A brief detour to the second floor of Alderman Library takes its visitors back in time as they step into the University's special collections to find rare books and hidden treasures.
Leaders of Phi Gamma Delta's (Fiji) recolonization efforts expect their chapter will offer the University a unique fraternity experience this spring.
The University Library's special collections library is a victim of its own success. Over the past decades it has accumulated a collection of rare documents and books that few American libraries can match.
With time running out before the candidacy filing deadline, incumbent Republican Sen. John Warner currently faces no major opposition in the upcoming fall elections. Warner previously faced a contest with retired Army Lt.
Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner amended his recent proposal to raise college tuition by 5 percent yesterday when he called for increasing fees by a higher amount. Warner said the steeper tuition increase would help Virginia's colleges and universities deal with the recent cuts in state funding. Warner also announced yesterday that he estimates about 700 workers in state agencies will be laid off next year. Virginia's bleak economic outlook will harm all Virginians, he said. "You're going to see it in the increased fees the state charges, you're going to see it in longer lines at the DMV," he said in an interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Warner said the total budget shortfall for the next three fiscal years would be $3.8 billion. Sen.
The Aquatic and Fitness Center was evacuated suddenly and temporarily closed yesterday afternoon, after local 911 operators received a bomb threat to the building. Responding to the threat, which arrived at 1:42 p.m.
A substantial portion of the 7,379 acre estate donated to the University of Virginia Foundation by philanthropist John W.
The European-American Unity and Rights Organization publicly demanded last week that those responsible for the six recent attacks of University students be charged with racial hate crimes. City police have made 10 arrests as of last Fridayrelated to a series of attacks in residential areas near Grounds.
Discussion addresses minorities in education Collegiate activists from across the country joined together to prove their commitment to achieving their goals "by any means necessary" this past weekend at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Members of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary held their second national conference on what they consider the new civil rights movement. The conference focused primarily on issues facing minorities in education, including affirmative action policies in college admissions and funding shortages for public school teachers' salaries. In a Michigan Daily article yesterday, conference participants said that they are not fanatics or revolutionaries, but working to modernize and expand the fight for civil rights for all people. Conference attendees claimed capitalist corruption serves as the root of many social problems plaguing American society. "If we have to destroy some things, we'll destroy some things," University of Tennessee student Dumaka Shabazz said in the Michigan Daily. Students from the University, University of Kentucky and the University of Cincinnati attended the event. Psychologists join law professors in conference The University's Center for Children, Families, and the Law will host a conference on resolving child custody disputes Feb.
College Dean Edward L. Ayers announced his reorganization of the College administration at the Board of Visitors meeting in late January.
The Virginia House of Delegates followed the Senate in passing a sizeable bond package Feb. 7 that could benefit state universities throughout the Commonwealth. "The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for financing the costs of capital projects for the Commonwealth's institutions of higher education," states the Virginia Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2002. The majority of the bond's funds go toward capital construction projects at state universities.
Third-year College student Joy Tongsri received a surprise in her mailbox last Friday: a letter congratulating her on being selected to live on the Lawn next year. Tongsri was given the honor together with 46 other students who will receive their notification letters by Feb.
Grade inflation is most frequent at the nation's most selective schools, according to a study released earlier this month.
University President John T. Casteen III announced the restoration of funds for summer undergraduate research fellowships last week, spurring a positive reaction from students and faculty alike. The program's funding, which comes from both a private endowment and funding from the Provost's Office, was slashed earlier this year when the state portion was withdrawn due to budget cuts.
University scientists have identified a protein that may provide insight into the cause of hearing deficiencies.
While Gov. Mark R. Warner considers cuts to the state budget which may force a tuition increase at Virginia universities, an American Council on Education survey shows that the public is concerned about the effects of similar cuts on the quality of education at the national level. The study, which was released last week and only addressed public higher education, showed that 77 percent of Americans view higher education as more important than they thought it was 10 years ago.
Allocating enough money to support a Friday night bar bill at Coupe de Ville's may be easy enough.
While perusing her research in Alderman Cafe on Wednesday, Charmaine Yoest is interrupted by her cell phone.
The Education Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Wednesday that would add a non-voting faculty member to the University's Board of Visitors. With a vote of 13-9, the committee advanced the legislation, which was sponsored by Del.
Six Democratic candidates for this year's Charlottesville City Council election squared off in a forum Wednesday night at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, focusing on the issues of transportation, regional planning and the environment in Charlottesville. The candidates present at the forum were former deputy city manager Bern Ewert, University nurse David Simmons, businesswoman Joan Fenton, photographer Alexandria Searls, Web site designer Waldo Jaquith and Mayor Blake Caravati. Two seats on the five-person council are up for election May 17, Caravati's and retiring Council member David Toscano's. "Given the record of Democratic nominees going on to win local elections, it's very likely that the two candidates that emerge from the Democratic convention will effectively be our future City Council members," said Maurice Cox, Council member and Architecture school professor. Currently, all five members of the City Council are Democrats. The forum was the second of three leading up to the Feb.
