The University of Virginia's College at Wise will have a new interim chancellor starting this May, University President John T.
Amid renewed efforts to strengthen diversity at the University, Honor Committee Chair Meghan Sullivan said the 2004-2005 Committee is one of the most diverse in the system's recent history. "This year we have representatives from a variety of age groups and backgrounds," Sullivan said.
The appointment of two drum majors Tuesday completes the leadership staff of the Cavalier Marching Band, who will make their debut performance at the first home football game of the 2004 season on Sept.
The ramifications of an indefinite state budget and the University's financial status were the major themes at University President John T.
In honor of what would have been Thomas Jefferson's 261st birthday yesterday, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation awarded its annual medals in Architecture and Law. The Foundation awarded the Architecture medal to Peter Walker, the winner of the competition to design the World Trade Center Memorial. J.
Since peer-to-peer file sharing became popular in the late 1990s, the music industry has been uncompromising in its opposition to network song swappers, maintaining that music downloads are illegal and hurt record sales. The draft of a study examining the effects of file sharing on record sales suggests otherwise. Harvard Business School Prof.
Student Council President-elect Noah Sullivan describes himself as a "work-hard, play-hard guy." A second-year in the College, Sullivan served as First Year Council President and will complete his term as current Council President Daisy Lundy's Chief of Staff before taking office as Council President. "I am a very passionate and energetic person about what I'm interested in," Sullivan said.
With tuition on the rise and books and beer not getting any cheaper, college campuses are brimming with students looking for ways to make an easy buck.
The Jefferson Area Libertarians passed a resolution aiming to check the efforts of the Charlottesville Police Department in its search for the area's serial rapist. The resolution, which coincided with a Monday meeting evaluating the search, calls for the Charlottesville Police Department to "refrain from branding innocent people as criminals" and "stop using intimidation tactics to coerce innocent people to give up those freedoms," according to a press release. Jim Lark, University systems and information engineering professor and JAL secretary, said the group issued the resolution to caution police officials in their hunt for the serial rapist. "We're sounding a warning bell that the police have to be very careful in their zeal to apprehend [the serial rapist] that they don't trod upon the rights of citizens," Lark said. Lark emphasized that citizens have the right to decline to take a DNA test, currently in use by the Charlottesville Police, if police do not have a search warrant or probable cause.
Racial disparities remain the most daunting challenge to equity in American education, according William G.
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a compromise tax bill yesterday, providing for a revenue increase of nearly $1 billion and marking the first step to end the budget impasse that has plagued this year's General Assembly session. The bill passed by a 52-46 vote, coming only after several Republican delegates joined Democrats to support the bill.
Unlocked doors, questionable fire alarms, unresponsive landlords. For some University students residing in off-Grounds housing, these features are typical of their living conditions. Recent fires in student housing, along with the continuing threat of the serial rapist, have drawn the attention of some University administrators. University President John T.
In response to increasing occurrences of grade inflation, Princeton University plans to limit the number of A's it awards to students, according to the New York Times. Currently, A's make up 46 percent of the grades awarded at Princeton.
In response to widespread dissent over a new method to apprehend the serial rapist, University students, faculty and other community members met with local police officials in an open forum last night to address concerns with what some are calling "racial profiling" by police. In its ongoing hunt for the serial rapist, the Charlottesville Police Department recently implemented a new strategy to aid in the investigation.
The 2004 Greek Awards Ceremony was held yesterday at Old Cabell Hall, honoring Greek achievement throughout this past year. The third annual event was sponsored by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and the Inter-Greek Committee, featuring representatives from the Black Fraternal Council, Inter-Fraternity Council, Inter-Sorority Council and the Multicultural Greek Council. "The event is an expression of the purpose of the IGC -- to promote cooperation among the four councils," said Aaron Laushway, associate dean of students and director of fraternity and sorority life. Award recipients are selected by the IGC based on nomination forms completed by each chapter, said Ann Thorne, an undergraduate intern in the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. The representatives of the IGC are asked to step out of their roles as chapter members and into the impartial role of committee representative. Melody Han, MGC President and Alpha Kappa Delta Phi sorority member, received awards for outstanding contributions to the University and MGC person of the year. "I am a little overwhelmed," Han said.
The Albemarle County School Board's interpretation and enforcement of dress code against a sixth-grader at Jack Jouett Middle School garnered enough national attention to be named on the Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression's annual "Jefferson Muzzles" list. The Center awards the muzzles to government agents or private entities in an effort to "call attention to some of the more ridiculous or egregious affronts to free expression in the previous year," according to a Center press release. The Center ranked the Albemarle County School Board fourth out of 13 award winners for making the student wearing an "NRA shooting Sports Camp" T-shirt inside out "despite the fact that it caused no disruption to the school activities," according to the release. U.S.
At its first meeting of the 2004-2005 term Sunday night, the Honor Committee held elections for several Committee positions. The Committee elected Sarah Outten as vice chair for education and Robyn Dietter to serve as chair of the Faculty Advisory Committee.
Dozens of students, faculty and city residents gathered in Rouss Hall last night to lobby for the rights of University employees who they described as being underpaid.
The Vice President for Student Affairs office sponsored an open forum last night with Tom Farrell, University vice rector on the Board of Visitors, and Board member Syd Dorsey in the Kaleidoscope Diversity Center in Newcomb Hall.
The Faculty Senate announced Thursday that Marcia Childress, co-director of Humanities in the Medicine Program at the University Medical School, will serve as the new Faculty Senate chair for the 2004-2005 school year. "It is definitely an honor that brings with it certain responsibilities," Childress said.
