America is a country amused by million-dollar beer commercials from large corporations. Many small brewers, however, hope to return to the days of widespread traditional local brewing. Although financially successful, large beer manufacturing industries have slowly conditioned American taste buds to watered-down beer.
"Clean for Gene" may not be the popular slogan it was on college campuses in 1968, but outspoken political veteran Eugene McCarthy still has a message for America. The former senator and presidential candidate spoke to a standing-room- only crowd of nearly 200 in Minor Hall last night about his experiences in politics and his suggestions for improving the way Americans elect their president. McCarthy peppered his speech with dry jokes and quotes from Machiavelli and John Adams and criticized the structure of the Electoral College, the news media's influence on politics and the office of the vice president. "The Electoral College is a good idea, but has been corrupted over the centuries, principally by Republicans and Democrats," McCarthy said.
What is it that attracts people to each other? For centuries, it has been food for thought for writers, singers and poets.
Once thought of as a private activity, diary writing is shifting from being solely a personal art form to popping up in the public realm of the Internet. More and more people post their personal lives to an increasingly voyeuristic Internet audience - an audience that holds its breath for the most mundane of subjects: real people's lives.
Religious student organizations will be eligible for funding from the Student Activities Fund for some of their activities, Student Council announced Tuesday night.
"You are not just the future, you are today," former Faculty Senate Chairman David T. Gies said to the 43 student recipients of Faculty Senate Harrison Awards in a ceremony yesterday honoring the winners. The recipients were chosen from a field of 95 applicants and will receive awards of $3,000 to be used on summer research.
Tickets for the Dave Matthews Band's April 21 benefit concert at Scott Stadium will go on sale a day early for Charlottesville area residents and students. Students and local residents will be able to purchase tickets tomorrow through a wristband lottery at the Scott Stadium box office. Numbered and color-coded wristbands will be distributed to students and local residents between 4 and 5 p.m.
Over the past two years, members of the University community have voiced concern over a missing thread in the on-Grounds social fabric - the lack of an accessible student center. Many student representatives claim that having a haven to talk, relax and catch up with one another would substantially warm the social climate of the University.
With Student Council elections underway, Asian student groups, La Sociedad Latina and the Black Student Alliance held forums last night to discuss minority concerns with student government and the proposed honor referenda.
Administrators now are looking into plans to expand University educational opportunities and become more of a global force in higher education through the implementation of new distance learning programs. Distance learning refers to facilitating learning between students and instructors in separate locations through the use of television, Internet and other technology. There are two main reasons why the University hopes to become involved in distance learning over the next few years, said Clorisa Phillips, special projects director in the Provost's Office. First, the University hopes "to gain international visibility, especially by participating in recognized consortia that do things [the University] cannot do," Phillips said. Participating in established distance learning programs will make the University a stronger, more recognized international school, she said. Second, the University hopes "to apply what we learn about online learning to benefit our students here in Charlottesville and also our broader University community," including alumni and Virginia residents, she added. University President John T.
Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) assured university presidents in a letter sent yesterday that he will work with them to minimize the impact of the freeze on Virginia's budget. "I ask that you and your staffs work with my administration to help set priorities within the constraints of available resources," Gilmore said. In Executive Order 74, capital outlay projects have been stopped and operating expenditures will be cut by 15 percent because the 2001 budget did not pass the General Assembly.
Faced with space crunches and expanding programs, the Education School has started planning for a new Education School building.
History Prof. Julian Bond was reappointed as Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, by a unanimous vote during its 92nd annual board meeting held early February.
It appears the University of California at Berkeley is one of only a few institutions to propose eliminating the SAT I as a requirement in the admissions process. Berkeley would follow the lead of a few smaller institutions, such as Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., which already have abandoned the use of SAT I scores in assessing undergraduate applicants. Though Berkeley's president Richard Atkinson recently said the SAT I is an unfair assessment of an applicant's ability and is compromising America's educational system, many colleges and universities across the nation say they disagree. "For the University of Virginia, the SAT is an important factor which we use in making decisions about our applicants," University Dean of Admissions John A.
Sandy Berger, national security advisor under Bill Clinton, spoke last night in the Rotunda Dome Room about the importance of fostering a global community.
In response to a budget impasse in the General Assembly, Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) yesterday ordered all state agencies to freeze hiring and discretionary spending temporarily. The executive order stalls several University capital projects, including the new $9 million studio arts building project and the $10 million special collections library construction, said Nancy Rivers, University director of state governmental relations. Gilmore also directed each state agency to submit a spending-reduction plan to the Department of Planning and Budget by Friday. Saturday night, Gilmore issued executive order No.
When creative and bright ideas come up, a new Student Council server Web site called "The Lightbulb" will soon give them a place to shine. The Web site (www.student.virginia.edu/thelightbulb) created and designed by fourth-year Engineering student Johnny Lee, aims to provide a network of communication and resources for individuals involved in creative efforts ranging from the arts to engineering. In October, the Council Arts Committee agreed to sponsor the Web site after Lee presented the idea at a Council meeting, said Committee Co-Chairman Danny Reid.
In order to combat problems with admissions letters arriving late, the University will begin e-mailing acceptances to international students next year in addition to sending a letter by mail.
The University Police Department arrested seven protesters Friday at "The Liberation of Kuwait: Dawning of a New World Order?" conference. At 10:27 a.m., W.
The Honor Committee released new data Friday from a survey on student perceptions of the honor system. The Committee issued the survey from November to January with the assistance of the University's Institutional Assessment Office in order to "ascertain student opinion on a variety of issues," Committee Chairman Thomas Hall said. "We always talk about how the student body feels.
