Three beachgoers were attacked by sharks in three days over normally peaceful area coastal waters.
Responding to concerns about a possible backlash against students with Middle Eastern backgrounds, many groups around Grounds have discussed over the two days since the terrorist attacks ways to combat such reactions. Between 9 and 9:30 Tuesday night a message went out to several organizations' e-mail listsannouncing a gathering in Newcomb Hall, beginning as soon as they could arrive, for students fearful about such a backlash. By 10 p.m., a large circle of people had convened in the Commonwealth Room, including Deans of Students Pablo Davis and Ajay Nair, Counseling and Psychological Services representatives Russ Federman and Julia Routbort, Terri Moore of University Career Services, and a cross-section of student organizations' members. Some two hours later, weary from the nightmarish day, students and administrators filed out of Newcomb having voiced early concerns and decided on protective steps they would take.
In response to Tuesday's national crisis, at the University, foreign affairs experts at the University began offering theories to some of the questions regarding America's future security. Philip D.
WASHINGTON - The normal bustle of commuters inside the nation's capital was nowhere to be seen yesterday.
A spectrum of experts at the University spoke with The Cavalier Daily about the technical and political implications of yesterday's tragedies in New York City and Washington D.C.
In the wake of yesterday's attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. area officials are responding to security issues at a local level. All Charlottesville City and Albemarle County emergency workers are on alert.
Shock. Numbness. Confusion. Apt words to describe the mood on Grounds, which took a somber turn yesterday. Around televisions in Newcomb Hall - the designated counseling center for the University - clusters of students watched through swollen eyes as the images splashed across the screen.
Doug Strassler spent the early parts of his Sept. 11, 2001 morning watching the breaking news from New York City that would change America forever.
While many fourth-year students are eagerly anticipating graduation and never having to write a paper again, some are applying to school all over again - gathering recommendations, writing essays that will please admissions officials, and studying for standardized tests reminiscent of the SATs from high school.
The entire nation took emergency actions yesterday to cope with the tragic events in New York City and Washington D.C., and the University was no exception.
All city and county emergency workers are on alert. Officials have closed the Charlottesville Federal Courthouse and Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, as per the national airline grounding.
Whether taking notes in a lecture hall or speaking out during a class discussion, odds are University students will rub shoulders with some of the best and brightest from, quite literally, across the globe this year. The University has enrolled 162 undergraduate international students, up from 140 last year.
Several University officials remain optimistic about the quality of a University education despite the school's recent slip to the number two spot in U.S.
For the fourth year in a row, medical schools across the nation saw a drop in new student applications this year. Total applications dropped 3.7 percent in 2000, according to a report published last weekin the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Students may never have to scrounge for a quiet place to study at 2 a.m. again. As of this school year, University students can go to Clemons Library at all hours of the night with the permanent implementation of 24-hour, five-days-a week library services.
"America's luck has run out," said one journalist covering this morning's tragic events in New York City and Washington, D.C.
The University's Greek community gained a new voice in the administration this summer with the establishment of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. The new office is "a manifestation of increased support for fraternities and sororities," according to Assistant Dean of Students Aaron Laushway, who serves as the office's director. The office aims to provide resources and support to the four Greek governing councils on Grounds - the Inter-Fraternity Council, Inter-Sorority Council, Black Fraternal Council and Multi-Cultural Greek Council. Its major goals include "to promote unity among all four governing councils and to help each chapter and the respective governing councils strengthen themselves," Laushway said. The office opened its doors July 1 and is temporarily located across from Observatory Hill Dining Hall.
A frustrated professor and two undergraduate students took on Rouss Hall yesterday to try to fix up the aging economics building. Economics Professor Edgar Olsen fourth-year John Welch and third-year Vick Iskounen, both economics majors, painted bookcases and threw out broken, unwanted furniture in the economics building. The Economics Department paid Welch and Iskounen $12 per hour each for four hours of work, after recruiting them through an e-mail sent to all economics majors. Olsen said no one in the University is regularly assigned to perform these kinds of odd jobs: "If a faculty member doesn't do it, it's really not going to get done." Though the University's Facilities Management department could have handled these tasks, Olsen said that organizing the work himself was more efficient. "You can get it done faster and less expensively if you just use students," he said.
Instead of the Rotunda, a greater number of future University students will stroll past the Eiffel Tower on their way to class.
After his first month on the job, things are going pretty smoothly for University Police Chief Paul E.
