University bus drivers are fighting to increase their wages and incentives to be drivers and remain drivers.
Members of the Asian Student Union met in Maury Hall last night to choose their new executive board in an election lasting for four hours. Second-year College student Huong Huynh will serve as next year's ASU president. Huynh said her experience working with administrators as co-chair of the initiative for Asian-American Studies, a committee of the ASU that coordinates support for an Asian-American Studies major at the University, qualified her for the position. The ASU should continue to work for an Asian-American Studies major and a Multicultural Diversity center in Newcomb Hall, Huynh said. The next year will be a particularly busy one for the ASU's new executive board, as the University will play host to the East Coast Asian Student Union's annual conference.
The University's Center for the Study of Higher Education currently is implementing a $950,000 grant it received from the Lumina Foundation for Education, which was earmarked for conducting research related to nontraditional students in higher education.
Despite the current economic downturn, the University remains on schedule to begin construction of the new basketball arena this summer, said Charlie Fitzgerald, associate vice president and director of development. "We are optimistic that we will be able to overcome timing issues and move on with the project schedule," Fitzgerald said. Although many donors may be reluctant to give money during a time of economic difficulty, the University still is pushing for donations. "We are still being aggressive in moving conversations forward with potential corporate partners," Fitzgerald said. University officials said they expect the entire project to be completed by 2006, including the arena, road adjustments, a parking garage and a practice facility, Fitzgerald added. Athletic Director Craig Littlepage said he does not expect the donor hesitancy to stall the project. "It is just a matter of when donors are going to be in a position to make commitments," Littlepage said.
Student Council passed a bill last night to create an elections reform ad hoc committee. Executive Vice President Ronnie Mayhew sponsored the bill after he said he become concerned about discrepancies in the current election procedures. "The events of the last election in particular show that Council definitely needs to review and maybe even change the system," Mayhew said.
Though most people might associate school buses with bright yellow vehicles transporting rosy-cheeked youngsters to and from elementary school, buses also play a critical role in getting rosy-cheeked college students to and from class. Schools all over the country use bus services as part of their day-to-day operations, and as a result must hire drivers to keep the wheels on the buses going round and round. Different universities have different balances between student and non-student drivers, and also widely disparate pay scales for their drivers.
In one of several organized discussions about diversity occurring on Grounds this week, concerned students gathered last night for a teach-in about the history of racial discrimination at the University and action that can be taken to address racial strife. Organizers said the event, titled "Agenda for Action," aimed to educate others rather than simply to vent student frustrations. "We're taking the time to explain to students what we're doing as student leaders and what they can do as concerned students," Black Student Alliance President Tyler Scriven said. Presentations from a variety of students discussed recent race-related incidents at the University, the issue of "white privilege" and current demands being made to the administration. Anthropology Prof.
A suspect remains at large today after a 23 year-old female Charlottesville resident was sexually assaulted on the 1900 block of Swanson Drive at 6 a.m.
Charlottesville residents joined an estimated 10,000 demonstrators Saturday in an anti-war rally and march on the White House. The march culminated in the arrest of several notable speakers, including Alice Water, author of "The Color Purple," and Albemarle County resident Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America." The demonstration was organized by Code Pink for Peace, a Washington-based non-profit organization that has staged a daily vigil in front of the White House since November 15. Code Pink Co-Founder Jodie Evans said the demonstration began with a gathering at Malcolm X park, where speakers including Nobel Laureate Jodie Williams, Magazine publisher Nina Utne and Code Pink Co-Founder Medea Benjamin, adressed the gathering.
Last Thursday, Gov. Mark R. Warner appointed four new members to the University's Board of Visitors. L.F.
After Student Council Presidential Candidate Ed Hallen withdrew from presidential election Sunday night, the Council elections committee officially named second-year College student Daisy Lundy President-elect yesterday afternoon. Hallen, a third-year Engineering student, said that he heavily considered withdrawing after the attack on Lundy and made his official decision Sunday afternoon after discussing his intentions with her. "I asked myself 'what was the best thing that could happen if we had another election?'" Hallen said. He explained that, after much thought, he decided that it was best not to have an election and thus withdrew his candidacy. Hallen stressed that a "divisive" election could compromise the community's attempt to unite after the Feb.
In the ongoing effort to catch the suspect in last month's assault on Student Council President Elect Daisy Lundy, University Police officers are conducting a collaborative investigation with the aid of FBI officials and monetary rewards amounting to $22,000. "The investigation is very aggressive and clearly has the support of the University," University spokesperson Carol Wood said.
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VHCF recognizes the uninsured The Virginia Health Care Foundation, founded in 1992 to ensure access to medical services for uninsured Virginians, is holding a "National Week of the Uninsured," which will last until next Monday, March 17. "The event has been designed to alert people across the country to the massive numbers of Americans who are without basic health insurance," a VHCF press release said. According to VHCF statistics, over one million Virginians now are uninsured, with the largest increase of uninsured coming in the form of those employed full-time.
The University twice previously has looked into allegations of impropriety in Facilities Management by Contracts Manager L.T.
"Women are too emotional; they're never logical. They talk too much, and about the stupidest things." "There's a strange way men click in and out of crudity and insensitivity.
Former Colorado Democratic Senator Gary Hart offered a vision for the "Restoration of the Republic" in Jefferson Hall last night, as part of the Jefferson Society's ongoing speakers series. "Tonight I am announcing my candidacy," Hart began, before intentionally correcting himself, eliciting a hearty laugh from the audience.
Following an assault on Student Council presidential candidate Daisy Lundy early yesterday morning, the University wasted no time in espousing support for Lundy and condemning the attack. Students, faculty and community members congregated in the Newcomb hall ballroom yesterday afternoon to discuss the assault and the state of race relations at the University. "We are here to chart a path to lead us out of this cold winter evening and into a bright day," said Karen Holt, director for the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and host of the event. Hundreds of participants packed the meeting space, overflowing out the doors, as administrators, student leaders and local religious figures spoke.
Shortly before 2 a.m. yesterday, Daisy Lundy, second-year College student and Student Council presidential candidate, was assaulted in Poe Alley, directly behind the West side of the Lawn. According to several sources nearby at the time, Lundy had just left the Lawn room of Tim Lovelace, student member of the Board of Visitors, to retrieve her cellular phone from her car, parked at the end of the alley. While she was searching for her phone, an unknown assailant reportedly assaulted Lundy.
