John Woolard and Jonathan McMann were elected Thursday as chair and vice chair of the First Year Judiciary Committee.
In campaigning for the upcoming midterm elections, President Obama faces the challenge of recapturing waning support among college students, a demographic that was integral to his successful 2008 campaign but has now soured after his first two years in office. According to an Associated Press-mtvU poll conducted in September, approval ratings for Obama among college students are at 44 percent, a significant decrease from 60 percent in May 2009.
With a committee now in place, the University is one step further in the search for a successor for Leonard Sandridge, who will retire as executive vice president and chief operating officer in June. University President Teresa A.
[caption id="attachment_37042" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mental Wellness Day, conducted annually since 2000, saw its largest turnout this year.
Gov. Bob McDonnell introduced the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011 during Tuesday's meeting of the Commission on Higher Education Reform. The legislation presents his mission for Virginia public universities to award 100,000 more degrees during the next 15 years to put "the Commonwealth on the path to a more prosperous future." McDonnell cited research from the University's Cooper Center to demonstrate the economic benefits of the increase in degrees.
Administrators from Christopher Newport University are implementing a faculty selection policy that will evaluate the standings of prospective faculty members' alma maters in U.S.
This Saturday, the University will participate in the Game Day Recycling Challenge, a month-long competition at various colleges, to collect as many recyclables as possible during a home football game. Before the game, student volunteers will visit different tailgating areas and distribute plastic bags to participants, sustainability outreach coordinator Nina Morris said.
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ormer U.S. Secretaries of Transportation Norman Mineta and Samuel Skinner briefed President Obama at the White House Oct.
[caption id="attachment_36946" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli discussed his two major law suits against the federal government during an event sponsored by the University Republicans and the Virginia Law and Graduate Republicans.
Virginia's fifth district congressional race heated up Wednesday with the first in a series of debates between candidates.
[caption id="attachment_36887" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Five suicides of gay teenagers across the country led community members to discuss the victimization of such youth.
[caption id="attachment_36885" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In addition to signatures, 'Beyond Coal' encouraged supporters to take 'photo petitions' as Cav Man.
[caption id="attachment_36883" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Double 'Hoo and 'Father of Cardiology' was also a former member of the Seven Society.
HigherOne, a Connecticut-based credit card company, has issued a new line of loan cards that have swept many U.S.
In light of a series of budget cuts, the Rodman Scholars Program plans to start an endowment to secure its own financial independence. The honors program for the Engineering School has an annual budget of about $30,000, said Engineering Prof.
The man arrested Sept. 30 following two separate incidents involving University students was a convicted murderer, according to court records. Carlton William Arnold, 28, who was arrested last week for accosting one student and robbing another, was previously convicted of second-degree murder for the 1998 killing of gas station clerk Osama Hassan at the Shell station in front of the University Heights apartment complex on Ivy Road. According to court documents, Arnold confessed to shooting Hassan 10 times before emptying a cash register in the store.
The Latino Student Alliance hosted a panel discussion last night that focused on issues Latino immigrants face in the United States and proposed that Student Council support the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Act, which provides a path to citizenship for undocumented minors. The panel was made up of seven students who told their personal stories of immigrating to the United States and was moderated by Daniel Chavez, assistant professor of Spanish and American Studies. "Immigration is never a neutral term," Chavez said, as he opened the event with a presentation on the history of immigration in the United States. Phil Storey, attorney for the Immigrant Advocacy Program at the Legal Aid Justice Center, followed Chavez with a presentation about the legal hurdles faced by students born to undocumented parents.
A recent poll conducted by the Associated Press and Stanford University found that the majority of Americans now think that attending a public two-year college is just as valuable for preparing students for the workforce as attending a public four-year institution. The poll, conducted by ABT SRBI Sept.
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