Platform Domestic violence, safe schools, ethics reform and campaign finance reform are all issues important to Kilgore in this campaign. On the Issues Higher education: Kilgore supports the tuition freeze because he was a part of former Gov.
Less than a week away from the Virginia elections, most of the candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general say their number one priority is public safety.
With Virginia statewide elections drawing near, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark R. Warner contributed $3.85 million from his own pocket to his campaign this month.
Platform Redpath wants to focus on reforming democracy in Virginia by cutting government spending and reforming education as governor. On the Issues Higher education: Redpath believes in a separation of school and state.
Platform Katzen's number one priority is the security and safety of Virginia in light of the Sept.
Unlike the election of the president and vice president, Virginia's constitution requires that the governor and lieutenant governor run separately.
A price tag of $71 million won't stop the University Health System from expanding the Medical Center in summer 2002. The Health System plans to build a four-story addition to the rear of the University Hospital complex.
University President John T. Casteen III announced yesterday that alumnus Paul Tudor Jones II has pledged $20 million to the athletic department to help fund the construction of a new basketball arena.
With only a week until Election Day, officials are encouraging voters who vote by absentee ballot to do so as soon as possible. Voting in a timely manner is more important this year because of recent mail delays caused by the anthrax scare, said Rosanna Bencoach, senior policy analyst for the Virginia State Board of Electors. Registrars and electoral board members in Northern Virginia especially have expressed concern about absentee ballots getting to electoral offices on time, Bencoach said. "Those folks that are applying at a late date are the ones we have the most concern about," said Albemarle County General Registrar Jackie Harris. Voters could expedite the first part of the voting process and avoid using the mail by faxing their applications for the absentee ballots, or having them faxed to them, Harris added.
Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, spoke in Newcomb Theater yesterday about the present and future state of his party. Entering to the sound of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger," McAuliffe began by pumping up the crowd with stories of recent Democratic electoral victories, as well as contests the party is predicted to win next week.
Last night, students, deans and faculty members gathered in the W.E.B. Du Bois Center to journey through the history of the Office of African-American Affairs. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the OAAA, a University office that has "worked tirelessly to pave the road for students to pursue higher education and success," Dean of African-American Affairs M.
A new University Judiciary Committee bylaw explicitly states that it is the University judicial organization that will adjudicate cases of hazing.
Student Council has postponed this week's elections because of a technical problem with the online voting system. According to President Abby Fifer, Council recently changed to a new online server.
William Rehnquist, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke Saturday about the passage of the anti-terrorism bill at the University's Law School in Caplin Auditorium. Rehnquist spoke to an overflowing room of University students, faculty and alumni.
Bearing human rights in mind, the University signed a new contract this summer with Nike to outfit its football, women's basketball and women's soccer teams. The contract includes the most explicit language ever in a University apparel contract regarding the rights of the workers who manufacture clothing with the University logo, said Ross Kane, president of the University chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops.
University Programs Council's concert in University Hall was postponed indefinitely after headliners Outkast canceled the event last night. The hip-hop duo informed PK German Chairman Jbeau Lewis by phone Friday that they were unable to make the concert.
Trick or treat, trick or treat, give me something good to eat. If you don't, I don't care, I'll pull out an anthrax scare...? This year, post-terrorist sentiment is gripping one of America's most commercially successful holidays.
Marlene Doty lives in a gated neighborhood with a pool, playground and community center. She owns a spacious three-bedroom, two-bathroom house and has a fireplace in her family room.
Because of concern about Virginia postal workers being exposed to anthrax, Gov. James S. Gilmore III announced Friday the creation of three regional treatment centers in Northern Virginia to distribute antibiotics. Treatment centers opened at the Fairfax County Government Center, Prince William County Health Department and Loudon County Health Department.
Larry J. Sabato, director of the Center for Governmental Studies and one of the University's most well known professors, received one of the school's highest honors, the Thomas Jefferson Award, on Friday at Fall Convocation.
