Warner, Kilgore declare truce over judge's gerrymandering decision After two weeks of bantering, mainly through press releases, Gov.
After a judge approved the closure of nearly 300 underperforming Kmart stores last week, the company's trademark "Blue Light Special" for sale merchandise will encompass nearly every store item in a complete liquidation of those stores. U.S.
The Greek community met with members of the University administration in Minor Hall on Saturday to discuss the new loan incentive program created by the Board of Visitors in January. "This is the first opportunity we had to explain the program since the Board of Visitors approved it," said Leonard W.
In Petra Christmann's recent article in the business section of the Cavalier Daily ("Allow for self-regulation in business practices", Feb.
After weekend deliberations, the Honor Committee announced last night College representative-elect Chris Smith will chair the Committee for the 2002-2003 year. "It's a weighty responsibility, I have big shoes to fill," Smith said.
During a radio address last week, Governor Mark R. Warner reiterated a vow to continue to push for a Nov.
While students at Virginia's colleges and universities face mounting tuition costs, institutions of higher education all over the country also are charging their students more money to attend school. Tuition increases have averaged 4 percent at public colleges over the past five years, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Yet next year's tuition is expected to increase by a much larger percentage at many colleges and universities. "A lot of other states are having budget problems," said Colette Sheehy, University vice president for management and budget.
George Mason University and Radford University both announced their tuition increase plans this week in response to state-level budget cuts. In-state undergraduate tuition and fees at Mason's Fairfax campus will rise $624 to $4,416, a 16.4 percent increase.
University police arrested College student Scott Greges, 20, and three Cornell University students, Andrew Gladstein, 21, Colin Evans, 21, and Carl Kaufman, 20, on March 17 in the Copeley Parking Lot. The four were found at 1 a.m.
The University Judiciary Committee elected Katie Graney, a third-year Engineering student, as chairwoman last night, as well as the three vice-chairs of the UJC Executive Committee. "It will be a very exciting committee to work with," Graney said.
The Black Student Alliance elected its new executive board last night, naming first-year Tyler Scriven the new president for the 2002-2003 year.
Student Council's Rules and Ethics Board made its first and, if history serves as a guide, only decision of the year this week. The board responded to an appeal from first-year College student Robin Short regarding the run-off election for second-year class president. The Rules and Ethics Board oversees all elections appeals.
A group of aspiring teachers is helping children in need and getting a jump-start on their careers in the process. Members of the University's chapter of the Student Virginia Education Association are involved in a variety of service activities benefiting children in the Charlottesville area. The University's SVEA, a pre-professional organization for teachers, is running a book drive, teaching computer skills to local children and volunteering at the Virginia Festival of the Book. In a first-time activity for the group, the SVEA will host a series of workshops to teach disadvantaged children how to search the Web or use Microsoft PowerPoint. "These are kids who don't have computers in their homes," said Lottie Baker, SVEA community service co-coordinator. Computers4Kids, a non-profit organization in Charlottesville, is sponsoring the workshops that SVEA will hold every Friday for four weeks, starting today. Aside from the instruction, Computers4Kids will give all the children who participate in the program a computer to keep, Computers4Kids Executive Director Kala Somerville said. The SVEA also is sponsoring a book drive for poor children that began March 18 and will continue until April 12.
With the basketball season complete, the new regulations for this year's "Hooville" and the inauguration of Team Cavalier appear to have been a resounding success. "This was leaps and bounds better than what system was in place, which was basically not a system," said Duane Propst, athletic department coordinator of promotions and special events.
For the second year in a row, the University's Arabic Studies department has produced undergraduates who have earned an opportunity usually exclusively reserved for professors and graduate students.
A small group of students came together last night in Monroe Hall to discuss University-Charlottesville relations in a Black Student Alliance-sponsored forum.
ES uses electrical current to induce muscular contractions, simulating what happens when you lift weights. Physical therapists routinely use ES to increase the muscular strength of patients recovering from surgery or from muscle strains and tears. But health experts still are debating the merits of ES as a fitness tool for healthy athletes and the general public. Susan Saliba, a senior associate athletic trainer at the McCue Sports Medicine Center, routinely uses ES to treat injured athletes. But "we don't use it to make them stronger," Saliba said. Researchers have identified a major difference between ES-stimulated and normally stimulated muscle fiber contraction - ES targets "fast twitch" muscle fibers more effectively. Since "fast twitch" muscle fibers have a larger diameter and lower electrical resistance than smaller "slow twitch" muscle fibers, the applied electrical current takes the path of least resistance through the "fast twitch" fibers. According to Saliba, this causes greater muscle fatigue.
Yellow ribbons will be distributed around Grounds next week as part of a student-initiated campaign to promote awareness of suicide and depression. Known as "Lifting the Darkness," the week-long initiative will commence for the first time Monday and include the distribution of yellow ribbons and information cards, a panel discussion and free depression screening by University Counseling and Psychological Services. A vigil for those whose lives have been affected by depression or suicide will conclude the week's activities next Thursday night. Participants in the vigil will meet at the Aquatic and Fitness Center, from which point they will walk in darkness to the Rotunda.
The story of an 18-year-old unwed mother from Charlottesville, one of the thousands of Virginians to be involuntarily sterilized, is about to come to Virginia's attention.
Your head is pounding -- you've been really tired lately. One minute you feel like you're burning up and the next minute you think your roommate forgot to pay the heating bill. You
