The Virginia Commission of National and Community Service praised Madison House, the University's volunteer center, by awarding it one of 11 Governor's Community Service and Volunteerism Awards.
The Florida Supreme Court began deliberating yesterday over whether hand recounts in three counties will be included in the final vote total for the Sunshine State's 25 electoral votes. After hearing oral arguments yesterday from legal teams representing Vice President Al Gore (D) and Texas Gov.
Though the story was never as dramatic as the Florida ballot controversy, Virginia Gov. James S.
Patients seeking treatment at the University Medical Center this month may not be getting quite the care they expect. A shortage of nurses has forced Medical Center officials to "selectively divert" patients in some departments, delaying some patients of non-emergency care.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-As the quest for the presidency ended its grueling second post-election week with no end in sight, a Florida circuit judge ruled yesterday that Palm Beach County voters are not entitled to another chance to cast their ballots. Citing federal law dictating that presidential elections must take place only on one day, Judge Jorge Labarga dismissed several lawsuits filed on behalf of Palm Beach County voters who said they were disenfranchised by the county's much-publicized "butterfly" ballot. The plaintiffs, who filed an appeal of Labarga's decision late yesterday, alleged the county's ballot violated several state statutes and caused them to vote inadvertently for Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan instead of Vice President Al Gore (D). While Labarga's ruling greatly diminished the chances of another vote in Palm Beach County, election officials in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade continued the painstaking task of hand counting the region's almost two million ballots. Not including the partially completed hand recounts, Texas Gov.
Although they may seem like another marketing ploy to attract new customers, there's more to those little plastic supermarket discount cards than most smart shoppers may think. The cards - which often dangle from shoppers' key chains - not only offer immediate discounts but also future rewards, all the while instilling a sense of loyalty to the supermarket's customer base. "In order to get the discount, you have to get a card," said Commerce Prof.
These days, it seems that the concerns of many more American households are tied to the ups and downs of a volatile stock market, with a larger proportion of their personal savings invested in stock portfolios.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-The Florida Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today to determine whether the ongoing by-hand ballot counts in the predominately Democratic counties of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade will be included in the state's final vote tabulations. Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris (R), co-chairwoman of Texas Gov.
Charlottesville residents see education improvement, lower crime and more affordable housing as major goals for the city to tackle, but University growth did not rank highly on a new survey conducted by the University. A telephone survey of 1,075 Charlottesville residents by the Center for Survey Research found 40.2 percent of the respondents feel it is very important to keep "future growth of [the] University on or near U.Va.
Producer-writer Darren Star's sixth series, "The $treet," is his first to cover the long days and even longer nights of the Wall Street elite, but when it comes right down to it, his song remains the same. "The $treet," FOX's three-episode-old serial, is best described as a light soap.
For young investors, putting hard-earned summer money into technology stocks shows less promise than ever before.
After almost nine months of debate and two postponements, the Honor System Review Commission released its comprehensive evaluation of the honor system Friday afternoon.
Chanting "No justice, no peace" and "Hey, hey, U.Va., contract workers need more pay" as passing drivers honked their horns and waved, about 40 supporters of the University's Labor Action Group gathered in front of Madison Hall Friday to celebrate the University's new pay scale and to call for further action. LAG held its "Victory Rally" in response to the University's recent decision to raise the minimum wage of some classified employees to $8.19 - an act that University officials said had nothing to do with pressure from labor activists who have been working since 1997 to raise the minimum wage. According to federal guidelines, $8 is the minimum wage needed to bring a family of four up to the poverty line - a fact often cited by LAG activists. The new pay rate does not apply to contracted employees, such as those employed by ARAmark, the University's dining service. Although Colette Sheehy, University vice president for management and budget, has denied that the minimum wage increase was a result of pressure from LAG, speakers at the rally said they believed LAG played a direct role in the University's decision. Sue Herndon, University Hospital patient satisfaction analyst, said employee morale at the hospital was low before the pay scale increase and praised LAG's efforts to pressure the University into adopting an $8 minimum wage for all employees. "I thought there was no way you'd get the hospital to think of the employees before the bottom line.
Second-year College students in line for Intermediate Honors may face a change in selection criteria if College faculty vote next week to nix the current minimum 3.4 GPA requirement and use class rank instead. After finding that a disproportionate number of College students receive the honor, faculty members hope to level the playing field among the University's four eligible undergraduate schools, where fewer students maintain 3.4 GPAs.
A bearded man in a tan minivan slowed down in front of the Gooch-Dillard bus stop Monday evening and yelled racial epithets to bystanders, said police, who are searching for clues about the driver. A black female student reported that she was waiting at the bus stop Monday, along with two other black students and two Asian students, when the man stopped and shouted.
Florida officials will begin counting the notorious overseas absentee ballots late tonight, a process expected to give Texas Gov.
President Bill Clinton's policy on the Middle East was criticized heavily last night as two experts on Middle Eastern affairs came together to speak about U.S.
Republican and Democrat legal teams clashed in Atlanta yesterday over the ongoing ballot recount in Florida, where the future of the United States hinges on a small margin of ballots. Republicans argued that conducting recounts only in certain counties - and not the whole state - gives Gore an unfair advantage and violates 14th Amendment due process provisions. The appeal came after a Miami district court ruled that Republican representatives failed to prove why the court should interfere with the current state recount procedures. Democrats countered the Republican protest, claiming the matter is being handled under Florida law and that federal appeals court interference would be a violation of separation of powers provisions guaranteed by the 10th Amendment.   Related Links From Today's CD: Overseas vote may favor Bush Cavalier Daily Elections 2000 Coverage George W.
The University is striving to become a top-ranked institution in the field of ethics. University President John T.
Ever heard of the "Arts Lawn"? How about the "Performing Arts Center"? Although these places are nonexistent now, $200 million and 20 years later they may be used as frequently as Newcomb or Clemons. These places are among the nine projects proposed by the Virginia 2020 Fine and Performing Arts Planning Commission.
