New officers for the College Republicans were elected last night in Gilmer Hall. The new chairman is second-year College student Joe Schilling.
The Multicultural Greek Council elected officers Monday from a variety of its organizations to fill executive board and chair positions for the upcoming year. Third-year College student Melody Han from alpha Kappa Delta Phi sorority was elected MGC president. The vice presidency went to third-year College student and Lambda Theta Alpha, Inc. sorority member Paula Bolivar.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thousands of protesters gathered for a march here yesterday in an attempt to voice support for affirmative action policies, while the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in the University of Michigan case, which challenges the use of race-based admissions. The rally was organized by members of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration, and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary. BAMN organized two rallies, the first of which took place at 9 a.m.
The Student Council Appropriations Committee released its annual funding allocations to Contracted Independent Organizations Friday. Last year, Council allocated about $800,000 to 205 CIOs, standing in stark contrast to the 255 CIOs that received funding this year.
The University's German House will be shut down at the end of the school year due to fire code regulations, displacing the 11 University students who reside there.
Ivy Industries, a Charlottesville-based wood-molding manufacturer, closed late last week. Former members of the company's senior management have been accused of participating in a check-kiting operation. The company's former CEO, John C.
Student Council President-elect Daisy Lundy named her 2003-2004 executive committee appointments last night.
As employees and activists continue to squabble with administrators over whether the University's contracted employees ought to be paid a living wage, opinion on the merits of living wage ordinances are no less divided in academia. Although the local debate applies directly to University employees, dozens of municipalities nationwide require either that government employees or all employees who work in their jurisdiction be paid living wages.
Two and a half years after University President John T. Casteen III announced U.Va. would pay its direct employees a minimum salary of $8.19 an hour, living wage supporters continue to lobby for the same policy to apply to contracted employees. "We haven't made a lot of progress lately," said Jan Cornell, president of the Staff Union at U.Va. The living wage is a vague term that is defined differently across the country.
The FBI continues to search for the suspect in the assault of Daisy Lundy which occurred behind the West Lawn at about 2 a.m Feb.
When third-year College student Jessica Hinck walked into a grocery store in downtown Lyon, France, last week, the shopkeeper asked if she was American.
"Bowling for Columbine", a critically acclaimed documentary on gun violence in America, will air for free at the theater in the basement of Newcomb hall March 31 EApril 5.
The Asian Student Union held its opening ceremonies last night to begin the fifth annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at the University. The ceremony featured a speech by renowned Asian-American activist Helen Zia, who spoke to an audience of over 50 students and faculty about issues of racial tension in America. "Many people might think that Asian Americans or any people who experience racism would be more aware of bias, but that's not always the case," she said.
Friday's article on the Children of War symposium stated that both third-year College student Rebeen Pasha and first-year College student Nawraz Alan are from Iraq.
In a case involving two separate juvenile females, Joseph H. Cook, 52, last week was charged with statutory rape with a juvenile female under the age of 13, forcible sodomy with a juvenile female and three counts of aggravated sexual battery on a female juvenile.
After holding elections last Thursday, the Queer Student Union elected third-year College students Anna McCrerey and Luke Ward to serve as the organization's co-presidents. First-year College students Adrienne Patton and Kevin Wo will serve as co-vice presidents.
A mixture of 25 to 30 local residents and University students protested the war against Iraq Friday morning at the entrance to Sperry Marine on Route 29 North. Sperry Marine is a manufacturer of marine navigation equipment, including radars and gyrocompasses, for the commercial and military markets. Albemarle County police reported that the protest began at approximately 7:45 a.m.
The Charlottesville AIDS/HIV services group held its seventh annual AIDS walk Saturday. Hundreds of University students and Charlottesville residents turned out to participate in the event, which raised nearly $20,000.
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.
