As the April 26th spring races at Foxfield approache, officials clarify how students can attend the races. For the first time, all of the tickets must be pre-purchased.
Tuesday night, 19 Contracted Independent Organizations appealed to Student Council, requesting additional funds above those initially allocated by the appropriations committee. The requests, which lasted 10 hours, resulted in Council granting 11 appeals and allocating around $13,000.
With no clear frontrunner poised to contest President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election, analysts say the Democratic Party might be looking to the South. On his Crystal Ball election prediction Web site, Politics Prof.
The Latin Student Union held its annual elections Tuesday night, slating second-year college student Alex Yec to serve as president. LSU's next vice president will be third-year Commerce student Ronaldo Sanchez.The Secretary position will be filled by third year college student Caterina Dutto.Dutto commented that she has high hopes for the projected restructuring of the organization next year in its efforts to encourage more diverse participation in the organization.Second-year college student Wendy Guerrero will serve as the next LSU treasurer. Outgoing president Lucia Cruz is optimistic about the new executive board. "I look forward to them expanding the organization to include more activities for the broader University community," Cruz said.
A life-size bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln was disclosed in Richmond Saturday near the James River, sparking both jubilation and disdain. The statue, which also features Lincoln's son Tad, was greeted with both applause and boos by the assembled crowd.
Radford Alexander Corporation, owned by Reginald Lathan, a former Darden School Foundation trustee, faces probation violation charges following a December 2000 indictment for Environmental Protection Agency regulation infringements, according to Rebecca Lonergan, U.S.
With the anticipated completion of a new Special Collections Library just over a year away, the University announced last Friday that it has received two grants which total nearly half a million dollars which will benefit the collections. In December 2002 the Andrew W.
In the wake of the recent global outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the University now is considering the cancellation of study abroad summer programs in Hong Kong and China.
Despite last Thursday's accident at the Emmet Street parking garage construction site, facilities management officials said the project is proceeding in a timely manner.
On March 20, the day after the United States began bombing Iraq, an estimated 200 University students left their classes at 2 p.m.
The recent spike in gasoline prices caused by pre-war anxieties in the crude oil industry is receding.
Construction of the new basketball arena and special events center is set to begin in late spring and proceed on schedule, thanks to two new gifts from University alumni. A $10 million commitment from Paul Tudor Jones II and a $5 million pledge from William H.
As part of 'Proud to Be Out Week,' which celebrates queer pride, members of the Queer Student Union painted Beta Bridge this weekend.
The chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority at Virginia Union University has been suspended following the conviction of four of its members on hazing and simple assault charges. The sorority members were charged following a Feb.
In yesterday's article entitled "University issues audit of elections procedures," the Election Reform Ad Hoc Committee is inaccurately referred to throughout the article as the "Elections Committee." The audit also does not "affirm" the decision to dock votes for Lundy during the 2003 Student Council Presidential Election, as the article suggests.
After long months of anticipation, applicants to the University received their admissions decision letters Friday, March 28. 14,855 students applied to the University this year, up from last year's pool of 14,591.
University Alumnus John L. Nau III and his wife, Bobbie Nau, said they will donate $8.5 million to the University's South Lawn project -- the largest contribution to date.
As part of nationwide Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, the University's Department of Otolaryngology will provide free head and neck cancer screenings today and Wednesday. Today's screenings will take place at U.Va.
The number of Americans, and more specifically Virginians, who are either overweight or obese has reached "epidemic" proportions, according to Virginia Department of Health officials. Recently released Health Department statistics show in 2001, 57 percent of Virginians were either overweight or obese, a 17 percent jump in the state's overweight population from only a decade earlier, yet still below the national average. At the national level, nearly 66 percent of American adults and 9 million children are overweight or obese, according to the U.S.
University President John T. Casteen III and University Rector Gordon F. Rainey Jr. announced two major diversity initiatives at the May 4 Board of Visitors meeting. A new president's commission on diversity and equity and a Board special committee on diversity and equity will address issues of race relations at the University. The commission, which should have a final report by May 1, 2004, will review previous University reports on diversity and equity, examine comparable programs at other schools and recommend policy changes to the Board's special committee, a University press release said. Casteen will appoint a commission chair who will tap members of the faculty, student body and administration to serve on the commission, University spokesperson Carol Wood said. The Board's committee will be charged with addressing the scope of efforts to promote diversity and understanding in the University community and the appropriate role of the Board in oversight of diversity issues, a University press release said. The committees will work cooperatively to achieve their goals, Wood said. "They're going to be working hand in hand throughout the process," she said. Board member Terence P.
