Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage, who has starred in both dramas and comedies over the years, will headline the 15th Virginia Film Festival this year, the festival board announced Saturday. Cage will participate in two of the festival's events, including the presentation of his directorial debut, "Sonny," at Culbreth Theatre on Saturday, Oct.
Responding to the Commonwealth's financial crisis, two University alumni groups offered a combined gift of $300,000 that will aim to safeguard undergraduate courses in the College. Representatives from the Alumni Association and the College Foundation each presented checks of $150,000 to University President John T.
Teenagers today are increasingly the prime targets of malt beverage advertisements. Recent statistics show that 77 percent of teenagers watch television after 9 p.m.
Possible outcomes of the 2004 presidential election and election reform legislation both received substantial discussion in a presentation from CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider yesterday in Jefferson Hall. Schneider's presentation was a part of the Jefferson Society's speaker series. Citing several potential outcomes in the 2004 race, Schneider named Al Gore, Sen.
University President John T. Casteen III joined over 300 college and university presidents Oct. 7 in condemning the intimidation of Jewish students on college campuses in a full-page statement in the New York Times. The statement, chiefly authored by Rev.
After more than a month of build-up, the University community will bear witness to third-year College student Adam Boyd's open honor trial Saturday.
The airline industry received a $15 billion bailout last year from the federal government due to the events of Sept.
The Markle Foundation, a non-profit think tank based in New York, published on Monday its post-Sept.
Illinois student newspaper sues for freedom of press National media groups and First Amendment advocates are voicing their support for a case to go before a panel of federal judges this fall. The case was filed by Jeni Porshe and Margaret Hosty, graduate students at the Governor State University of Illinois and editors of the school paper, the Innovator. The two students were chosen to head the paper in the spring of 2000, and subsequently decided to revamp it, going from a publication focused on promoting university accomplishments to a critical forum for review of faculty and administrative procedure. Porshe and Hosty published several scathing editorials about specific members of the faculty.
On a weekend when the Board of Visitors pondered the financial crisis brought on by budget cuts to the University, Board members must have been relieved to hear two pieces of good financial news at their Oct.
In what is turning out to be an important election year, a coalition of student groups at the University has met its goal of registering 2002 new student voters.
Following a unanimous vote by Phi Delta Alpha Fraternity's undergraduate members, the organization has changed its name to the Phi Society, effective last week. The Phi Society now will refer to brothers of the fraternity as Phis, and to their fraternity house on 1 University Circle as the Phi Society or Phi House. The fraternity, a member of the Multicultural Greek Council, officially invoked this change Oct.
As a potential war with Iraq hangs over the nation, some University students are preparing for the possibility of being sent into combat. At a training exercise on Sunday, units in the Virginia Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Division learned they will go on active duty starting Nov.
At yesterday's Faculty Senate meeting at the Colonnade Club, University President John. T. Casteen III expressed support for faculty in his budget update and University Provost Gene Block revealed some of his goals for this year. Casteen said Gov.
University officials tap Lampkin as vice president for student affairs University President John T.
As the fall midterm elections approach, local congressional races are drawing increased attention from prospective voters. Democratic candidate Ben Jones is challenging Republican incumbent Eric Cantor in Virginia's 7th Congressional district, which extends north from Richmond through Page County. Many voters will recognize Jones as the actor who played Cooter on the popular television show, "The Dukes of Hazzard." Jones also served two terms as a Georgia Congressman from 1988 to 1992 before former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich defeated him. Cantor currently is serving his first term in the House of Representatives. As the campaign draws into its final weeks, the candidates plan to emphasize their stances on the issues and get out the vote. "The focus of the campaign has been about getting Ben's message out about being for the public interest and not the special interest," Jones' campaign manager Ben Tribbett said. Cantor's campaign manager Matt Williams said some of Cantor's goals are aiding the president in the war on terrorism and improving education. "The issues we're focused on are national security, economic security and social security," Williams said. Controversy has swirled around the campaign since its inception. In one instance, Jones drew criticism from many opponents for his use of "the General Lee." The item in question is the orange 1969 Dodge Charger from the "Dukes of Hazzard" that prominently displays a Confederate flag on its roof. "It's a non-issue," Tribbett said.
Last Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared illegal the importation and interstate transportation of live snakehead fish or their eggs in response to growing concerns that the predatory fish, native to southeastern Asia, poses significant risk to the fish and wildlife populations of the United States. In July, nearly 100 juvenile northern snakehead fish were found in a pond in Crofton, Md.
The University Board of Visitors gave Leonard W. Sandridge, executive vice president and chief operating officer, authorization last Friday to levy a mid-year tuition surcharge for students that could be as high as $500 per student. Any surcharge will be an addition to base tuition in spring 2003.
Anticipating cuts in state funding, University officials announced Oct. 3 they will institute new budget cuts immediately. University President John T.
