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New course focuses on Asian-American issues

By Mary Catherine Wellons | January 25, 2002

A class that never appeared in the Course Offering Directory, AMEL 302,"Topics in Modern Asian America" has more than exceeded its original capacity with 80 University students enrolled. The efforts of students and faculty led to the creation of AMEL 302 after students realized last semester that courses devoted to Asian-American issues would not be offered for spring 2002.

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University adds new programs abroad

By Abby Curran | January 24, 2002

Students may now receive the same credit for studying on the southern tip of Africa as they can sitting in a classroom in New Cabell Hall. The International Studies Office recently finalized five new study abroad programs for this summer - Morocco, St.

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O death, where is thy sting?

By Juliana Chan | January 24, 2002

They are the patients no medical doctor wants to meddle with. The worried mother who claims her daughter saw the man who built their house 100 years ago. Or the patient who distinctly remembers a nurse with pink shoelaces resuscitating his half-dead body as he hovered over his bed. They are the patients who will give you a deadpan look and exclaim, "No, I didn't watch this on the X-Files last week.

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Parris speaks about American-Turkish relations

By Ben Sellers | January 24, 2002

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey Mark R. Parris addressed a crowd of University and community members last night in Minor Hall. Parris, who served as ambassador to Turkey from 1997 to 2000, visited yesterday for a forum at the Miller Center for Public Affairs to discuss the topic of "Turkey, America and the World After September 11." Parris' stay for the Minor Hall talk was

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IFC punishes Kappa Alpha for violations

By Kevin Hechtkopf | January 24, 2002

Kappa Alpha fraternity received three sanctions from the Inter-Fraternity Council after violating a strict no-alcohol policy during rush. In a hearing panel Monday, the IFC judiciary committee placed KA on social probation for three weeks, starting Feb.

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Warner proposes tuition increase

By Josh Goodman | January 24, 2002

State budget shortfalls have caused Democratic Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to propose allowing public colleges to increase tuition. Warner proposed to allow state colleges to increase tuition for in-state students by up to 5 percent.

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University offers new human bio major

By Justin Bernick | January 23, 2002

Starting this spring, 20 third-year biology students will have the opportunity to declare the University's new interdisciplinary major in human biology. The major, intended to allow students to study the interplay between modern biology and the humanities, will be administered through the biology department with the help of the Institute for Practical Ethics and the Center for Global Health.

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IFC issues sanctions against 2 fraternities

By Ann-Woods Isaacs | January 22, 2002

Yesterday, in a formal statement, the Inter-Fraternity Council issued sanctions against Phi Kappa Sigma and Zeta Psi fraternities for behavior that "threatens or endangers the health or safety of person." Members of Phi Kappa Sigma and Zeta Psi hurled snowballs at females participating in Inter-Sorority Council recruitment last Saturday.

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Medical Center nixes raises for employees

By Abby Fox | January 22, 2002

Medical center employees will not receive a pay raise this fiscal year, William Carter, senior vice president for health sciences operations, announced to all staff members early this month.

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Students explore unionizing

By Steven Blau | January 22, 2002

Reflecting a national trend toward the unionization of graduate students, about 50 students met last night to explore the possibility of organizing University graduate students into a union with a national affiliation. "It's important to organize graduate students in all departments to fight not just in a haphazard manner, but rather to have a well-funded, well-organized foundation to fight constantly," said Ben Lee, one of the graduate students advocating unionization. The push for unionization is being led by a small, largely informal group of students known as the Graduate Labor Alliance.

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Honor proposal faces dissent

By Sarah Salwen | January 22, 2002

At a special retreat Sunday, the Honor Committee continued debate on its "informed retraction" proposal to reform the single sanction. The retreat "didn't go as well as we had hoped," Honor Chairman Thomas Hall said. Although Honor did resolve some contentious issues, other concerns remain to be resolved. The proposal, first introduced by fourth-year Architecture representative Brian Winterhalter in October 2001, offers students who are being investigated for a potential honor offense an opportunity to plead guilty any time before the investigative panel stage or within seven days of notification of the investigation.

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