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.
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.
