Mistakenly taking Hurricane Isabel to be the end of the world, local simians gathered outside the Woodard offices Thursday seeking atonement for the leasing agency's treatment of misplaced residents.
Students accused of illegally sharing copyrighted files could lose their network connections, according to a notice from ITC e-mailed to all students last week. Upon receipt of a complaint from the entertainment industry, ITC will warn accused students and give them three business days to respond.
For one anonymous 20-year-old third-year College student, the fake ID he's had since high school was just another school supply to pack for his return to the University this fall. "I've used my [fake] ID way too many times to count," the student said.
The grand opening of the University's renovated Science and Engineering Library in Clark Hall is scheduled for Oct.
Two students allegedly were assaulted early Sunday morning around 1:30 a.m. near the corner of 17th Street and Gordon Avenue shortly after leaving a fraternity party in the area. Third-year Engineering students Ricky Yau and Brian Welsh were walking on 17th Street when they were attacked by three men, according to a Charlottesville Police Department report.
The County will launch a three-week cleanup program tomorrow to assist residents with debris cleanup in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel. The program will begin tomorrow morning and run through Oct.
Students attending fraternity parties during the spring semester may have an additional beverage choice, after the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team secured funding last Tuesday to provide water coolers at fraternity parties. The Office of Health Promotion's Social Norms Marketing Division agreed to fund ADAPT's initiative, Social Norms Marketing Coordinator Jennifer Bauerle said. "What we're attempting to do is to have [the coolers] in a location to make water as prevalent as alcoholic drinks," ADAPT member Abigail Atwood said.
Although University classes resumed Monday, other Virginia schools remain closed in the wake of Hurricane Isabel. The College of William & Mary is closed until further notice and the administration encourages students not to return to campus until notified.
University history Prof. and College Dean Edward L. Ayers introduced a new, community-based perspective to the historical conversation on the Civil War.
In the wake of Hurricane Isabel, which struck the central East Coast Thursday and Friday, University and Charlottesville community members continue to regroup, as power slowly is restored and debris is cleared from roads and sidewalks. "The University will be on a regular academic and work schedule" today, University spokesperson Carol Wood said. Since the storm, which forced the closure of the University Thursday after 1 p.m.
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Albemarle County Police apprehended an armed robbery suspect Saturday night who allegedly pocketed 75 cents in his criminal undertaking. Sgt.
After the racially tinged events of the past year, many students and faculty fretted over the state of race relations at the University and said they wished there was some way to organize a lasting dialogue between people of different races. Unbeknownst to many of them, a group that predates last year's racially-charged incidents, which included a fraternity blackface incident and an alleged assault on Student Council President Daisy Lundy, was trying to ensure that their wishes were not in vain. Sustained Dialogue was formed in the fall of 2001 as a means to get students from diverse backgrounds to talk about race. The group held its annual introductory retreat yesterday in Newcomb Hall, drawing nearly 100 students.
As Hurricane Isabel approaches the Eastern shore, evacuated residents from Virginia Beach and other coastal areas are packing Charlottesville hotels. Virginia Beach residents Herb and Alice Horst arrived Tuesday at the Red Roof Inn on Main Street with their St.
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors currently is discussing the merits of modifying its admissions policy, which limits the number of out-of-state students to 18 percent of the total freshman class. The Board's educational planning committee met Sept.
"After 30 years of making no comprehensive zoning changes, we thought that our zones were outdated," Charlottesville Vice Mayor Meredith Richards said.
The Senate voted 55-40 Tuesday to undo changes to media ownership rules that were mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.
University, City and County officials have been working together to prepare for possibly the worst storm to hit the Charlottesville area since Hurricane Fran in 1996. Meetings have been held for the past three to four days on potential consequences of Hurricane Isabel on University students and facilities.
A National Academy of Sciences report released last week proposed an increase in the excise tax on alcohol, specifically beer, as a way to reduce underage drinking. According to the report, underage drinking costs tax payers $53 billion a year.
