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NCAA may change academic standards

By Chris Wilson | January 16, 2002

Division I representatives at Monday's National Collegiate Athletic Association's annual convention will discuss the possibility of change academic requirements for student-athletes. Currently, the NCAA dictates that to remain eligible to play Division I athletics, student-athletes must have completed 25 percent of their total coursework after two years in college, and an additional 25 percent each year after that. The new proposal would require that students maintain a 1.8 GPA by the beginning of their second year.

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Viewing America

By Carrie Lopez | December 14, 2001

In a time fresh with a regained sense of patriotism in the United States, William Allard's "Portraits of America," a compilation of photographs spanning four decades of his career, provides us with breathtaking insight into our own country.

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Ketchum gets 'Lost'

By Bryan Kasik | December 14, 2001

Jack Ketchum is the literary equivalent of a chainsaw. He's loud, powerful and, in the horror genre, is known for shredding a whole lot of human flesh. One of the pioneer writers of the early '80s "splatterpunk" movement (a wave of literary horror with a focus on extremities), Ketchum (the pen name of Dallas Mayr) has written consistently for more than two decades. "The Lost" is his latest work and, unlike his hard-to-find limited edition and/or short print run books of the past, it's available at almost any major bookseller. It is a much tamer beast than his older classics, but a wholesome thriller for the whole family it ain't. Set in the '60s, "The Lost" revolves around a group of teens who share a terrible secret.

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C'ville stores that don't go by the book

By Bryan Kasik | December 14, 2001

Thomas Jefferson once said, "I cannot live without books." Bearing that statement from U.Va.'s founder in mind, students should think twice before regarding books as little more than an expense incurred for classes.

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TV and the Art of Globalization

By Sarah Stein | December 14, 2001

It is not uncommon for some brilliant, well-read director to mold a book into a Hollywood production.

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Renaissance man Mamet predicts future

By Megan Milks | December 14, 2001

David Mamet is a comic superstar underneath all that academic mumbo-jumbo. In "Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources," he manages to parody the entire world as we know it. Mamet is a playwright ("Glengarry Glen Ross," "American Buffalo"), director ("State and Main"), screenwriter ("Wag the Dog"), poet, essayist and novelist; in short, he's a pretty big figure in contemporary American literary and dramatic culture.

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Delving into the mysteries of Islam

By Suzannah Evans | December 14, 2001

"Wheresoever ye turn, there is the face of Allah." A statement like that is enough to induce a shudder in most Americans these days.

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Music industry insider Flanagan tells all

By Matt Whittle | December 14, 2001

Much has been written about the music side of pop recording industry, but until now, little about the business side, about the men and women who actually make the albums happen.

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Axe, Edwards compose lovely, complex 'Song'

By Christie Harner | December 14, 2001

"There are imperfections everywhere. And the closer I look, the more I see. I'm disgusted ... I see that the fields are not so perfectly rectangular as Huxley thought.

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Gilmore resigns as chairman of RNC

By Chris Wilson | December 5, 2001

Gov. James S. Gilmore III resigned from his post as the Republican National Committee chairman Friday, citing a desire to spend more time with his family after his term as governor ends in January. He will continue to fulfill his duties as chairman until the RNC's January meeting.

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Council selects line monitors for basketball fans in Hooville

By Josh Goodman | December 5, 2001

Student Council and the University Athletics Department are implementing a system to ensure that students camping out for seats at men's basketball games are treated fairly. Council selected 12 student line monitors who are responsible for overseeing "Hooville," the community of tents where the team's most zealous fans await the opportunity to receive choice seats in University Hall. "It is going to be a lot more relaxed atmosphere," said John Steck, the member of Council's Athletic Affairs Committee who wrote the new policies.

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Alumna consultant shares experiences in hot industry

By Lauren Franks | December 5, 2001

For students considering careers in consulting after graduation, The Cavalier Daily

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University works to implement Virginia 2020

By Abby Curran | December 5, 2001

Although the Virginia 2020 commission reports mapped out sketches for the University's next 20 years, certain targeted areas may feel effects in the very near future. According to University Provost Gene Block, the Public Service and Outreach commission recommendations will issue a reformed report within the next two to three months, focusing on recommendations the University can realistically implement over the next five years. University President John T.

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Police charge patient with assault, battery

By Deirdre Erin Murphy | December 5, 2001

A patient at the University Medical Center's psychiatric ward has been charged with sexual assault and battery as well as verbal abuse against three women.

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Bloomfield program finds more matches

By Sarah Salwen | November 30, 2001

Physics Professor Louis Bloomfield's 149 honor cases have presented a major challenge to the University's Honor Committee over the last eight months, but, they could be symptoms of an even more serious epidemic. According to information obtained by The Cavalier Daily from the Honor Committee, Bloomfield's computer program, which checks for matching strings of words in students' papers, could have found 238 more cases of cheating under different standards. Bloomfield's program, which he wrote himself, locates strings of six words or more that are exactly alike among in students' papers turned in over the last six semesters. His data indicate that he found 78 pairs of papers with 100-199 matching words, 18 pairs with 200-299 matching words, 11 pairs with 300-399 matching words and 12 pairs with 400-499 words. The new numbers of implicated papers have raised some eyebrows among Honor officials. "I'm concerned about how Louis Bloomfield is handling the information he has," said fourth-year Honor counsel David Metcalf in an e-mail.

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Racial remarks prompt sit-in at Colgate U.

By Sara Jeanblanc | November 30, 2001

A group of Colgate University students staged a sit-in at the school's admission office last Monday protesting a series of recent racially insensitive events at the school. More than 70 students, many of them black, were involved in the sit-in, which lasted for more than seven hours. Many Colgate officials, including the university's president, Jane L.

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URN aids in undergraduate research projects

By Sarvi Batmanghelidj | November 30, 2001

Two years ago, third-year College student Shadi Kourosh envisioned a network which would enable University undergraduate students to pursue their own research projects.

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Jury awards former U.Va. student damages

By Deirdre Erin Murphy | November 30, 2001

A Charlottesville court ordered former University student Richard W. Smith to pay $200,000 in punitive damages to former student Alexander "Sandy" Kory on Wednesday. Criminal charges originally were brought against Smith and three others for attacking Kory in 1997. Harrison Kerr Tigrett, Bradley Kintz and Wesley H.

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Council releases dining survey

By Christopher Makarsky | November 30, 2001

The Student Council Dining Affairs Committee recently released the results of a survey, that found most students viewed their University dining experience as "average." The survey was distributed randomly via e-mail to 1,500 upperclassmen earlier this semester.

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Patch provides birth control alternative

By Rebecca Brooks | November 29, 2001

Women may not have to rely on "the pill" anymore. Now introducing, "the patch." Ortho-Evra, the first-ever skin patch contraceptive, was approved last week by the Food and Drug Administration.