Representatives of the University's historically black fraternities and sororities met Sunday to elect the Black Fraternal Council's new executive board.
An executive committee of the academic senate at California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo plans to introduce a resolution today that would impose a ban on the personal use of university computers to view or download digital material classified as pornography. The "Resolution to Enhance Civility and Promote a Diversity-Friendly Campus Climate" also would prohibit access to hate literature and obscenity through the Cal Poly information technology network. Linda Vanasupa, head of the Materials Engineering Department at Cal Poly and a chief proponent of the resolution, said the ban addresses the hostile and aggressive tendencies provoked by sexually explicit material. "If we vote this down, what kind of climate does it create?" Vanasupa said.
In a forum entitled "Just Say Yes! Parents Building Healthy Youth Behavior," local speakers will discuss parental roles and responsibilities in helping their children avoid drug and alcohol abuse. The event, which is sponsored by the Charlottesville-Albemarle Prevention Coalition, will take place Tuesday, April 29 from 6:30 to 8:00pm at ACAC Adventure Central.
April 18, two years after College graduate student Alison Meloy was murdered in her townhouse off of Hydraulic Road, 20-year-old Albemarle County resident Jamie Jovan Poindexter pleaded guilty to capital murder and robbery in the case. A circuit court judge sentenced him to two life terms in prison without the possibility of parole. "It was a horrible, horrible murder," Albemarle County Commonwealth Attorney Jim Camblos said.
Fourteen Dell laptop computers, on loan from the Dell corporation as part of the ITC computing program, were stolen from Alderman Library between Sunday, April 13 and Monday, April 14, according to University Library spokesperson Charlotte Scott. The laptops were taken from a secured area of the library, possibly while the library was closed after midnight Sunday -- the only time the computers were not in use by students. "They went to the locked area where they were kept and the lock had been broken and the machines were gone," Scott said.
University faculty discussed the timely and contentious issue of affirmative action in college admissions last night during a panel discussion held in Wilson Hall. Panelists included Politics Professors Ned Moomaw and Gerard Alexander, Law Prof.
A Northern Virginia-based group known for criticizing affirmative action policies yesterday asked the U.S.
Three of seven Contracted Independent Organizations who plan to contest their budget allocations from the student activities fund appealed for a second time before the student activities committee yesterday.
The symptoms are all too familiar -- itchy eyes, running nose, coughing, sneezing, wheezing -- allergy season is upon us. "It's a bad year," said Medicine Prof.
Tuesday April 15, Charlottesville City Council passed a $93.6 million budget with Councilor Rob Schilling casting the lone dissenting vote.
Yesterday, members of the University, including students, faculty and staff, were encouraged to exchange high fives with friends and strangers to foster a sense of community for the second year in a row.
The City of Charlottesville will kick off a five-day celebration of Earth Week in the Bog Garden of Washington Park today at 1 p.m. Several University students already have begun weeding the garden in preparation for the event, but more weeding still needs to be done around the sycamore tree.
The University Judiciary Committee announced its subcommittee chairs for the 2003-2004 academic year at its meeting last Sunday. The Committee has four standing subcommittees: issues, data management, sexual assault and social.
WAKEFIELD, Va. --- The scent of smoked fish cascaded through the air as a James Taylor imitator serenaded throngs of chatty Virginians gathered at the 55th annual Shad Planking. Held every third Wednesday in April, the political tradition encourages citizens and politicians to mingle, temporarily putting aside their differences in exchange for beer and shad, a seasonal fish from the James River. "You've got Republicans and Democrats and they're not at each other's throats," said Bill Tierney, president of Capitol Communications, an Arizona-based company that does business with the Republican National Committee.
By Anthony LaMesa Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Though the University continues to grapple with limited funds for faculty salaries, faculty and administrators say the recruitment and retention of minority faculty will remain a priority when active hiring begins again. The percentage of full-time black faculty members at the University has dropped from 3 percent in 1998 to 2 percent in 2002, according to statistics from the University's Office of Institutional Assessment and Studies. In 2001 the University had the 11th highest percentage of black faculty out of a field of 25 peer institutions, ranking above the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California-Berkeley. "In terms of statistical analysis, we're actually pretty good, but we're not where we want to be," said Karen Ryan, associate dean for arts, humanities and social sciences.
Birdwood Pavilion, a Georgian mansion in the Jeffersonian style, will soon become the Center for Politics' new home if the Center can raise $8 million dollars for its renovation. If funds are acquired for renovation, the building, which has not been occupied since 1996, will provide space for conferences, visiting scholars, and staff of the Center and University at large. The building, constructed in 1819, the same year as the University's founding, desperately requires a complete renovation. Its Jeffersonian features include a Palladian portico and balcony over the front door.Many of the same craftsmen who worked on the University also worked on Birdwood. Located just beyond the Central Grounds to the west near the Birdwood golf course, the property also includes 20 acres of gardens and a breathtaking view of the Ragged Mountains. Because the early 19th century, when Birdwood was constructed, was characterized by energetic political involvement, Center officials say the building will make a fitting home.
With the retirement of Business Prof. C. Ray Smith in August, the Darden School will lose its longest serving faculty member. Smith, a 1958 Darden graduate, will retire after 42 years of educational and administrative service to the University. "You need to retire when you still have enough sense to know to retire," Smith said. Smith's retirement coincides with the 45th reunion of his Darden class. In a resolution commending Smith, the Board of Visitors acknowledged that the professor has taught "virtually every living alumnus" of the Darden School. Smith joined the Darden faculty just three years after receiving his MBA degree.
While the lease-signing debate continues, alternative housing options ranging from resort-style apartments to cooperative housing programs have the potential to change the Charlottesville housing market. Eagle's Landing and Sterling University Place, two resort-style apartment complexes opening this fall and summer, respectively, have the potential to lure around 800 students from the traditional off-Grounds market.
The Honor Committee recently released the results of the 2002 Honor Survey, which details student responses to questions such as "How do you feel about the Honor System?" Committee Chair Carey Mignerey said though it is impossible to conclude any absolute policy recommendations from the survey, the Committee now can take the results into account in their general procedures. "The most direct facts to pull out of the survey are, first, students feel positive about the system, second, they see benefits from the system, and third, they feel generally informed about the Honor System," Mignerey said. Random undergraduate students within all schools of the University were polled.
