A Charlottesville Internet forum for freedom of expression is making waves among advocates and opponents of free speech alike. The virtual community chalkboard at chalkboard.tjcenter.org is an online version of the future Charlottesville community chalkboard, slated to debut across from City Hall in summer 2003.
In-state students soon may face a tuition increase if state government officials act to lift the current five-year cap on tuition.
As budget cuts continue to strain funding for undergraduate research, recipients and sponsors of this year's Faculty Senate Harrison Awards said they were especially appreciative of the honor. Held yesterday in the Rotunda Dome Room, the ceremony recognized 40 undergraduate students with financial stipends for summer research projects, an increase from last year's 23 award recipients. "The budget cuts make them more significant," Faculty Senate Chairman Robert Grainger said.
The Virginia Senate spurred a rash of controversy when it voted Tuesday in favor of requiring all public schools to post the nation's motto, "In God We Trust," in a prominent place. The bill passed by a vote of 30 to 10, but debate still rages over its constitutionality. "If this is where patriotism is coming from, then we're headed for trouble," State Sen.
Members of the Charlottesville City Council are embroiled in a debate over what to do with the historical Jefferson School in downtown Charlottesville. At its meeting next Monday, the Council officially will take over the deed to the school from the Charlottesville School Board. For years, the fate of the first local high school for blacks in Charlottesville has been a source of community concern. "Our goal has always been centered around the best way to preserve Jefferson and turn it from being an aging and underutilized facility to a site in which the entire community can take great pride," Charlottesville Mayor Blake Caravati said. The building, currently under the control of the Charlottesville School Board, has hosted the Jefferson Pre-school since 1995. The city's plans to renovate the Jefferson school were delayed by concerns of "how to fund a complete renovation of the Jefferson School, which would cost upwards of $8 million, and where to locate the preschool program," Caravati said. On Jan.
Perfumes and colognes may do more than make you smell good - some say they also may improve your love life. New research from the University of Chicago sheds light on a class of chemicals known as pheromones, which often have enjoyed a reputation for increasing the human sex drive.
Like many children of divorce, third-year College student Katja Neubauer never will forget the day her parents separated.
University professors are using the Internet to help Virginia high school students pass the 11th grade U.S.
Kadiatou Diallo, whose 22-year-old son was shot and killed by four New York City police officers three years ago, spoke at the University last night about racial profiling in America. Amadou Diallo, an immigrant from West Africa who came to the United States to pursue his education in computer science, was shot 41 times by four police officers Feb.
The economics department will have to cut about 30 courses or sections of courses next year because of departing professors. There will be about 600 fewer spaces for students in the fall semester, with the losses divided between upper-level and introductory courses, Economics Department chairman David Mills said. "That's an incredible number of people wandering the hallways with course-add forms," Economics Prof.
New England colleges and universities are facing an undergraduate enrollment decline mainly because of high tuition rates and students leaving the region, according to a report this week in the Chronicle of Higher Education. While Ivy League institutions such as Harvard, Yale, Brown and others continue to flourish, smaller private colleges and public universities in the region are struggling to recruit students.
As far as he can remember, Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam Jr., secretary to the Board of Visitors, has seen every Virginia governor since 1966 deliver a commencement address at the University. Following tradition, Gilliam will hear Virginia's current governor this May. University President John T.
A brief detour to the second floor of Alderman Library takes its visitors back in time as they step into the University's special collections to find rare books and hidden treasures.
Leaders of Phi Gamma Delta's (Fiji) recolonization efforts expect their chapter will offer the University a unique fraternity experience this spring.
The University Library's special collections library is a victim of its own success. Over the past decades it has accumulated a collection of rare documents and books that few American libraries can match.
With time running out before the candidacy filing deadline, incumbent Republican Sen. John Warner currently faces no major opposition in the upcoming fall elections. Warner previously faced a contest with retired Army Lt.
Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner amended his recent proposal to raise college tuition by 5 percent yesterday when he called for increasing fees by a higher amount. Warner said the steeper tuition increase would help Virginia's colleges and universities deal with the recent cuts in state funding. Warner also announced yesterday that he estimates about 700 workers in state agencies will be laid off next year. Virginia's bleak economic outlook will harm all Virginians, he said. "You're going to see it in the increased fees the state charges, you're going to see it in longer lines at the DMV," he said in an interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Warner said the total budget shortfall for the next three fiscal years would be $3.8 billion. Sen.
The Aquatic and Fitness Center was evacuated suddenly and temporarily closed yesterday afternoon, after local 911 operators received a bomb threat to the building. Responding to the threat, which arrived at 1:42 p.m.
A substantial portion of the 7,379 acre estate donated to the University of Virginia Foundation by philanthropist John W.
The European-American Unity and Rights Organization publicly demanded last week that those responsible for the six recent attacks of University students be charged with racial hate crimes. City police have made 10 arrests as of last Fridayrelated to a series of attacks in residential areas near Grounds.
