ALEXANDRIA-Although Arizona Sen. John McCain lost by nine percentage points to Texas Gov. George W.
Honor Committee members met with Student Council last night to discuss how the Committee may bring referenda before the students for a vote.
Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) wants more accountability from universities while the University wants more independence and reliable funding from the state.
While U.S. News & World Report may have ranked the University number two in the nation among public universities, and number 22 overall, but when it comes to total expenditures of financial resources, the University is ranked at number 62. According to U.S.
RICHMOND-After tough losses in the Michigan and Arizona primaries, Texas Gov. George W. Bush handily defeated Arizona Sen.
The Charlottesville magistrate issued two warrants earlier this week after a University graduate accused two students of assault and battery. The alleged victim said two students attacked him during a party held at the Spanish House, La Casa Bolivar, at 1406 Jefferson Park Avenue Friday, resulting in a loose tooth, a fractured nose and a concussion.
NASDAQ stock market President Alfred R. Berkeley III will be this year's commencement speaker, 35 years after he participated in one of the most famous pranks in University history. In 1996, Berkeley admitted to being one of the perpetrators of an infamous 1965 prank in which he and four other conspirators led a scared 250-pound bovine to the top of the Rotunda dome.
Thousands of Virginia students took their first steps toward political activism yesterday, as presidential hopeful and Texas Gov.
Most predictions pinpoint George W. Bush as the expected victor in today's statewide Republican primary - a race widely seen as a watershed for both candidates. Although Sen.
After a tough application process and a series of interviews, third-year College students Sarah Chewning and Katherine Thomas were selected as Residence Life Co-Chairs for 2000-2001. June 1, Chewning and Thomas will take over supervision of the Resident Staff Program, succeeding fourth-year students Jen Kyle and Esther Adams. "They have been wonderful," Adams said of Chewning and Thomas.
Candidates running for positions in Student Council, the Honor Committee and the University Judiciary Committee debated such issues as rush dates, funding for Madison House and the Honor Committee's single sanction in the Rotunda's Dome Room last night. Student Council presidential candidates Joe Bilby, Brendan Dignan, Michael McPheeters and Kevin Neher focused on the University's controversial decision to move rush to the spring. Candidate Matt Garrity was not present at the debate. Dignan condemned the administration's "arbitrary" decision to move rush to the spring and said Student Council should be an advocate of the Greek system. "It is imperative that the Student Council president articulate the vision of self-governance to the administration," he said. Bilby opposed Dignan's view, arguing that fraternities and sororities must demonstrate to the administration that they are "making concrete benefits to the University" in order to have their concerns addressed. "Student Council should play a minor role" in the resolution of the issue, he said. Neher advocated increased philanthropy on the part of the Greek system, but said he disagreed with the movement of rush to spring. "It's hard for me to tell first-year students that it is not their right" to make the decision to rush in the fall, he said. McPheeters advocated a student referendum on the issue and said Student Council should play a role in presenting the student body's opinion to the administration. "Whenever an issue faces the University community, Student Council representatives have to address it," he said. Candidates for Council Vice President for Organizations Kelly Harris, Nick Jabbour and Brian Maxted debated the topics of diversity within the Council Appropriations Committee and the fairness of the appropriations process. Harris said applications for a position on the committee should be reviewed to ensure a "fair mix of all ethnic representations." Jabbour said committee bylaws should be changed in order to guarantee representation from all factions of the University, such as athletics and service organizations. To make certain all organizations regard the appropriations process as fair, Maxted advocated better and earlier communication of appropriations deadlines and procedures. Candidates for College Honor Committee representative Ryan Blackledge, Thomas Hall, Forrest Jones and Ginny Rothschild all said they were in favor of removing the seriousness clause in cases of cheating and preserving the single sanction. The single sanction demands that any student who is convicted of lying, cheating or stealing must be expelled from the University. As it stands now, the seriousness clause allows student juries to find accused students not guilty on an academic cheating charge if they feel the offense is not serious enough. Candidates for the Judiciary Committee expressed views on how they feel the functioning of the Committee can be improved and how the bylaws can be made more accessible to the student body as a whole. Elections began last night, and will continue until 8 p.m.
Known for impassioned speeches on moral integrity and the need for less government intervention in American citizens' lives, Republican presidential hopeful Ambassador Alan Keyes addressed a 600-person crowd in the Chemistry Auditorium yesterday about returning to self-government and the "effects of moral self destruction." Keyes said he believes people must "once again" be morally and socially responsible in order to take back power from the present government establishment. "Government is necessary as a reflection of our own faulty nature, [and] because we step over that line we need to be constrained by force," Keyes said.
The Board of Visitors unanimously passed a resolution Saturday declining to participate in setting fraternity and sorority formal rush dates. Fraternities have challenged the Office of the Dean of Students' decision to hold formal rush in the spring because of financial hardships. With spring rush, fraternity houses collect dues from pledges for one semester instead of an entire year.
Minus irascible brokers shouting amidst the torrent of flying paper, walk into the University's newest classroom and you may think you've stepped onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Promising to revolutionize the way the University teaches business and finance, the Bridge Trading Center was inaugurated Thursday in a reception at the Commerce School.
University Police arrested third-year College student Will Kain at the Zeta Psi fraternity house early Saturday morning for simple assault of a fellow student. The victim suffered "laceration to his face," Police Sgt.
As students slowly move into neighborhoods once dominated by Charlottesville residents, off-Grounds housing is becoming a concern for City Council members. In the Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room Friday, the University's Echols Council hosted a panel to discuss these concerns and how housing affects students and community members. Charlottesville Mayor Virginia Daugherty said City Council sees resolving housing issues as a top priority. "The city wants to continue the excellent atmosphere that exists around the University," Daugherty said.
The Commerce School hosted five teams from Australia, Canada, Denmark and the United States in its 19th annual McIntire International Case Competition in Monroe Hall Saturday with Mexico's Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey coming out on top. In a day marked by intense competition, Mexico's team won due to its presentation of the best solutions on a real life business problem -- the end product for which the event's coordinators had hoped. "They came up with a way to create a demand in foreign countries and possible different uses of the product," said fifth-year Commerce student Su Cheng, a member of the steering committee that organized the competition.
At the Board of Visitors meeting Saturday, Robert D. Sweeney, University vice president for development, described the next steps the University will take now that the Capital Campaign has reached its $1 billion goal. As of Friday, Sweeney said the Campaign total was $1.94 billion. The "Beyond a Billion" campaign includes soliciting alumni and parents to donate money before the end of the year.
The University is hoping to leave more than just an academic mark on the City of Charlottesville this spring, as three faculty members run for City Council positions. Elizabeth Fortune (R), associate dean of the School of Architecture, announced her candidacy last week.
In response to an unusually high number of hate crimes reported over the past several months at Georgetown University, a group of students has formed the Georgetown Unity Coalition. The hate crimes have blacks, homosexuals, Jews and other minority groups. The Coalition hopes to have a strong impact on administrative policies.
