A group of University fraternity men is under criminal investigation for the theft of a Hokie bird statue recently stolen from downtown Blacksburg, Va. Blacksburg Police Lt.
he Virginia General Assembly overturned multiple gubernatorial vetoes and rejected gubernatorial recommendations for a proposed smoking ban during its reconvened session that concluded Wednesday. The Assembly did, however, approve Gov.
Fire forced AFC to close yesterday A fire in the Aquatic & Fitness Center yesterday forced the early closure of the facility. Facility attendant Travis Hodges said fire alarms sounded when smoke infiltrated the downstairs area of the AFC. Director of Intramural-Recreational Sports Mark Fletcher said the cause of the fire was an item in a clothes dryer. It was "probably a small piece of lint that caught on fire," Fletcher said. The Charlottesville Fire Department responded to the call at 1:27 p.m., Battalion Chief Pete Sweeney said. Fletcher reported that there was minimal damage. "There was damage to the clothes dryer, as well as water damage," Fletcher said. Fletcher said the AFC emergency facilities, including the sprinkler system, proved to be in working order when the fire broke out. The AFC planned to reopen today at 6 a.m.
The University recently named James L. Pughsley executive director of the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education. The PLE program teaches business practices to school districts, which in turn take these principles and use them to help underachieving schools succeed, according to Darden spokesperson Ken White. Pughsley will direct the training of principals and administrators at struggling schools, White said. An example of the business principles that the program translates into the educational sector is the
Two contracted independent organizations were unable to receive decisions about their appeals for appropriations because of Student Council's failure to meet quorum at its meeting Tuesday. Student Council leaders attributed the lack of attendance to confusion related to Tuesday's officer transitions. "It was unprofessional and I was kind of annoyed," said Scott Geiser, vice president of Student Game Developers.
The University of Florida recently announced it will terminate both its early-decision admissions option and two alternative application deadlines.
A Georgetown Law professor criticized the Bush administration's abuse of executive power last night in the keynote speech for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Georgetown Law Prof.
As part of the University's efforts to preserve the historic architecture of the Lawn, steps are underway to restore the unique roofing structure that crowns Jefferson's pavilions.
If an influenza pandemic were to break out in Charlottesville, it could potentially kill 170 people per week of the 210,000 inhabitants of the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. This risk prompted the University to create the Pandemic Planning Committee in June 2006, which aims to combat the University's lack of preparation for a potential pandemic, said Committee Chair James Turner, who also serves as the director of Student Health. According to Turner, the Committee consists of eight subcommittees, each focused on a different aspect of University life: academic affairs, student support services, human resources, communication, administrative operations, healthcare and infection control, information technology and faculty and staff. "The impact of a pandemic on the University will be widespread across virtually all disciplines, and in order for the University to provide appropriate healthcare services, it's going to take an extraordinary amount of planning," Turner said. The Pandemic Planning Committee is part of a group of Charlottesville subcommittees that all work together to plan measures that would be necessary in the event of a pandemic, according to Lilian Peake, director of the Thomas Jefferson Health District and head of the Charlottesville pandemic planning subcommittees. Peake and Turner both agreed the threat of a pandemic is very real and according to Turner, the University is at an especially high risk. "We have hundreds and hundreds of faculty and students traveling internationally, so we are quite vulnerable to a pandemic -- if there's a pandemic it will most certainly hit Charlottesville," Turner said. In response to this possibility, the University's Pandemic Planning Committee has developed a plan to work with the University's existing emergency response plan that evolved after Sept.
After months of writing drafts, nine University Law students have successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to hear Watson v.
College students approved two referenda by wide margins in the recently completed special election.
At her first meeting as Student Council president, Lauren Tilton co-sponsored a resolution recommending the current pavilion selection process be reviewed and altered to include additional student input. "Our goal is to hopefully promote a meaningful discussion about the Lawn -- its ideals and what the Lawn represents today," Tilton said.
A new system for ranking graduate schools has appeared as a response to the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Thousands of dollars each semester. Luncheons with esteemed faculty. Throw in a free trip to Europe and you've got the life of a Jefferson scholar at the University.
The Educational Testing Service announced Monday that it has canceled plans for overhauling the Graduate Record Examination.
Major players of the international diplomacy scene traveled to the University last weekend to engage in a conference on the current situation in Iraq and ongoing threats of terrorism. The three-day conference "Root, Stem, and Branch: Homegrown Radicals and the Limits of Terrorism," was sponsored by the Critical Incident Analysis Group and the Miller Center of Public Affairs, and began Sunday with a roundtable discussion among 10 panelists. George Gilliam, director of Forum Programs at the Miller Center, said the conversation aimed to discuss why terrorists "engage in acts of terrorism, what level of anger and humiliation makes them engage in acts of terror." This event marked the 10th year that CIAG has held a conference in Charlottesville and the second year that the Miller Center has co-sponsored the event. "It's one network getting together with another and the synergy that comes from those right entities working together," CIAG Executive Director Gregory Saathoff said. Panelists included Chuck Robb, former Virginia governor and U.S.
The outgoing Honor Committee finished its term last night by passing two amendments to its bylaws.
Sen. John Warner, R-Va., defended the use of certain surveillance measures in protecting national security and discussed topics such as the state of the military during his visit to Grounds yesterday. Warner, serving his fifth consecutive term in the U.S.
