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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unless they grew up in the area, few University students will ever fully become part of the Charlottesville com munity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For the second straight year, a bill that would have added a non-voting faculty representative to the Board of Visitors died in the General Assembly last week, succumbing to opposition from the University and other universities in the Commonwealth. The bill passed the House earlier this month but was voted down Thursday in the Senate's education and health committee. The proposal required the board of visitors for each public college in the Commonwealth to appoint one faculty representative.
Under both House and Senate budget proposals, the University, along with only three other state universities, would absorb a 60 percent majority of proposed higher education funding cuts. The special expense distribution came from both the House and Senate budget-writers, who stand in opposition to Gov.
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.
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.
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.
Campaigning for spring elections is in full force on Grounds, with campaign violations in full swing as well. Campaign violations include spending over established expenditure limits, chalking on vertical concrete steps or non-concrete surfaces such as slate and posting more than one flyer on each bulletin board. This year, violations occurred when flyers were posted on the columns outside of Bryan Hall and along the footbridge adjacent to Ruffner Hall.
