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Hurt addresses political topics

[caption id="attachment_42115" align="alignleft" width="176" caption="Rep. Robert Hurt spoke to students about last year's campaign, the growing national debt and the significance of citizens' involvement in the government.


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UJC announces new executive committee

[caption id="attachment_42112" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The incoming Committee chairs include Vice Chair for Trials Emily Forrester, Vice Chair for First Years Charity Harrell, Chair Victoria Marchetti and Vice Chair for Sanctions Cliff Cutchins.


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Students provide aid in filing taxes

University students are volunteering to help qualifying community members file their federal and state tax returns for free in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The University's involvement with VITA was revitalized in 2007 when the Law School partnered with Madison House's Creating Assets, Savings and Hope program.


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Honor names executives

[caption id="attachment_42027" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="After the resignation of former Honor Representative Brandon Kist, third-year College student Ann Marie McKenzie was appointed to the Committee.


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Professors discuss new media, Google

Three University Media Studies professors spoke about the positive and negative impacts of Google Friday in the panel "Google, the New Media: the Present and Future." The event was part of the 17th annual Virginia Festival of the Book, a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities which lasted from March 16 to 20. Media Studies Prof.


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Wade Apartments sells buildings

[caption id="attachment_42591" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jefferson Commons apartments, located on Jefferson Park Avenue, were sold Tuesday to the company which acquired GrandMarc last October.


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Police investigate fraternity e-mails

The University Police Department received search warrants Tuesday for e-mail and Home Directory contents for fraternity brothers and a first-year pledge as part of the continued investigation into Zeta Psi fraternity following the pledge's hospitalization March 1.


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Authors discuss slavery tales

Authors of three books about slave resistance before the Civil War discussed their works at the University Bookstore yesterday at the panel "Fleeing Slavery: Revolts and Escapes." The event was part of the five-day Virginia Festival of the Book, which began Wednesday. About 70 people attended the event, including University students and faculty, as well as Charlottesville residents and visitors.


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Education funds wane

Driven largely by a 35 percent increase in student enrollment in public colleges and universities during the past decade, state funding for those institutions reached a 25-year low in 2010, according to a State Higher Education Executive Officers Association report released March 8.


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Website solicits students

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Court agrees to consider appeal

Continuing a debate that has spanned nearly a full year, the Virginia Supreme Court has decided to hear an appeal regarding Attorney General and University alumnus Ken Cuccinelli's right to subpoena documents from the University. Cuccinelli is appealing a ruling made by the Albemarle County Circuit Court last August that denied the attorney general's request for access to various e-mails and other materials relating to the work of former University Environmental Sciences Prof.

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Loaves and Fishes has grown to be the City’s second largest distribution partner of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, supported by more than 100 volunteers. Executive Director Jane Colony Mills discusses the behind-the-scenes operations — from sourcing food to the work of their dietitian and volunteers — and reflects on why it’s important for students to learn about the city they live in.