Concerns about legality and morality took center stage Friday night, as Fiona Givins, vice president of the Virginia Society for Human Life, and Stephanie Mueller, communications director of the National Abortion Federation, wrangled over the emotionally charged issue of abortion.
Honor's Diversity Awareness Committee (DAC) is undergoing a restructuring process in an attempt to increase its visibility within the University community as a whole and within the honor system. The DAC, a sub-committee of the University's Honor Committee, used to be "too separate of a committee that didn't educate both faculty and students," said DAC Co-Chairwoman Lindy Blevins, a fourth-year student.
First-year Engineering student William Donovan jumped from a second-story window at Chi Phi fraternity during a party early Saturday morning, injuring his nose, cheek and a rib, police said. Witnesses told police that Donovan climbed onto a windowsill and leaped to the ground below.
Recently, Ralph Nader seized the venerable podium of Old Cabell Hall and delivered quite a moving bit of rhetoric.
Officials at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have come under fire for doctoring an admissions booklet photo in an attempt to portray a diverse student body. The photograph, which originally showed a group of white students cheering at a football game, was altered to include the face of student Diallo Shabazz, a prominent black student leader.
There are nearly 350 graduate business schools in the United States, and Friday, Business Week magazine ranked the University's own Darden School the ninth most prestigious of them all, moving up two places since the last survey in 1998. The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School was ranked No.
On Thursday night, fourth-year College student Corrie Hall left her rocking chair and afghan outside 51 West Lawn, planning to retrieve them in the morning. But when she awoke, she found the abandoned afghan lying in a heap on the brick walkway and her rocking chair missing - making her one of three Lawn residents in the past two weeks to be victimized by a string of chair thefts. The students themselves are responsible for replacing the University-issued, handmade $280 wood-framed rocking chairs. "I am pretty disillusioned," Hall said, adding that if a student committed the theft, she feels it is a definite violation of the University's honor code, which prohibits stealing. Fourth-year College student Esther Bell, whose room lies directly opposite Hall's on the East Lawn, also found her chair mysteriously missing Friday morning.
Competition is brewing on the Corner. And the economics of it could affect the way many students eat. Tired of paying a cut of their profits to the Corner Meal Plan's service and dealing with fraudulent student accounts, a group of 12 restaurant owners formed the Core Account Meal Plan, an alternative for University students to the Corner Meal Plan that formerly had the monopoly on non-University meal plans. Not having a middleman "is the basic core of it all," College Inn Restaurant owner George Mastakos said.
Student Council is scheduled to vote next week on a resolution protesting a plan to eliminate entering first-year students' ability to choose to reside in either old or new dorms. An enrollment committee of University officials proposed changing the first-year housing process to increase diversity in first-year dormitories. Council representatives Justin Pfeiffer, Adam Swann and Christina White drafted the resolution, which admonishes the lack of student involvement in drawing up the proposal and strongly opposes the proposal itself. Council will vote on the resolution after debate and the opportunity to make amendments Tuesday. Even if the measure passes, it may not change University policy.
After nixing plans to revamp the first-year dining mecca on Observatory Hill, officials instead may tear it down and put up a brand new dining hall in its place. Originally, O-Hill was slated for a major renovation, but when construction bids came in at about $3 million over the budget, the Board of Visitors decided this summer to scrap the plan. At its October meeting, the Board will look at plans to level the facility, including the Tree House snack bar, to build a bigger, better dining hall on the same site.
Following a 23-day search, Charlottesville police arrested Yuhanna Hafeez, 19, Wednesday afternoon for the shooting death of Charlottesville resident Benjamin Willis, 24. Police charge that Hafeez had been on the lam ever since he allegedly killed Willis outside a Prospect Avenue apartment complex Aug.
On its way toward becoming one of the nation's leading research universities, the University expanded the Fontaine Research Park Wednesday night, with the approval of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. The office space contained within the park will increase from 389,000 square feet to 495,000 square feet with the addition of newly constructed buildings. Officials said they hope the expansion will cause the continued growth of the University's research programs. The University ranks as a Category One Research University, which signifies that the University is in the top tiers of research institutions, University President John T.
Gratuitous violence on television may never again see the light of day following a measure passed 16-2 Wednesday by the Senate Commerce Committee to ban the controversial material from daytime viewing. If the measure passes both the Senate and the House, the Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act could restrict the airing of violent programs during hours when children are likely to watch. "It would treat gratuitous violence the same way that we treat indecent programming," said Andy Davis, press secretary for Sen.
The Republican National Committee has amassed $210 million since January 1999, thrilling Republican leaders but once again raising the issue of campaign finance reform.
Because of low attendance, Duke University's alcohol task force has suspended school-sponsored non-alcoholic events.
The Labor Action Group held a forum yesterday afternoon to criticize the University's new payment plan and call for greater activism among employees, faculty and students. In Virginia, salaries for laborers - except for teaching or administrative faculty --- is determined by a grade.
Thousands of years ago, a giant deluge of water from the Mediterranean Sea crashed against the Turkish coast, wiping out villages and possibly killing thousands.
The presidential election is 49 days away. Have you registered to vote? If not, signing up may be just a double-click away, thanks to several Web sites featuring online registration forms. The Web sites voter.com, rockthevote.com and speakout.com offer information about the upcoming election, registration forms and printable absentee ballots.
"We are here tonight to move forward and ask, 'What can I do to improve race relations at the University?'" Brett Gibson, the State of Race Relations vice president, challenged audience members to work toward fostering racial integration within the University at the State of Race Relations forum last night. The State of Race Relations is a multicultural student organization on Grounds that conducted a survey last semester to evaluate student attitudes concerning race relations. The survey found black students are twice as likely as white students to perceive racial bias in student institutions.   Survey Data The State of Race Relations
The Medical School has instituted a new academic program this year, stressing smaller classes and 50 percent fewer lectures.
