A cheating scandal that erupted last week at the University of Maryland has taken underhanded schoolyard behavior to a new level -- making it wireless. Maryland currently is investigating 12 students who allegedly used the text-messaging function on their cellular phones to relay answers to one another during last semester's finals.
The Cavalier Daily staff elected its 114th Managing Board Saturday with unusual speed and efficiency, entering Jefferson Hall at 9 a.m.
By the end of this year, the bland orange walls surrounding the Aquatic & Fitness Center should be gone -- revealing a new haven for both University fitness buffs and aspiring buffs alike, Intramural-Recreation officials said. The new wing of the AFC should be open to patrons by December 2003. The phase II project expansion, part of the original architectural plans drawn up in 1996 but delayed because of lack of funding, will enlarge the popular Alderman Road fitness center by 42,000 square feet. The new wing will include multipurpose rooms for yoga and aerobics, more cardiovascular equipment, a raised indoor track and three basketball courts. Doug Tammen, AFC associate director of informal recreation said the new space is sorely needed -- particularly when cold weather hits Charlottesville and students are forced to exercise indoors. "We're standing room only right now," Tammen said. When the new wing is finished late this year, there will be "no concern about not filling up," he added. Because of the building's expanded capacity, the facility is expecting more members and students to drive and park at the AFC, said Vicki Smith, also an AFC associate director.
This spring, University women will have another option within the Greek community -- Theta Nu Xi, a multicultural service sorority. The Pi Colony of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. hopes to appeal to University women with broad ethnic backgrounds and experiences. The sorority hopes "to promote leadership, multiculturalism and self-improvement through academic excellence; involvement in and service to the campus and community; as well as being living examples of sisterhood across different races, cultures, religious backgrounds and lifestyles," according to its mission statement. Fourth- year College student Bahareh Moradi founded the sorority in December 2002 with five other women from various ethnic backgrounds.
After a petition opposing a potential war in Iraq and bearing over 2,000 signatures was presented to Charlottesville City Council on Tuesday, Council members will vote to pass their own resolution addressing the threat of war early next month. "This is an issue that comes very, very close to home for us, and when 2000 citizens petition you to take a stand, I feel an obligation to be responsive," Mayor Maurice Cox said. The Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice presented the petition on Tuesday along with a resolution that it had drafted opposing war with Iraq. Board member Sarah Lanzman said the Center included the signatures in order to show Charlottesville's wide support for peace, and to encourage Council not to deviate too far from their original resolution. "You can go ahead and change it, but if you change it too drastically, it's not what the people are supporting," she said. Cox said it is the norm for Council to draft its own resolutions. "Resolutions have to reflect opinions of those on Council," he said. The center's resolution was "an extraordinarily forceful and decisive resolution against war with Iraq," Cox said. The original resolution joined 42 other cities, including Washington, D.C.
While most of the city received light dustings of snow this past week, residents in the Venable Neighborhood woke to a layer of soot spewed on their cars, homes and walkways last Friday.
False alarm disrupts morning traffic flow on Grounds A fire alarm was activated on the West Lawn yesterday morning, causing fire trucks to rush to McCormick Road, according to Capt.
Abortion bill will be heard on Virginia House floor The full Virginia House of Delegates will consider legislation that would create tougher regulations for the state's abortion clinics. The measure would require abortion clinics to have resuscitating equipment on hand. The bill passed the House's Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee by a 14-8 vote, after more stringent legislation was defeated. Supporters of the bill, such as its sponsor, Del.
Two days after reports surfaced that an official in Facilities Management, L. T. "Spike" Weeks, had accepted money transfers from a painter hired by the University, several employees have said Weeks was escorted off Grounds yesterday. Weeks originally was accused of misdeeds by Rainbow Painting owner Ed Kirby, who presented documents of Weeks having accepted money transfers and other gifts from John Sandalis, the former owner of Dalis Painting Inc. Weeks denied having done so. Two University employees reported that Weeks was escorted off Grounds.
University students filled the aisles of the newly reopened Harris Teeter yesterday, six days after the popular grocery store closed because of a fire. Harris Teeter offered a $5 off coupon for any purchase of $25 or more.
A Virginia General Assembly panel passed a resolution Tuesday to target bad doctors. Introduced by Republican Del.
As of Jan. 30, colleges across the nation will need to be enrolled in a new Web-based data system in order for international students to enter and return to their campuses.
To help students navigate through the staggeringly diverse range of student associations and opportunities for cultural enrichment available on Grounds, the Office of the Dean of Students has created a program to encourage students to go beyond their cultural "comfort zones" by attending meetings of various groups on grounds. The Passport Program was created in conjunction with the Coalition, UNiTE, the Office of African-American Affairs, the International Studies Office, the Women's Center, and the Cultural Programming Board. The program is a response to concerns raised by students, student groups and faculty about the level of cultural contact that most University students experience, Asst.
The Virginia General Assembly lifted the limit on public in-state tuition rates Monday, potentially allowing Virginia public colleges and universities to regain their tuition-setting privileges taken away by the state during former Gov.
Almost a month after its controversial performance during half time of the Continental Tire Bowl, the future of the Virginia Pep Band remains sure.
The University of North Carolina law school is entering the nationwide fray surrounding the University of Michigan's affirmative action admissions policy, the largest national debate of such race-based policies in a quarter century. The Chapel Hill law school is filing an amicus brief with U.S.
In an era when it was perceived that many University traditions such as an all-male student body and a coat and tie dress were coming to an end, three men founded an organization they hoped would be a unique new tradition at the University in the early 1970s, the Virginia Pep Band. Concert bands had existed off and on at the University since the early 1900s, and had reached their highest point between 1934-1940 under the guidance of Chemistry Prof.
Virginia State Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple presented a bill to the General Assembly on Jan. 8 that would guarantee college admission to the top 5 percent of graduating Virginia high school students. Whipple's bill is modeled after the "Top 10 Percent Law" passed in Texas in 1997.
