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ISC votes to expand leadership eligibility

By Natasha Altamirano | October 21, 2003

In a unanimous decision, the chapter presidents of the Inter-Sorority Council's 16 sororities voted last night at their weekly Presidents Council meeting to reform ISC Executive Board election procedures in order to expand the pool of women eligible to become ISC leaders. The changes were primarily focused on the top five positions of the ISC Executive Board: President and Vice Presidents for Judiciary, Recruitment, Finance and Administration, ISC President Cahill Zoeller said. Prior to last night's decision, only ISC Executive Board members, chapter representatives and ISC Judiciary Committee counselors and investigators were eligible to run for all five Executive Board positions, said Chris McGill, program coordinator for the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. In addition to those four classes of eligible candidates, chapter presidents now can run for ISC president and chapter treasurers now can run for vice president for finance, McGill said. The candidate pool also expanded for the position of vice president for administration.

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Drill tests Va. terror attack preparedness

By Rachele Byrne | October 21, 2003

As the country continues to combat terrorism at home and abroad, Virginia launched a statewide bioterrorism drill Sunday to test the overall readiness of regional hospitals and health departments in the event of another terrorist attack on Virginia soil. States are required to perform antiterrorism drills in order to receive federal grant monies from the Centers for Disease Control.

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COUCH POTATOES ON A MISSION

By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 21, 2003

Theta Chi fraternity members (from left) Tom Perez-Lopez, Greg Hurst, Dave Morais and Tristan Davis gathered on a couch in the Amphitheater yesterday as part of an ongoing philanthropic event to raise money for the homeless.

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UJC votes down extension of statute of limitations

By Riley McDonald | October 20, 2003

After two years of contentious debate, the University Judiciary Committee voted down a proposed referendum to extend the statute of limitations -- the amount of time following an alleged crime during which a person can file a complaint -- from 45 to 180 days in cases of physical assault. The change would have required an amendment to the committee's constitution, a move that must be approved by a majority of students in an election. The committee's judge pool voted 10-4, with one judge abstaining and six judges absent, not to send the proposal to the fall election for a student vote.

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FSU game attracts record crowd

By Kara Rowland | October 20, 2003

If Saturday's football game against Florida State is any indication of the future, the time-honored tradition of ties, jackets and sun dresses may be competing with a new "sea of orange" in the stands. With a record-setting attendance of 62,875, University athletic officials said they were pleased by the turnout and acknowledged student responsiveness to their ongoing campaign to get students to wear orange at games. "It's something the players can see, something they can hear and something they can feel," Athletic Director Craig Littlepage said.

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ISC brainstorms possible changes to Big Sis Week

By Lauren Todd Pappa | October 20, 2003

Members of the Inter-Sorority Council executive board, sorority presidents and other ISC representatives held a forum yesterday to discuss the purpose of Big Sis Week, address concerns and propose potential reforms to improve the event. ISC President Cahill Zoeller said ISC board members and sorority sisters voiced similar issues and concerns with the event. Big Sis Week takes place about a month after pledges accept bids but before they are initiated into their sororities.

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Anti-JADE chalkings, fliers criticize drug bust

By Anthony LaMesa | October 17, 2003

Bright green flyers deriding the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force as "JADED" and chalkings of marijuana leaves blanketed Grounds last Friday around the Bryan Hall walkway and the Ruffner Hall pedestrian bridge. Some of the fliers featured a large picture of the serial rapist in an attempt to argue that funds allocated for the "Operation Spring Break Down" drug bust would have been better spent finding the serial rapist, who remains at large. A chalking on the side of Ruffner Hall had the Web address of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws written below a picture of a marijuana leaf. Although remnants of pro-Marijuana chalkings still remained on some University buildings yesterday, the fliers all had been removed from the Bryan Hall walkway. University Police Capt.

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Group seeks to redefine concept of honor

By Riley McDonald | October 17, 2003

When students and faculty think of honor, they too quickly associate it with the trials and sanctions of the University Honor Committee, according to the University members who created Envision Integrity, an initiative they are seeking to endow this year. "We're afraid University students have narrowed their definition of honor to what they can get away with, or what they can get caught for," said Nicole Eramo, special assistant to the Honor Committee and a member of EI. EI looks to incorporate University faculty and staff, along with students, into an extended dialogue about ethics, integrity and what it calls "little-h honor." "We want to make sure conversation occurs on how we live our lives in an honorable way every day," said Pat Lampkin, vice president for student affairs, who initiated the program.

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Warner calls for higher college enrollments

By Mary Pumphrey | October 17, 2003

Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner revealed new pieces of his Education for a Lifetime initiative, setting goals for Virginia colleges and universities to increase degrees by 10,000 each year and to increase yearly research budgets to $1 billion annually, in a speech at the College of William & Mary Tuesday. Warner said he hoped these changes would be in effect by 2010. Currently, Virginia's public colleges and universities collectively award 47,000 degrees each year.

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School of Nursing receives large grant for recruitment

By Angela Manese-Lee | October 17, 2003

The University's School of Nursing recently received a $650,000 grant to help recruit more young men and women for the nursing field. Officials said the money will be used to improve facilities and faculty resources as part of a larger effort to recruit current nurses' aides and other college graduates and provide them with an incentive to become full-time nurses.

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Sister Hazel on tap for Homecoming

By Sarah R. Gatsos | October 17, 2003

What do you get when you cross free food, fun and festivities? Homecoming 2003 -- Wahoo style. The University Programs Council, Student Council, Alumni Hall, the Athletics Department, Inter-Fraternity Council, Inter-Sorority Council, the Office of the Dean of Students and the class councils are sponsoring Homecoming events, officially known as Homecomings 2003, Friday, Oct.

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