On Saturday night, fourth-year College student Benjamin Levy's vision for the International Conference on "Music Suppressed by the Third Reich" culminated in a revival of an era of music not heard in more than 50 years. Levy, a music major, organized the three-day International Conference as part of his distinguished music major project.
Upset over another upcoming rise in QualChoice health care rates, some graduate students are about to say they have had enough. QualChoice is the University-sponsored health care plan many graduate students use because it is the only plan recognizing Student Health as an authorized care provider. Over the past three years, however, QualChoice has raised its rates for graduate students. Graduate students now have two different package options.
Charlottesville General District Court Judge William G. Barkley heard a victim's testimony of her February rape in a preliminary court hearing Thursday.
Who doesn't love a warm, home-cooked meal? On the other hand, who doesn't love the thought of trading in that roasted turkey and rent-free bedroom at home for swinging apartment living?
Last week the Federal Reserve lowered the interest rate known as the Federal Funds rate. It was the third such reduction in interest rates over the past three months.
It is prevailing wisdom that users will not pay for content on the Internet. Even if one Web site charges for information access, there is always another site that will provide the same information free of charge.
At a special Honor Committee retreat over the weekend, the Committee-elect selected its seven executive officers.
When members of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity want to use the Internet, they no longer need the aid of a modem and a service provider.
As part of the Democratic Primary Debate Series, three of the four candidates for the Democratic attorney general nomination met last night in the Chemistry Auditorium in a debate sponsored by University Democrats. Consensus on many key issues characterized the debate.
Jamie Graham, a former student arrested as a result of Operation Equinox, a 1991 drug bust of several University fraternities, spoke with students about finding an alternative method to the war on drugs in Clark Hall last night.
In a special meeting last night, the members-elect of the University Judiciary Committee selected their executive committee.
Because of the recent state budget freeze, the University will not be able to use its non-general or private funds for construction around Grounds. The House of Delegates and Senate clashed over provisions in the proposed budget regarding the car tax.
Students and community members gathered in New Cabell Hall last night to hear Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of the political magazine The National Review, share his unique and pun-filled views on politics and issues conservative Americans face in today's world. "It's great to be back at U.Va.," said Lowry as he thanked The Virginia Advocate and the Jefferson Issue Foundation for inviting him to speak.
As the number of students on college campuses who smoke continues to rise, a Washington-based group called the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is lobbying colleges and universities to create more smoke-free residence halls and anti-smoking programs for college. The University now allows smoking in individual residence hall rooms if both roommates consent, but smoking is not allowed in common areas. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids bases its current effort on two studies by the Harvard School for Public Health that were published this week in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and the Journal of American College Health.
Some afflictions don't have scars, don't require the use of needles and have no effect on blood pressure.
There have been 434 cases of the foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom since the outbreak first appeared last month - the worst epidemic of the disease in the area since a devastating outbreak occurred in 1967.
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? For those speaking German, a $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to the University Library's Electronic Text Center will enable the University to partner with the University of Trier in Germany to create a Web site titled "Middle High German Interlinked." A collaborative effort made by the universities will digitize about 100 medieval German texts and associated dictionaries.
Starting next fall, undergraduate English majors will have the option to pursue poetry as an established area of concentration within the department. The program will allow undergraduates to focus on poetry writing.
Jeffrey C. Walker, a University graduate with an interest in combining advanced technology and studies in the life of Thomas Jefferson, recently gave Monticello and the University Library's Electronic Text Center a combined gift of $1.5 million to begin upgrading information technology.
The University ranks seventh in the nation in sending graduates to the Peace Corps with 63 alumni now serving, according to statistics released yesterday. Last year, the University ranked sixth with 70 graduates serving in the Peace Corps.
