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MGC selects executive board members

By Sharon Lynch | April 18, 2002

A new set of faces was selected Monday to fill the positions on the executive board of the Multicultural Greek Council Third-year Engineering student Emmanuel Smadja was elected president, while third-year College student Chieko Clarke became vice-president. Other important elections to head the council were second-year College student Melody Han as treasurer, third-year Nursing student Po Soo-Hoo as secretary and third-year College student Virginia Min as historian. This year, MGC plans to try to raise awareness of its presence by working to improve communication between fraternity and sorority councils within the University and the local community, Smadja said.

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Students attend Anti-Oppression Day rally

By Martin Olivier | April 18, 2002

The Big White Tent outside Newcomb Hall hosted speakers from around the country for Anti-Oppression Day yesterday. The event, in its second year, brought together spokespeople from different advocacy groups to give speeches about what they see as injustices against populations around the world. "We wanted to unite all the forces fighting oppression around the world," said Bokar Ture, vice president of the Griot Society.

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Broadband links University hospital to rural areas

By Rebecca Brooks | April 18, 2002

Doctors in earlier times traveled far and wide to treat patients. With cutting-edge telemedicine technology, however, doctors now can visit the same patients without ever leaving the clinic. Telemedicine takes advantage of modern video conferencing equipment and other technologies to conduct patient consultations and public health classes, giving even rural areas easy access to specialized medical care. This month, Congress approved a grant allocating $25,000 to a project linking Patrick County Community Hospital with the University, making the rural Virginia hospital the 14th of its kind. The grant is the first of six to be awarded to different rural communities nationwide, housing more telemedicine sites in southwest Virginia than anywhere else in the country. "We have a world class medical center right here, but there are many places in Virginia where one is hard to get to," Telemedicine Deputy Director Richard Settimo said. "If a patient out in southwest Virginia was told they needed to come all the way to Charlottesville to see a specialist, they just wouldn't come," Telemedicine Medical Director Karen Rheuban said.

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When music sounds like chocolate

By Andy Kinley | April 18, 2002

For one person, the taste of mint is described as the shape of "cool glass columns." For another, hearing music conjures up images of gold balls, flashing lines and oscillating waves. These individuals exhibit synesthesia, a strange and uncommon condition that scientists have yet to unravel. The word synesthesia is derived from Greek words meaning "joined sensation." The condition broadly is defined as the inability to differentiate between assorted sensory stimuli. "There are people who feel shapes when they taste.

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By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 18, 2002

House passes parental consent abortion bill The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday that would make transporting a minor across state lines in order to avoid parental consent laws for abortions a federal crime. The bill now will go to the Senate for approval. Proponents of the bill said it was designed to prevent pregnant teens from skirting state abortion laws. "Right now, a parent in Charlotte, N.C., must grant permission before the school nurse gives their child an aspirin, but the parent can't prevent a stranger from taking their child out of school and up to Maryland for an abortion," said Rep.

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April 17, 2002

Supreme Court Justice Byron White died Monday of complications from pneumonia. Appointed by President John F.

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A new generation of segregation?

By Chris Wilson | April 17, 2002

The University has a checkered history in its relationship with the black community. On one hand, the first black student did not enter the College until 1961 - on the other hand, the University now has the highest graduation rate for black students compared to any other public university. The series of assaults committed by Charlottesville high school students against University students, which occurred between September 2001 and January 2002, awoke new interest in racism at the University.

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City approves permit parking measure

By Adrienne So | April 17, 2002

If you live in off-Grounds housing, your parking problems soon may get even worse. Charlottesville City Council members passed an ordinance Monday to adopt permit parking policies on individual streets in the University area, Council member Kevin Lynch said. Council met with residents of the Venable, Jefferson Park Avenue, Lewis Mountain and Fifeville areas before passing the ordinance.

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Golden Key faces charges of corruption

By Nick Chapin | April 17, 2002

The Golden Key International Honour Society has not looked so golden recently. An internal report, which will be published in the upcoming issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education, confirmed allegations of corruption, misallocation of resources and even sexual misconduct that led to the firing of the society's chairman last year. James W.

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Half-cent tax proposal sparks mixed reactions

By Paul Quinlan | April 17, 2002

Fiscal conservatives and environmentalist groups are setting aside their usual philosophical differences to find that they may have something in common. The General Assembly reconvenes today to react to vetoes made by Gov.

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Two more plead guilty in University student assaults

By Jen Michaels | April 17, 2002

Two more of the nine Charlottesville high school students allegedly involved in assaults on University students entered guilty pleas in Charlottesville Juvenile Court yesterday. According to Charlottesville Commonwealth's Attorney Elizabeth Killeen, one of the minors pled guilty to attempted malicious wounding by mob in a Jan.

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Affirmative action case may set precedent

By Josh Goodman | April 16, 2002

This is the first of four articles in a bi-weekly series on affirmative action. Ever since former President Kennedy coined the term in an executive order in 1961, affirmative action has generated national political and philosophical debate. In 1965, former President Lyndon B.

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Homeland Security may limit courses

By Ben Sellers | April 16, 2002

As part of its Homeland Security directive, the Bush administration is considering blocking international students from studying certain subjects that could be valuable to terrorists. An Interagency Working Group currently is evaluating the issue of prohibiting certain students from learning sensitive information about weapons development, said Kathryn Harrington, spokeswoman for the White House office of science and technology policy. It is one of several issues brought up in an Oct.

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Greek councils aim to reduce tension

By Jenn Roberts | April 16, 2002

Rumblings of fractured communication among the University's four Greek councils have given rise to a new joint committee promising open discourse and social cohesion.

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Bilingual magazine debuts on Grounds

By Jen Michaels | April 16, 2002

A new magazine making its debut on Grounds Wednesday seeks to give the University

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By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 16, 2002

Princeton benefits from transfer of Harvard faculty The disagreement began in October when Summers held a meeting with West and allegedly criticized the professor

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Pro-Israeli rally draws thousands to Washington

By Chris Wilson | April 16, 2002

Thousands of demonstrators, both Jewish and non-Jewish, converged on Washington, D.C. yesterday afternoon to voice their support for Israel during the escalating crisis in the Middle East. The rally's speakers included former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, House Minority Leader Richard A.

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Water conservation continues, drought conditions linger

By Jen Michaels | April 15, 2002

Although recent rainfall has raised the level of water in the local reservoir, officials say Virginia's drought is not over and water conservation efforts must continue. The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority announced last Monday that the local South Fork Rivanna Reservoir is at 91 percent capacity, a large increase from 68.2 percent last November. J.W.

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University applies for Carnegie grant

By Alexis Unkovic | April 15, 2002

The Carnegie Corporation of New York announced last Wednesday the selection of four institutions, including the University, which it has asked to submit proposals for a brand new initiative, the Teachers for a New Era Grant. The philanthropic organization invited the Bank Street College of Education, California State University at Northridge, Michigan State University and the University to submit proposals for four projects in conjunction with the new program. "I think our chances are very good of getting the funding," said Rebecca Kneedler, associate dean for academic affairs in the Education School. The program will encourage the development of teacher education programs through innovative processes.

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April 15, 2002

The library will house over 30,000 works on Jefferson, ranging from children's books to serious biographies.