University officials and student groups hope to stave off a drop in the number of black students accepting admissions offers from the University by fielding difficult questions at this weekend's Spring Fling. Spring Fling is an annual orientation program held for black students who have been accepted to the University.
Students gathered last night on the south steps of the Rotunda for a vigil organized in conjunction with "Lifting the Darkness," a week devoted to depression and suicide awareness.
In his semester report to the Board of Visitors this past Saturday, Faculty Senate Chair Michael J.
A University branch of the Virginia Museum of Natural History could become the latest casualty of Virginia's slash and burn budget balancing if it can not raise $150,000 by August. The small museum, located across from the Cavalier Inn on Emmett Street, must acquire funds to pay its three part-time staff members or it will be forced to close, according to Branch Director Dela Alexander. An additional 15 percent cut to the state museum's total operating budget last October, on top of a 42 percent cut imposed during last year's legislative session, resulted in the decision to close museum branches at the University and Virginia Tech, said Judith Winston, interim director of the Virginia Museum of Natural History. "It was either the two branches or close down the main building" in Martinsville, Winston said.
As the April 26th spring races at Foxfield approache, officials clarify how students can attend the races. For the first time, all of the tickets must be pre-purchased.
Tuesday night, 19 Contracted Independent Organizations appealed to Student Council, requesting additional funds above those initially allocated by the appropriations committee. The requests, which lasted 10 hours, resulted in Council granting 11 appeals and allocating around $13,000.
With no clear frontrunner poised to contest President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election, analysts say the Democratic Party might be looking to the South. On his Crystal Ball election prediction Web site, Politics Prof.
The Latin Student Union held its annual elections Tuesday night, slating second-year college student Alex Yec to serve as president. LSU's next vice president will be third-year Commerce student Ronaldo Sanchez.The Secretary position will be filled by third year college student Caterina Dutto.Dutto commented that she has high hopes for the projected restructuring of the organization next year in its efforts to encourage more diverse participation in the organization.Second-year college student Wendy Guerrero will serve as the next LSU treasurer. Outgoing president Lucia Cruz is optimistic about the new executive board. "I look forward to them expanding the organization to include more activities for the broader University community," Cruz said.
A life-size bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln was disclosed in Richmond Saturday near the James River, sparking both jubilation and disdain. The statue, which also features Lincoln's son Tad, was greeted with both applause and boos by the assembled crowd.
Radford Alexander Corporation, owned by Reginald Lathan, a former Darden School Foundation trustee, faces probation violation charges following a December 2000 indictment for Environmental Protection Agency regulation infringements, according to Rebecca Lonergan, U.S.
With the anticipated completion of a new Special Collections Library just over a year away, the University announced last Friday that it has received two grants which total nearly half a million dollars which will benefit the collections. In December 2002 the Andrew W.
In the wake of the recent global outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the University now is considering the cancellation of study abroad summer programs in Hong Kong and China.
Despite last Thursday's accident at the Emmet Street parking garage construction site, facilities management officials said the project is proceeding in a timely manner.
On March 20, the day after the United States began bombing Iraq, an estimated 200 University students left their classes at 2 p.m.
The recent spike in gasoline prices caused by pre-war anxieties in the crude oil industry is receding.
Construction of the new basketball arena and special events center is set to begin in late spring and proceed on schedule, thanks to two new gifts from University alumni. A $10 million commitment from Paul Tudor Jones II and a $5 million pledge from William H.
As part of 'Proud to Be Out Week,' which celebrates queer pride, members of the Queer Student Union painted Beta Bridge this weekend.
The chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority at Virginia Union University has been suspended following the conviction of four of its members on hazing and simple assault charges. The sorority members were charged following a Feb.
In yesterday's article entitled "University issues audit of elections procedures," the Election Reform Ad Hoc Committee is inaccurately referred to throughout the article as the "Elections Committee." The audit also does not "affirm" the decision to dock votes for Lundy during the 2003 Student Council Presidential Election, as the article suggests.
After long months of anticipation, applicants to the University received their admissions decision letters Friday, March 28. 14,855 students applied to the University this year, up from last year's pool of 14,591.
