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New leaders take reigns of ISC executive board

Five young women emerged as leaders from the Inter-Sorority Council elections Friday to take the helm of the 2003-2004 ISC executive board. A single vote from each of the ISC's 16 sororities and a single vote from the 2002-2003 ISC executive board determined each of the winners. Voters elected Phi Mu member and third-year College student Cahill Zoeller president. Zoeller is the former ISC spokesperson.


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Film Festival cashes in on new theme

The theme for the 2003 Virginia Film Festival, which will take place from Oct. 23 to Oct. 26, is "$," Festival Director Richard Herskowitz announced this week. "I talk with a lot of people who are board members as well as faculty advisors and we discuss possible themes" before we make a final decision, Herskowitz said. This year's theme follows in the trend of last year's -- "Wet" -- because it addresses a contemporary problem.


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Extra reading days win voter approval

Future students may enjoy more reading days during finals due to students' positive response to the reading days referendum put forth by Student Council President Micah Schwartz. The first question asked, "Would you like more study days interspersed during the fall and spring final exam periods?" In response, 67 percent of students said they would. The second question, however, was not as well received.


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Engineers celebrate E-Week In celebration of National Engineers' Week, the Engineering Student Council has sponsored E-week events for all engineering students. This year's theme for E-week is "Gateway to Paradise." Events for E-week include floppy tower, a duct tape competition, a Lego building contest and life-size Monopoly. E-week is designed to celebrate the profession of engineering by recognizing the work of engineers with free breakfast, activities, relays, charity events, dinner and games. After being postponed Monday because of snow, E-week kicked off Tuesday with a modified schedule.


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Students select next year's Honor, UJC reps

After a week that began with intense chalking around Grounds and ended with candidates spraying their initials in the snow, University students elected next year's Honor and Judiciary Committee representatives last night. The newly elected Honor Committee representatives from the College are Carey Mignerey, Okem Nwogu and Sean Kevin Driscoll, emerging from a nine-person pool of candidates. "I'm just excited right now," Nwogu said. Mignerey led the race with 1,171 votes.


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Former Yahoo! CEO visits University

Tim Koogle, the former president and CEO of Yahoo! Inc. and 1973 University graduate, inaugurated the Batten Institute Speakers Series on Business Innovation at the Darden School auditorium Wednesday night. The annual series focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship.


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Council may voice support for living wage

The Living Wage Campaign may add Student Council to its list of supporters, pending a resolution vote next week. In the fall, a Council committee began investigating the issue of living wage at the University following a petition signed by 2000 concerned students.


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Thawing Out

After 10 inches of snow blanketed the University over the weekend, students and faculty returning to class this week were forced to dodge snow and ice faliing from the top of buildings around Grounds.


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Panel commemorates Dubois with readings

To commemorate the anniversary of the publication of W.E.B. Dubois's "The Souls of Black Folk," members of the University community participated in a panel discussion last night honoring the author.


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City to vote on water price cuts

City Council adopted an ordinance yesterday to be voted on at its March 3 meeting which would significantly lower water rates citywide. The ordinance follows a similar reduction of wholesale water prices by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority last month. Emergency water rate surcharges and increased municipal water usage since last year's drought left city water and sewer operations with a $500,000 surplus as of Dec.


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Officials voice concern over effects of in-state tuition cap on budget

University administrators and Gov. Mark R. Warner announced yesterday their concern over a proposed in-state tuition cap, which could jeopardize already emaciated revenue for higher education. The House of Delegate's tuition proposal would cap in-state undergraduate tuition increases at 9 percent, while the Senate is proposing a cap of 5 percent or $800, whichever is less. "I think with the Senate's cap it would be pretty tough to meet all of our expenses," said Colette Sheehy, University vice president for management and budget.


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Universities around the country face budget problems, seek to expand private fundraising

As the University plans a new capital campaign, public universities all over the country are seeking greater private funding as a result of state budget problems. States around the country are having trouble balancing their budgets, leading to cuts in higher education funding like those experienced by the University. The University of Michigan, one of the U.Va.'s peer institutions, is an example of a school facing similar challenges. The University's share of funds that comes from the state has dropped drastically since 1990, and Joel Seguine, a spokesperson for the University of Michigan, said in recent years Michigan has experienced a similar trend. State funding accounted for 19 percent of Michigan's budget in fiscal year 2001 and that figure had dropped to 17.6 percent in 2003, Sequine said. The state government further cut the appropriations to Michigan for 2003 in the middle of the year, he said. Sequine added that the state's budget problems have worsened for 2004. "It's going to mean an even greater cut," he said.

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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.