The way Jean Hall sees it, diversity is not a problem at the University -- integration is. Hall said that she, like other black students at the University, has experienced situations stemming from a lack of racial understanding. "I have been the only black student in a class," she said.
Two College of William and Mary students who were previously told they could not become registered voters in Williamsburg were granted registration rights last week. The students, Serene Alami and Seth Saunders, had planned to run for open Williamsburg City Council seats last spring, but their plans were derailed after their applications for Williamsburg registration were denied. The Williamsburg registrar's office required that the students complete a questionnaire determining permanent residency and decided that the students did not meet the conditions. The students, backed by the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, pursued legal action after they were refused registration. Saunders attributed the registration commotion to "a lot of small-town politics." "I had started living at a permanent address in January and they said it was questionable for some reason," said Saunders.
Nearly half of all students enrolled in accredited colleges and universities nationwide do not apply for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the American Council on Education reported last week. According to the report, nearly 1.7 million low- and moderate-income students eligible for aid neglected to fill out the FAFSA during the survey's 1999-2000 window. Overall, 32.5 percent of full-time undergraduate students did not fill out a FAFSA.
Universities no longer have to put their own money into research solicited by the National Science Foundation, following a Thursday decision reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Previously, universities had to pay 6.8 percent of research costs.
Despite protests by Israeli supporters and a bomb threat called into police, the three-day conference of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement at Duke University ended peacefully Sunday, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Tensions rose and violent protests were feared, but 400 participants attended the event and called on universities to "divest their portfolios of stock in companies that do business with Israel," the Chronicle reported. The online news publication said 92,000 people had signed a petition opposing the event. University officials estimated the security cost for the conference between $30,000 and $60,000.
After discovering a great deal of litter on a field trip, second graders from Venable Elementary voiced their concern to Mayor Brown and City Council last night.
The Athletic Department currently is promoting a new online ticketing system for the upcoming basketball season that will allow students to know before they get to University Hall that they will have a seat at the game.
More than trick-or-treaters will descend on Charlottesville this Halloween weekend. The 17th annual Virginia Film Festival, which runs Oct.
Sunday, October 16 A panel of random student jurors found a student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science guilty of cheating.
The Inter-Fraternity Council held its first ever fall open house Friday night for all men interested in rushing a fraternity during formal rush this spring. IFC fraternities participated in the open house event, held from 4 p.m.
The Academical Village stands as a symbol of Thomas Jefferson's ideal of faculty and student collaboration.
Sixty-three percent of college students do not get enough sleep, according to a study released by the National Sleep Foundation and reported on by University Wire's Washington Bureau. That sleep deficit could put students at a greater risk for sleep apnea, a dangerous medical condition in which persons stop breathing during the night, U-Wire reported. "College students are at an increased risk for sleep apnea, only for the reason that they might be chronically sleep deprived," Dr. Carl Hunt, of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, told U-Wire. According to the National Institute of Health, between 15 and 18 million Americans have sleep apnea, but more than half of those cases are undiagnosed. More sleep might lead to less study time, but it will be higher quality time, Hunt told The Chronicle. "A major reason students do not get enough sleep is for extra study time, but the more sleep you get, the more efficient your study time will be," Hunt said.
Retired English Prof. Douglas T. Day, III died at his home Oct. 10 of what was apparently a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Albemarle County Police told The Washington Post.
The University of Arizona's Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, often referred to as the Mt.
A University of Louisiana at Lafayette physics professor was suspended and banned from the school's campus Wednesday following his claiming to be God, threatening to murder his students and writing "911=now" in the front of his classroom, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Friday. Louis M.
Sitting in the library a few weeks ago, I saw the first small herd of the year. Dressed in freshly pressed suits, the anxious young men and women were guided through the Medical School by their fourth-year tour guides.
For the past several weeks, members of the Sanction Reform Committee have met every Thursday night on the fourth floor of Newcomb Hall, discussing among themselves current problems with the honor system and brainstorming viable alternatives to the single sanction. As of last night's meeting, however, the committee is ready to take the issue to the public and open the single sanction debate to the entire University community. "In the past couple of weeks we've done internal debate, had core values discussions, and come to an understanding of the real situation the honor system faces," committee chair Sara Page said.
The lease-signing deadline is fast approaching -- and not only for 14th Street apartments. This year, students planning to live on Grounds must submit their applications by Nov.
A University committee, charged with deciding whether the school should pursue providing online music to students, recommended to the administration this week that they not pursue any subscriptions at this time. The decision was based in large part on what the committee perceived as a lack of student interest. Their findings were based on an online survey linked to the ITC Web site and the "current students" section of the University's Web site.
