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National faculty raises lowest in 30 years

By Sarah R. Gatsos | April 20, 2004

Full-time faculty salaries rose 2.1 percent during the 2003-2004 academic year at select colleges and universities nationwide -- the lowest percentage in three decades, according to the American Association of University Professors' annual survey released Friday. The AAUP surveyed 1,446 colleges and universities, including 776 public schools, 321 private independent schools and 349 private church-related schools. The University is ranked between the 80th and 94.9th percentile for professors, according to the data.

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University promises on-Grounds housing

By Kathleen Meyers | April 20, 2004

The Board of Visitors' Student Affairs and Athletics Committee announced a plan Friday to guarantee first years on-Grounds housing for their second year beginning with the class of 2008.

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U.Va. students awarded national scholarship

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 20, 2004

Four University students are among the 310 recipients of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, according to University Media Relations. The University is allowed to nominate four candidates.

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Warner signs majority of bills into law, vetoes two

By Christopher Jones | April 20, 2004

Gov. Mark R. Warner took action on bills passed by the General Assembly last Thursday and Friday, amending two controversial bills but otherwise signing a large majority of them into law. Of the 1,035 bills to pass both the House of Delegates and Senate, Warner signed 980, amended 53 and vetoed two bills, one at the request of its sponsor and one because Warner signed a similar but more comprehensive bill into law at the same time. Warner amended a bill establishing "feticide," the unlawful and premeditative killing of an unborn fetus, as a crime by adding a sentence explicitly stating that the bill would not infringe on the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v.

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Boyd Tinsley supports Al Weed's run for Congress at Starr Hill fundraiser

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 19, 2004

Dave Matthews Band Violinist Boyd Tinsley gathered with Young Democrats Saturday at the Starr Hill Gallery during a campaign event to support local congressional candidate Al Weed, the Daily Progress reported. Weed is challenging incumbent Congressman Virgil H.

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Foxfield officials present annual safety education program to student leaders

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 19, 2004

The Foxfield Racing Association will present its annual "Safety Education Program" to University student leaders tomorrow night at the Sigma Kappa sorority house. Representatives from the University's Emergency Medicine department, the Charlottesville/Albemarle rescue squad, the Albemarle County police department, and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team will join Foxfield officials. Foxfield officials are planning to address rules and regulations at Foxfield, acceptable and unacceptable behavior and how to "plan ahead for a wonderful Foxfield experience and return home safely," according to a press release. Part of the program will also consist of a video presentation to demonstrate examples of unacceptable behavior. "Foxfield recognizes and appreciates that 99 percent of the student population at the races behaves in a responsible manner," the press release said. While the safety program has already been presented at James Madison University, Hampden-Sydney, Sweet Briar and Washington & Lee, Foxfield officials said that Virginia Tech did not respond to repeated requests to give its safety program.

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Rally calls for domestic partner benefits

By Anthony LaMesa | April 19, 2004

Chanting "What do we want? Equality. When do we want it? Now," University employees, students and local politicians rallied Friday afternoon on the lawn of Brooks Hall to encourage the University to provide domestic partner benefits for its staff and faculty members. Lasting roughly one hour and 15 minutes, the rally, dubbed "Rally for Equality," included two prolonged periods when demonstrators chanted outside the Rotunda, the site of the University's Board of Visitors meeting Friday. Protestors criticized the Board and the University for failing to stand up for the rights of its homosexual employees. The Board "claims to fear the vindictiveness of its conservative alumni and conservative benefactors in Richmond," Queer Student Union Co-President Luke Ward said.

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Rugby Rd. fights lead to arrests

By Jason Amirhadji | April 19, 2004

City police arrested 10 individuals on charges of disorderly conduct early Sunday morning, according to a jail official, following reported incidents of fighting in the Rugby Road area. The charges reportedly stemmed from altercations which took place around Beta Bridge on Rugby Road, near the Delta Upsilon House. Around 10 p.m.

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BOV merges graduate programs

By Shannon Sturcken | April 19, 2004

The University's Board of Visitors' educational policy committee approved reforms Saturday that will merge two graduate programs and dissolve the Applied Mathematics program over the next several years.

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DNA tests remain under new policy

By Kathleen Meyers | April 19, 2004

In response to brewing controversy surrounding the use of DNA testing in the search for a suspected Charlottesville serial rapist, City Police Chief Timothy J.

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Council presents 34 CIOs with annual awards

By Jason Amirhadji | April 19, 2004

More than two dozen student organizations were honored last night at the second-annual CIO Awards Reception in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom. The half-hour event was attended by more than 50 students and faculty members and hosted by Eli DeJarnette, Student Council vice president for organizations.

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No grades cause for partying? Not exactly

By Omid Fatemi | April 16, 2004

Since elementary school, good grades have been important to me. High grades were a means to an end -- going to a good college, receiving an academic scholarship and getting into medical school.

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Charlottesville police halt DNA tests

By Angela Manese-Lee | April 16, 2004

In response to community criticism about the Charlottesville Police Department's months-long procedure of asking certain black men to voluntarily provide DNA samples in their search for the serial rapist, Police Chief Timothy Longo has temporarily stopped the practice. Calling it a "common sense decision," Longo said that due to the level of concern raised in Monday's Clark Hall community meeting, the police department stepped back to "re-engineer the process." "We decided to step back to look at our process to consider issues raised by the community and reach a common ground that is respectful of community values, but at the same time, allows us to continue our investigation," he said. Although the department has had the ability to use the DNA sampling procedure -- called the "buccal swab" -- since April 2001, the serial rapist case was the first chosen to include it. According to Longo, police have not acquired a buccal swab since Monday night. In a private meeting tomorrow, Longo will present specific future plans and changes for investigation procedure to a handful of community representatives. African-American Affairs Dean M.

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Darden reaches out to undergraduates

By Corinne Shamy | April 16, 2004

Last Friday Darden held the first "Undergrad Day at Darden" in which all undergraduate University students were given the opportunity to learn more about Darden's M.B.A.

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Planned parenthood offers 'Plan B' pills

By Jayni Foley | April 16, 2004

The Planned Parenthood "EC van" made its first visit to the University yesterday, offering the Plan B emergency contraception pill for sale to University students, faculty and community members. Members of the student group Voices for Planned Parenthood, or VOX, invited Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia to come to the University.

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BOV passes in, out-of-state tuition increases

By Shannon Sturcken | April 16, 2004

The University Board of Visitors' finance committee approved a proposal yesterday that will increase undergraduate tuition and fees by $636 for in-state students and $716 for out-of-state students next year. The Board also approved a 17.1 percent increase in tuition and fees for in-state graduate students to $9,200.

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Rain delays annual Dogwood Festival

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 16, 2004

After days of heavy rain, planners of the local Dogwood Festival were forced to delay the commencement of the annual festivities until today.

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Council finishes funding appeals

By Timothy Lee | April 16, 2004

The representative body of Student Council heard a second day of appeals from 11 Contracted Independent Organizations Tuesday night. Decisions on appeals from two groups, Agape Christian Fellowship and the Virginia Pep Band, were held over from the first day of appeals April 6. Agape's appeal sparked debate with its request for travel funds to Big Break, a national conference over Spring Break held in Panama City Beach, Fla.

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HOLD ON TIGHT

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 16, 2004

College Student Cedric Odom joined other students, faculty and staff of the College of Arts and Sciences who were treated to a carnival in the amphitheater yesterday sponsored by the student-run Arts and Sciences Council.

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U. Missouri sorority member issues unapproved blood drive demand

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 16, 2004

Christie Key, a sophomore at the University of Missouri and the blood drive coordinator of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority chapter there, sent an e-mail to the chapter's 170 members April 6 demanding that they participate in the University's Greek Week blood drive, according to an Associated Press report. Key's e-mail encouraged sorority members to lie about health and recent tattoos and piercings in order to meet donor requirements and in turn earn points for the chapter in the campus's Greek Week blood drive. "We're not messing around," Key's e-mail read.