Salaries of Virginia's state employees, which have not been increased since 2000, may receive a marginal boost if proposals in both the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate are incorporated into this year's final budget proposal. According to Joan S.
As a part of the University Career Services Career Week, which began yesterday and will run through Friday, University students will learn about, apply for and interview for jobs and internships with more than 170 employers. Career Week kicked off with the College undergraduate job fair and continues today and Wednesday with a focus on internship opportunities.
Announcing its opposition to a war in Iraq, City Council voted 4 to 1 last night to declare Charlottesville a "City for Peace." "Cities for Peace" is a national coalition of locally-elected officials and concerned citizens banding together with hopes of influencing the federal government's decision to go to war. The movement has been promoted locally by the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, which introduced an initial proposal at a Council meeting last month. Mayor Maurice Cox and Council members Kevin Lynch, Blake Caravati and Meredith Richards voted in favor of the revised resolution.
Illegal aliens will not be exempt from out-of-state tuition hikes planned for next year. On Jan.
A forum held Friday entitled "Alternatives to Live Animal Labs in Medical Education" demonstrated a growing University voice in opposition to the use of live animals in a third-year Medical School lab study. The event, organized by first-year Medical student Lindsey Neal and fourth-year Medical student Rooshin Dalal, featured a speech by the president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and a presentation of information on the use of animals in medical schools. "My main goal for having this presentation was to make sure all the students were aware that alternatives do exist," Neal said.
University alumnus John Snow was confirmed as the new Secretary of the Treasury Thursday night. The Bush administration asked Snow's predecessor Paul O'Neill to resign in December, in the wake of criticism over corporate accountability scandals and a faltering economy. University professors expressed their confidence in Snow. "He's an able fellow," Politics Prof.
Americans expecting the triumphant return of the space shuttle Columbia Saturday morning were greeted instead by tragedy. At 9 a.m., the sounds of a roaring explosion echoed above central Texas as the shuttle disintegrated in the air upon reentry into the earth's atmosphere, just 16 minutes before its scheduled landing at Cape Canaveral in Florida. All seven astronauts aboard were killed. While the cause of the accident remains unknown, NASA officials have assembled a "mishap investigation team" to identify explanations leading to the shuttle's demise.
The University Board of Visitors appointed a new student member to its ranks on Saturday. Third-year College student John Rocco Macmillan Rodney, whose formal responsibilities as a Board member will begin at the end of the Board's April meeting, will succeed fourth-year College student H.
Groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter Amid cheers from thousands of onlookers, Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his Gobbler's Knob burrow early Sunday morning and saw his shadow, indicating six more weeks of winter. The annual Groundhog Day celebration takes place in Punxsutawney, Pa., and this year, organizers expected over 30,000 spectators.
There have been several changes to on Grounds printing at the University this year stemming from the budget cuts.
The House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill yesterday that will, if ratified by the Senate, remove the state-imposed consequence of expulsion for hazing and allow individual universities and their student governments to apply a broad range of sanctions instead. "I think it's a step in the right direction," Inter-Fraternity Council President Phil Trout said.
Living in Mr. Jefferson's Academical Village, arguably one of the greatest honors for an undergraduate, is an experience every student has thought of at least once. Last month, 243 third years submitted applications to live on the Lawn next year.
Pedestrian struck by trolley near AFC A female student was taken to the University Hospital last night after being hit by a trolley at 6:45 near the AFC, University Police Sgt.
The future of Title IX, a landmark piece of legislation that attempts to achieve gender equality in collegiate sports, will be evaluated this week in Washington. More than 30 years after the initial passage of Title IX became a law, the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics is finalizing its recommendations to the Bush administration on how to reform the 1972 law. Title IX prohibits schools receiving federal aid from sexual discrimination in their academic and athletic programs. The proposals being considered would weaken Title IX's compliance requirement.
Politics Prof. Larry J. Sabato relaunched a new and improved version of his Crystal Ball Web site this week. The University's Center for Politics originally launched Sabato's Crystal Ball in the fall of 2002. Rakesh Gopalan, associate director of communications at the Center, said after the success of the first year the Center decided to continue to improve and expand the Web site. "It's more interactive and user-friendly than before," Gopalan said.
As spring elections draw near, University students can expect an explosion of fliers and chalk advertisements around Grounds. The election process kicked off last night with the first of three mandatory information sessions, where potential candidates receive essential campaign materials, including rules and petitions.
Faces behind the fliers After posting 1,200 fliers across Grounds disparaging fraternity and sorority life at the University, one University alumnus has stepped forward to speak for the group of 13 students and former students responsible. Describing their mission as one to "spark discussion and thought," Matt Shields, a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumnus, said that the group is not affiliated with any organization. "Four of us were just sitting around and thought it would be a good idea for someone to highlight some of the detriments inherent in the Greek system," he said.
Though Virginia's fiscal storm rages on, University administrators recently thawed a University-wide hiring freeze enacted July, 2002. Leonard W.
A recent wave of social legislation could make it harder for women in Virginia to obtain abortions. Quickly advancing through the Republican-controlled General Assembly, HB 1402 would require women under 18 to gain parental consent prior to undergoing the procedure.
