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.
State budget shortfalls have caused Democratic Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to propose allowing public colleges to increase tuition. Warner proposed to allow state colleges to increase tuition for in-state students by up to 5 percent.
The Office of Information Technology and Communication has become one more University department affected by the loss of $3.2 million of state funding. On Jan.
For Charlottesville-area residents looking to broaden their knowledge of common health-related topics, Mini-Med School, a University Medical Center program, is preparing to welcome its newest students.
Fewer undergraduates may be spending time on research projects this summer. Lack of state funding and the poor economy have forced the College to cut funding for summer 2002 undergraduate research.
A crowd sat silently, yet moved in Old Cabell Hall last night when guest speaker Rev. Benjamin Hooks recounted the final speech given by Martin Luther King Jr.
Starting this spring, 20 third-year biology students will have the opportunity to declare the University's new interdisciplinary major in human biology. The major, intended to allow students to study the interplay between modern biology and the humanities, will be administered through the biology department with the help of the Institute for Practical Ethics and the Center for Global Health.
Dave Matthews Band fans now have a new forum for sharing their affection for the popular musical group: the college classroom.
After almost a year of career uncertainty, Government and Foreign Affairs Professor James R. Sofka now will add administrative responsibilities to his role at the University.
Yesterday, in a formal statement, the Inter-Fraternity Council issued sanctions against Phi Kappa Sigma and Zeta Psi fraternities for behavior that "threatens or endangers the health or safety of person." Members of Phi Kappa Sigma and Zeta Psi hurled snowballs at females participating in Inter-Sorority Council recruitment last Saturday.
Medical center employees will not receive a pay raise this fiscal year, William Carter, senior vice president for health sciences operations, announced to all staff members early this month.
Reflecting a national trend toward the unionization of graduate students, about 50 students met last night to explore the possibility of organizing University graduate students into a union with a national affiliation. "It's important to organize graduate students in all departments to fight not just in a haphazard manner, but rather to have a well-funded, well-organized foundation to fight constantly," said Ben Lee, one of the graduate students advocating unionization. The push for unionization is being led by a small, largely informal group of students known as the Graduate Labor Alliance.
At a special retreat Sunday, the Honor Committee continued debate on its "informed retraction" proposal to reform the single sanction. The retreat "didn't go as well as we had hoped," Honor Chairman Thomas Hall said. Although Honor did resolve some contentious issues, other concerns remain to be resolved. The proposal, first introduced by fourth-year Architecture representative Brian Winterhalter in October 2001, offers students who are being investigated for a potential honor offense an opportunity to plead guilty any time before the investigative panel stage or within seven days of notification of the investigation.
Night falls, and cold rain begins to pour down in sheets. You are hungry, lonely, and you have about $4.
According to its latest statistics, the Honor Committee has nearly finished processing the mass of plagiarism cases initiated by Physics Professor Louis Bloomfield beginning in April 2001.
"This year we're trying to do what we say. It is a gradual process to make the IFC look more legitimate," said Rush Chairman Steve Bowman on the Inter-Fraternity Council's new rush policies for spring 2002.
The latest tech trend flourished in stores this past holiday season. According to an associate at RadioShack in Fashion Square Mall, the store sold out of digital music players for the Christmas season.
