(This is the last in a five-part weekly series examining issues in next week's presidential election.) Throughout the presidential campaign season, college students have turned a deaf ear to Social Security debates between Vice President Al Gore (D) and Texas Gov.
Potential Virginia voters feel that the George Allen (R) and Charles S. Robb (D), Virginia's senatorial candidates, are running honest and informative campaigns, but at the same time, they agree that the race is not very interesting. These and other questions about the Allen-Robb race were the focus of a recent study conducted this fall by the Sorensen Institute, part of the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. The Institute will use the survey to help politicians in future races run effective campaigns. Dale Lawton, director of the Project on Campaign Conduct, said employees of the Center for Survey Research called 814 randomly selected Virginians and asked them questions about whether they have been paying attention to the campaign. Related Links Cavalier Daily coverage of Decision 2000 Top Senate Races Help Wanted : One President of the U.S.   "The first survey was about half an hour, and we asked them questions about their demographics," said Paul Freedman, research director for the Project on Campaign Conduct,. The CSR staffers then called the same people again and asked the same questions; 549 of the 814 original participants answered. According to the survey, 41.9 of first wave respondents and 53 percent of second wave respondents said they felt Robb "is running a fair campaign so far" and 43.2 percent of first wave respondents and 47.2 percent of respondents felt that "Allen is running a fair campaign so far." According to the survey, 26.2 percent of respondents from the first wave of the survey and 44.8 percent of respondents from the second wave said "the tone of the campaign has been mostly informative over the past two weeks." Although respondents said they found the campaign informative and fair, 29.6 percent of first wave and 45.4 percent of second wave respondents thought the "tone of the campaign has been mostly discouraging over the past 2 weeks" and 59.4 percent of first wave and 61.1 percent of second wave respondents felt "the tone of the campaign has been mostly boring over the past two weeks." Freedman said the study is unique in "not focusing on the horserace - we have a different focus and scope of interest." He added that the survey was a "tremendous opportunity to study the [Allen-Robb] election in greater detail." Lawton said voters might think the Allen-Robb campaign is boring, "but more people are paying attention." "We spent months hammering out the question wording," Freedman said.
Students taking natural sciences courses may notice they have difficulty getting into the classes they want. According to the Virginia 2020 Science and Technology Commission's report, the size of University faculty in the natural sciences is 34 percent smaller than the top 20 departments at peer institutions, leading to packed classes and irked students and professors. Despite the deficit in the sciences, the report states that faculty size in humanities departments equals or exceeds the average of those ranked in the top 20. The faculty deficit is not a reflection of the performance of the departments, Commission Chairwoman Anita K.
Students working toward minors in Arabic Studies will have fewer ways to meet their requirements next semester after University administrators canceled two upper-level Arabic courses. ARAB 226, "Topics in Arabic Prose" and ARAB 584, "Conversational Arabic" will not be offered since Prof.
With money already appropriated for a Studio Arts building, members of the Virginia 2020 Fine and Performing Arts Commission are finally seeing the dream of an Arts Precinct become a reality. A state grant of $9 million begins a 20-year project that will culminate in an "an Arts Lawn," according to Lawrence Goedde, Chairman of the Art Department and member of the Commission. But funding for the Studio Art building is just the beginning, signifying the first sign of a developing Arts Precinct. The Arts Precinct will include approximately nine buildings located on Carr's Hill, spanning the same length as the Lawn.
Thanks to a generous donation from the Edward W. and Betty Knight Scripps Foundation, University students and the public soon will be able to easily access the country's premiere collection of information on the American Presidency. On behalf of the Scripps Foundation, which supports education, the arts and humanitarian relief efforts, Betty Scripps Harvey and her husband Jeremy G.
An overflowing Wilson Hall auditorium listened last night as political pundit Larry J. Sabato, professor of government and foreign affairs, offered insights on next week's presidential elections in a "crystal ball" session hosted by the Center for Governmental Studies.
As Election Day barrels down on Virginia politics, incumbent U.S. Sen. Charles S. Robb (D) has pulled into a virtual dead heat with Republican nominee George Allen, a new Washington Post survey reported Sunday. The poll showed former Governor Allen leading Robb 48 percent to 46 percent among likely voters, a gap well within the survey's margin of error.
After undergoing surgery, the male student who fell out of a window in Lefevre House on Saturday is nearing stable condition at University Hospital, a spokeswoman for the University said. The student, whose name is not being released, was sitting on a windowsill on the south end of the building around 8 p.m.
Like graduate students at most universities, Darden Ph.D. candidate Rama Velamuri receives a stipend from the University along with his scholarship.
University History Prof. Brian Balogh hopes his students will lose themselves in U.S. history, spending hours viewing interactive maps of the Manhattan Project installations, photos of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb and reviews of the Spike Lee film "Boyz 'N The Hood" - all on the Internet. For his HIUS 316 course, "Viewing America: U.S.
The University Judiciary Committee last night officially appointed second-year Law student Jim Dillavou to fill an empty representative position. The Pasadena, Calif., native was selected from a pool of eight hopefuls who filled out applications and then were interviewed by the executive board of the Law School's Student Bar Association, said Tillman Breckenridge, UJC vice chairman for trials. Dillavou said he is pleased about his selection and looks forward to beginning his duties as a Committee member. He said he applied for the position because he has "immense respect for the student-run honor system." He added that he feels he has the necessary integrity for the position and he will be fair-minded when deciding UJC cases. "It is important that we understand the power of our decisions and their potential ramifications on the lives of the individuals who come before the Committee," Dillavou said, adding he thinks it is critical that the UJC uphold the "integrity of the system" both within the University and in the outside world. UJC Chairwoman Lissa Percopo said Dillavou seemed very qualified and eager to serve on the Committee. "He seems willing to put everything into this," Percopo said, adding that she thinks he will "bring a lot to the judge pool." She also said she was thrilled with the high number of applicants for the position and that the applicants who were not selected still would be eligible to run for the Committee in the spring. Dillavou now serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Law and Politics at the Law School and is a member of both the Criminal Justice Society and the Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1999 with a degree in political science. Breckenridge, who is the other UJC Law representative, said while he and Dillavou never have worked together on UJC-related matters, he knows Dillavou and thinks he is qualified for the position. "I know he'll do a great job," Breckenridge said. The seat was left open when former UJC Law Rep.
When parents send store-bought care packages during exam season, they now have the option to swap Snickers bars for green tea and other health-conscious goodies with the new online care package company, Buddhaplanet.com. The brainchild of Marga Odahowski, associate director of Student Health, the company aims to provide students and parents with alternatives to the standard care package fare by paying close attention to mental and physical health. Each package, ranging in price from $35 to $78, is filled with spirited bits and pieces to enhance the mind, body and spirit and arrives in a reusable canvas bag.
Since its conception in the first few moments of 1999, the value of the European Central Bank's (ECB) fledgling currency, the euro, has declined steadily in terms of the U.S.
Applications to the University Medical School declined again this year, continuing the slide from a peak of 4,879 applicants in 1996 to a low of 3,700 this fall.
A male University student remained hospitalized yesterday after falling from a second-story window in Lefevre House Saturday, police said. He "was sitting on the windowsill ... and fell out," University Police Sgt.
Thanks to the research of Garrick E. Louis, University assistant professor of systems engineering, developing nations from South America to Africa may be better able to handle their waste management systems effectively. Recognizing Louis' vital research, President Bill Clinton last week honored Louis and 58 other national researchers with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Beginning Monday at 2 a.m., University night owls and procrastinators won't have to pack up and head home from Clemons Library.
Virginia voters may find the campaign tactics of U.S. Sen. Charles Robb (D) and Republican challenger and former Gov.
(This is the fourth in a five-part weekly series examining issues in the upcoming presidential election.) The moans and howls of college students and parents can be heard every year as the cost of higher education rises. Presidential candidates Vice President Al Gore (D) and Texas Gov.
