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Inflated muscles or inflated claims?

By Mykola Kovalenko | February 28, 2002

If you are a regular weightlifter, you probably know someone who uses sports supplements - you even might have tried them yourself. It is not just professional athletes anymore who modify their diet with supplements that many say enhance athletic performance and muscle growth. The sports supplements industry has exploded in response to an increasingly health-conscious public, selling $1 billion worth of products annually in the United States alone. The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate sports supplements - meaning the claims of many sport supplement companies could be unverified. This month, the controversy surrounding U.S.

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Students reject informed retraction

By Nick Chapin | February 28, 2002

Yesterday's election results brought an end to months of debate on the informed retraction, though the results suggest the issues it addressed will live on. Students cast 3,346 votes against and 2,223 votes in favor of the amendment, which needed a two-thirds majority to pass. "The most important thing is that students had the opportunity to voice their opinions," said College Honor Rep.

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News in brief

By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 28, 2002

Charlottesville may restrict water use Fearing water shortages, the Charlottesville Department of Public Works says it may be within 60 days of imposing mandatory restrictions on water use. The Albemarle County service authority and the Charlottesville department of public works currently are asking water-users to reduce their consumption by 10 percent. An ongoing, three-year drought has caused the area's three reservoirs to drop to 76.8 percent of capacity. Some authorities are saying that the water deficit is not completely due to the drought but rather the reservoirs' water capacity. Silt from neighboring woods has slipped into South Fork Rivanna Reservoir, one of the area's three reservoirs thus causing a major water-storing loss. Expansion of this reservoir could help avoid severe repercussions from the drought, said Larry Tropea, executive director of the Rivanna water and sewer authority, in a Daily Progress article. Tropea presented his proposal for expansion to Rivanna's board of directors this week. Rivanna hopes to present a proposal in April to Charlottesville City Council and the county Board of Supervisors outlining their plans for a reservoir growth, Tropea added. Rivanna water and sewer authority oversees the area's reservoirs.

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Police hunt for Barracks burglar

By Jenn Roberts | February 28, 2002

Charlottesville police currently are conducting a search for a suspect involved in a robbery Tuesday night at the Barracks Road Shopping Center. According to Charlottesville police, the theft occurred in the Barnes & Noble Bookstore at approximately 10 p.m. The incident was reported as an armed robbery. The suspect in the Barnes and Noble bookstore robbery reportedly lifted his jacket and displayed a small, dark handgun during the theft, Charlottesville police Sgt.

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Inquiring minds

By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 28, 2002

What's with the warm weather? According to Environmental Science Prof. Robert Davis, the jet stream is to blame for the balmy temperatures. Without getting too technical, the jet stream essentially separates cold arctic air from warm tropical air. During most winters a jet stream trough, or southward bulge in the jet stream that meanders across the northern hemisphere, settles in over Virginia, keeping the warm southern air at bay while Canadian air masses invade from the North.

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Community addresses attacks, race relations

By Abby Fox | February 28, 2002

In response to the recent assaults on University students, community activists, church members and University administrators gathered at the Mount Zion Baptist Church last night to discuss race relations and the lack of interaction between the University and Charlottesville at large. Last night's meeting was one in a series of meetings that began three weeks ago when Rev.

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New center forms to maintain cultural diversity

By Sharon Lynch | February 28, 2002

In an effort to preserve the cultural diversity of the South Atlantic region, Virginia Tech and the University have set aside their usual competitiveness to join with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

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UJC, Honor Committee chosen

By Nick Chapin | February 28, 2002

After weeks of competitive campaigning, the student body elected next year's Honor and University Judiciary Committee leaders yesterday. Duncan Brook, Brad Robinson and Christopher Smith will serve as the three College Honor Committee Reps from a pool of 14 candidates. "We are going to have an outstanding Committee next year," said Brook, who led the race with 1,459 votes.

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Council president race ends in run-off

By Alexis Unkovic | February 28, 2002

The results are in. Almost. With echoes of the 2000 presidential campaign ringing in the air, the elections committee announced last night that there will be a run-off for Student Council president. Third-year College students Steven Reinemund and Micah Schwartz will run-off for Council's most coveted position.

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Texas A&M researchers produce first feline facsimile

By Juliana Chan | February 28, 2002

The list includes sheep, mice, cows, goats, pigs and just recently, cats -- Noah would have been very pleased. In December of last year, scientists at Texas A&M University cloned a calico cat wittily named "CC" for "carbon copy" or "copy cat." Though she is the first domestic pet to be cloned, CC represents nothing new as the latest in a line of six cloned species. Nothing is different about the cloning process either -- Texas A&M researchers followed the same routine of painstakingly fusing numerous adult cells with an egg whose genetic material had been removed. In fact, bringing CC into the world wasn

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Council votes for state bond resolution

By Jenn Roberts | February 27, 2002

Student Council members passed a resolution last night urging Gov. Mark R. Warner to support increased University funding through bond bills. The bond bills already passed the Virginia House and Senate earlier this month, but require Warner's signature before going on the statewide ballot in this fall's general election. Senate Bill 31 and House Bill 99, also known as the "Commonwealth of Virginia Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2002," would provide $48.7 million for University construction projects.

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Finding Common Ground

By Ben Sellers | February 27, 2002

Unless they grew up in the area, few University students will ever fully become part of the Charlottesville com munity.

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Death at Maryland prompts fraternity closure

By Juliana Chan | February 27, 2002

After a University of Maryland-College Park freshman apparently drank himself to death, the national Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity decided to close Maryland's local chapter over the weekend. Prince George's County, Md., police and university officials are continuing their investigation behind the untimely death of 19-year-old Daniel Reardon, a freshman from Northwest Washington, D.C. Reardon was found unconscious in the fraternity's house in the early morning hours of Feb.

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Telescope may harm anthropology research

By Adrienne So and Michael Loatman | February 27, 2002

The astronomy department's plans to work with the Mount Graham Large Binocular Telescope not only has sparked criticism outside the University from environmentalists and American Indian groups, but also within the University's anthropology department. Retired Anthropology Prof.

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Group seeks more females in engineering

By Michael Loatman | February 27, 2002

Female enrollment in higher education increased substantially during the later half of the twentieth century, but that trend did not carry over as strongly into the field of engineering.

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College Board removes score choice option for SAT II

By Jen Michaels | February 27, 2002

The College Board announced yesterday that it will become more difficult for students to hide low SAT II subject test scores from college admissions offices. The score choice option could be eliminated as early as fall 2002.

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News in Brief

By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 26, 2002

Investigation of bomb threat continues University Police continue to investigate the Feb. 12 bomb threat at the Aquatic and Fitness Center, but have yet to charge anyone with a crime. The case still is open, University Police Sgt.

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Committee to address concerns about police

By Chris Wilson | February 26, 2002

Because of concerns over the relationship between students and police officers, the University is creating a new committee to bring student leaders and top officers together for open discussion. Over the past two semesters, several student complaints addressed the conduct of police officers, particularly regarding their regulation of parties. Last April, a predominantly black party on Madison Lane, sponsored by the Minority Ideas Exchange, was broken up by police officers, prompting concerns that the decision was racially motivated. The new committee, called the Community/University Police Liaison Committee, will address student concerns about issues such as the Madison Lane party. "The focus of this committee is to do everything we can to treat issues of concern," said Leonard W.

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Matthews buys Kluge property

By Josh Goodman | February 26, 2002

University students have bought acclaimed performing artist Dave Matthews' music for years - now Matthews decided to buy from the University. Yesterday Matthews purchased five farms of the University's Kluge property totaling 1,261 acres for $5.3 million. "Matthews plans to preserve agriculture and forest land on the farms with an emphasis on organic farming," a written statement on the sale said. Businessman and billionaire John W.

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Assaults prompt federal inquiry

By Chris Wilson | February 26, 2002

The Federal Bureau of Investigation now is working with Charlottesville police to review the six assaults against University students that took place from September to January, after several groups complained that local officials were not adequately investigating the case. The FBI has concluded that, based on the information available, this investigation does not merit a federal civil rights case, said Lawrence J.