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After recent scientific findings showed the plastic used to manufacture Nalgene brand bottles emits a toxic gas when exposed to certain chemicals such as bleach, Charlottesville's Ragged Mountain Running Shop has decided to stop carrying the polycarbonate Nalgene water bottles. This fact was brought to the attention of Ragged Mountain Running Shop by John Peterson Myers, chief scientist at Environmental Health Sciences in Charlottesville. "As soon as we heard about it, we took it off our shelves," said Mike Elchinger, manager of Ragged Mountain.
The Honor Committee, in conjunction with the University's Center for Survey Research, will release a survey on Monday to faculty members in an effort to improve the honor system at the University, and to explore the factors motivating the report of honor violations, according to Honor Committee members. "We want to be able to understand the faculty's perspective on the honor system," Honor Committee Chair David Hobbs said.
The Cavalier Daily has discovered that the Dec. 2 Science column, "Browser Wars: A New Hope" used a significant amount of ideas and conclusions without attribution from a Dec.
Details for the University's inaugural voyage as the host of the Semester at Sea program have been finalized for the academic summer term of 2006. According to the Semester at Sea Web site, the preliminary itinerary for the first trip will last 65 days and travel to Sapporo and Kobe, Japan; Pusan, Korea; Hong Kong; Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam; Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan; and concluding the expedition in Seattle, Wash. This itinerary may be subject to some changes before the boat departs this summer and is composed primarily of Asian countries, but the Semester at Sea route is not limited to Pacific countries, said Associate Director of Study Abroad Marina Markot. The shorter summer sessions alternate between Asian and European destinations, while the regular semester-long programs literally travel all around the world, said Dudley J.
"Space travel" has a deeper meaning these days. Celebrities and businessmen are dishing out their millions for a trip to space, while mention of space travel agencies and even talk of tourist trips going around the moon starting in 2008 seem to be the wave of the future.
In an attempt to stem criticism of professors on Web sites such as Ratemyprofessors.com, an anonymous professor has set up a blog for disgruntled professors to complain about their students, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Rateyourstudents.blogspot.com posts rants of irate professors from across the United States. One tenure track economics professor from California writes of "M," "I hate her.
Freshman are particularly at risk for death among college students attending four-year institutions, a USA Today analysis released yesterday found.
The Quality Community Council in a partnership with the Department of Religious Studies kicked off a discussion series on poverty, "The Persistence of Poverty: Four Community Conversations," Tuesday night at the University Chapel. The Tuesday night installment in the cycle, titled "The Face of Poverty: A Community Conversation," is the first of four such dialogues. The focus of the meeting was to raise awareness in the community of poverty's "everydayness," Religious Studies Prof.
The University Judiciary Committee recently released statistics from last semester's 53 tried cases, revealing nearly two-thirds of the cases involved alcohol. According to UJC Chair Tim Ormsby, 34 of the cases brought through the Committee last semester involved alcohol, although only 30 constituted alcohol-related offenses. "'Alcohol-involved' signifies any cases in which the person was drinking at the time," Ormsby said.
Nearly two-thirds of undergraduate college students around the nation report they have experienced some sort of sexual harassment during their collegiate careers, according to a study titled "Drawing the Line: Sexual Harassment on Campus," conducted by the American Association of University Women. Additionally, nearly one-third of students reported that the harassment was of a physical nature, such as being grabbed or touched in a sexual way, the survey states. The AAUW held a press conference on Tuesday at which the AAUW leadership addressed the survey's findings.
The Charlottesville City Council passed an ordinance Jan. 17 designating the Rugby Road-University Circle-Venable Neighborhood area as a local historical district. According to the Local Historical District Study commissioned by the City of Charlottesville, this district consists of over 250 structures dating from the period 1890-1930, including numerous fraternity houses, sorority houses and apartment buildings. Any changes made to these structures, such as exterior alterations, new construction or demolition will now have to receive approval from the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review, Charlottesville Mayor David Brown said. According to Brown, there had been no procedure for construction or demolition of buildings in this area, apart from zoning regulations. "Now there are standards and processes people have to follow," he said. According to History of Architecture Prof.
A bill that would escalate the penalties for repeated peeping convictions made it on Monday to the General Assembly's full committee on Courts of Justice, said Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo. The bill, if passed, would charge someone convicted of three peeping offenses with a class-six felony, as opposed to the current law which charges all offenses with a class-one misdemeanor.
I sat in a cushioned chair staring at the colored flowers which peppered the walls and furniture.
In a rash of alcohol-related arrests, the University Police arrested one male first-year student and issued summons to three other University students on grounds Monday night. University Police Captain Mike Coleman said officers arrested the first-year student on Emmett Street for underage possession of alcohol. "This was one incident of underage possession," Coleman said.
The open honor trial announced last week will now be closed, as elected by the defendant earlier this week. "This is a decision that the student made, so trying to speculate on why I really can't do," Honor Chair David Hobbs said. The trial date will remain the same. Last fall, another student opted for an open trial then closed it before the trial date. "Most students from the beginning want a closed trial," Vice-Chair for Trials Stewart Ackerly said.
Faculty and students in the School of Nursing are currently conducting studies to gauge the effectiveness of programs attempting to provide aid to rural black adults with Type II diabetes, according to Sharon Utz, an associate professor in the School of Nursing. The study is being conducted by the Central Rural Health Care Research Center at the School of Nursing, said Utz, where about 15 researchers are involved in the study to deliver "culturally tailored diabetes education to African Americans in rural communities." The Center, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health, began the research with a descriptive study conducted mostly in 2004, said Utz.
Last week the Board of Visitors' Financial Committee recommended increasing the average cost of all on-Grounds student housing by 9.7 percent for the 2006-2007 year. The recommendation for the rate increase is standard procedure for the BOV, explained BOV Secretary Alexander G.
