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Filling a role traditionally played by the Student Council appropriations committee, Newcomb Hall officials will assign office space to student organizations in the coming months. An executive decision by Council President Abby Fifer removed the appropriations committee's control over Contracted Independent Organization office space allocation.


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Law enforcement officials following the case involving a top Republican's eavesdropping on a conference call between high-ranking Virginia Democrats are now considering a full grand jury investigation into the matter. Ed Matricardi, the executive director of the Virginia Republican Party, listened in on a conference call March 22 between 30 Democratic lawmakers and Gov.


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Journalists discuss effects of terrorism in media

Top journalists and Politics Prof. Larry J. Sabato discussed the media's new role after Sept. 11 and its mixed success in accurate and in-depth reporting at a panel held in Gilmer Hall yesterday. The panel, moderated by Politics Prof.


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What's up, doc?

Dressed in a white lab coat pulled neatly over a shirt and tie, a tall man with an affable smile peered through his glasses and discussed the accomplishments of the University's Health System. "Our success is a tribute to the wonderful faculty and staff we have here - they made this happen," Robert W.


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Students prepare for NASA launch

Gabriel Laufer, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a team of mostly undergraduate engineers seem to have struck the right balance between theory and reality. On April 26, they plan to launch a payload with infrared atmospheric sensors to the edge of the sensible atmosphere.


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'Cooter' to contest Congressman Eric Cantor this fall

Boss Hogg beware. The actor who played Cooter on "The Dukes of Hazzard" is running for political office right here in Virginia. Former Georgia Congressman Ben Jones has thrown his hat in the ring for the House of Representative seat in Virginia's seventh district. Jones, a Democrat, will challenge Republican incumbent Eric Cantor in the election this November. Though the filing date for candidacy was not until April, the two, who currently are uncontested within their parties, likely will be the candidates, Politics Prof.


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Student Council allots SAF funding to CIOs

The Student Council appropriations committee released the preliminary figures for the allocation of $695,570 among 206 Contracted Independent Organizations who requested funding for the 2002-2003 school year. The Virginia Rowing Association received the most money with $23,698.


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Budget office plan proposes rise in out-of-state tuition

A representative from the University Budget Office presented proposals for tuition rate increases for the 2001-02 school year at last night's Student Council meeting. Melody Bianchetto, director of the budget, told Council that the Budget Office will suggest to the Board of Visitors on Friday an increase of 2 percent in tuition for in-state graduate students and 4.8 percent for both undergraduate and graduate out-of-state students. In-state undergraduate tuition rates were frozen by the General Assembly in the 1995-96 session and will not increase next year. In addition to the tuition increases, the Budget Office proposed an increase in auxiliary fees of 7.8 percent applied to all students.


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Council bill denounces housing change

In a long debate last night, Student Council discussed a housing proposal by the Enrollment Committee to eliminate incoming first years' choice between McCormick Road and Alderman Road housing. The Enrollment Committee is led by two associate provosts and consists of administrators from various University offices.


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Survey examines study habits

A study recently released by the Office of Institutional Assessment and Studies shows that University students devote less time than University officials expect them to spend on studying and homework. The University study, "How Undergraduates Spend Their Time," evaluated how students in the class of 1999 spent their free time over the course of their four years at the University.


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University projects attempt to tackle student safety concerns

Daylight-saving time may not be the only reason behind lighter evening hours. By conducting a night tour and by building more lights and safety telephones, University administrators plan to address safety concerns raised by the Student Council Safety Concerns Committee. The committee recently released a report designating problem areas on and off Grounds. The University's Security and General Safety Committee will "use Student Council's report as a basis for the walking tour," said William Wilkerson, the committee's chair and Comerce professor. The tour, planned for the night of April 10, will examine areas such as Scott Stadium and North Grounds to determine what actions are needed. But the committee already is taking proactive steps to deal with safety concerns. To increase safety, we recently have "added lighting around Emmet Street and have participated in making a sidewalk along Whitehead Road near Scott Stadium," Wilkerson said.


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Nursing School to boost recruitment

Need medical care? Take a number. Because of a shortage in the number of nurses at the University Hospital, one to two patients with non-emergency illnesses and injuries are being turned away on average each day and told to try back later.


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Santa Clara University plans to abolish Greek organizations

No more rushing, no more pledging and no more partying. At least at fraternities and sororities at California's Santa Clara University, where it was announced last month that all Greek organizations will be phased out over the next three years. However, officials say this is unlikely to happen at the University. After a five-month evaluation of the Greek system, Rev.


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U.N. delegate speaks on role of Cyprus in Europe

Ambassador Sotos C. Zackheos, the Cypriot representative to the United Nations, spoke yesterday to students in Minor Hall on the role of Cyprus in the United Nations and the European Union. Zackheos, who represents the Greek Cypriot government of the Republic of Cyprus, addressed a crowd of about 60 students. "Cyprus is situated in a very sensitive position in the world," Zackheos said. He gave a brief overview of the history of the island, which is located about 50 miles off the coast of Turkey and 500 miles from Greece in the Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus has long been the object of conflict between rival powers. A former British colony, Cyprus gained independence in 1960.


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