In a controversial move yesterday President Bush announced his opposition to the University of Michigan's race-based admission policies, soon to be questioned before the Supreme Court. Today the Bush administration will file a brief in support of two students challenging Michigan's affirmative action admission policy before the high court.
Why is the sky dark at night? The obvious answer is that the sun lights up the sky during the day but is on the opposite side of the planet at night, leaving half of the world in darkness.
Although the first day of classes has come and gone, many students' schedules remain in limbo and professors in several departments find themselves turning away record numbers of students. Yesterday "there were millions of people in line at the computer labs all trying to get into ISIS" and find slots in classes, third-year College student Tehrae Heflin said. According to several department heads, many of those students are likely to come away disappointed.
The University is one step closer to seeing an in-state tuition hike. Student Council passed a resolution Dec.
Despite Gov. Mark R. Warner's challenging first year in office, he still has plans for his next three. Warner laid out his plans for the coming year in the State of the Commonwealth Address on Jan.
A fire at the Barracks Road Harris Teeter early yesterday morning left the potato chips section in ashes and the remainder of the store covered in soot. The Charlottesville Fire Department responded to the three-alarm fire at 6:30 a.m.
Fourth-year College student Monica Long's untimely death may direct attention to the often-ignored presence of domestic violence at the University. Domestic violence is a more pervasive concern than many students realize, according to Claire Kaplan, a sexual assault coordinator for the University's Women's Center. "There seems to be a high level of denial among undergraduates that this is a problem," Kaplan said.
Despite the University's 48-22 victory over West Virginia University in the inaugural Continental Tire Bowl on Dec.
Charlottesville police are encouraging students to be alert following a Dec. 30 assault in Charlottesville's Greenleaf Park.
Hundreds of people, including dozens dressed as early 19th century military officers and explorers, gathered on Monticello's West Lawn yesterday to kick off the commemoration of the 200 year anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Representatives of over 20 Native American tribes also attended the ceremony, some dressed in traditional regalia.
The University tragically lost a member of its community Jan. 4 when fourth-year College student Monica Long was killed in what police are now calling a murder-suicide case. According to Albemarle County police, Long's husband, 42-year-old Arnold R.
Charles A. Vandersee, 64, an associate professor of English and a former dean of the Echols Scholars Program, passed away earlier this month. Vandersee's sister Barbara Foster said he died of natural causes at his home in Charlottesville.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day organizers choosekeynote speaker The Rev. L. Tyrone Crider, a nationally renowned pastor and community and civil rights activist, will be this year's keynote speaker at Charlottesville's Martin Luther King Jr.
For many it has been a rocky semester. While students were still flooding the University Bookstore and reuniting with old friends in the limbo before classes began, the budget cuts were already striking: Libraries closed earlier and printers quietly disappeared from the libraries while page quotas were implemented. Comfort, however, was not to be found in a long, hot shower.
The Faculty Senate met yesterday in the chilly Garden Room of the Colonnade Club to discuss the similarly frigid budget situation. University President John T.
More multicultural education in the curriculum, diversity training during first-year orientation, a change to the dorm selection policy -- all these options are being considered by an informal group of students and administrators dedicated to improving race relations at the University. The group has seen its discussions intensified since the recent "blackface" incident, in which fraternity brothers at Zeta Psi were widely criticized for having painted their faces black as part of their costumes at a Halloween party, said Pat Lampkin, vice president for student affairs and leader of the group.
Last night Student Council unanimously passed a resolution to recommend replacing the University's early decision admissions policy with "Exclusive Early Action." The policy would allow prospective students a non-binding opportunity to apply early to the University. "I think this acts in the best interests of both students and the University," Representative Matt Straub said.
After two separate trials last night, the Inter-Sorority Council found Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta sororities not guilty of violating the non-discrimination clause of their Fraternal Organization Agreement.
Wayne Russell is a man not easily shaken from the task at hand. Even as a naked student on a bicycle rode down the center of the Lawn on a chilly late afternoon, Russell gave the incident little more than a shake of his head as he went about his work. There was no time to waste -- the University's second annual Lighting of the Lawn is just days away and Russell, the University's electrical maintenance supervisor, and his two man crew still have thousands of lights to hang before the switch can be thrown Thursday night at 9. Sponsored by the Fourth-Year Class Trustees, tomorrow evening's event is expected to draw somewhere around 4,000 University and community members.
Gov. Mark R. Warner announced Monday that he will not cut state funding to Virginia's K-12 public schools in the budget he will unveil to the General Assembly on Dec.
