Renowned Harvard University African American Studies Prof. Cornel West is considering a move to Princeton University after a dispute with newly appointed Harvard President Lawrence Summers. The controversy began in October 2001 when Summers criticized West for his participation in political non-academic pursuits.
The University announced last month the selection of the Polshek Partnership, an architecture firm based in New York City, to design the proposed $125 million South Lawn project. The project, which includes the replacement of New Cabell Hall and the construction of a new building across Jefferson Park Avenue, provides for 285,000 square feet of new, state-of-the-art classroom and research space. The project encompasses an "opportunity that comes only once every hundred years" an opportunity to redefine the South Lawn and to "recapture some of Thomas Jefferson's original vision," University Architect Pete Anderson said. Jefferson's original plan intentionally left an unobstructed view of the Lawn's south end.
Division I representatives at Monday's National Collegiate Athletic Association's annual convention will discuss the possibility of change academic requirements for student-athletes. Currently, the NCAA dictates that to remain eligible to play Division I athletics, student-athletes must have completed 25 percent of their total coursework after two years in college, and an additional 25 percent each year after that. The new proposal would require that students maintain a 1.8 GPA by the beginning of their second year.
In a time fresh with a regained sense of patriotism in the United States, William Allard's "Portraits of America," a compilation of photographs spanning four decades of his career, provides us with breathtaking insight into our own country.
Jack Ketchum is the literary equivalent of a chainsaw. He's loud, powerful and, in the horror genre, is known for shredding a whole lot of human flesh. One of the pioneer writers of the early '80s "splatterpunk" movement (a wave of literary horror with a focus on extremities), Ketchum (the pen name of Dallas Mayr) has written consistently for more than two decades. "The Lost" is his latest work and, unlike his hard-to-find limited edition and/or short print run books of the past, it's available at almost any major bookseller. It is a much tamer beast than his older classics, but a wholesome thriller for the whole family it ain't. Set in the '60s, "The Lost" revolves around a group of teens who share a terrible secret.
Thomas Jefferson once said, "I cannot live without books." Bearing that statement from U.Va.'s founder in mind, students should think twice before regarding books as little more than an expense incurred for classes.
It is not uncommon for some brilliant, well-read director to mold a book into a Hollywood production.
David Mamet is a comic superstar underneath all that academic mumbo-jumbo. In "Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources," he manages to parody the entire world as we know it. Mamet is a playwright ("Glengarry Glen Ross," "American Buffalo"), director ("State and Main"), screenwriter ("Wag the Dog"), poet, essayist and novelist; in short, he's a pretty big figure in contemporary American literary and dramatic culture.
"Wheresoever ye turn, there is the face of Allah." A statement like that is enough to induce a shudder in most Americans these days.
Much has been written about the music side of pop recording industry, but until now, little about the business side, about the men and women who actually make the albums happen.
"There are imperfections everywhere. And the closer I look, the more I see. I'm disgusted ... I see that the fields are not so perfectly rectangular as Huxley thought.
Gov. James S. Gilmore III resigned from his post as the Republican National Committee chairman Friday, citing a desire to spend more time with his family after his term as governor ends in January. He will continue to fulfill his duties as chairman until the RNC's January meeting.
Student Council and the University Athletics Department are implementing a system to ensure that students camping out for seats at men's basketball games are treated fairly. Council selected 12 student line monitors who are responsible for overseeing "Hooville," the community of tents where the team's most zealous fans await the opportunity to receive choice seats in University Hall. "It is going to be a lot more relaxed atmosphere," said John Steck, the member of Council's Athletic Affairs Committee who wrote the new policies.
For students considering careers in consulting after graduation, The Cavalier Daily
Although the Virginia 2020 commission reports mapped out sketches for the University's next 20 years, certain targeted areas may feel effects in the very near future. According to University Provost Gene Block, the Public Service and Outreach commission recommendations will issue a reformed report within the next two to three months, focusing on recommendations the University can realistically implement over the next five years. University President John T.
A patient at the University Medical Center's psychiatric ward has been charged with sexual assault and battery as well as verbal abuse against three women.
Physics Professor Louis Bloomfield's 149 honor cases have presented a major challenge to the University's Honor Committee over the last eight months, but, they could be symptoms of an even more serious epidemic. According to information obtained by The Cavalier Daily from the Honor Committee, Bloomfield's computer program, which checks for matching strings of words in students' papers, could have found 238 more cases of cheating under different standards. Bloomfield's program, which he wrote himself, locates strings of six words or more that are exactly alike among in students' papers turned in over the last six semesters. His data indicate that he found 78 pairs of papers with 100-199 matching words, 18 pairs with 200-299 matching words, 11 pairs with 300-399 matching words and 12 pairs with 400-499 words. The new numbers of implicated papers have raised some eyebrows among Honor officials. "I'm concerned about how Louis Bloomfield is handling the information he has," said fourth-year Honor counsel David Metcalf in an e-mail.
A group of Colgate University students staged a sit-in at the school's admission office last Monday protesting a series of recent racially insensitive events at the school. More than 70 students, many of them black, were involved in the sit-in, which lasted for more than seven hours. Many Colgate officials, including the university's president, Jane L.
Two years ago, third-year College student Shadi Kourosh envisioned a network which would enable University undergraduate students to pursue their own research projects.
A Charlottesville court ordered former University student Richard W. Smith to pay $200,000 in punitive damages to former student Alexander "Sandy" Kory on Wednesday. Criminal charges originally were brought against Smith and three others for attacking Kory in 1997. Harrison Kerr Tigrett, Bradley Kintz and Wesley H.
