Across the University, students are getting that feeling in the pit of their stomachs that somehow brings to mind the final agonizing days of an adolescent Christmas season.
This semester, the federal government has mandated that colleges and technical schools across the country enter all new international students into an internet-based data system.
More than eight months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Kmart's much-hyped restructuring plan has accomplished little for the ailing retailer.
First-year dormitories came alive Saturday as over 3,000 first-year students, along with parents and siblings, descended upon Charlottesville for Move-In Day.
Gloomy budget forecasts and more grim fiscal news from Gov. Mark R. Warner hit home August 19 when University Librarian Karen Wittenborg announced that University libraries are reducing staff and cutting back hours to accommodate further budget cuts. The libraries, which The Princeton Review recently ranked the second best college library system in the nation, will continue to offer most of their usual services, such as reference librarians and wireless laptops. A total of 80 students formerly employed by the libraries will not be rehired as a result.
In a move that affects many students and faculty, the University turned over its bank servicing contract to Bank of America in mid-June. Wachovia previously serviced the University with ATM locations in Newcomb Hall, the University Bookstore and the Tree House, and an on-Grounds branch located in Newcomb Hall.
Researchers from the University and two other institutions have immortalized a stem cell line from the testis and used it to reproduce in culture several of the stages of sperm cell development, according to a study published last month on the Science Express Web site, part of the journal Science. The new stem cell line is not capable of transforming into different cell types.
In reaction to Virginia's severe drought conditions, the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials have declared mandatory water restrictions. The restrictions went into effect at midnight, Aug.
There's a new fix for overachievers looking to cheat their bodies out of the recommended eight hours of sleep.
In the onslaught of pre-class parties, first-year debauchery and general rowdiness that defines late August at the University, the world of American politics gradually has become a dull afterthought in the minds of University students.
The startling revelations about WorldCom underscore thenecessity to restore trust and confidence in our markets, where over 60 percent of the American public invests.
An employee of the University Medical Center and member of the hospital's Ethics Consultation Board faces two felony charges related to solicitation of sexual activity and child pornography, according to Charlottesville police and Charlottesville General District Court records. Christopher W.
The Virginia Department of Transportation declared the University's first study of the traffic effects of the proposed parking garage at the corner of Emmet Street and Ivy Road to be insufficient. The statement, which VDOT made in a letter to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, claimed the study failed to consider peak traffic times or pedestrian traffic. These latest criticisms echo similar critiques that the City of Charlottesville and local resident groups made of the study, which the University conducted last fall. VDOT became involved in the garage debate last week after U.S.
In reaction to Virginia's severe drought conditions, the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials have declared mandatory water restrictions. The restrictions went into effect at midnight, Aug.
The July sun beat down an unmercifully humid 95 degrees on heaps of lumber, piles of stones and the frame of a uniquely designed house at a Crozet construction site. According to David Click, a project manager and second-year graduate Engineering student, other Engineering and Architecture students can be found in their "posh, corporate summer jobs making $20 an hour," but students participating in the University's chapter of the U.S.
The director of admissions at Princeton University has been placed on administrative lead following accusations that he entered a secure Yale Web site to access the admissions status of 11 Yale applicants. Princeton admission officers allegedly gained access to the private records on the Yale Web site by entering the birth date and social security numbers of students who applied to both schools.
In response to continued budgetary woes and statewide revenue shortfalls, University officials have imposed an indefinite hiring and discretionary spending freeze. With the Commonwealth's failure to meet 2002 expected revenue levels by $237 million, Gov.
Over 80 doctors, nurses and students from the University Medical Center brought much needed attention to the Appalachian region in a three day outdoor clinic head July 26-28. The volunteers, who set up make-shift examination rooms in army tents at the Lonesome Pine Airport in Wise County, saw over 2,600 patients, many of whom stood in line for hours. The trip highlighted the plight of the region's ill, who often do not receive the care they need because of the lack of locally available care in Appalachia.
After alleged drinking violations, the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control has threatened to revoke Foxfield Racing Association's liquor license at a hearing scheduled for early September. If the hearing panel decides to revoke Foxfield's license, it may have little effect on alcohol consumption, as the racing association itself does not sell drinks, but rather allows patrons to supply their own. Attracting thousands of University students each year, the annual spring steeplechase has come under heavy criticism for fostering excessive underage drinking and disorderly conduct, such as public urination and destruction of property, in addition to creating heavy traffic jams along Garth Road. Although this will be Foxfield's first formal hearing, it has drawn past criticism from both ABC officials and Garth Road residents. "Foxfield hasn't been heard [by a panel] before, but it received a written warning for the April 29, 2000 race for not maintaining peace and good order," said Becky Gettings, ABC director of public affairs. Gettings declined to comment on specific Foxfield abuses until the panel hearing. Foxfield has had "an ongoing conflict with the ABC," said Race Director W.
As part of the July 19 closing ceremony that concluded their six-week program, the Medical Academic Achievement Program, which prepares talented minority undergraduates from across the country for medical school, donated $512 to the Charlottesville Free Clinic. The donation, compiled from the personal resources of the participating students, was designed to represent the selflessness required of a doctor, said MAAP class president Nat Campbell, who is a rising senior at the University of Southern Florida in Tampa. "MAAP decided to commit the type of altruistic act that will be commanded as a physician," Campbell said.
