U.S. youth flunk world geography quiz Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 placed ahead of only Mexicans on a quiz given to youth in nine countries. Only one in seven Americans could find Iraq on a blank world map, and just 17 percent could find Afghanistan.
Albemarle County police officials met Tuesday to announce a series of traffic enforcement measures in response to the 20 traffic fatalities that have occurred so far this year in the area. Albemarle Police Capt.
Family members of Daniel Reardon, the University of Maryland freshman who died of alcohol poisoning last February, have filed a lawsuit against the Phi Sigma Kappa National Fraternity and several of the former Phi Sigma Kappa brothers at Maryland.
At the Governor's Latino Summit 2002 on Tuesday in Alexandria, Va., Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner announced the creation of a task force charged with studying immigrant access to higher education. The governor created the task force partially in response to a memo from Attorney General James Kilgore to institutions of higher education in September, Warner spokesman Paul Reagan said. The event attracted more than 400 representatives of Latino communities in Virginia. Kilgore's memo to universities suggested that "illegal or undocumented aliens should not be enrolled in Virginia public institutions of higher education." A 1996 federal law denying in-state tuition to undocumented aliens was the origin of the attorney general's memo, Kilgore spokesman Tim Murtaugh said. Event coordinator Walter Tejada said the Latino community is "very upset at the extremist position" taken by Kilgore. The conference dealt with "health care, bridging the digital divide, Latino economic development, and educational access," Tejada said. There is a common misconception that "Latinos only care about immigration issues," he added.
University Police are investigating a suspicious phone call made to a University student Tuesday, in which the caller asked for the student's Social Security number and other personal information, University Police Capt.
If living on the Lawn is the ultimate honor at Mr. Jefferson's University, then living on the Range should be its logical counterpart, some graduate students say.
Sparking debate and division at James Madison University, the finance committee of the school's Student Government Association recommended that the Black Student Alliance and the campus chapter of the NAACP lose a significant amount of their funding. The committee's recommendation at a meeting last Thursday was the first step toward ending the groups' status as "front-end budgeted" organizations. SGA President Levar Stoney said those committee members voting against the designation argued that the organizations' activities did not fulfill SGA requirements for FEB funding. According to SGA bylaws, in order to receive FEB status, an organization "must impact a large percentage of the campus, their impact must be important, their impact must be wide and necessary, and the group must need to be budgeted front end due to the importance of the skills and knowledge it provides." The vote to recommend ending BSA funding was 4-3, and 3-1 to recommend ending NAACP funding.
Two days after news broke that a Halloween party co-sponsored by Kappa Alpha and Zeta Psi fraternities included three individuals dressed in blackface, the national administrative office of the Kappa Alpha Order lifted its suspension on its University chapter yesterday. The decision came after the national office's investigation determined that none of the individuals who painted their faces were members of Kappa Alpha, according to Larry Wiese, executive director of the Kappa Alpha Order. Wiese said the national office chose to lift the suspension because they believed Kappa Alpha Order was not responsible for the racially offensive costumes. "The decision was made because we concluded our investigation and determined that, while the conduct was offensive, Kappa Alpha Order was not involved," Wiese said. This action, however, will not effect Kappa Alpha Order's status at the University, Inter-Fraternity Council President Phil Trout said. "The decision from the Kappa Alpha nationals does not have an effect on our investigation," Trout said. Zach Terwilliger, IFC vice president for judiciary, confirmed the national decision has no bearing on the local investigation. Kappa Alpha Order "is still suspended from the IFC," Terwilliger said.
Imagine being able to turn down the volume on your math teachers, or tune them out all together. Albemarle High School student Igor Rapinchuk has that power.
Entertainment industry representatives have been asking colleges, including the University of Virginia, to do something about the use of programs that allow file sharing like Kazaa, Morpheus and Audiogalaxy. The entertainment industry sent letters to universities, including the University, asking them to take on the responsibility of preventing file sharing. But students downloading free music is not a major concern for University officials, President John T.
Hundreds of University students and Charlottesville residents congregated on the north end of the Lawn yesterday, protesting the possible war on Iraq. The event, entitled "Dissent is Patriotic," was sponsored by student groups and local and national organizations, including Amnesty International and the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice.
While most of the University struggles to deal with the state's withdrawal of funds this year, two of the University's schools have decided to go cold turkey. In a matter of months, both the Law School and Darden School will cease taking state funding, perhaps for good. "I think it's permanent," Law School Dean John Jeffries Jr.
ISIS back in business After technical problems thwarted course registration on Monday and Tuesday, ITC and the ISIS software vendor reinstated registration last night. ITC announced yesterday that they repaired the application error which caused the problem, and that a test group of students successfully logged on to ISIS. Students now cleared to register today have been notified via e-mail of their new registration times.
This fall marks an "anniversary" of sorts -- it has been approximately one year since someone or some group of people mailed anthrax-laced letters to news media corporations and members of Congress.
Last night, Student Council unanimously passed FR02-4: "A Resolution to Ensure that No U.Va. Apparel is Manufactured in Sweatshops." The resolution urges the University to join the Fair Labor Association and the Workers Rights Consortium to ensure factory compliance with labor code standards. The cost of membership to these two monitoring organizations will total approximately $11,000 and will be funded from University licensing revenue, said Lela Graham, a representative from the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Graham and College Rep.
The temporary suspension of Kappa Alpha Order and Zeta Psi Fraternity by the University's Inter-Fraternity Council has triggered widespread and immediate response from the entire Greek community. The fraternities currently face charges by the IFC and their national headquarters for displaying racially offensive costumes during a joint Halloween party. According to Aaron Laushway, assistant dean of students and director of fraternity and sorority life, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta sororities also are being investigated. "Kappa Kappa Gamma expects it members to promote integrity and respect for others and appreciation for the worth of all individuals," Kappa Kappa Gamma President Sarah Wilson said. Kappa Alpha Theta President Ginna Innamorati declined to comment on the investigation. According to a press release issued by Kappa Alpha's National Administrative Office, the fraternity will remain suspended until the office completes its own investigation of current allegations.
University administrator,"Chic" Moran dies Charles E. "Chic" Moran Jr., former University administrator, historian and co-founder of Charlottesville's Quaker congregation, died Sunday at Martha Jefferson Hospital at the age of 89.
Although her establishment sits on a road named Water Street across from the Downtown Mall, Alice Kim, owner and manager of Oxo restaurant, has, like all Charlottesville restaurateurs, seen the resource for which her street is named become a precious and limited commodity in the past two months. This week, Kim and her fellow restaurant owners around the city will finally be able to reconsider their drastic water conservation policies that they have been forced to implement this fall to comply with local water restrictions.
State legislative analysts announced Monday that Gov. Mark R. Warner will have to cut approximately $1.1 billion more in state spending to balance Virginia's budget. Balancing the state budget is the joint responsibility of Warner's administration and the General Assembly.
ITC workers will cross their fingers today as a trial group of 500 students attempts to log on to ISIS.
