The Faculty Senate and the Institute for Practical Ethics are joining in a scientific endeavor designed to achieve one of the Senate's main goals this year - fostering an intellectual community. In the past, finding an issue with which to approach such a daunting goal may have been difficult.
The Black Fraternal Council held elections for its executive board and directors Tuesday night. Members voted fourth-year College students Kevin Stokes and Andre Williams to the co-chair positions. The BFC this year plans to improve the organization's communication capabilities and to work more closely with other Greek governing councils. Stokes, a member of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity, said he hopes to develop a "great working relationship with the new Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life," created this summer through the Office of the Dean of Students. Included in the BFC are nine historically black fraternities and sororities, all of which are community service-oriented rather than strictly social organizations.
It took one word before normally tactful fourth-year College student Lynda Tang started sniffing another girl's rear end. With a snap of the finger, a student clad in a T-shirt and jeans leapt into his imaginary tutu and pranced into the arms of his ballet partner. Thousands of people have seen the act of stage hypnotist Tom DeLuca as he manages to convince everyone from CEOs to college students to submit to his hare-brained requests.
The controversial issue of health insurance at the University moved into a new phase Saturday when the University-sponsored HMO, QualChoice of Virginia, was sold to Coventry Health Care, Inc. Coventry will pay approximately $12.5 million to acquire QualChoice and its parent company, Blue Ridge Health Alliance Inc., from its majority shareholders, the University Medical Center and the University Health Services Foundation.
Following the completion of the Human Genome Sequencing Project, molecular genetic researchers discovered another type of genetic code in August, this time housed outside of DNA. The recently discovered code is thought to control how genes are activated or inactivated rather than dictate gene location and function, which was what the Human Genome Project initially aimed to uncover.
As a result of new findings, more changes may be in store for the University Medical Center. A report issued yesterday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, found deficiencies in the Medical Center during a full-hospital inspection, completed July 12. The Medical Center now has 10 days to issue a "plan of correction" outlining measures the hospital will take to remedy the deficiencies, said Marguerite Beck, spokeswoman for the Medical Center. Once the University devises a plan, the report will be sent back to CMS. "At the point where we receive the plan of correction we can disclose the report to the public," CMS spokeswoman Carol Messick said in a statement released yesterday.
After a massive letter-writing effort last spring by University students and alumni addressed to top University officials, one of the College's most popular lecturers will continue teaching through 2003. Government and Foreign Affairs Prof.
More and more University students may find that sometimes it's just easier to walk. Because of an unusual increase in the number of upperclassmen applying for parking permits this year, Gooch-Dillard residence areas have begun using a lottery system for doling out spots.
In the third such incident in under a week, Charlottesville Police are investigating another physical altercation near Grounds.
This fall, a unique environmental science course combining professors and students from three universities on two continents will be offered to University students.
With the addition of a new dance course this semester, individuals involved in the University's Campaign for Dance said they remain optimistic about establishing a permanent addition to the University's performing arts offerings. University officials have spent over a year and a half debating the addition of a major or minor dance program in the College.
Over the next few weeks, as University students attend information sessions for Madison House programs, many will be running into six new faces.
Various traditions were in full force at Virginia's opening home football game on Saturday, but one tradition may be fading: the addition of the words "not gay" to the Good Ol' Song.
Visitors to Scott Stadium on Saturday might have missed a familiar face during halftime of Virginia football's home opener against the University of Richmond.
Muscle-bound pigs, ferocious eagles, larger-than-life cavaliers. In the heat of every sports season, frenzied fans clamor to unite under one team representation: the mascot.
University football games are steeped in many student traditions, from singing the Good Ol' Song to wearing ties and sundresses to drinking - drinking lots of alcohol. But many parents are not enthusiastic about the last part of that tradition and the University is making efforts to change it. According to a report and poll by the American Medical Association, 95 percent of parents surveyed believe binge drinking is a serious threat to their college-aged children.
After a busy summer of preparations, investigations and one trial, the Honor Committee was back in full swing at its first meeting of the semester last night.
For students attending the University, there is often a feeling that their time spent strolling Grounds on the way to classes will never end and the idea of seeking a job seems far away.
Could advertising for two markets create confusion among consumers? Or will it boost sales of submarine sandwiches?
Last year's fire in Phi Kappa Psi fraternity has kindled a spirit for safety among the University's fraternities and sororities. All 48 University fraternities and sororities with houses were inspected this summer by a combination of Charlottesville and University fire safety officials.
