The adjusted gross marital income in Virginia is decreasing, according to a study by the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. Income information released by the Virginia tax department was the main tool used in conducting the study, said Stephen C.
By Jessica Halper Cavalier Daily Staff Writer While information about the presidential election bombards students from nearly all directions, most students hear very little about the congressional elections. Third-year College student Nathan Vassar wants to change all that.
The University of North Carolina and New York University recently have stepped up efforts to prevent suicide among their students. Six students committed suicide at UNC within the past two years, and NYU has seen six suicides in the last year alone. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among college-age students and a huge public health issue, said Lenny Carter, a counselor at the University's Counseling and Psychological Services.
Picture this: You are a teaching assistant in a large politics class. You witness an incident of cheating in your section.
Second-year College student Gray Crabtree traveled to the University of Florida this weekend to attend her boyfriend's formal, expecting to fly home Sunday evening.
Discussions may be in the works to bring filmmaker Michael Moore to the University as part of his "Slacker Uprising Tour," according to Alex Thurber, University Programs Council speakers committee chair. Thurber said one of Moore's agents contacted her last week with the date that the filmmaker was available to come to Charlottesville -- Oct.
In response to the alleged racial hate crime against fourth-year College student Amey Adkins, the Honor Committee overwhelming voted to endorse a statement condemning acts of discrimination and hate at the University last night. "I think tonight we took a step in the right direction in stating we are not just against lying, cheating or stealing---we're not just defined in this negative sense, but also this positive sense of really having this vision for U.Va.," Sullivan said. The recommendation to bring the statement to the Honor Committee came from the Diversity Advisory Board and the Black Student Alliance.
In response riots following this year's Superbowl, Boston's city council has proposed an ordinance to create a centralized database of students who are living in Boston. The database would track the addresses and phone numbers of all students living off-campus who attend Boston's sixty colleges and universities. The ordinance was proposed following riots that occurred after the New England Patriots won the 2004 Superbowl in which one person was killed and several others were seriously injured.
Albemarle County residents were warned by police to remain vigilant last week following two reports by a woman in the Hydraulic Road area that a suspicious man was hovering near her home on Tuesday night and Thursday morning, The Daily Progress reported Saturday. The woman described the man hovering near her home as black, in his 20s or 30s, about six feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds. The Daily Progress reported that although police are not connecting the Westfield Court incidents to the serial rapist, they are still recognizing the seriousness of the incidents. Police used an automated phone message system typically used only for storm evacuations to send a warning to residents after Tuesday night's incident, The Daily Progress reported. Police told The Daily Progress that they are asking anyone who sees the prowler to call 911 immediately. A $20,000 reward currently exists for anyone providing information that leads to the arrest of area's still-at-large serial rapist. --Compiled by Anthony LaMesa
The University has received yet another accolade. According to the Atlanta-based Collegiate Licensing Company, the University ranks as one of the top 50 colleges and universities in the United States for the amount of school merchandise sold. The company releases a list at the beginning of every year ranking schools for the amount of merchandise sold.
A University student took yesterday took advantage of the weekend's balmy weather to catch up on reading beneath a tree on the Lawn.
In the past month, three college students have died in separate alcohol-related incidents around the country, but University officials said they remain optimistic about local binge drinking prevention efforts. Last Sunday, a Virginia Tech student died from alcohol poisoning.
ITC officials began an online survey last Friday in an effort to gauge student support for a subscription download music and video service at the University. ITC will operate the online survey until Oct.
In an effort to recruit and hire more female and minority faculty members, the University is taking on a more active search procedure. University spokesperson Carol Wood said the University already has had success with recruiting and hiring female and minority faculty members. "This increase focus goes hand-in-hand with the President's Commission on Diversity and Equality," Wood said.
I am from South Florida, the unofficial sunshine/lightning capital of the world. Let's just say that the weather down there is often a lot more interesting than Virginia's usual forecasts of "haze" or "wintry mix." And so, during these last partly cloudy/drizzly weeks, my attention has been focused on the state I love and the barrage of hurricanes that seem to have decided that Florida needs to be wiped off the map.
Many agree that obesity is a significant problem in many Western and some developing countries. According to the 11th European Congress on Obesity, this problem affects more than 300 million people.
With October fast approaching, the newly chartered University-run Off-Grounds Housing Office is working with students to prevent panic over early lease signing dates. "In about two weeks, you are going to hear a lot of talk about having to sign a lease for off-Grounds housing," Student Council President Noah Sullivan told students in an e-mail Wednesday night.
"Who is George Bush?" Bob Woodward, Washington Post assistant managing editor and noted investigative journalist, focused his speech last night before a capacity crowd in Old Cabell Hall on answering this question.
Police in Harrisonburg this week reported a string of incidents in which young women have woken up to find a stranger in their bedrooms. So far, 18 women have reported such incidents.
The University's Darden School ranked 12th overall, just ahead of Harvard and Duke, in the Wall Street Journal's list of the best graduate business schools in North America released this week. Darden's Olsson Center for Applied Ethics was rated fourth worldwide in the category of business ethics.
