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IFC re-charters AEPi fraternity

The Inter-Fraternity Council and the National Organization of Alpha Epsilon Pi re-chartered the University's Mu chapter yesterday evening during a ceremony at the Brody Jewish Center.


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Va. earns failing grade

Virginia received a failing grade on a Corruption Risk assessment report card released Monday by the Center for Public Integrity, Public Radio International and the nonprofit group Global Integrity.


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The University's Hoos for Obama movement participated Tuesday in a conference call with First Lady Michelle Obama after the Republican Party of Virginia this week announced the dates for its three U.S.


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OpenGrounds project begins

The Office of the Vice President for Research yesterday launched OpenGrounds, a studio space on the Corner geared toward collaborative research. The center, featuring projectors and sound systems, is the first in a network of spaces the University hopes to open in an effort to encourage interdisciplinary thought. "The idea is to provide a new way for faculty, students, external partners, community members to come together to take on major questions we face as a society," said William Sherman, the founding director of OpenGrounds and associate vice president for research. The studio is constructed as a multi-use space with an open environment, featuring multiple projectors, sound systems and tables and chairs.


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Obama backers open local office

The Barack Obama reelection campaign opened a Charlottesville office on the Downtown Mall Sunday to provide a center for Obama's supporters to congregate and volunteer for the president's 2012 bid. Charlottesville Vice Mayor Kristin Szakos, a campaign volunteer, said more than 180 people attended the office's opening.


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Citizens discuss Council budget

Charlottesville City Council held its first public hearing on next fiscal year's proposed tax rate and City Manager Maurice Jones' proposed budget yesterday evening. City resident and former Council candidate Brandon Collins said current economic times demanded an increase of City services and therefore a hike in City taxes. "I don't see any problem with raising the tax rate... even a small, tiny increase," Collins said.


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Huguely may seek retrial

Defense attorneys for former University student George Huguely indicated Friday they plan to seek retrial, following the jury's decision Feb.


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Honor plan expands role

Two Honor Committee representatives advanced a proposal yesterday evening which would create a collective trial process for "dishonorable" behavior involving the Committee, the University Judiciary Committee and the Sexual Assault Board. Batten Rep.


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Police identify bomb suspect

Albemarle County Police Friday identified a suspect who may have been involved in Thursday's bomb scare at the University's Fontaine Research Park.


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Author talks personal politics

Author Frank Costigliola spoke Friday morning at the Miller Center about his recently released book, "Roosevelt's Lost Alliances: How Personal Politics Helped Start the Cold War," as part of the Gordon and Mary Beth Smyth History Forum.


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Study finds most students cheat

A study presented last week at the annual convention for NASPA: Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education in Arizona found eighty-four percent of students at public research universities would punish students who cheat, even though two-thirds say they have cheated themselves. The study surveyed more than 2000 students and 600 instructors at the University of Arizona. The University had 47 reports of honor offenses in the 2009-2010 school year, but the University only dismisses five or six students annually for violating the honor code, Honor Committee Chair Ann Marie McKenzie said.


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