COLUMBIA, S.C. - Despite a devastating blow in the New Hampshire primary and waning support in public opinion polls, GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov.
The Honor Committee voted 14-2-1 last night to put a referendum on the spring ballot for a constitutional amendment which would eliminate the seriousness clause in cases of academic dishonesty. The proposed amendment would remove the seriousness clause from the trial stage for the honor offense of academic cheating, yet it would remain in the Investigative Panel stage.
The University of Florida Board of Regents voted unanimously Thursday to take steps to eliminate affirmative action admissions policies. The Board passed the One Florida Initiative, introduced by Florida Gov.
When the acceptance letter came in last November, fourth-year College student Luis Maes was finished with his job search.
Lately, it seems to be the norm to have a mixed market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been closing on the down side, while the NASDAQ steadily rises. The Dow is an index of 30 "blue chip" stocks.
Students and administrators convened in Old Cabell Hall auditorium Friday to discuss diversity in an attempt to bring new perspectives to an issue that has created much debate at the University over the last year. The objective of "Charting Diversity: Commitment, Honor, Challenge" was to identify problems with current University policies regarding diversity and - with guidance from other universities - formulate a plan to foster increased diversity and interaction between cultural groups. The conference kicked off a year-long series of roundtable discussions of current University practices and ways to encourage diversity at the University. University President John T.
The time is right to be enrolled in the Engineering School. Virginia is now experiencing the "biggest explosion in the information technology industry," Engineering School Dean Richard W.
The Women's Center presented its second annual Elizabeth Zintl Leadership Award to Dr. Sharon Hostler yesterday at a ceremony held in Alderman Library. Hostler is the Medical Director of the Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center and McLemore Birdsong Professor of Pediatrics. She is a physician and pediatrician with a "very special sense of caring," said Medical School Dean Robert Carey. The Center gives the award in memory of Elizabeth Zintl, who worked as a writer, journalist and chief of staff in the University President's Office.
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, a psychiatrist who has written many books on issues of race, spoke last night in Wilson Hall on racism and its effects upon black society. Her speech, titled "White Supremacy and Black Mental Health," was sponsored by the Office of African-American Affairs as part of African-American Heritage Month. Welsing began the address by instructing the audience members to hug themselves and repeat "I love myself," as a way of preparing them for the difficult issues that would be addressed in the course of her speech. "I was trained in general psychiatry ... and Freudian psychological theory," but it didn't apply to black patients, she said.
University President John T. Casteen III announced yesterday the creation of a Women's Leadership Council to assist in developing a more equitable gender climate at the University. The 1999 Task Force on the Status of Women, which has studied gender issues since last January, recommended the Council's formation to Casteen. The Task Force found that the University's faculty and leadership do not reflect diversity as well as the student body does.
The American College Testing Program released a report this week indicating that degree completion and first-year retention rates in four-year colleges nationwide have fallen.
As part of an effort to reach out to professionals in Northern Virginia, the Engineering School's department of systems engineering is offering a new Executive Master's Degree Program. In its second semester at the University, the program emphasizes problem solving and analytical skills, said William T.
Responding to a request from the University's Board of Visitors, the State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that will give the University broader powers in the investment of its $1.5 billion endowment. The bill was passed in response to the Board's Jan.
In a last-ditch effort to sway voters in the upcoming South Carolina Republican primary, George W.
After a series of reported criminal incidents near Grounds, the most recent involving a parking lot armed robbery, area officials are going increasingly high tech to make Charlottesville safe. Since 1998, Systems Engineering Prof.
The Inter-Sorority Council elected its 2000-2001 executive board yesterday, choosing third-year Phi Mu member Allison White as the next ISC president. White and the other new members of the executive board will take office March 8. White said most of her plans for the next year focus on finding ways for the individual sorority houses to work together. "We'll be working on increasing the unity of the system," she said. The ISC selected second-year Kappa Kappa Gamma member Kristin Braggins as vice president for counsel.
It's not too often that professors let an undergraduate student miss school for three-and-a-half weeks to go on a trip, but in Lynnette Sobehart's case, her professors had to make an exception. On Feb.
Aiming to increase the rights of Virginia death row inmates, the House of Delegates passed two bills Tuesday which soon will move to the Senate for legislative approval. The first bill, co-sponsored by Del.
Student Council will vote next week on a referendum that would allow students to voice their opinion on fall rush. If passed, the referendum will go on the Council ballot in the spring elections, which begin Feb.
In the second year of spring rush at the University, bid numbers rose with 410 men accepting bids at fraternities as opposed to 380 in 1999. The number of accepted bids increased this year by almost seven percent.
