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Students explore unionizing

By Steven Blau | January 22, 2002

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.

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Honor proposal faces dissent

By Sarah Salwen | January 22, 2002

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.

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Top fast food industry leader dies at 65

By Jane Ngo | January 21, 2002

Night falls, and cold rain begins to pour down in sheets. You are hungry, lonely, and you have about $4.

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Honor Committee progresses quickly with Bloomfield cases

By Sarah Salwen | January 21, 2002

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.

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IFC seeks to clean up spring rush process

By Mark Jensen | January 21, 2002

"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.

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MP3 players: Tech's new groove for 2002

By Krisy Bhavsar | January 21, 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.

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Center creates Internet free speech forum

By Laura Schmoyer | January 21, 2002

Now Internet users worldwide can engage in the kind of free expression inspired by the City of Charlottesville's proposed community chalkboard.

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226 students apply for Lawn housing

By Nick Chapin | January 21, 2002

Seconds after the clock struck 5 last Thursday afternoon fourth-year Lawn Selection Committee Coordinator Trish Morrow found herself in the difficult position of turning down a number of disappointed students who had just missed the firm deadline to turn in their Lawn applications. Of the 226 students who made the deadline only 47 will be offered the honor of living on the Lawn in their last year of undergraduate studies. This week, 34 fourth-year volunteers will spend countless hours reading through each of the 226 applications, eight less than last year, and picking who will be a part of next year's Lawn community.

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Students awake to a winter wonderland

By Thomson Silvers | January 21, 2002

Rolling out of bed Saturday morning, students awoke to find their windowsills covered in a soft, white layer of steadily falling snow. Accumulation in the Charlottesville area reached approximately four inches by mid-afternoon at which point the snow tapered off and freezing rain began.

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News in Brief

January 21, 2002

With the advent of spring rush activities the University's sorority system has found itself with a new little sister. The Lambda Chapter of Sigma Psi Zeta Inc. entered the Multi Cultural Greek Coordinating Council before the last week of classes in December. President Sophia Ni, a third year in the College, has been working to establish Sigma Psi Zeta since her first year at the University. The process to become a sorority at the University took a year and a half.

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Cheating scandal shocks Ga. Tech

By Jen Michaels | January 18, 2002

In an event reminiscent of the University's honor cases brought forth by Physics Professor Louis Bloomfield last spring, 187 Georgia Tech students are facing accusations of cheating by collaborating on a computer science class project. Professors identified the students with homemade software designed to detect plagiarism.

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News in Brief

January 18, 2002

Because of state budget cuts Informational Techonology Communication will be forced to discountinue low-speed dial-up modem services. This will become effective Jan.

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University updates Central Mail Service

By Jenn Roberts | January 18, 2002

Software updates underway on the Central Mail Service promise the University community increased efficiency and security in accessing e-mail accounts, officials say. CMS, the University's e-mail storage system, will undergo updates over the next two months.

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State spending changes for higher education

By Sara Jeanblanc | January 18, 2002

In the wake of Sept. 11, state spending on higher education throughout the nation has grown by the smallest rate in five years.

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Sept. 11 terrorist attacks influence some spring courses at University

By Ann-Woods Isaacs | January 18, 2002

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed the American economy, airport security and international relations.

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MCV looks to improve terrorist preparedness

By Deirdre Erin Murphy | January 17, 2002

Virginia Commonwealth University's Medical College of Virginia hospitals submitted requests of $2.5 million in improvements for terrorist preparedness to the Virginia department of health, as well as to U.S.

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'Hoo Crew debuts at basketball contest

By Martin Olivier | January 17, 2002

A group of student volunteers enforced a new system for camping out and lining up at University Hall for men's basketball games at Tuesday night's contest versus Wake Forest and received good reviews. Student Council sanctioned the new guidelines in response to complaints from fans last season.

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University prepares for steep budget cuts

By Paul Quinlan | January 17, 2002

University administrators, like other Virginia college officials, had braced themselves for the financial fallout from Virginia's $5 billion budgetary morass.

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Simmons adds to City Council candidacy list

By Sarah Salwen | January 17, 2002

University Medical Center employee David Simmons (D) announced his candidacy in the race for City Council Monday, becoming the fifth candidate vying for the two open seats. Simmons, director of clinical services for the Nephrology Clinic at the University Medical Center and the only University employee now in the race, has emphasized his extensive activity in community organizations as an asset to his bid for City Council representative. "My experience will give me a different perspective" than the other candidates, Simmons said.

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Police warn University about barred individual

By Kadie Bye | January 17, 2002

University Police have begun distributing trespass warning posters around Grounds, alerting community members of a man barred from all University owned and operated property. Officers said they encourage students, faculty and staff members to study the photo, which is featured on the alert posters throughout University residence halls, libraries, academic buildings and dining facilities. If spotted on Grounds, officers said students should call 911 immediately to alert police. "We've released the picture to let students know to watch out for the man," University Police Sgt.