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Correction

The Thursday, Feb. 21 news article "Sexual assault support network launched" incorrectly referred to Walter Thornton, executive director of the Sexual Assault Resource Agency, as "he," when Thornton should have been referred to as "she." The Cavalier Daily regrets the error.


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Mahoney to serve as next Law dean

University Law Prof. Paul Mahoney will be the next dean of the Law School, President John T. Casteen, III announced yesterday. "He was by far and away in a class by himself," said Arthur Garson, University executive vice president and provost, who helped lead the dean search process.


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University to test siren system

The University will conduct a test of an outdoor public-address and siren system this morning at 9 at Scott Stadium, affecting those living and working in the area. Notifications of the test have been sent to those in the area, including Resident Staff members, employees in the athletic department, Aquatic & Fitness Center and Bryant Hall offices, and residents in surrounding non-University neighborhoods, according to University spokesperson Carol Wood. The sound test should only last for a few minutes and will be most audible in the areas surrounding the stadium, Wood said, noting that the University hopes to install the system being tested in order to provide another way of alerting faculty and staff in the case of an emergency.


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Dinner benefits Ridley fund

Over $80,000 was raised Saturday evening at the sixth annual Ridley Scholarship Dinner to benefit recipients of the Ridley Scholarship for Richmond-area black University students.


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Commerce School forms international partnership

The Commerce School recently established a partnership with Peking University's Guanghua School of Management and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management to allow students from the University to participate in a student exchange program beginning in the 2008-09 academic year., According to Commerce School Dean Carl Zeithaml, the partnership "is more multidimensional than just an exchange of students" and is similar to the Commerce School's program in Copenhagen, Denmark. Zeithaml maintained that the program is different from other study abroad options offered through the Commerce School because students will not only be able to study in Peking and Hong Kong, but students from those universities also will be able to come to the University to take classes in the Commerce School.


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Honor to reevaluate jurisdiction bylaw

Last night, the Honor Committee discussed narrowing the definition of the University's community of trust, specifically when alleged offenses outside the University fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee. "It is a worthwhile discussion of what we want the scope of the honor system to be," said Josh Hess, vice chair for community relations. According to Linda Liu, vice chair for investigations, the Committee began specifying the Committee's language of jurisdiction last semester because several members felt it was too broad and unfair to students who are unaware that the honor code can apply to students beyond Grounds.


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Game leads to gun scare

In the wake of the shootings at Northern Illinois University, the game Assassins led to a scare involving the use of a fake gun at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.


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Universities evaluate emergency plans

In the wake of the recent shootings at Northern Illinois University and Louisiana Technical College, institutes of higher education across the nation are focusing on ways to protect their campuses.


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Prof. works for quicker turnaround in medical testing results

For his work in accelerating the testing process of blood and tissue samples, Chemistry Prof. James Landers has been honored with the 2008 Innovation Award from The Association for Laboratory Automation. Landers presented his work on microfluidic genetic analysis technology to a panel of judges at the ALA conference in Palm Springs, Calif.


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Honor blog highlights spotlighting, dimming

This semester, the Honor Committee's new blog, coupled with the Committee's 2004 study on honor case initiations and conviction analyses, has brought important issues affecting the University's honor system to the forefront of both students' computer screens and concerns.


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U.Va. awardedin recognitionof local service

The Corporation for National and Community Service recognized the University last week for its dedication to community service and welcomed it to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Of the more than 500 colleges and universities that applied and were recognized, the University was one of 127 institutions named to the "Honor Roll with Distinction," according to Siobhan Dugan, public affairs specialist for the CNCS.? Dugan explained that there are several qualities taken into consideration by the corporation for the distinction, including the number of students involved in service, their time commitment, the number of people reached and the results of the projects undertaken.


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Professor's ALS drug safe in sizable doses

A drug developed by a University researcher that could potentially help patients stricken by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, has been shown to be safe and is now being researched by a Pennsylvania-based drug development company. Neurology Prof.


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'Luckiest' claims $18,750 prize in Darden contest

It's official: Nobody at the Darden School is as lucky as first-year student Jong Uck Park, who took home a $18,750 prize yesterday after winning the 2008 "Luckiest Student" contest. The event, according to Darden professors Sam Bodily and Phil Pfeifer, which has been called a random act of kindness, was originally established with the help of an anonymous Darden graduate as a type of research experiment to see how people treat risk.

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