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Construction delays leave tenants without homes

Although he signed a lease for an apartment advertised "only two blocks" from Grounds, second year College student Hunter Flint now has to bike two miles to get to class. Flint is one of 75 people, mostly University students, forced to temporarily relocate due to construction delays at Camden Plaza apartments. Construction of the six-story complex on 14th Street began last fall and was supposed to be completed for move-in August 22. On August 6, Woodard Properties emailed residents that occupancy on that date was uncertain. "We're just trying to catch up from when we got behind because of inclimate weather," Joy Waring said, Woodard Properties Property Manager. According to Waring, as of Monday the earliest completion date was estimated at Sept.

WORST SEAT IN THE HOUSE

Virginia Film Festival offers students a sneak peak of festival schedule. University students got a first look at the Virginia Film Festival's schedule Tuesday, a month before its release to the general public. United under the theme of "$," classic films including "Citizen Kane," Buster Keaton's "Second Chances," and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," will be shown. Scheduled celebrity appearances include Paul Junger Witt who produced 1999's military treasure hunt "Three Kings" starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube and screenwriter Frank Pierson who wrote the bank heist Al Pacino vehicle "Dog Day Afternoon," for which he won an Oscar.

Animal deaths lead to House probe at National Zoo.

The United States House of Representatives Administration Committee, in its role as steward of the National Zoo's $23 million budget, has initiated an investigation into the zoo's administration after a series of mishaps left four animals dead. Two pandas died in January after ingesting rat poison and two bald eagle's died last year as well

National, local average SAT scores rise

College-bound high school students nationwide saw a six-point increase in average total SAT scores this year as compared to 2002 scores, according to results released today by the College Board. The average SAT math score rose three points from 516 to 519 and the average verbal score rose three points from 504 to 507, for a national total average of 1026. Virginia students' scores had a slightly higher increase than the national average, with the average total Virginian score rising eight points.

City Police deal with underage drinking, recent vandalism

A mammoth piece of construction equipment sits in the middle of a deserted lot on Gordon Avenue.

Pease tapped to serve as first marching band director

A University search committee selected William E. Pease last week to head the University's efforts in developing a new marching band for next fall's football season.

Building a better University

Red construction walls, busy workers in hard hats, cranes, bulldozers and half-finished buildings are greeting students at the start of the 2003-2004 school year, the sight and sounds of which Wahoos will continue to live with for months to come. The construction is costing the University tens of millions of dollars and some of it is behind schedule, due mostly to inclement weather, but officials say that over time it will make the University a better place to live. Among the many projects the University currently has in the works are a special collections library in front of Alderman Library, a multi-purpose arena, a parking garage behind the Cavalier Inn and a footbridge over Emmet Street.

RIDING OFF INTO THE SUNSET

State continues to face budget problems

Although the Commonwealth is heading towards economic recovery, the next two years still hold the threat of a difficult budget crisis, Gov.

University regains No.1 public school ranking

After two years in the runner-up spot among the nation's top public universities, the University regained its No.

Drive to end illegal file-sharing intensifies

Hundreds of songs downloaded from services such as Kazaa and Grokster may not be as innocent, and students may not be as anonymous, as they once appeared.

Online Council application system leaves groups without CIO status

As student groups attempt to entice first years into membership with free cups and promises of fun and fellowship, approximately 150 student groups find themselves surprisingly bereft of their status as a Contracted Independent Organization.

Weathering the weather

As students prepare to return to the University this fall, they would be well advised to bring their umbrellas along as the summer's continual rainfall is expected to continue through the semester.

Companies vie for bid to design diversity exercise

After a month-long open bidding process for the online diversity training program which ended Aug.

City innundated with record-setting rainfall

"One-half of a Bible's worth of rain" is how a recent advisory from the State Climatology Office described the 20 days of rain most of Virginia received during the month of May.

Air and Space Museum restores Enola Gay

On August 6, 1945, the whole world shook when an American plane named the Enola Gay dropped "Little Boy," the first atomic bomb, on Hiroshima, Japan. This single event killed more than 140,000 people, left tens of thousands disfigured and suffering from lingering radiation sickness, and led to Japan's surrender in World War II. A public event was held at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on August 18, 2003 to unveil a new exhibit of the fully restored Enola Gay. The Enola Gay exhibit will be housed in a brand new extension of the museum, the Steven F.

Garage slated to open behind schedule

The University's new $15 million Ivy Road-Emmet Street parking garage now will not be completed until late October due to construction delays, University administrators announced earlier this month.

University battles computer viruses

Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 12, University faculty, staff and students were barraged with an onslaught of computer viruses and worms which have plagued the network in past weeks. ITC currently is dealing with three viruses, although two have been the main focus. "The virus Sobig.f is the worst," ITC Director of Security Coordination Shirley Payne said. Sobig.f appears in inboxes with messages such as "Re: That Movie" and "Your details," with the virus attached to the message. The second major virus, Demaru, is not as destructive as Sobig.f, Payne said.

Registrar introduces new security measures for ISIS

The Office of the University Registrar rolled out a new Integrated Student Information System platform Aug.

The Big Move

Things change, obviously. And though it might seem as though moving into college is one of the few experiences which unites students across the generations, even this most momentous of days has evolved over time.For starters, Pat Lampkin, University vice president for student affairs, said the University has taken great strides in recent years to facilitate the acclimatization of new students to the University. "Resident staff is absolutely focused on their adjustment," Lampkin said, citing summer orientation programs as one valuable tool which allows new students to get an early look at the Grounds. Additionally, student greeters, typically in brazen neon T-shirts to distinguish themselves in a crowd, are on site at the dormitories to answer questions and make new students feel welcome. The Move: then and now One salient difference between the current generation of college-goers and their parents' generation is the experiences they bring to campuses. "This generation is more traveled," Lampkin said.