Report finds more colleges offer morning-after pill A report in the latest issue of the "Journal of American College Health" showed more than half of college health centers offer the "morning-after" contraceptive pill.
In a media tour of dilapidated University buildings yesterday, deans from the College pointed out the necessity of state money for renovation projects. The tours are part of the College administration's effort to raise awareness of the proposed $846 million General Obligation Bond on the Nov.
Prompted by the current economic malaise and rising tuition costs, student loan default rates rose for the first time in 10 years, U.S.
For the second time in two months, Charlottesville City Council voted to restrict water consumption.
Many students can claim familiarity with several items of President John T. Casteen III's curriculum vitae: new building construction, successful capital campaigns and his management of a billion-dollar budget, for example.
A 20-year-old North Carolina woman was reportedly abducted, raped and robbed Saturday, Sept. 14 at approximately 9 a.m.
The University Democrats joined 5th District Congressional candidate Meredith Richards on the steps of the Rotunda yesterday afternoon to launch the Youth to the Booth campaign. Youth to the Booth is a nationwide effort by the Democratic National Committee to encourage young voters and college students to participate in this November
A local attorney has asked the city of Charlottesville to sue the University to stop construction of a parking garage near the intersection of Ivy Road and Emmet Street. Attorney David Franzen said his clients, about a dozen local residents, want to stop construction of the garage, which would be built on the University
Albemarle County Police Chief John Miller fired Detective Kendall Wayne
Chesterfield challenges racist meeting Chesterfield County Supervisors Edward B. Barber and Jack McHale asked that an
Charlottesville City Council held a public hearing Monday night on a proposed pedestrian bridge over Emmet Street near Massie Road. The bridge, which also would include 2,000 feet of paved walkway and 350 feet of elevated walkway, would connect Lambeth Commons to the area near University Hall. University Architect Pete Anderson, who called the current situation that requires students who park at University Hall to find other transportation to Central Grounds
Now in its second year of existence, the American Studies major, despite the overall budget crunch, has gotten off to a successful beginning. "It's going really well.
Scholars from around the world gathered at the University last weekend to confront the question of what it means to be a human being -- a concept called ontology. Creston Davis, a University graduate student in the department of religious studies, began planning the conference last summer.
Students in the Class of 2001 at the University of Virginia's College at Wise graduated with less debt than students at any other liberal arts university in the nation, according to the most recent U.S.
When Gov. Mark R. Warner estimated an unexpected shortfall of $1.5 billion in the Virginia budget one month ago, he immediately ordered state universities and other institutions to submit three budget plans accounting for possible funding cuts of 7, 11 and -- in the worst case -- 15 percent. "That prediction came a month ago," said Del.
How far can an MBA degree get you? Not far, claims Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor at Stanford University's graduate school of business. In the lead article of September's issue of the Academy of Management's Learning and Education Journal, Pfeffer downplayed the importance and necessity of the MBA degree to business success. Co-written by Stanford doctoral student Christina Fong, "The End of Business Schools?
Hispanic festival attracts both political parties Prince George County, Maryland's annual Hispanic festival attracted both Democrats and Republicans eager to garner support from the state's growing Latin American population.
University legal counsels and attorneys for two former students suing the University for honor proceedings requested a ruling on their case on Sept.
The University's student organizations will have a new home after the opening of the Student Activities Center on Thursday. The center, located on the first floor of Newcomb Hall, replaces the Student Organizations Office.
