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Students provide aid in filing taxes

By Sarah Hunter Simanson | March 21, 2011

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

By Valerie Clemens | March 21, 2011

[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

By Abby Mergenmeier | March 21, 2011

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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Past student to serve three years

By Valerie Clemens | March 18, 2011

[caption id="attachment_42595" align="alignleft" width="294" caption="LaPradd, 25, was arrested in May 2009 for child pornography possession.

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Wade Apartments sells buildings

By Sara Guaglione | March 18, 2011

[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

By Rebecca Rubin | March 18, 2011

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

By Graham Welch | March 18, 2011

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

By Audrey Waldrop | March 17, 2011

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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Toscano speaks about funding

By Ana Mir | March 17, 2011

[caption id="attachment_41984" align="alignleft" width="252" caption="Del. David Toscano held an open exchange with students following his presentation, encouraging student activism in the political atmosphere.

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Website solicits students

By Ana Mir | March 17, 2011

[caption id="attachment_41975" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Essay Exchange encourages university students to submit their applications for profit.

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CHO to start Chicago flights

By Rebecca Rubin | March 17, 2011

Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport soon will have two roundtrip non-stop flights daily to and from Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

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Students report Kaine aims to run for Senate

By Sara Guaglione | March 16, 2011

[caption id="attachment_41868" align="alignleft" width="265" caption="Richmond students claim DNC Chairman Tim Kaine announced his intention to run for Senate in a leadership class Monday.

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Court agrees to consider appeal

By Anh Dao | March 16, 2011

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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StudCo program serves hundreds

By Ana Mir | March 16, 2011

[caption id="attachment_41861" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Diversity Initiatives Committee is pleased with the success of the Hooliday Dining Program.

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Panelists discuss fossil fuel reliance

By Graham Welch | March 16, 2011

[caption id="attachment_41855" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A new documentary exploring national and local energy consumption was screened in Minor Hall last night.

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Police investigate Zeta Psi pledging

By Charlie Tyson | March 15, 2011

[caption id="attachment_41761" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A first-year student pledging Zeta Psi fraternity was hospitalized after he began seizing and foaming at the mouth because of an electrolyte imbalance from excessive sodium consumption.

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Plan aims to alter ratio

By Audrey Waldrop | March 15, 2011

The University has announced efforts to reduce the number of maintenance projects postponed because of lack of funding as compared to finished ones, lowering the deferred maintenance ratio. The University is in year seven of a 10-year plan approved by the Board of Visitors to increase the operating maintenance budget.

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Study analyzes college counseling statistics

By Kaz Komolafe and Frances Russell | March 15, 2011

Thirty-two percent of college students have received some form of mental health counseling in their lifetime, a study released yesterday by NASPA and the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Pennsylvania State University reported. The researchers conducted web-based surveys of a random sample of 21,000 students, the majority of whom were not in treatment for a mental health disorder. The office of Counseling and Psychological Services is unsure whether the survey's findings hold true at the University because only nine percent of the student body visits the office every year, CAPS director Russ Federman said. University students primarily seek counseling for depression, Federman said.

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Engineers reveal prototype

By Michelle Davis | March 15, 2011

[caption id="attachment_41751" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The scramjet engine can travel at 3,700 miles per hour, and in the future may allow a plane to travel from Hong Kong to New York in only two hours.

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Delegates pass budget

By Callie Herod | March 3, 2011

[caption id="attachment_41671" align="alignleft" width="256" caption="The state approved a budget Sunday allocating money for enrollment growth but refusing the University's request for millions to aid in repairing the Rotunda.