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Honor presents Board

By Edward Hock | October 20, 1999

In the midst of lawsuits against the honor system and a Board of Visitor's request that the Honor Committee review honor practices, Chairman Hunter Ferguson presented a review of the Committee's constitution to the Board Friday. The Committee spent almost a year reviewing the honor system in response to a series of concerns Board members raised last winter. The report addressed over a dozen issues concerning the Honor Commitee, including trial panel composition, the single sanction and the timeliness of trial adjudication. Board member Benjamin P.

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Maddux, Couric debate policies

By Clark Williams | October 20, 1999

State Sen. Emily Couric, D-Charlottesville, and challenger Jane Maddux (R) debated last night over election issues at the School of Law in a forum organized by the Youth Leadership Initiative program of the Center for Governmental Studies.

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Living wage draws mixed reactions

By Nicola White and Claire Edwards | October 20, 1999

As the University's Living Wage Campaign continues to simmer, similar campaigns nationwide have been making strides and receiving mixed reactions. From social welfare advocates to conservative economists, the national campaign has evoked much thought - and produced two different ways of looking at the issue of a minimum wage for lower skilled workers. The origins The national Living Wage Campaign was a product of the 1990s and the brainchild of the grassroots, New York City-based New Party in conjunction with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The Campaign won its first major victory in 1994 in Baltimore, when employers with Baltimore service contracts were required to provide a "living wage" of $6.10 an hour to their employees.

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University's College at Wise has highest increase of applications

By Demosthenes Komis | October 19, 1999

Less than a year after the University's branch campus changed its name from Clinch Valley College to the University of Virginia's College at Wise, it is posting a 9 percent increase in the number of applications for admission. The increase is the highest in the school's history, and can be attributed in part to the school's name change, which was implemented over the summer, said Jeannie Gambill, asst.

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SNL Securities gift allows students access to database

By Carter Lloyd | October 19, 1999

Students in the Engineering and Commerce Schools now will have access to a large database of information on banks, thrifts, insurance companies and real estate investment trusts, thanks to a gift from Charlottesville-based SNL Securities. SNL Securities is a local high-tech research and publishing company, which specializes in the financial industry.

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Police charge streakers with indecent exposure

By Daniel Rubin | October 19, 1999

Streakers beware: The police don't always look the other way. Three University students were stopped on the Lawn early Sunday morning and charged with indecent exposure. "An officer observed people running nude down the Lawn" and proceeded to give them a citation, University Police Capt.

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Board unanimously supports considering race in admissions

By Thomas Hall | October 19, 1999

After spending several hours in closed session Saturday, the Board of Visitors unanimously passed a resolution stating that it supports the University's current use of race in admissions and is willing to defend the policy in court. The resolution also refuted the claim that minority students are admitted with lower standards, stating that "every student admitted under our policies is qualified to attend." The resolution endorsed University President John T.

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Admissions debate continues despite Board's resolution

By Rakesh Gopalan | October 19, 1999

Although the Board of Visitors passed a resolution Saturday supporting the University's current admissions policies, members of the University community remain divided about whether race should be considered in the admissions process. Office of African-American Affairs Dean M.

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Students given access to local company's database

By Carter Lloyd | October 19, 1999

Students in the Engineering and Commerce Schools now will have access to a large database of information on banks, thrifts, insurance companies and real estate investment trusts, thanks to a gift from Charlottesville-based SNL Securities. SNL Securities is a local high-tech research and publishing company, which specializes in the financial industry.

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Council discusses race in admissions

By Margaret Chipowsky | October 13, 1999

Student Council intended to vote on two resolutions dealing with affirmative action last night. But semantics inhibited their procedures and after five hours Council had not voted or debated on the resolutions - after spending the majority of their meeting amending the resolutions and debating whether to discuss them at all. The issue of affirmative action has engulfed the University in recent weeks after the Virginia State Conference National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called for Virginia Gov.

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ADAPT aims to increase peer alcohol education

By Sally Bacon | October 13, 1999

The University's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team is looking at substance abuse prevention programs to assess the need for increased peer education. ADAPT was created by the Institute for Substance Abuse Studies last spring as a result of the University's 1998 Alcohol Task Force, which looked into ways to prevent alcohol abuse at the University. Through the utilization of peer educators, three subcommittees within ADAPT will focus on promoting awareness, providing educational outreach and serving as an accessible resource for students. University students also play a key role in ADAPT. "On issues like alcohol, students have a better understanding of how to relate to fellow students ... they've been there," Dean of Students Penny Rue said. Last semester, the Institute for Substance Abuse studies recruited 14 students to train to be ADAPT peer educators. The ADAPT peer educators include "members of the Greek system, members from every class, transfer students and resident advisors," said Alison Houser, Prevention Programs and Services interim director.

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Campaign planners salute local donors

By Rakesh Gopalan | October 13, 1999

The leaders of the University's Capital Campaign gathered with members of the University and Charlottesville community yesterday to acknowledge and support the Campaign's local donors. The event, which was held at the residence of C.

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Studies show teens at high risk for STDs

By Christine Brubaker | October 13, 1999

Despite increased attention to the dangers of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, recent studies show many sexually active teens are ignorant of the true risks of potentially hazardous sex habits. According to a national study by Bruce Jancin in OBGYN News, 40 percent of sexually active teenagers have never discussed STDs with a partner, 43 percent do not use condoms during intercourse, and an even greater 55 percent do not discuss STDs with their current partners. While most members of the University community have passed their teen years, the student population is not immune to these statistics. Although cases of HIV and AIDS are rarely reported at the University's Student Health Center, other STDs are still commonplace and potentially very dangerous. According to Dr. Christine Peterson of Student Health's Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, STDs such as chlamydia and Human Papilloma Virus are quite common on college campuses. Every sexually active woman who visits a gynecologist, for example, is tested for chlamydia. "The chlamydia rates have dropped recently and HPV rates have risen," Peterson said.

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Rooney to deliver Valediction speech

By James Tsai | October 12, 1999

The gruff wit of "60 Minutes" correspondent Andy Rooney will be on display at valedictory exercises this spring. The Emmy Award-winning CBS newsman has agreed to be the keynote speaker during graduation May 20, University officials announced yesterday. Rooney was the first choice of the Graduation Committee, said Puja Seam, fourth-year College student and Class of 2000 Trustees Graduation Committee chairwoman. "We were really surprised how quickly he responded," Seam said.

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Student assaulted in McCormick area

By John Clark | October 12, 1999

University Police are investigating a report that a female University student was sexually assaulted in the McCormick Road residence area early Friday morning. The student reported she had met the assailant late Thursday evening and was acquainted with him at the time of the assault, which occurred at about 4:14 a.m.

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Officials push for computer engineering degree program

By Tina Hong | October 12, 1999

Computer engineering will be offered as a degree program next fall -- if the computer science and electrical engineering departments get their way. Since January 1997, the Engineering School has had a computer engineering program but not a separate computer engineering major, Engineering Prof.

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