A request from the University of Arizona that the University join them in their large binocular telescope project, now underway in Arizona, has sparked criticism for its imposition on environmental and Native American rights. By helping to fund construction for the Mount Graham, Ariz., telescope, the University would be allowed access to it for research purposes.
In an effort to enrich the University's fine arts community, Student Council plans to set up new lighting systems at the amphitheater and the Student Activities Building. Funding for the project will come from class contributions, a donation from Newcomb Hall and the University Bookstore surplus. "Our emphasis is to save students money and encourage a high level of programming in spaces that have been previously unavailable," Student Council President Abby Fifer said.
For the first time in recent years, the University Medical Center reported a loss in revenue to the Board of Visitors' Health Affairs Committee Thursday night.
The First Year Resource Center held a kick-off event for its new cultural affairs committee Sunday, designed to help new students grow more acclimated to college life. The effort expands the FYRC's goal to provide mentors and resources for first-year students by offering a greater focus on the University's diversity.
Charlottesville's Fashion Square Mall will be getting a facelift in the coming weeks, as mall officials plan for a multi-million dollar renovation project. While a timeline for the project has not been finalized, it is slated to begin in the next several weeks.
Undergraduate research programs may be facing fiscal constraints under current budget cuts, but thanks to the Council of Arts and Sciences, the blow has been softened.
The Honor Committee voted against a proposed constitutional amendment last night, which would have allowed an "informed retraction" as an alternative to expulsion in honor violation cases.
At their meeting this weekend, Board of Visitors members discussed Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner's proposed budget amendments for dealing with state budget shortfalls and their effects on the University. Warner's plan to cap in-state undergraduate tuition increases at 5 percent leaves the University "no better or worse off than under" former Republican Gov.
Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore has proposed changes to the state's domestic violence laws. This week the Virginia General Assembly is likely to take up the bill, which includes greater confidentiality for victims, new fines for offenders, greater training for law enforcement officers and a streamlined process for obtaining restraining orders. Each of these measures has garnered strong support in the legislature, though some details of the bill have generated conflict between the Republican Attorney General and the Virginia State Senate.
By the numbers, The Cavalier Daily's 113th election may sound like an exercise in inefficiency, as staff members spent 20 hours to fill 29 positions. But for newly elected Editor-In-Chief Brandon Almond, the day-and-a-half long election instead reflects the staff's intense dedication.
Faculty Senate and College officials have refined the monetary awards they plan to offer University graduate students for the next school year, polishing everything from the name of the awards to the methods used to finance them. The Faculty Senate Dissertation-Year Fellowships of about $17,000 will be offered to 11 graduate students completing their last year of education at the University. As the name suggests, the awards are intended to help graduate students obtain funding in their last year of schooling while completing their dissertations.
On Monday, the U.S. Secretary of Education announced that the 2003 Education Department budget may include a $12 million increase in spending for historically black colleges and those that educate many Hispanic students.
A class that never appeared in the Course Offering Directory, AMEL 302,"Topics in Modern Asian America" has more than exceeded its original capacity with 80 University students enrolled. The efforts of students and faculty led to the creation of AMEL 302 after students realized last semester that courses devoted to Asian-American issues would not be offered for spring 2002.
The University's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team ended 2001 by winning three national awards from the BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network.
Booker House, which currently houses the offices of University Relations, will trade residents in March.
You know the routine, and you fear it. It strikes every winter, leaving scores of suffering humans in its path of destruction.
Students may now receive the same credit for studying on the southern tip of Africa as they can sitting in a classroom in New Cabell Hall. The International Studies Office recently finalized five new study abroad programs for this summer - Morocco, St.
They are the patients no medical doctor wants to meddle with. The worried mother who claims her daughter saw the man who built their house 100 years ago. Or the patient who distinctly remembers a nurse with pink shoelaces resuscitating his half-dead body as he hovered over his bed. They are the patients who will give you a deadpan look and exclaim, "No, I didn't watch this on the X-Files last week.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey Mark R. Parris addressed a crowd of University and community members last night in Minor Hall. Parris, who served as ambassador to Turkey from 1997 to 2000, visited yesterday for a forum at the Miller Center for Public Affairs to discuss the topic of "Turkey, America and the World After September 11." Parris' stay for the Minor Hall talk was
Kappa Alpha fraternity received three sanctions from the Inter-Fraternity Council after violating a strict no-alcohol policy during rush. In a hearing panel Monday, the IFC judiciary committee placed KA on social probation for three weeks, starting Feb.
