Need medical care? Take a number. Because of a shortage in the number of nurses at the University Hospital, one to two patients with non-emergency illnesses and injuries are being turned away on average each day and told to try back later.
No more rushing, no more pledging and no more partying. At least at fraternities and sororities at California's Santa Clara University, where it was announced last month that all Greek organizations will be phased out over the next three years. However, officials say this is unlikely to happen at the University. After a five-month evaluation of the Greek system, Rev.
Student Council will vote tonight on a resolution that would endorse the elimination of incoming first-year students' choice in housing.
Ambassador Sotos C. Zackheos, the Cypriot representative to the United Nations, spoke yesterday to students in Minor Hall on the role of Cyprus in the United Nations and the European Union. Zackheos, who represents the Greek Cypriot government of the Republic of Cyprus, addressed a crowd of about 60 students. "Cyprus is situated in a very sensitive position in the world," Zackheos said. He gave a brief overview of the history of the island, which is located about 50 miles off the coast of Turkey and 500 miles from Greece in the Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus has long been the object of conflict between rival powers. A former British colony, Cyprus gained independence in 1960.
Fashion conscious adolescents of the world beware. The Internet experience has blossomed just in time for spring 2001 colors.
Student Council's Appropriations Committee allocated an unusually high $572,484.00 to 160 Contracted Independent Organizations for the student activity fee appropriations. Council received requests from 170 student groups, which totaled $788,650.98.
Audience members attending the opening ceremonies of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month might not have expected to watch traditional Asian dances performed to the tune of Christina Aguilera and 'N Sync.
Ahhh, April in Charlottesville. The Dave Matthews Band will be playing. The Foxfield horses will be running.
In the world of academia, students aren't the only ones trying to make the grade. On March 30, U.S.
Last night at the first meeting of the University Judiciary Committee's new term, the body voted unanimously to approve the revisions to the Standards of Conduct. The University's 12 Standards of Conduct describe behavior generally prohibited to enrolled students.
In the midst of religious violence, a young Middle Eastern girl is shot. The applicant's life-changing experience impresses upon her that religion should unify, not divide, and she expresses this in her admissions essay to the University.
As part of efforts to reorganize and streamline the University's upper-level administration, the Board of Visitors' executive committee agreed last Thursday to combine two administrative positions in the University's Health System. Voting in favor of a recommendation from the Board's Health Affairs Committee and President John T.
In a plot twist worthy of the dramatic masterworks it produces, Shakespeare on the Lawn recently learned that they have lost the performance space for their spring play to the Dave Matthews Band. The student dramatic organization booked the Student Activities Building last August for April 19_21 for its production of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" by British playwright Tom Stoppard. But the announcement in February of the Dave Matthews Band concert in neighboring Scott Stadium on April 21 nixed the performance planned for that Saturday night because the area would be blocked off for concert use.
Tailgates, bow ties and the Good Ol' Song are University traditions that characterize every football season.
As part of Hispanic Awareness week at the University, Juan Flores spoke last night to University students about American misconceptions of Puerto Rican and Latino cultures.
The days of relying on Connections e-mails for University event information may be nearing an end.
Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) soon will announce the appointments of Thomas Saunders III of New York and Thomas Farrell Jr.
Discovery Labs is trying to test a new drug that would combat Respiratory Distress Syndrome, an affliction that strikes a significant number of premature infants every year.
When the 2001-2002 Senior Staff of the Residence Staff Program meets tonight for the first time, it will begin its spring training planning under the leadership of two newly elected Residence Staff co-chairs. Third-year College students Lillian Lacy and Michael Dunn will lead the Residence Staff members as they oversee the everyday lives of over 6,000 University student residents next year. The co-chairs work with the Residence Life deans, the area coordinators and the program coordinators in developing the Resident Staff Program. "I'm very excited and grateful for the chance to devote so much of my time to an organization I care so much about," Dunn said. Sarah Chewning, fourth-year College student and current co-chair, said competition for the co-chair positions was keen this year, although she said she could not disclose the exact number of applicants for the two spots. The promotion process for the co-chair positions involved a rigorous application procedure and multiple interviews with officials from the Residence Life Office, deans from the Office of the Dean of Students, and several students who are Resident Staff members. "I am very confident in both Michael and Lillian's abilities," said Katherine Thomas, fourth-year College student and current co-chair.
Murray Foundations, a Tampa, Fla.-based firm that supports charitable causes, recently donated $700,000 to the Commerce School to recruit and retain a professor to serve as a senior scholar in finance or management information systems. Murray Foundations is funded by Jack K.
