Participants in the conference on "The Liberation of Kuwait: Dawning of a New World Order?" discussed Middle East policy issues inside Old Cabell Hall yesterday as demonstrators affiliated with the "Not One More Coffin" conference protested Iraqi sanctions on the Lawn.
Because of a practice known as racial profiling, minorities tend to be disproportionaly stopped by law enforcement officers, predicated on nothing but the color of their skin. As part of Black History Month, Kevin Stokes, a third-year College student, organized a panel to discuss this issue.
It was clear from yesterday's Faculty Senate meeting that the referenda to the Honor Committee Constitution are the responsibility of students alone. Although Committee members could have made a plea for faculty to endorse the proposals yesterday, they chose instead to educate present faculty members about the referenda and field questions and concerns about the system in general. "Although the input of the faculty carries a lot of weight, [the honor system] is a student-run system," Committee Chairman Thomas Hall said. While a Faculty Senate endorsement of the referenda "would have been nice, we certainly weren't seeking it today," Hall said. Hall, along with Luke Mitchell, Committee vice chairman for education, attempted to explain how the proposed changes would apply on a faculty level.
New technology at University Hospital has the potential to save lives. Along with a site in Williamsburg, University Hospital is one of only two places in Virginia that uses digital mammography in place of analog film mammography. With the new unit, hospital technicians can digitize mammogram images for display on a computer, making the process more effective and efficient. In the older process, the technician performing the mammogram would leave the room to get the developed images, adding time to a patient's office visit. With digital mammography, it only takes about 10 seconds to digitize and place the image on a computer screen, said Jennifer Harvey, associate professor of radiology and director of University Hospital's Division of Breast Imaging. Digital images also reduce the chance of lost records because the images can be stored as part of a confidential hospital-wide computer system. "This allows access to the image from any room in the hospital," Harvey said.
Robert W. Cantrell, University vice president and provost for health sciences, announced Tuesday he will leave the post when his term ends June 30. After a year-long sabbatical beginning next fall, Cantrell plans to resume his role at the University as a professor. Cantrell, 67, joined the faculty in 1976 as professor and chairman of the otolaryngology (head and neck surgery) department.
The Virginia Senate passed a bill Tuesday allowing pharmacists to provide women with emergency contraceptives within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse.
Alissa Eichinger thought she was just feeling tired. The second-year College student had been working harder than usual when she began to experience a sore throat and swollen tonsils.
In a move that could complicate Internet music sharing, Napster offered Tuesday to settle with the recording industry. To avoid a court order that may shut down Napster permanently, the file-sharing service said in the settlement it will pay $1 billion to major record labels, songwriters and independent labels and artists over the next five years. Five major recording labels would divide $150 million a year among themselves and independent labels would divide another $50 million a year. If the settlement is accepted, Napster users would have to start paying fees to use the service.
U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon heard two motions for summary judgments yesterday to dismiss a $1.5 million lawsuit against the University.
At last night's meeting, the New Student Center Committee of Student Council announced the hiring of David Oakland as principal architect in charge of the new student center's initial drawings. Oakland was hired "for feasibility study and conceptual drawings of the new student center," Committee Chairman Steven Reinemund said.
The month-long El Salvador Earthquake Aid Campaign, which combines the efforts of almost every academic school at the University, officially has raised $1,732 to care for earthquake victims.
Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, spoke at the Rotunda yesterday about solving the fundamental issues plaguing our current campaign system. Forbes, a presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 elections, spoke to an audience of 100 students, faculty and Charlottesville residents.
To help meet the demand of professionals in understanding information technology, the Media Studies Department is proposing the addition of a new master's degree in digital humanities. The Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee approved an initial proposal for the program on Jan.
The morning-after pill may now be easier to obtain, courtesy of a bill before the General Assembly. House Bill 2782 would enable pharmacists to dispense the emergency contraceptive to women.
Imagine 140-degree weather, 100 percent humidity, no water and an army of hostile invaders wreaking havoc on a tiny country.
Bid numbers for spring Inter-Fraternity Council rush increased this year, with 41 more students accepting bids than last spring. Fraternities saw 451 men accept bids to the 33 houses that participated in IFC rush.
Four years after starting to post radar locations online, Charlottesville Police have successfully reduced the number of speeding tickets issued. According to Charlottesville Police Sgt.
University alumni committed to enhancing and improving the College have created the new College Foundation Building and Grounds Committee, designed to address the issues of facilities renovation. The committee, which held its first meeting Friday, is in the middle of its planning stage.
What do the Monroe Society and the Capoeira Club have in common? Well, although one group focuses on the power of persuasion and the other on hand-to-hand combat, both skills will be useful this semester when the two contend for a portion of the approximately $600,000 in Student Activity Fund dollars available to student groups.
University of California President Richard Atkinson recently recommended the elimination of the SAT I as a requirement for admissions.
