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Hospital's theraputic bike first in Virginia

By Mary Pumphrey | July 10, 2003

Area residents with spinal cord injuries now have a new treatment option. The Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center at the University Health System has purchased a Galaxy Cycle, a therapeutic bicycle which uses electrical impulses to stimulate patient's muscles. The Kluge center is the first in Virginia to acquire the machine, making it one of 24 centers in the country to offer the treatment.

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Break-in near University raises concerns

By Mary Pumphrey | July 10, 2003

The recent spate of attacks and break-ins attributed to a serial rapist in heavily student-populated areas have led area females to reevaluate their sense of security and to increase safety precautions. Recent graduate Andrea Czarkowski said she was concerned that a June 6 break

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Virginia weathers record-high rains

By Peter Cleary | July 10, 2003

"One-half of a Bible's worth of rain" is how a recent advisory from the State Climatology Office described the twenty days of rain most of Virginia received during the month of May. While it may be hasty to start building an ark, rain fell in Charlottesville on a record-setting ninety days during the first six months of 2003.

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Former GOP director put on probation

By Cavalier Daily Staff | July 10, 2003

A federal Tuesday sentenced former Virginia Republican Party Director Edmund A. Matricardi to three years probation and a $5,000 fine for eavesdropping on a conference call between Democrats. Matricardi pleaded guilty to the charges in April, and Tuesday he apologized to Governor Warner, Democrats, the people of Virginia and the Republican Party. -- Compiled by Megan Moyer

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University names Ariel Gomez next research VP

By Mary Pumphrey | July 3, 2003

The University has named Dr. R. Ariel Gomez, a pediatric physician and long time faculty member, to the post of vice president for research and graduate studies. Gomez has served as the interim vice president since August 2001. A professor of pediatrics, Gomez has been a member of University faculty since 1984.

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Court upholds pornography filter mandate

By Christine Wallace | July 3, 2003

The Supreme Court decided in favor of maintaining current pornography prevention laws in public libraries, in a decision announced June 23. Libraries that receive federal funding, including public school libraries, are required through the Children's Internet Protection Act to implement anti-pornography programs to prevent child access to pornography. The court said that the state interest in protecting children outweighs the right to access first-amendment protected content online.

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New students arrive on Grounds for orientation

By Peter Cleary | July 3, 2003

Questions about course selection, how much spending money you need in college and how to get to the student health center filled the corridors of Newcomb Hall this week as four hundred students from the class of 2007 arrived on grounds for orientation. During the month of July, most of the entering first years and transfer students will come to the University to attend one of seven two-day orientation sessions.

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Warner announces Virginia Tech, JMU BOV appointments

By Mary Pumphrey | July 3, 2003

Governor Mark Warner announced appointments to Virginia's higher education oversight boards and various college and university boards of visitors, including those of Virginia Tech and James Madison, which both met with controversy this year, on Friday. The Governors Advisory Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments makes decisions on nominees based on "merit, experience, sound judgment and proven leadership," according to a press release. Warner expressed approval of the Commission's recommendations. "The outstanding men and women I am appointing today have demonstrated a commitment to work for the best interests of higher education in the Commonwealth," said Warner in a press release.

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JMU Board does not discuss contraception

By Christine Wallace | June 26, 2003

During the June meeting of James Madison University's Board of Visitors, the Board did not discuss the signatures students gathered in protest of the Board's April 18 decision to discontinue dispensing emergency contraceptive pill on campus. The April decision by the JMU Board came in response to pressure from State Delegate Bob Marshall, who also campaigned for the University and other state schools to stop offering the pill at campus health centers.

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VQR editor, University alumnus dies in crash

By Christine Wallace | June 26, 2003

On Monday, June 23, out-going Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review Staige Blackford died after his vehicle was struck broadside by another vehicle. "His wife was making a left turn onto Arlington Boulevard from Emmett Street when the car was struck by a vehicle moving south on Emmett," Secretary of the Board of Visitors and friend Alexander Gilliam said. Gilliam and Charlottesville native Blackford began a friendship during their undergraduate years.

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Court allows use of race in admissions

By Megan Moyer | June 26, 2003

In a case with national implications, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the University of Michigan's right to consider race in admissions, but declared Michigan's system of awarding admission points for race unconstitutional. The court split its decision on the two raced-based admissions cases.

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Jefferson letters sell for thousands at auction

By Mary Pumphrey | June 26, 2003

A collection of eight pieces of the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, ranging from a one-page note concerning payment to the contractor hired to build a greenhouse at Monticello to a letter discussing the Lewis and Clark expedition, was offered for auction by Sotheby's in New York June 20th. The papers were sold as part of a larger sale of fine books and manuscripts with an emphasis on Americana, Selby Kiffer senior vice president of books and manuscripts for the auction house said. The letters, which fetched between $2,700 and $48,000 were sold anonymously to private American collectors he said. The letters offer a valuable look into the diplomatic history of the young nation, History Prof.

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