A new organization on Grounds hopes to raise student awareness and encourage activism on issues concerning individual rights.
Black Student Alliance members elected Elisa Dobbins president of the 2001-2002 executive board in an election session last night in Gilmer Hall. Dobbins, a second-year College student, emphasized that "the BSA must take an active role in increasing diversity awareness at U.Va." in her election speech to the new executive board which will take office in the fall. "Mike Costa, the outgoing president, did an awesome job of working with Honor's Diversity Awareness Committee and other major student organizations," Dobbins said.
Student Council unanimously passed a resolution recommending the improvement of several hazardous areas on and off Grounds at its meeting last night. Each year, Council's Safety Concerns Committee conducts "safety walks" to inspect the status of the safety on Grounds.
Longtime Charlottesville residents Dave Matthews and his family have decided to give back to the community in memory of the music artist's late father and his contributions to the University. The family of the late John W.
The University tallied up the numbers of its six-year capital campaign last week, wrapping up the second-most successful campaign in the history of public universities. The key to the success of the $1.43 billion campaign was the huge drive to contact and encourage potential donors.
The University's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team, which began a year and a half ago, has received four national awards and began holding office hours in February.
No arrests have been made yet in a reported March 9 assault on a female University student near Lambeth Commons. Police have spoken with several witnesses and interviewed possible suspects, but there are "no suspects at this time," said University Police Capt.
University officials announced last Wednesday a final tally of the University's historic capital campaign results.
After an eight-month search, University officials think they have found the woman for the job. Yoke San L.
Virginia colleges and universities will have to discontinue work on several major construction projects to meet the requirements for the 2001-2002 budget proposed by Gov.
A student coalition at Brown University has become so incensed by The Brown Daily Herald, the school's student newspaper, that it has demanded the paper cease distribution on campus and remove the word "Brown" from its title. These demands, the newest added to a growing list, were sparked by the publication of a controversial advertisement denouncing the payment of reparations for slavery. "It is not the place of the editorial board to choose which opinions can run" in the paper, Herald Editor-in-Chief Patrick Moos said. Written and paid for by conservative author David Horowitz, the full-page ad is headlined "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery Is a Bad Idea - and Racist Too." Among the reasons the ad lists, "Reparations to African Americans have already been paid ... in the form of welfare benefits and racial preferences." The ad also states, "The reparations claim is a separatist idea that sets African Americans against the nation that gave them freedom," and "there is no single group clearly responsible for the crime of slavery." Many of the 47 school newspapers that received the ad rejected it, including The Cavalier Daily, The Harvard Crimson and The Columbia Daily Spectator. Three other newspapers, including those at Arizona State, the University of California-Berkeley and the University of California-Davis ran the advertisement but later published apologies. "We decided to run the advertisement because [it was] a business decision," Moos said. The ad ran in the Herald last Tuesday.
Summer orientation will be spiced up this year with the addition of a student arts video produced by Student Council's Student Arts Committee. The six-minute presentation will be viewed during the "Joining the U.Va.
The number of applications to the Commerce School declined slightly this year, and the school's acceptance rate increased to about 75 percent. This year, 400 students applied to the Commerce School, compared with 449 last year, about an 11 percent decline in applications. In letters mailed March 3, 202 applicants were offered admission, 129 were deferred, and 69 were not offered admission. At the end of the spring semester, about 100 of the deferred students will be offered admission based on their application and performance this semester. "While 400 applications represents a slight decline, I do not believe this will impact the quality of the incoming class, and the pool may in fact be stronger than in past years," said Rebecca Leonard, assistant dean for student services. One reason the pool may be stronger despite the application decline is that some students think competition is too rigorous and choose not to apply, Leonard said.
Thanks to a program started by Information Technology and Communication last month, students now have an easy way to access e-mail on computers that do not have Simeon.
Facing a decline in overall enrollment, University Reserve Officer Training Corps officials are implementing new initiatives to boost awareness and interest. The market for ROTC students at the University is stagnant, said Army Capt.
After nearly two years of tentative planning, the University may add a bachelor of science degree in biology next fall.
A deadlock in the General Assembly will most likely result in Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) balancing the Commonwealth's budget himself. After the House of Delegates and the Senate ended their sessions last month without adopting a budget, Gilmore had said he would call a special session of the General Assembly to amend and approve a budget.
Imagine living every day of your life in pain, not knowing what causes it or how to treat it. Thousands of Americans suffering from a condition called fibromyalgia live with this feeling, but University researchers may have found a way to reduce these patients' pain using magnetic sleep pads. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine published a study last month based on University research showing that a specific type of magnetic sleep pad decreased the intensity of pain in fibromyalgia patients. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome, or collection of symptoms, that is "characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, fitful or unrestful sleep, anxiety and other systemic kinds of symptoms," said Nursing Prof.
As Charlottesville residents awaited the warm weather that will bring spring flowers and blooming dogwoods back to local parks, the city did its part last week to make cyberspace a little greener. A new Web site (http://parks.ci.charlottesville.va.us/#CityParks) posted last week on the City of Charlottesville's government page will allow local residents and park lovers worldwide to browse the attractions of area parks. "We hope that the Web site will increase visitors to the parks," said Pat Plocet, Charlottesville parks and grounds division manager.
After nearly a year of legal battles, Napster's final demise may be just around the corner. After recording industries give Napster a list of songs users will not be allowed to access, the Northern California-based company will have 72 hours to comply, a federal judge ruled yesterday. While this decision does not mandate that Napster shut down its site, it does greatly limit the amount of songs available to its some 60 million users.
