Recruitment of minority students is among the topics being considered at the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Defense attorneys presented key testimony from a martial arts instructor and a violent crimes consultant yesterday, suggesting that former University student Andrew Alston acted in self-defense on Nov.
The University is rich in history and tradition: secret societies, the Lawn...fourth-year students drinking a fifth of alcohol at the last home football game of the year? The Fourth-Year Trustees say imbibing excessive amounts of alcohol before football games should not be on the list of revered University traditions. In 1999, when a University student died in an alcohol-related death as a result of attempting to consume the fourth-year fifth, Project FAR (Fourth-Years Acting Responsibly) was launched by the Fourth-Year Trustees in a collaborative effort with other organizations. This week, with alcohol-related deaths again in the news and the last home football game this weekend, Project FAR is stepping up its education efforts, co-coordinator Nicki Kahner said. "Over the past couple of years, it has been put on the backburner," Kahner said.
The University maintained a strong presence in Congress after last week's election. Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., and Sen.
This year's annual national Christmas tree was harvested in Highland County, Va., just west of Staunton, on Election Day, according to a WINA report. The tradition of the national Capitol holiday tree was started by University graduate and President Woodrow Wilson, a Staunton native, in 1914. This year's tree, a large 70-foot red spruce, was cut down in George Washington National Forest. Before arriving in Washington for its official lighting, the tree will make its way around Virginia, stopping in Staunton over Thanksgiving and passing through Orange County, home of President James Madison. The tree will begin its exhibition around the Commonwealth when it departs from Monterey at the Highland County Fair Grounds Nov.
As cold weather descends on Charlottesville, Grounds gets blanketed with leaves.
The caption of yesterday's front-page photo, Glorious Victory, erroneously identified the celebrating football player as D'Brickashaw Ferguson.
Members of the Sanction Reform Committee presented opposing ideas for reform at Sunday night's Honor Committee meeting. Sam Selden, chair of the policy-drafting subcommittee of the SRC, presented several possible sanction policies, while four SRC members who are not in favor of reforming the single sanction responded by presenting an alternate proposal that would focus on reforming the honor system rather than the sanction itself. "The goal is to analyze and identify the best alternative to the single sanction," Selden said. The first option is to keep the traditional single sanction as it is without any changes. The second option is "single sanction with forgiveness," in which expulsion following a guilty verdict would no longer necessarily be permanent.
Last Friday, University students who applied for on-Grounds housing for the 2005-06 school year learned whether or not they will be accommodated.
Matt Schaub, former University star quarterback and Atlanta Falcons' draft, was arrested early Saturday morning for reportedly taking part in an assault that took place in the Corner district. Near 1 a.m., a 19-year-old male stopped a Charlottesville Police officer, claiming he had been assaulted by three people near the Wing Factory restaurant on Elliewood Avenue, according to a police statement. Though none of the suspects were on the scene when the police officer arrived, Schaub, 23, was identified as one of the assailants and was later arrested.
The University of Virginia Investment Management Company made public its decision to entrust the University's financial future to Christopher J.
The prosecution introduced the bulk of its forensic evidence in addition to key witness testimony on Friday in the second-degree murder trial of former University student Andrew Alston.
The 2004 election in Virginia saw visits from Democratic candidate John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards, millions in Democratic advertising and talk from Democratic Gov.
Left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson celebrates with fans after Virginia's 16-0 victory over Maryland Saturday at Scott Stadium.
A former University student who was found guilty of an honor offense and expelled from the University has filed a complaint against the Honor Committee, alleging multiple counts of unfairness in his trial. Adam Boyd, now a senior at James Madison University, was found guilty of cheating on a make-up quiz in Prof.
Comedy Central personality Nick Swardson gets into his performance at Old Cabell Hall last night.
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner presented contrasting views of the country's current education system at a Miller Center program yesterday reevaluating a major education summit held at the University in 1989. Paige said the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act dramatically improved American education. "It fulfilled a bipartisan quest for improved education," Paige said. Paige added that some of the national goals set at the 1989 summit were incorporated into the No Child Left Behind Act -- goals such as national standards for academic achievement, qualified teachers in classrooms, informing parents of student performance, and improvement in student accountability. Paige also addressed what he called the public's misconceptions of the act. "We still get the same complaints about funding," Paige said.
Election forecasters more precisely predicted the outcome of the election this year than in 2000, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. In September, political scientists offered seven predictions at the annual meeting of the American Political Scientist Association.
A body found Wednesday near a Jacksonville parking garage is believed to be that of missing University of Florida student David R.
University students say they followed the presidential election fairly closely and were pleased with record voter turnout.
