A Friday morning blaze at an Albemarle County hotel claimed the lives of two victims who were on a recruitment visit to the University Law School.
In the wake of "two violent incidents involving students" which occurred over the past few weeks, a letter directed toward parents of University students was posted on the University's Web site last Wednesday. University Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Lampkin advised parents in the letter to talk to their children about these recent events. "Parents are reading the newspapers and watching television, and when they're so removed from the community it helps them to be kept in touch," Lampkin said yesterday. The letter referenced the Nov.
Investigators from the Albemarle County Police Department were called to Richmond Friday for an autopsy of the unidentified homicide victim found on Yancy Mill Lane Thursday morning near the Crozet exit of Interstate 64. A single gunshot wound to the victim's head was determined to be the cause of death.
Hurricane Isabel's path through Central Virginia cost the University a total of about $1.5 million, according to figures released by the University. The University lost about $1.1 million in potential revenue and was forced to pay $400,000 in damage and cleanup costs, according to Richard F.
The Range arguably represents the University graduate students' equivalent of the Lawn in terms of location and prestige. Since its creation by students two years ago, the Range community currently houses 51 graduate students who had to undergo an application process in order to receive a spot. Range Council President Christopher Colby explained last year's inaugural application process. "We had 70 to 80 candidates for 50 spots," Colby said.
The Atlantic Coast Conference's recent decision to expand to include the University of Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College, not only will increase the conference's football prowess but also will increase the graduation rate of student athletes. According to a study released this past Monday by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida, the expansion of the ACC will increase the average graduation rate of football players by 1 percent.
Albemarle County police and investigators received a tip at 9:50 a.m. yesterday that a deceased Hispanic male was lying dead inside a vehicle parked in a private driveway. The car was just off Yancey Mill Lane near the Crozet exit of Interstate 64.
University classified staff members earning a minimum wage will see a boost in their hourly pay rate come January, Chief Human Resource Officer Thomas E.
Democratic presidential nomination candidate Howard Dean announced a plan yesterday to provide college students with $10,000 a year in federal financial aid.
By any standard, College Dean Edward L. Ayers is a busy man. A laminated copy of his weekly schedule and the promptings of secretary and "time keeper" Heidi Winter help Ayers run on schedule as he divides his time between teaching, writing and presiding as dean over three-fourths of the University student body. While others would find themselves spread too thin, Ayers is known for injecting energy and enthusiasm into all of his commitments. He was named U.S.
Remember when you thought getting sick was a good thing?I used to pray for minor illness during elementary school so that I could curl up on the couch and get waited on, hand and foot. Oh the irony!
Students at the University of Michigan looking for a competitive edge when applying for jobs, internships and graduate school have found that they can boost their chances for acceptance by claiming membership in fictitious organizations. Several Michigan students said that the practice of creating organizations for the sole purpose of resume embellishment is a common technique used to impress potential employers and admissions boards. According to the Michigan Student Assembly handbook, clubs are not required to have a function or generally recognized purpose, though they must hold meetings to avoid being officially disbanded.
University Recycling employee GinaCasciano, a fourth-year College student,participates in the second annual Dumpster Dive, part of a nationwide America Recycles Day celebration.
It's Sunday morning and all along the streets of Charlottesville, from Rugby Road to 14th Street to McCormick, college students are slowly making their way home on the long walk of shame (otherwise known as the "stride of pride"). A girl in a wrinkled black shirt tries to remember the name of the fraternity brother she hooked up with last night.
This Tuesday, students will have a chance to vote on a referendum to give the First-Year Council president and the transfer student liaison a vote in Student Council next fall. Currently, new transfer students and first years do not have their own elected, voting representatives on Council, though the FYC president and the liaison both are allowed to participate in voting representative discussions.
This week marks National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Week -- a week intended to recognize student participation in their local EMS squads, which consist of over 150 collegiate groups. The Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad is participating in EMS recognition week because half of the active members in its organization are University students. The rescue squad answers calls for the University and much of Albemarle County and are the busiest all-volunteer rescue squad in the country, handling about 11,000 calls last year, according to rescue squad President David Starmer. Each year, several hundred of the calls handled respond to incidents at the University.
Three weeks after the acting president of Hampton University confiscated copies of a student publication following its editors' refusal to run her letter to the editor on the front page, a national association of newspaper executives has decided to discontinue funding a summer journalism program at the school. The American Society of Newspaper Editors previously had earmarked $55,000 for Hampton University to host its High School Journalism Institute, also scheduled at five other locations across the country, said Director Peter Bhatia, who added that after the incident, the group did not believe it would be appropriate to hold such an event at an institution that did not uphold the principles of free press. "We're an organization that exists to serve the newspaper industry," he said.
On an average day College of Arts and Sciences Dean Edward L. Ayers is not usually the center of media attention.
Following last Sunday's overwhelming majority vote by the University of Pennsylvania's undergraduate assembly to support on-campus coeducational housing, administrators at that school will continue to consider the possibility of offering such an arrangement. Coeducational dormitories are commonly offered as a way to avoid potential discrimination against transsexuals and other individuals who may feel uncomfortable in a same-sex environment. Brown University, another Ivy League school, currently offers cohabitation to approximately 315 students, and officials there said the policy has been generally well-received. --Compiled by Jason Amirhadji
Recent controversy surrounding the issue of raising the cap on out-of-state freshman enrollment at North Carolina's public colleges and universities likely will prompt the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to postpone its decision on the matter, which is scheduled to take place at a meeting tomorrow. After the Board's Committee on Educational Planning, Policies and Programs proposed increasing the cap from 18 to 22 percent early last month, other Board members have introduced at least three alternative proposals, according to Joni Worthington, UNC associate vice president for communications and special assistant to the president. In addition to the new policy proposals, public response to the cap increase prompted Board members to reevaluate the issue. "There has been a considerable level of concern and questions expressed by various university constituencies and by the general public," Worthington said. In light of the alternative recommendations, Board Chair Brad Wilson, in an official statement yesterday, said he will ask the Committee to accept a motion at its meeting, scheduled for today, to reconsider the original proposal, thereby moving the decision back to the committee level before final consideration by the full Board. "The Chairman wants to make sure the Board doesn't act prematurely before it can address the entire situation," Worthington said.
