A teaching assistant sees an obvious case of cheating, but wonders if it is serious enough to bring before the Honor Committee.
Eight months after a malfunctioning gasoline nozzle at UTS headquarters released over 50 gallons of diesel fuel into a local waterway, University Parking and Transportation has begun over $300,000 in facility improvements to protect local surface water from industrial pollution. Additions to the University's Motor Vehicle Maintenance Facility, located on Millmont Street near the Barracks Road shopping center, include canopies over fuel pumps, protective curbing around bus washing areas and oil-water separators in storm water drains. These improvements are part of a comprehensive Pollution Prevention Plan, developed by the Office of Environmental Health and Safety over the past two years as a University-wide approach addressing ecological issues. "It's not just us," Parking and Transportation Director Rebecca White said.
More than one week after suffering head injuries during an altercation with two Sigma Chi fraternity members, Carson Ward, a second-year College student and a member of the University football team, remained in critical but stable condition last night. The official definition of Ward's condition states that his "vital signs are stable but not within normal limits," said Brad Clore, a media relations officer at the University Medical Center.
As a part of a University Art Museum Japanese art exhibition, Sandra Kita, Japanese art historian will present a speech entitled "Edo Then, America Now: Understanding Japanese Prints and their Appeal" this Sunday in the Main Gallery of the University Art Museum. Kita's talk is part of the Museum's exhibition of Japanese art entitled "The Moon Has No Home: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection of the University of Virginia Art Museum." Kita is an assistant professor of Japanese Art History at the University of Maryland -- College Park.
By a significant majority vote, the Inter-Fraternity Council at its weekly Presidents Council meeting Thursday night rejected Eta Lodge's petition to become a local fraternity with IFC sponsorship. "Eta Lodge is not an IFC fraternity," IFC President Ryan Ewalt said.
The Women's Center and Studies and Women and Gender Program will release its 47th issue of its biannual magazine, "Iris," tomorrow.
In the wake of a second-degree murder charge against third-year College student Andrew Robert Alston, University officials Saturday issued him an immediate interim suspension. The suspension is the result of the criminal charges brought against Alston and is in accordance with the University's standards of conduct, according to an official University statement released yesterday. Charlottesville District Judge Stephen Helvin yesterday set Alston's preliminary hearing for Jan.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia recently approved the creation of a new undergraduate major in biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia.
A University student has been charged wit?h murder for the weekend stabbing death of a local volunteer firefighter. The stabbing occurred near the intersection of Wertland and 14th Streets, behind the Corner district, early Saturday morning.
The thought of part-time college work brings to mind certain jobs: Telemarketing, retail or waiting tables are common.
University undergraduates aspiring to graduate school might consider entering the newly expanded applicant pool for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship, which will award around 30 new grants next year. Until now, the scholarship has been limited to students in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., but the Foundation recently announced that students across the nation now will be eligible for the award.
Charlottesville resident and well-known activist Priscilla Whiting, 72, died of respiratory illness Friday.
The Charlottesville Fire Department said a small fire started in the laundry room of Midway Manor on Water St.
It is late Friday afternoon and the Lawn is deserted, save a few tablers with no one left to solicit.
To shed light on student awareness and experiences concerning sexual assault, the University's Sexual Assault Education Office will distribute a survey this week. This is the most all-encompassing survey the office has distributed, covering sexual and domestic violence, according to Claire Kaplan, sexual assault education coordinator. "We have not done a study on this issue in a long time, and we have never done a study on domestic violence," Kaplan said.
Governor Mark R. Warner has appointed Charlottesville resident Karen Waters to a statewide task force geared at combating crime in minority communities.
University Dining Services soon plans to serve coffee certified by Fair Trade in its dining halls, largely because of a student-based effort. Fair Trade Coffee is an organization committed to protecting coffee farmers from harsh working conditions by maintaining a minimum wage of $1.26 per pound of coffee and buying directly from the farmers instead of brokering through various middlemen. University students Chris Antoun and Mike Figura began an organization known as Students Promoting Fair Trade in an effort to increase its awareness among the campus community. They worked closely with Dining Services Associate Director Eddie Whedbee to switch the coffee provider of University dining halls to Pura Vida, which exclusively offers Fair Trade-certified coffee. "The drive to do this was theirs," Dining Services Director Brent Beringer said. Antoun and Figura could not be reached for comment yesterday. University Politics Prof.
Beginning this weekend, students may enjoy more beverage options around Rugby Road as the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team begins a new trial phase in its new program to place water coolers at fraternity parties. ADAPT asked the fraternities of Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Chi, Sigma Pi and Theta Delta Chi to participate in a month-long trial period, making water coolers available in their houses during parties.
A small working meeting was held at 10 p.m. last night by Will Sowers, Student Council vice president for administration, in which he discussed his proposals for election rules changes following their review earlier in the day by University General Counsel Rick Kast. Kast is filling in for Madelyn Wessel, Council
Across the nation, more and more students are fighting their way through organic chemistry and MCAT testing to apply for medical school. For the first time in six years, the Association of American Medical Colleges reported a rise in the number of medical school applicants nationwide.
