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Naftali uncovers intercepted Nazi plan to kill Italian Jews

By Edward Hock | June 29, 2000

Documents declassified Monday reveal that although Allies knew five days in advance about Nazi plans to kill Italian Jews, they took no action to warn the Jews. The information comes from 400,000 pages of documents released by the Central Intelligence Agency's precursor, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). One intercepted 1943 order from Berlin said, "to seize and take to Northern Italy, the 8,000 Jews living in Rome.

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Blood banks report shortage

By Maria Tor | June 29, 2000

Virginia Blood Services, the supplier of all the blood for the University Medical Center is experiencing a major blood shortage. "It's the worst shortage I've ever seen," said Laura Cameron, spokesperson for VBS. Although the blood banks at the Medical Center and Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville are fully stocked, the backup supply at VBS, "has virtually no blood," she said. "We have one tenth of the blood we had at this time last year," she added. Virginia Blood Services provides blood for all the hospitals in Charlottesville and Richmond, as well as various hospitals around the state. Cameron said in addition to the usual Summer decline in blood donations, the shortage has been intensified by increased blood needs at the Medical Center. Related Links Virginia Blood Services &nbsp "There are new types of patients being treated at the U.Va.

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Woody House opening delayed

By Tina Hong | June 29, 2000

Construction delays on a new first-year dorm will force some incoming first-years to accommodate up to three people in their dorm rooms.

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Scott Stadium expansion due for completion in time for first game

By Tina Hong and Edward Hock | June 29, 2000

All structural work on the expansion of Scott Stadium at the Carl Smith Center was completed last week. The expansion adds 16,500 seats to the stadium, a new parking garage and new facilities for University Career Services at a cost of $86 million. Work on utilities, the 44 new luxury suites and press boxes should be finished by Aug.

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Jefferson Symposium to discuss slavery

By Maria Tor | June 22, 2000

Scholars and intellectuals from across the nation will be gathering on Grounds for the next four days to examine and discuss slavery in America and Thomas Jefferson's complex relationship with slavery and race. The University Center for University Programs is holding its tenth annual Jefferson Symposium today through Sunday.

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Mellon bequeaths collection to Alderman

By Tina Hong | June 22, 2000

The late literature and art collector Paul Mellon bequeathed over 400 American historical artifacts to Alderman's Special Collections library in his will.

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University Police investigate reports of indecent exposure

By Maria Tor | June 22, 2000

A female student reported that a man indecently exposed himself outside Ruffner Hall the morning of June 16. A second possible indecent exposure was reported outside Newcomb Hall at 5:30 p.m.

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Endowment windfall nets 30 percent raise

By Edward Hock | June 22, 2000

The 2000-2001 budget, approved by the Board of Visitors last Thursday, will include a 30-percent increase in endowment income for programs connected to the University's endowment. The Board approved the unusually high increase, which usually rises 4 percent each year, because of the fund's especially good performance this year. The fund began the year in June with a balance of $1.25 billion and finished May with $1.67 billion. "We were very, very fortunate to have invested in venture capital and private equity," University Treasurer Alice W.

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Rotunda construction to add ramp, fix leaky roof

By Edward Hock | June 22, 2000

Facilities management workers have spent the past week building a plywood wall around Thomas Jefferson's crowning architectural achievement. The temporary fence marks the beginning of renovations that will include a new ramp to provide handicap access to the Rotunda from the Lawn side and repairs to leaks in the roof over offices in the portico. Project Manager Mashal Afredi said the project has been a long time coming. "Actual people who are in wheel chairs always comment" on the poor handicapped access to the Rotunda, Afredi said. Afredi said she and others working on the project have taken care to ensure that the construction will not compromise the Rotunda's architectural and historical integrity. "We probably would have had handicapped access years earlier if not for so many meetings" about preserving the building's original structure, she said. Special steps aimed at retaining the building's historical value include matching materials to the Rotunda and demanding care in the work, Engineering and Design Manager John Davis said. "[University Curator and Architect J.

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Spanish house incident ends in acquittals

By Maria Tor | June 22, 2000

A Charlottesville District Court judge acquitted rising fourth-year College students Gonzalo Carrion and Joaquin Bueno of misdemeanor assault and battery charges. Carrion and Bueno were found not guilty on April 28 of assaulting University graduate Shahnawaz Khan at a March party at La Casa Bolivar, the Spanish House. "We were very happy," Carrion said of the verdict. Police arrested Carrion and Bueno after they fought with Khan when he tried to enter a Spanish House party that had reached maximum capacity. According to Carrion, the judge said in his verdict that because Khan had trespassed, and forcibly entered the house, Carrion and Bueno were acting in self-defense. Carrion said another factor in the acquittal was the fact that when Khan was on the stand, he told a different account of the fight than the one he told the University Judiciary Committee earlier in the semester.

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Alumnus gives $10 million

By Tina Hong | June 22, 2000

College and Darden alumnus U. Bertram Ellis, Jr. and his wife Deborah donated $10 million to the University during Reunions Weekend.

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Johnson files second suit in baby switch

By Tina Hong | June 22, 2000

The mother who received national attention last year for her lawsuit against the University Medical Center for the switch of her daughter at birth has filed a new set of charges against the hospital. Paula K.

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Goodell to help student groups with philanthropy, leadership

By Edward Hock | June 15, 2000

After a four-month search a committee of students and administrators has selected Stephanie Goodell of Millersville University to fill Dean Michelle Samuels's position as Assistant Dean of Students. Goodell will leave her position as Coordinator of Student Programs at Millersville and begin work at the University Aug.

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Bynum, a 'double hoo,' takes over after serving as interim director

By Tina Hong | June 15, 2000

Cornelius L. Bynum was selected on June 2 as director of the Luther P. Jackson Cultural Center. Office of African-American Affairs Dean M.

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IRO scuffle ends with compromise, dropped charges

By Maria Tor | June 15, 2000

The scuffle that broke out at a Model United Nations conference in Newcomb Hall March 25 has been resolved without any convictions. Charges of assault and battery against rising fourth-year College student Arun Jesudian for assaulting rising fourth-year College student Richard "Ricky" Kim on March 25 were dropped by Albemarle General District Court Judge Steven Helvin on May 31, according to Jesudian. Jesudian, president of the International Relations Organization, quarreled with fellow IRO member Kim when he tried to get Kim to leave the Virginia International Conference Simulation. Kim was arrested for punching Jesudian in the jaw after Jesudian intervened in an argument Kim was having with VICS Secretary-General Allison Snider. Snider had asked Kim to help other IRO members take out the trash, and he refused.

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Phi Delt loses charter, plans to appeal

By Edward Hock | June 15, 2000

The General Council of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity suspended the University chapter's charter May 2 for violating its risk management policies. The General Council is a five-member board that governs the national actions of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. According to Bob Biggs, Phi Delta Theta executive vice president, the action "officially closes" Phi Delta Theta on Grounds. The risk management policy is a set of guidelines governing actions and behavior of all chapters.

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Judge throws out part of Tigrett suit

By Maria Tor | June 15, 2000

A federal judge dismissed seven of the 10 complaints in a $1.5 million lawsuit filed by suspended University student Harrison Kerr Tigrett against the University October 22 1999.

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NCAA forces restructuring of scholarship

By Sam Le | June 15, 2000

In an effort to make its program comply with NCAA scholarship rules and reinstate two Virginia athletes previously suspended, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation has restructured its scholarship into institutional aid under the guidance of the University Financial Aid Office, paving the way for future Jefferson Scholars who wish to compete in intercollegiate athletics. In late January, the University Athletic Department declared rower Jen Blomberg and wrestler Jason Bernd, both rising fourth-years, ineligible to compete after the department discovered that the Jefferson Scholarship violated an NCAA rule prohibiting aid from independent foundations under specific circumstances.

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Riders on the storm

By Lindsay Wise and Nicola White | May 20, 2000

Things got off to a wild start for the Class of 2000 in their first semester when Hurricane Fran stormed through Grounds, causing classes to be cancelled for only the fourth time in University history.

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University to offer new residential college option

By Abby Curran | May 20, 2000

The University soon will have a more international flavor when a new International Residential College opens in the fall of 2001. The residential college, which joins the Mosaic House, Brown and Hereford Residential Colleges as the fourth such complex at the University, will house both American and international students. "We want vibrant, very bright students who have an interest in international studies and foreign languages," said Barbara Nolan, vice provost and chairwoman of the committee that created the final proposal for the college. The new college will be housed in the Munford, Gwathmey and Lewis residence halls on Sprigg Lane.