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Faculty Council outlines objectives

By Anthony LaMesa | October 1, 2003

Representing thousands of University faculty and staff members, the University's General Faculty Council is pursuing a number of new initiatives this year to better serve a broad-based constituency that ranges from teaching faculty to librarians. A major issue the GFC will tackle this year is clarifying the University administration's interpretation of the "expectation of continued employment" policy for general faculty, said Donal Day, a member of the GFC policy committee. General faculty are not considered tenure or tenure-track faculty or classified staff.

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Office of Student Affairs gives $5,000 to Arts Committee

By Victor Andrei | October 1, 2003

Student Council efforts to lobby for the creation of an "art fund" for student-run projects have met with success, netting a $5,000 grant from the University. Council's Student Arts Committee spearheaded the initiative, which aims to increase opportunities for students to advance their interests in the arts. Vice President for Student Affairs Pat Lampkin, whose office provided the funds, spoke enthusiastically about the art fund, which she said will support student arts in the community. "It's an avenue for our students to bring the arts into the student community," she said. The Student Arts Committee is the only Council committee receiving money from the Vice President for Student Affairs office at present, according to Lampkin. The Committee will manage the funds and allocate them for student art projects outside of the classroom which otherwise would remain unfunded, Student Arts Committee Chair Rebecca Menges said. Proposals for "new and emerging work" in the arts, whether in film, music, dance, drama, studio art, architecture and design, creative writing or poetry, will be presented to the Committee for approval.

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THE STATE OF HIP HOP

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 30, 2003

Chuck Wilson, CEO of Babygrande Records, spoke in the Rotunda last night as part of '106 and Rotunda,' a presentation on the hip hop industry sponsored by LMNTal and YBE.

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Police warn citizens against attempts to capture serial rapist

By Christine Wallace | September 30, 2003

After two attempts in the past week by students to catch suspicious persons without immediate police assistance, University and Charlottesville police are admonishing students not to attempt to catch suspects in the serial rapist case on their own. "We don't know if it was the serial rapist," Charlottesville Police Captain Chip Harding said.

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Summer session eases transition to University

By John Carner | September 30, 2003

This past summer, a selected group of incoming first years tried out a new program to help them successfully move from high school into the University. "Students are invited to attend the second summer session," said Asst.

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IFC, ISC plan to publicize scholarship

By Corinne Shamy | September 29, 2003

A potential for $4,000 in academic scholarships is not something that would normally slip under the radar of college students. But the relatively unknown Greek Endowment Scholarship could alleviate a large sum of tuition for a wide pool of eligible applicants. The Inter-Fraternity and Inter-Sorority Councils are increasing publicity for two $2,000 scholarships awarded annually to one eligible IFC Greek male and one ISC Greek female. IFC Alumni Relations Chair Alex Berrang said that, although the scholarship has been around for over a decade, it has not gotten as much publicity has they would have liked. "This is a substantial amount of money that we are offering," Berrang said.

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Football game attendance high this year

By Kathleen Meyers | September 29, 2003

As fans rejoice at this weekend's close football victory, sports officials are happy to see large crowds pack the stands of Scott Stadium. Two home games into the season, attendance at home football games has been higher than in years past.

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Federal grant to fund emergency radio system

By Anthony LaMesa | September 29, 2003

Thanks to a multi-million dollar grant from the federal government, local emergency officials will no longer be relegated to responding to emergencies in a piecemeal manner because of incompatible communications equipment. Last Thursday, the United States Department of Homeland Security awarded the regional Emergency Communications Center, which represents Albemarle County, Charlottesville and University public safety agencies, a $6 million dollar grant that will aid in funding a new 800-megahertz emergency radio system.

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University revisitshistory of integration

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 29, 2003

In 1934, Alice Jackson Stuart, then Alice Jackson, an African American woman from Richmond, was rejected from the University's Graduate school.At the time, the University claimed she was rejected based upon "good and sufficient reasons" as well as race. Stuart was the first African American to apply to a graduate school in Virginia.

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Milky Way galaxy consumes local stars

By Caroline Ward | September 29, 2003

The Milky Way galaxy is literally eating its neighbor, according to a study conducted by a team of astronomers from the University of Virginia and the University of Massachusetts. "Basically, the Milky Way is acting like a cannibal," said University Astronomy Prof.

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Hurricane destroys 256-year-old tree on Grounds

By Anthony LaMesa | September 26, 2003

The large pine tree by Brooks Hall, which was knocked down by Hurricane Isabel's powerful winds last Thursday night, recently was discovered to be the oldest tree on Grounds by a student who counted the rings of its immense trunk. According to University spokesperson Carol Wood, the student counted 256 growth rings, which means the tree likely was over 250 years old and pre-dated Thomas Jefferson's founding of the University. In total, 20 large trees were brought down on University property due to the hurricane.

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