Students walking to class in the Chemistry Building yesterday afternoon were greeted by a sea of fire trucks and rescue vehicles responding to a chemical spill. Local fire and police personnel responded to the spill in Room 280, according to University Police Capt.
The Honor Committee heard two opposing proposals on the issue of sanction reform at its meeting Sunday night. The Sanction Reform Committee, after looking into several alternative sanctioning policies, voted to formally recommend to the Honor Committee a policy that would add a forgiveness clause to the current single sanction system. SRC Chair Sara Page presented the resolution, which asked the Committee to forward the forgiveness clause proposal to a student-body referendum in the upcoming spring election. "The heart of this resolution is really the idea of putting a reform policy on the ballot," Page said.
The search for former University student Chyler Ebersold ended yesterday when one of the many concerned groups looking for him discovered his body shortly after 10 a.m., Charlottesville Police said.
The University produced more United States Peace Corps volunteers than any other midsized institution for the third year in a row, the Peace Corps announced yesterday. The 84 University alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps overseas represent the seventh largest contingent from any school in the nation.
The results of the 2004 Student Health Survey, conducted by the Office of Health Promotion, show an overall decrease in the number of injuries to students due to their personal alcohol use.
At the conclusion of this year's formal recruitment, the Inter-Sorority Council reported a substantial increase in bid acceptance. "We were able to match substantially more women with chapters this year with the new quota total system," ISC Vice President for Recruitment Megan Frisk said. ISC Recruitment Counselor Director Elena Knapper said ISC was happy with this year's recruitment, which began Jan.
After about nine months of planning, the College of William & Mary recently announced its plan to require incoming freshmen to purchase laptops, starting next fall.
An 18-year-old agreement that gave University Police the power to enforce traffic and criminal law outside of University boundaries recently was invalidated by the Charlottesville General District Court. The Cooperative Patrol agreement was struck down by Judge Robert H.
Charlottesville Police reported Friday that preliminary DNA tests of the Jan. 11 rapist who attacked a woman in the city's Belmont Park section were inconclusive, Charlottesville Police Sgt.
The ISIS final registration deadline has been extended to today at 9 p.m. from its original deadline of last Friday night. Approximately 1,200 students had not completed final registration by the deadline on Friday, Associate Registrar Robert LeHeup said yesterday. This number is higher than University officials estimated it would be, LeHeup said, triggering the need for an extension of the process.
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport experienced a record level of growth in passenger numbers in 2004. Over 366,000 passengers were served by the airport in 2004, representing a total increase of 12.71 percent from 2003, the airport reported in a press release last week. The growth is attributed to additional daily flights to New York's LaGuardia Airport, Philadelphia and Charlotte, the release said.
The Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce and the local branch of the NAACP recently issued differing position statements on the proposed charter status for commonwealth colleges and universities. In mid-December, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce issued a memorandum to the Virginia General Assembly and other area public officials in support of the "Charter Public University Concept" for the University, Virginia Tech and the College of William & Mary.
University students received a mass e-mail Friday which informed them of an incident involving an "unknown male" who woke up a female resident in the Hancock residence hall and fled.
First-year student athletes soon will have more guidance from their peers as they begin their University experiences if the Athletic Department implements a student-formulated plan. A team of five University athletes presented a plan developed to enhance orientation procedures as a part of the 14th annual "Athletic Prevention Programming and Leadership Education" conference hosted this weekend by the University's Center for Alcohol and Substance Education at the Doubletree Hotel. Forty-five colleges and universities, from all NCAA athletic divisions, participated in this year's APPLE conference, which boasted approximately 230 attendees from Maine to South Carolina. Each participating school sent a team of five student athletes and a team leader to develop substance abuse policies for their respective schools. The University's tradition of student self-governance was the initial inspiration for the APPLE conference, said Joe Gieck, the conference's organizer and a University professor of sports medicine and life skills director. "The program is unique in the fact that it gives student athletes a voice to develop their own substance abuse policies," Gieck said.
Former University student and UTS bus driver Chyler Adam Ebersold was reported missing Saturday afternoon.
Local children took advantage of Saturday's significant snowfall yesterday afternoon to enjoy some serious sledding on the University's Nameless Field.
Local children took advantage of Saturday's significant snowfall yesterday afternoon to enjoy some serious sledding on the University's Nameless Field.
Charlottesville City Council passed a resolution Tuesday to put off-Grounds student housing to the test. Council accepted a proposal made by the University to hire an additional housing inspector for the City specifically responsible for neighborhoods in the University area.
A team of fire engines arrived at Carr's Hill yesterday after a fitting on a heating pipe failed, emitting steam and hot water in the basement of the house, according to University spokesperson Carol Wood. Facilities Management repaired the damaged fitting shortly after the incident occurred. "Everything is back to normal," Wood said. --Compiled by Becca Garrison
