Proponents of an $8 "living wage" in the City of Charlottesville earned a conditional victory Monday night at the City Council meeting.
The Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library has a new face now that Ann Whiteside took over as fine arts librarian two weeks ago. In her new job, Whiteside is responsible for maintaining the collections and services provided to students and faculty members in the arts departments, such as architecture and art history that use the library. A search committee, which began looking for a new fine arts librarian a year ago, sought someone with experience working in art libraries and developing both digital and traditional collections, said Jane Penner, music librarian and chairwoman of the search committee. The new librarian also needed to work well with the faculty, be a strong manager and help the staff develop, Penner said. Whiteside "had the best balance between offering services in digital materials and traditional print material," she said. Whiteside's strong experience with visual resources and prior experience with supervision contributed to her selection, said Diane Walker, associate University librarian for user services. Whiteside previously served as the visual resource librarian at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
The scene seems very familiar: females gyrating to loud music that vibrates the houses on Rugby Road while guys ogle them.
Unocal, the large energy resource development company now in the middle of a hot debate on Grounds over its business in Burma, continues to deny any alleged misconduct in its dealings with the military-led nation. The California-based company absolutely has not engaged in any form of misconduct, Unocal spokesman Barry Lane said. Burma, a small country in Southeast Asia wedged between Bangladesh and Thailand, has been the recent subject of intense international and local controversy.
A new proposal to alter the Honor Committee's single sanction could offer students a new way to admit guilt in an honor offense without being subject to permanent expulsion. The proposal, discussed at Sunday's Committee meeting, essentially would function as a "broadening of the conscientious reaction umbrella," said Brian Winterhalter, an Architecture School representative and the author of the proposal. Under the present honor system, a conscientious retraction allows students who know they have committed an honor offense to admit to it without facing honor charges.
Charlottesville police charged Linwood Eugene Hughes with the robbery of the Branch Banking and Trust Bank on the corner of Alderman and Ivy roads yesterday, marking the second bank robbery in the area in less than two weeks. Hughes, 31, entered the BB&T bank shortly before 1 p.m.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced she will soon propose legislation to reform the U.S. student visa program.
As the new director of the government and foreign affairs honors program, Prof. John Echeverri-Gent has worked with students and faculty since last spring to bring fresh ideas and changes to the program. His predecessor, Government and Foreign Affairs Prof.
The Board of Visitors plans to announce today a decision to place on its October agenda a Student Council resolution regarding the divestment of University assets in Burma.
Computer shopping. Few things are as confusing to even the most tech savvy Wahoo more quickly. What brand?
After 15 years of struggle, trade officials approved China's membership in the World Trade Organization on Sept.
The University and Charlottesville communities will continue to have a place to remember the events of Sept.
A ceremony at Scott Stadium Saturday before the football game against Duke provided a unique opportunity for those in attendance to honor New York firefighters in the wake of the national tragedies on Sept.
Nearly three weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration implemented rigid security measures in the nation's airports, officials are preparing supplemented security at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport. After President Bush initiated a new federal program to increase airport security last week, Gov.
The University sports promotions department has suggested an idea to increase enthusiasm at Virginia men's basketball games, but Student Council is concerned that the proposal only will promote mayhem. The department wants to form "Team Cavalier," a student fan organization.
The Honor Committee has dealt with 55 of the 145 plagiarism cases initiated by Physics Prof. Louis Bloomfield beginning in April 2001.
Charlottesville Police charged an Alexandria man for two assaults occurring early Sunday morning at the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity house. James Allgood, 18, faces two counts of assault and battery after an incident that occurred earlier that night involving two female guests. Neither of the two victims was injured seriously.
The spouses and children of people killed or seriously disabled in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks could receive free tuition to New York's public colleges, if a new legislative plan proposed by New York Gov.
With several health-related organizations on Grounds, the newly formed Health Unity Council aims to support each of these individual clubs, while serving as a mechanism for the groups to achieve their common goals.
Downloads of MP3s and immense digital videos are clogging the residential networks of colleges and universities across the nation.
