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City Council set to vote on vendor restrictions

By Christopher Jones | November 25, 2003

In response to retailer and customer concerns over the changing nature of Charlottesville's Downtown Mall, the City Council will vote on an ordinance next week that could add new restrictions to Mall vendors. The proposed changes, which include physical restrictions on vendors' stands, a new permit application fee and a requirement that vendors pay rent, passed a first reading at the Council's Nov.

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University graduate schools less diverse than counterparts

By Jason Amirhadji | November 25, 2003

The percentage of under-represented minority students in University graduate and professional schools falls well below that of peer institutions, according to a report presented to the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Visitors Friday. The report from the University-Wide Recruitment Initiative Task Force, led by Provost Gene Block and Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies R.

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University treasurer to leave Dec. 1

By Angela Manese-Lee | November 25, 2003

Departing from a career that has included everything from licensing and insuring vehicles to growing the University's endowment from $60 million to over $1.8 billion, University treasurer and UVIMCO president Alice Handy will step down Dec.

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ATTACK OF THE ROBOTS!

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 25, 2003

First year Engineering students (from right) Brad Uhl and Matt Saxton try out a robot they built in the "Free-shot" competition, part of a Robot Pentathalon yesterday in Newcomb hall.

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Uneventful game day draws praise from officials

By Natasha Altamirano | November 25, 2003

Despite administrators' concern over the "fourth-year fifth," a yearly trend practiced by some fourth years during which they attempt to consume a fifth of liquor the day of the last home football game, both the University Medical Center and Police Department have confirmed that no serious alcohol-related incidents occurred Saturday. "Everything I have heard about the weekend was good, and I am grateful to the students and student organizations for that," University President John T.

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Warner proposes overhauled tax code

By Riley McDonald | November 25, 2003

Gov. Mark Warner unveiled the details of his plan to overhaul Virginia's tax code yesterday, proposing to garner an extra $500 million a year through extensive reform that would include tax hikes for cigarettes, sales and the highest income bracket while lowering income taxes for less wealthy Virginians. The initiative, arguably the largest of Warner's term, comes after months of secrecy.

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County and City Police investigate two alleged armed robberies

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 25, 2003

Two reportedly unrelated armed robberies occurred last Saturday in Charlottesville. According to both Albemarle and Charlottesville police, no arrests have been made as of yesterday afternoon but the investigations are ongoing. In the first incident, the Charlottesville Police Department received a call at 7:24 a.m.

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Correction

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 25, 2003

The story "City Council to consider new highway proposal" incorrectly implied that McIntire Park will be handed over to VDOT.

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Fourth Circuit nominee received unenthusiastically

By Jon Breece | November 24, 2003

A Senate hearing on the nomination of William Haynes to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was decidedly lukewarm last Wednesday, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. This less-than-inspired reception stemmed from continued controversy surrounding the Bush administration's treatment of those detained in the War on Terror. As the present general counsel to the Defense Department, Haynes has served as "a key architect of the treatment of detainees and the prosecution of enemy combatants," wrote Vermont Sen.

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HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 24, 2003

Fourth-year students participate in the 12th annual Fourth Year 5K, sponsored by the University Office of Health Promotion and Peer Health Educators.

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Protestors object to employee's comment

By Jason Amirhadji | November 24, 2003

Carrying signs and chanting slogans in protest of alleged racial remarks by a University Medical Center supervisor, over 50 students, staff and activists turned out to picket in front of the University hospital Friday. The hour-long lunchtime gathering attracted the attention of many bystanders but did not impede traffic or disrupt normal operations at the hospital. Elizabeth Coles, a member of the Staff Union at the University of Virginia and physical tech senior in the Medical School, said the purpose of the protest was to make people aware of racial problems at the University, beyond the widely publicized blackface incident last Halloween and the alleged assault on Student Council President Daisy Lundy during the election. Last week, the administration investigated allegations that a medical supervisor used a racial epithet in front of employees before a staff meeting Nov.

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'Pay Pal' worm floods inboxes with e-mails

By Anthony LaMesa | November 24, 2003

Student, faculty and staff computers throughout Grounds recently have come under attack from a mass-mailing worm, spread through e-mails claiming to be from the popular online billing service PayPal.com. According to Mark Smith, manager of desktop computing support for ITC, his office first announced the worm's presence through an online message posted Nov.

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City Council to consider new highway proposal

By Jordan Dresnick | November 24, 2003

Thirty-six years after the debate first began, City Council is preparing to vote on a resolution that would transfer McIntire Park to the Virginia Department of Transportation for construction of a new highway. "The city has had this project on the books for over 30 years and it has been pushed by numerous councils," City Council member Meredith Richards said. If Council passes the resolution, VDOT will build a highway, called the Meadowcreek Parkway, through the City to connect Rt.

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Delta Sigma Phi to face UJC charges

By Alexis Unkovic | November 24, 2003

University officials are saying they plan to file charges with the University Judiciary Committee in the wake of hazing allegations against the local Alpha Mu chapter of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. The Grand Council of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity and the University undertook independent investigations into alleged misconduct at the fraternity in early November.

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Alston set to appear before court for hearing

By Jason Amirhadji | November 21, 2003

Suspended third-year College student Andrew Alston is scheduled to appear in court for a hearing this morning, less than three weeks after being arrested in the stabbing death of a local firefighter, on an unrelated misdemeanor assault and battery charge brought by his ex-girlfriend, a University student. The incident occurred in early September at a party on Jefferson Park Avenue, according to the police, when Alston allegedly hit his ex-girlfriend in the face as she tried to leave.

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Crime panel supports overturning 21-day rule

By Esther Brown | November 21, 2003

The Virginia State Crime Commission met Wednesday in Richmond and gave their endorsement to a proposed bill that, if passed, would allow convicted offenders an unlimited amount of time to introduce new evidence of their innocence, potentially even years after sentencing. As it stands now, Virginia's 21-day rule denies judges the ability to consider these claims of innocence if they are made over three weeks after a defendant's sentencing hearing.

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