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VHCF recognizes the uninsured The Virginia Health Care Foundation, founded in 1992 to ensure access to medical services for uninsured Virginians, is holding a "National Week of the Uninsured," which will last until next Monday, March 17. "The event has been designed to alert people across the country to the massive numbers of Americans who are without basic health insurance," a VHCF press release said. According to VHCF statistics, over one million Virginians now are uninsured, with the largest increase of uninsured coming in the form of those employed full-time.


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Former Sen. Hart addresses students

Former Colorado Democratic Senator Gary Hart offered a vision for the "Restoration of the Republic" in Jefferson Hall last night, as part of the Jefferson Society's ongoing speakers series. "Tonight I am announcing my candidacy," Hart began, before intentionally correcting himself, eliciting a hearty laugh from the audience.


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Assault prompts student dialogue

Following an assault on Student Council presidential candidate Daisy Lundy early yesterday morning, the University wasted no time in espousing support for Lundy and condemning the attack. Students, faculty and community members congregated in the Newcomb hall ballroom yesterday afternoon to discuss the assault and the state of race relations at the University. "We are here to chart a path to lead us out of this cold winter evening and into a bright day," said Karen Holt, director for the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and host of the event. Hundreds of participants packed the meeting space, overflowing out the doors, as administrators, student leaders and local religious figures spoke.


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Lundy assaulted behind Lawn, election postponed

Shortly before 2 a.m. yesterday, Daisy Lundy, second-year College student and Student Council presidential candidate, was assaulted in Poe Alley, directly behind the West side of the Lawn. According to several sources nearby at the time, Lundy had just left the Lawn room of Tim Lovelace, student member of the Board of Visitors, to retrieve her cellular phone from her car, parked at the end of the alley. While she was searching for her phone, an unknown assailant reportedly assaulted Lundy.


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Scientists find love breeds lust

Currently involved in a relationship filled with lots of love, romance and sexual desire?Well, don't be surprised if your partner has acted on lustful ambitions for another.New research being done at UCLA is finding surprising correlations between being in a relationship and lust for another person outside the relationship. Researcher Mari Sian Davies of UCLA recently presented unpublished findings by her team which includes Professors Gian Gonzaga and Marty Haselton as well as graduate student Julie Smurda at a symposium for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Now worried that your significant other possibly could be betraying you at this very moment?Relax.Davies' report indicates that those in love are actually less likely to act on their lustful desires.But don't get too relaxed just yet.The study's other result is that being in a relationship increases one's feelings of lust for another. The study involved 53 UCLA college students in romantic relationships.College students were apparently chosenbecause their relationships are more dynamic with a greater probability that they will fade.


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Speakers discuss U. Michigan implications

University students gathered yesterday evening to discuss the relevance of affirmative action and the potential effects the University of Michigan's race-based admissions case could have on the University. Shanta Driver spoke in favor of retaining affirmative action programs last night.


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UJC Rep. allocation to be examined

As the newly elected Judiciary and Honor Committee representatives prepare to take office in April, two Judiciary support officers are spearheading a committee to examine the number of representatives allotted to each school at the University. "It seems a little favorable to the small schools," third-year College student Eli Dejarnette said. Dejarnette and third-year College student Angela Carrico, both Judiciary Committee investigators, said they began discussing the issue of representation last semester. Currently, the committees have three representatives from the College and two representatives from every other school, although the Judiciary Committee does not have representatives from the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.


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Unanimously-approved resolution expresses support for living wage

Student Council unanimously passed a resolution last night in favor of a living wage for all full-time, direct and contract workers. Resolution sponsor and Council President Micah Schwartz said he was excited about Council's endeavor to assert a higher moral standard for the University. "I think it's a moral choice and we will do what we can to ensure that a living wage becomes a reality for all University employees," Schwartz said. A generous turnout for the community concerns portion of the Council meeting encouraged Council members to seriously consider the resolution. Charlottesville Vice-Mayor Meredith Richards began the community concerns forum by providing Council with background poverty information. "Charlottesville has for years and decades been at the center of the social services for the region's poor," Richards said. She added that Charlottesville passed a guaranteed living wage for all city employees in 1999 and would like to see the University follow suit. Richards, however, also cited the stumbling block to passing a living wage. "In 2000, the state General Assembly passed a law which said that contracts for city services can include a 'best value' clause which is interpreted in several different ways," Richards said. Board of Visitors Secretary Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam said, due to several past opinions of the state Attorney General, "it would be illegal for us to be involved" in the Living Wage campaign. Richards said she thinks otherwise. "We respectfully disagree and would and could pursue this in court if challenged," she said.


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Finance concentration cut by economics dept.

Beginning in the 2003-2004 school year, the economics department will no longer offer a concentration in finance for economics majors. Due to the recent hiring freeze and a temporary research leave by a University finance professor, next Spring the department will not offer the primary course required for a finance concentration, ECON 436: Topics in Quantitative Finance, according to Economics Department Chair David Mills. Professor Massimo Guidolin plans to take a research leave for the 2004 spring semester.


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Lundy receives intimidating calls

Student Council Presidential candidate Daisy Lundy filed a police report Monday after receiving obscene phone calls in her room Sunday night and early Monday morning. "The filed report stated that Lundy was receiving calls between 10 p.m.


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Honor now will oversee Council run-off elections

In the wake of a discovery that members of Student Council accessed the elections database during last week's University elections, Council agreed Sunday to allow a member of the Honor Committee to oversee the run-off election for Council president and to change the access code to the voting database. The run-off election between Council presidential candidates Ed Hallen and Daisy Lundy began yesterday and will conclude at 8 p.m.


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Daisy Lundy assaulted behind West Lawn

Shortly before 2 a.m. this morning, Daisy Lundy, Student Council presidential candidate and second-year College student, was assaulted in Poe Alley, directly behind the West side of the Lawn. According to several sources who were nearby at the time, Lundy had just left the Lawn room of Tim Lovelace, student member of the Board of Visitors, to retrieve her cellular phone from her car, which was parked at the end of the alley, near Lovelace


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Madison House seeks funding alternatives

Three years after Madison House and Student Council made an arrangement to phase out the service organization's Student Activity Fund allocation, Madison House officials say they have struggled to find outside sources of financial support. In order to move toward self-sufficiency, Madison House agreed to have its Council appropriation cut by 5 percent a year from 1999 to 2008.


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Board rejects appeal of election day vote docking

The Student Council Rules and Ethics Board rejected an appeal yesterday filed by Council presidential candidate Daisy Lundy, who claimed that she was unfairly penalized for campaign violations in last week's election. Last Thursday night the Election Committee deducted 2 percent of Lundy's vote total because of illegal campaigning on her behalf in first year dorms. The decision, coupled with the election committee's interpretation of by-law rules, which also was appealed, led to a margin of victory for Lundy slim enough to force a run-off election. Polls opened this morning at 8 for the run-off, and will remain open until tomorrow night at 8. The four-member board deliberated for over an hour before ultimately upholding the decision of the election committee.


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The Organization of Young Filipino Americans is one of many cultural Contracted Independent Organizations at the University, and their mission is to create a supportive community for Filipino students. Danella Romera, the current president of OYFA and fourth-year College student, discusses the importance of OYFA as a cultural organization and how OYFA plans for this year’s Culturefest, an annual multicultural showcase. 

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