing of spring precipitation from May to June. At the urging of Thomas Jefferson, Madison recorded over 16000 weather observations at his Montpelier plantation between 1784 and 1802. The modern-day researchers used these 18th century observations, along with 20th century instrumental records, to relate the width of growth rings in white oak trees at Montpelier to seasonal precipitation. Precipitation levels are a major factor dictating the width of the ring a tree adds to its trunk each growing season. "More precipitation generally leads to a wider growth ring," Environmental Sciences student, Dan Druckenbrod, the study's main author, said. Druckenbrod feels fortunate to have Madison's records because they allow him to calibrate what he saw in the tree rings with actual precipitation. "These were guys who lived the ideals of the enlightenment," he said, indicating that the records of Madison and Jefferson met the highest scientific standards of their time. Work at Madison's plantation has provided a unique and valuable data set, which includes both a long period of continuous tree growth and centuries-old weather records. "Madison was both interested enough in weather and wise enough not to clear-cut," Environmental Science Professor and co-author of the study, Michael Mann said. Mann added that studies of this nature usually only have 20th century data available to relate ring width to precipitation. Due to a lack of data, other studies are forced to assume that the relationship between precipitation and ring width has not changed significantly over the past few centuries. Based on Madison's journals and information gleaned from ring width, the recent study shows that there was a significant shift in precipitation over the past 200 years. Today, spring rains fall mostly in June.According to Mann, however, the growth rings from the late 18th century showed "an extremely high correlation with May precipitation." This observation agrees with what Madison recorded in his diaries. Mann indicated there were many reasons such a shift could have occurred, but that these speculations were outside the scope of this study. The joint University of Virginia/University of Arkansas research is an important contribution to our knowledge of Virginia's climate in that it provides a long record of drought. While the drought of the past few years was too recent to be included in this study, Druckenbrod noticed other years of drought in the tree rings."1911 and 1918 were both years of extreme drought," as indicated by small growth rings, he said. The results also show the dynamic nature of Virginia's climate."This suggests the climate is variable, or has been variable for the past 200 years," Druckenbrod added. The largest drought noted by the researchers occurred in the early 1790s. "That's also known to be [the period of] one of the most severe El Niños in the past three centuries," Mann said.
Caroline Moss, a 2002 graduate of the University, passed away Sunday, March 16, while in Paris on a teaching assignment. Moss, who graduated with a double major in French and Spanish last spring, died in her sleep.
Students packed into O'Neil's Irish Pub last night to bid on dates with athletes from more than ten varsity teams, auctioned off to raise money for Kappa Delta's third annual fundraiser bennefiting Prevent Child Abuse America.
University Medical Center nurses and other professionals, currently in high demand in the south eastern United States, will receive significant increases in pay this month in attempt to retain high quality employees, following a decision by administrators March 2. The salary increases, between 1 and 7 percent, target positions which are difficult to recruit and retain, such as nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians and computer programmers.
Five University undergraduate students recently received national recognition from two Congressionally established scholarship programs. Third-year college students Katie Hamm and Sean Driscoll were two of 76 college juniors to win Truman Scholarships.
Students, professors and honor committee members met yesterday in Gilmer hall to discuss the purpose and future of the single sanction at the University. Much of the debate on the policy, which mandates expulsion for students convicted of honor offenses, centered on a question posed by third-year College student and honor counselor Lucia Cruz. "Is the purpose of the single sanction to punish students or to reform them?," she asked. Single sanction doesn't allow for students redeem themselves after making a mistake, Astronomy Prof.
Wouldn't it be scary to know that you have a 50 percent chance of having a fatal disease, but not know for sure until you were 40?
