Charlottesville police are investigating the third robbery at the Barracks Road Shopping Center in the past three weeks. The most recent incident occurred at the Lindt Chocolate Shop around noon Sunday, just before the store opened. The suspect is described as a white male, 6-feet-tall, between 25-and-30-years-old.
For many students, it means no more shortcuts. The walkway between Clemons Library and Peabody Hall will be blocked for the next two years, as construction proceeds on the new special collections library to replace Miller Hall. As a result, students who want to go from Newcomb Hall to Clemons will have a much longer and more roundabout walk. University Librarian Karin Wittenborg said she recognizes that the blocked walkway causes a nuisance, and she is looking into ways to remedy the situation. One potential solution would be to build a new entrance to Clemons Library from Newcomb Hall. "Whatever will make it easier for students to access Clemons is a high priority," Wittenborg said. Under the "worst case scenario" the new entrance would cost $236,000, which is more than the library can afford, Capital Projects Coordinator Jeanne Hammer said. "It is feasible [as a construction project], but we don't have the money," Hammer said of the new entrance. Library officials are looking for ways to build the new entrance at a lower price, she said.
Carl Gainsback, a George Mason University student, died Sunday evening at University Medical Center.
Following an outcry from the University community, the Office of Information Technology and Communication released a revised plan for phasing out off-Grounds dial-up Internet connections last week. The original plan, announced in January, called for the immediate elimination of low-speed dial-up lines and consideration of cutting high-speed lines at the end of the semester.
A House of Delegates committee overwhelmingly approved a bill last Friday designed to toughen Virginia's "open container" laws by granting police more leverage in prosecuting drivers whose passenger compartments contain open alcoholic beverages. "We're trying to tighten the laws up," said Danita Bowman, legislative assistant to the bill's sponsor, Sen.
With the uncertain status of Social Security in the next 30 years, relying solely on the government to provide income after retirement could have devastating effects.
Applications to the Commerce School increased by 28 applicants this year, bringing the total to 428.
Starting today, third-year college students Steven Reinemund and Micah Schwartz square off in an election for Student Council President for the second time in the last week. The election was forced into a runoff because the difference between Schwartz and Reinemund's vote totals was less than 5 percent.
Students searching for an alternative to weekend nights on Rugby Road need look no further than the University's student movie theater, which now consistently offers blockbuster entertainment. But the Newcomb Hall Theater was not always able to pay the big bucks to secure movies before they reached the video store. This year, Cinematheque, the University Programs Council committee that runs the Newcomb Hall Theater, fought to increase its ability to provide a safe and entertaining way for students to spend their weekends.
The Greek Jewish Council, a co-ed organization for Jewish students in the Greek system, learned Friday that it received a $900 grant from the Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Family Foundation, for a Passover Seder. "We're really excited about the grant, this is a huge accomplishment and will provide funding to enable this undertaking to be a successful event," comments Social Vice President, Liz Levy. Publicity chair Jennie Moline says that as a result of the grant, the Council will charge $8 for the Seder instead of the $12 it had expected.
Seven women from across the Commonwealth met yesterday in the Rotunda Dome Room for an annual discussion on the evolving role of women in law and politics. The panel of faculty, students and alumni, organized by the Women's Affairs Committee of Student Council, discussed topics ranging from feminism to sexual stereotyping in the job market. Third-year College student Emmy Smith, chairwoman of the women's affairs committee, said the purpose of the discussion was "to show young women at the University that they can go into these fields, which are typically male-dominated, and discuss some of the obstacles women typically face." Jeannemarie Devolites, the Republican Majority Whip in the Virginia House of Delegates, spoke at length about the challenges of forging a political career while also raising a family. "The women in the general assembly are all very smart and very respected," Devolites said.
Hectic mid-term schedules came to a sudden standstill Friday when a bomb threat forced University police to shut down both Old and New Cabell Hall as well as Wilson Hall for almost six hours. University Police received a phone call at 9:36 a.m.
Money, lies and lives put into jeopardy -- it sounds like an episode of "MacGyver" but it is, in fact, all pieces of a story pulled from recent headlines.
With the state's biannual budget expected to take shape within the week, University officials are talking with members of the General Assembly in hopes of securing some relief for the University from budget cuts. President John T.
The European-American Unity and Rights Organization has filed a complaint against Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo for his handling of a series of assaults against University students in the past several months. The group, which has called for Longo to classify the assaults as hate crimes, alleged that Longo negotiated with "black special interest groups" in violation of the Virginia constitution and asked that the Charlottesville Police Department perform an internal investigation against Longo. "EURO believes that state hate crime laws are being used to selectively prosecute whites, while ignoring racially motivated crimes when whites are victims," the organization said in a press release. Those charged with the assaults, which occurred between September 2001 and January 2002, all are African-American. Alderman hosts display on best-selling fiction Alderman Library no longer is reserved for obscure political science tracts and musty classics of literature.
University President John T. Casteen III announced a new Capital Campaign project of $3 to $5 billion at a Faculty Senate meeting yesterday in the Newcomb Hall Commonwealth Room. Casteen said the University is becoming more independent of the state budget as grants to the University increase.
Student Council President Abby Fifer and Newcomb Hall officials met with representatives of Contracted Independent Organizations on Wednesday night to discuss ways to redesign CIO offices on the first floor of Newcomb Hall. The meeting was part of an ongoing effort by Student Council and Newcomb Hall Director William Ashby, in conjunction with a University efficiency initiative called Process Simplification to find ways to use the CIO offices better. Process Simplification was started in 1994 to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of University functions from employee hiring to running orientation programs. A Council working group also has been meeting with CIOs on an individual basis. After the offices are overhauled this summer, Room 164, which currently contains office space for about 50 CIOs, could serve all 400 CIOs at the University, Fifer said. "The way we allocate space right now doesn't make the best use of the space and doesn't take account of the diversity of CIOs there," she said. Some organizations use their space mainly for storage, while others actually work and receive phone calls in their offices, she said. Redesigning the space "is definitely needed," said Sheila Laderburg, chair of the Council student arts committee.
Charlottesville Republicans nominated local businessman Rob Schilling as a candidate for the upcoming City Council election during a meeting last night at the Albemarle County Circuit Court. "I think he has a real chance of winning," said Robert Hodous, chairman of the Charlottesville Republican Committee. Schilling's personal appeal and position on issues could succeed in winning over traditionally Democratic voters, Hodous said. Schilling agreed with Hodous and noted that voters might not focus solely on party identification. "I'd like this race to be about issues and not about labeling," he said. Schilling's candidacy puts to rest speculation that the party would only run in the City Council race if two candidates came forward to fill the two Council seats up for election May 7. Though the committee will meet again Monday to see if a second candidate will come forward, Schilling said he believes he will be the only one. The absence of another Republican candidate would not deter Schilling's goal of "letting people hear different points of view and decide whom they want to vote for," he said. Topping his platform agenda were education reforms.
"My trip to France." "The roller coaster ride of college admissions." "A list of humorous, but mostly unbelievable, accomplishments." Each year Admissions Dean John A.
Former hospital orderly Rudolph T. Johnson Jr., accused of raping two psychiatric patients at the University Medical Center last spring, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of aggravated sexual battery. Johnson, 47, of Charlottesville, entered an Alford guilty plea in the case. "An Alford plea is named for a Supreme Court case from the late 1960s," said Law Prof.
