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Beginning next year, New York University will no longer require applicants to submit SAT Reasoning Test scores, according to NYU?s Web site for Undergraduate Admissions.
The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission announced the selection of Stephen Williams as executive director Tuesday.
Yesterday?s front-page article, ?Beta Theta Pi plans to return to Rugby Road? incorrectly stated that ?some Beta Theta Pi members burned down the original Delta Upsilon house in 1969.? An accompanying front-page photo caption also incorrectly stated that ?Beta Theta Pi sold Delta Upsilon its original housei n the late 1960s after Beta Theta Pi members burned down Delta Upsilon?s fraternity house.? In actuality,according to a Sept.
Beta Theta Pi alumni are preparing to buy and renovate the Delta Upsilon house on Rugby Road, for which Beta Theta Pi lost its charter in 1972 because of a conduct infraction.
The Seven Society announced yesterday that it plans to grant the Campus Kitchens Project the majority of last semester?s $14,777.77 gift, giving the remainder to Student Council?s University Garden Project.During a home football game Nov.
The University?s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library recently purchased a letter written by Thomas Jefferson in 1795 for $23,500.
Responding to recent incidents of alleged discrimination targeting University students, the Sikh Student Association, in conjunction with 11 other student organizations, organized a ?Unite Against Discrimination? rally, scheduled to kick off this afternoon.
Numerous Greek community members and organizations presented their plans and challenges for the upcoming year last night at the 2009 Greek Awards ceremony.
In light of recent alleged incidents targeting minority University students, the University administration?s responses to such bias-related occurrences continues to be a topic of discussion among students and officials on Grounds.Three additional incidents were reported to the University this weekend.
Earth Day, a national event promoting sustainability and environmental friendliness, has been extended to an entire week at the University, said third-year College student Bukky Awosogba, director of current events for the University Programs Council.Earth Week began Thursday and will continue through next Sunday afternoon.
Director of Public Works Judith Mueller presented Charlottesville?s Water Conservation Study Report to City Council last night.
The University recently became the nation?s first institution of higher education to use the Build America Bonds program for a benchmark public issuance, selling $250 million in bonds.?There were a couple of schools who also issued Build America Bonds, but they did [it through] a private placement,? said Yoke San Reynolds, University Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
The University Art Museum will close this summer to undergo a series of renovations.
The Office of Emergency Preparedness recently announced plans to install emergency warning message boards in University classrooms.These boards will be installed in phases, beginning with larger classrooms, Director of Emergency Preparedness Marjorie Sidebottom said.
The Honor Committee heard the first-ever report from Public Policy School representatives during its weekly meeting last night.
The candles held by attendees of the Stand Against the Violence Vigil were a visible sign of attendees? support and solidarity, as University community members reflected about the hate crime that occurred on Grounds earlier this month.Around 3 a.m.
?Prison abolition? was the key phrase in black rights activist Angela Davis? speech last night in Newcomb Hall.Davis spoke before a large, impassioned crowd about the injustices of the American prison system in culmination of this week?s symposium, ?The Problem of Punishment: Race, Inequality, and Justice.? During her speech, Davis argued that the ?problem of punishment? is manifested in America?s flawed prison system, which, she said, ironically was originally intended to ?allow people to reform and transform themselves?. Davis sharply criticized the loss of prisoners? voting rights during incarceration as well as the cycle of violence created by the imprisonment of violent offenders and capital punishment.
The new $43 million Thomas Jefferson Visitors Center and Smith Education Center at Thomas Jefferson?s historic Monticello estate officially opened earlier this week.
The Board of Visitors recently approved a $15.2 million project that will address maintenance issues in Newcomb Hall.
