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Napster offers music industry deal

By Sara Jeanblanc | February 22, 2001

In a move that could complicate Internet music sharing, Napster offered Tuesday to settle with the recording industry. To avoid a court order that may shut down Napster permanently, the file-sharing service said in the settlement it will pay $1 billion to major record labels, songwriters and independent labels and artists over the next five years. Five major recording labels would divide $150 million a year among themselves and independent labels would divide another $50 million a year. If the settlement is accepted, Napster users would have to start paying fees to use the service.

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Council announces new center architect

By Deirdre Erin Murphy | February 21, 2001

At last night's meeting, the New Student Center Committee of Student Council announced the hiring of David Oakland as principal architect in charge of the new student center's initial drawings. Oakland was hired "for feasibility study and conceptual drawings of the new student center," Committee Chairman Steven Reinemund said.

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Forbes visits, addresses national election reform

By Heather Klurfeld | February 21, 2001

Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, spoke at the Rotunda yesterday about solving the fundamental issues plaguing our current campaign system. Forbes, a presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 elections, spoke to an audience of 100 students, faculty and Charlottesville residents.

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Media Studies proposes new degree in digital humanities

By Shelley Johnson | February 21, 2001

To help meet the demand of professionals in understanding information technology, the Media Studies Department is proposing the addition of a new master's degree in digital humanities. The Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee approved an initial proposal for the program on Jan.

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Bill may allow easier pill access

By Brad Harrison | February 20, 2001

The morning-after pill may now be easier to obtain, courtesy of a bill before the General Assembly. House Bill 2782 would enable pharmacists to dispense the emergency contraceptive to women.

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Bid numbers increase for fraternities

By Abby Curran | February 20, 2001

Bid numbers for spring Inter-Fraternity Council rush increased this year, with 41 more students accepting bids than last spring. Fraternities saw 451 men accept bids to the 33 houses that participated in IFC rush.

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Committee addresses facility problems

By Shelley Johnson | February 20, 2001

University alumni committed to enhancing and improving the College have created the new College Foundation Building and Grounds Committee, designed to address the issues of facilities renovation. The committee, which held its first meeting Friday, is in the middle of its planning stage.

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CIOs duke it out in appropriations battle

By Heather Mills | February 19, 2001

What do the Monroe Society and the Capoeira Club have in common? Well, although one group focuses on the power of persuasion and the other on hand-to-hand combat, both skills will be useful this semester when the two contend for a portion of the approximately $600,000 in Student Activity Fund dollars available to student groups.

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Phi Delta Theta to colonize dry hosue

By Ann-Woods Isaacs | February 19, 2001

Following a national trend of removing alcohol from fraternity houses, the new chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity will be established as a dry house following an induction ceremony held tonight As a dry house, Phi Delta Theta will not allow alcohol in the chapter house or on chapter property. In tonight's ceremony at the University Chapel, 32 students will become official fraternity members, said Jason Allevato, vice president of the new Phi Delta Theta colony.

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First-year applications up 552

By Oliver Longwell | February 19, 2001

The University reported a 4 percent increase in first-year admissions applications in statistics released last Wednesday, regaining some of the ground lost in a nearly 15 percent drop in applications last year.

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Students find Consentus to study diversity

By Mary Catherine Wellons | February 19, 2001

Two University students have made their yearlong vision a reality by creating one of the University's newest Contracted Independent Organizations, Concentus, a group devoted to understanding and examining the differences among the University community. Concentus's mission is "to promote a greater understanding of peoples and their similarities through an examination of their differences," Consentus co-founder and vice president Matt Pritchard said. "Diversity seemed not to have the depth that we'd hoped when we first arrived at the University," Pritchard said.

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