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University offers new human bio major

By Justin Bernick | January 23, 2002

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.

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IFC issues sanctions against 2 fraternities

By Ann-Woods Isaacs | January 22, 2002

Yesterday, in a formal statement, the Inter-Fraternity Council issued sanctions against Phi Kappa Sigma and Zeta Psi fraternities for behavior that "threatens or endangers the health or safety of person." Members of Phi Kappa Sigma and Zeta Psi hurled snowballs at females participating in Inter-Sorority Council recruitment last Saturday.

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Medical Center nixes raises for employees

By Abby Fox | January 22, 2002

Medical center employees will not receive a pay raise this fiscal year, William Carter, senior vice president for health sciences operations, announced to all staff members early this month.

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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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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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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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