Jeffrey Clark announced last Thursday that he has rescinded his offer to withdraw his candidacy from the fifth-district congressional election, in which he is running as an independent. After the press reported Clark's extensive history of personal debt, the Tea Party member announced Aug.
At its weekly meeting yesterday night, Student Council passed its 2010-11 budget proposal, but not before striking a line that would have allocated $2,000 toward a Council iPhone app. The budget - which was drafted by Council Chief Financial Officer Alan Rogers and Vice President for Administration Jen Bristol - includes $62,863 in Student Activities Funds and $13,628 in non-SAF funds, for a total of $76,461 overall, down slightly from last year's total budget of $83,698 and significantly lower than the $116,000 2008-09 budget.
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The University Judiciary Committee introduced its new liaisons program for incoming first-year students at its Sunday meeting. The program pairs UJC educators with first-year dormitories to extend educational opportunity to first-year students, UJC Chair Will Bane said. The new program, spearheaded by UJC Senior Educator Victoria Marchetti, will foster a personal connection between UJC and first-year students, Bane said. "In the past, when we've tackled education, we've taken a sort of wholesale approach.
Charlottesville was recently named to The Daily Beast's list of "America's Brainiest Cities," making it as high as No.
Kim Hazelwood, an assistant computer science professor at the University, recently joined the ranks of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Technology Review magazine named Hazelwood to its annual list of "Top 35 Innovators Under 35," which Zuckerberg, Page and Brin have all been honored with in the past, in the magazine's September/October issue.
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A small crowd of people gathered this Friday in the pews of the University Chapel to hear President Teresa A.
Politics Prof. Larry Sabato released his annual "Crystal Ball" political forecast Thursday morning, predicting that Republicans will make substantial gains during the upcoming midterm elections.
What exactly does technology mean for the modern student? Faster note-taking in class? Sure. More immediate access to information?
Charlottesville City Council met Thursday to discuss a 50-year water plan for the city and Albemarle County, which includes the construction of a new dam at Ragged Mountain reservoir, along with the replacement of old pipelines in the county. The plan was originally approved in 2006 by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, which includes three members from the city government, three members from the county and one jointly appointed member, Charlottesville Director of Communications Ric Barrick said.
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[caption id="attachment_35263" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dean of Admissions Greg Roberts is confident that the University will still attract a high number of applicants despite the decline in high-school graduates nationwide.
[caption id="attachment_35256" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Democratic National Committee chairman and one-time candidate for the Virginia governorship addressed the University Democrats last night.
An official groundbreaking took place yesterday in Newport News, Va., for renovations and additions at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, or JLab, a center that University professors and students rely on for research. The project, which cost $73.2 million and was funded by the U.S.
Want to learn more about your University at the touch of a button? There's an app for that. "The Official Virginia iPhone app" will now allow iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users across Grounds to remain in closer contact with all things U.Va. Apple approved the "app" - a piece of software designed for use on iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads - this weekend, and it is available as a free download on iTunes. A welcome message from President Teresa A.
Fifth-district congressional candidate Jeffrey Clark has offered to back out of the race if either of his opponents admits to having leaked the details of his troubled financial history, which were reported Sunday by The Daily Progress. Clark filed for bankruptcy in 1993 and had a history of debt.
There are roughly 16,500 parking spaces at the University, but at times that seems difficult to believe.
University officials decided Monday to temporarily close the offices of the Virginia Quarterly Review in light of the ongoing investigation of the journal's management practices, which have been subject to controversy because of allegations that Editor-in-Chief Ted Genoways' behavior contributed to the July 30 suicide of 52-year-old Managing Editor Kevin Morrissey. A team of University administrators, led by President Teresa A.
The School of Continuing and Professional Studies is looking to expand its class offerings as part of an effort to help more Virginians earn college degrees. The SCPS, which currently serves about 300 adult students in Charlottesville, Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia, educates "the forgotten audience" of adult undergraduate students, SCPS Dean Billy Cannaday said.
