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Keyword search modernizes COD

By Shelley Johnson | February 16, 2001

The Faculty Senate's Key Word project is turning into a reality for the fall 2001 academic year with the help of the Registrar's Office and Information Technology and Communication. The Key Word project aims to update the Course Offering Directory by creating a system that will allow students to enter key words and receive a list of courses in all departments matching the requested topic. The project has progressed since its inception in September 2000 when the Faculty Senate was exploring ways "to bridge gaps between disciplines and departments, for students and faculty alike," said Julian Connolly, project coordinator and professor of Slavic languages and literature. "It will hopefully be available next [academic] year," Faculty Senate Chairwoman Patricia H.

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Parties prepare for gubernatorial campaign

By Brad Harrison | February 16, 2001

As the Virginia 2001 election campaign season draws near, both the Democratic and Republican parties are beginning the selection process for their slate of gubernatorial candidates. Mark Warner will head the Democratic ticket for governor in November's election.

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Law School breaks fundraising records

By Ann-Woods Isaacs | February 15, 2001

Not only is the Law School recognized as the eighth best in the country according to U.S. News and World Report, the University now holds a national record for law school fundraising. This year, the Law School Capital Campaign surpassed the fundraising efforts of New York University, yesterday releasing the total from its seven-year campaign, which ended in December 2000.

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Charlottesville may create arts district

By Oliver Longwell | February 15, 2001

Charlottesville's thriving artistic community may benefit from a bill that would allow the city to establish an arts and culture district. The General Assembly bill would authorize the city to grant tax breaks and other incentives to attract more art-related businesses to the Charlottesville community. "Charlottesville has one of the best arts communities in the state," Charlottesville Mayor Blake Caravati said.

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Replacement planned for O-Hill, Tree House

By Sara Jeanblanc | February 15, 2001

After scrapping plans to renovate Observatory Hill Dining Hall, the University is now working to construct an entirely new dining facility. Once the new dining hall opens, both O-Hill and the Tree House snack bar will close, according to Richard Kovatch, asst.

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Should you drink water to lose weight?

By Margaret Chipowsky | February 15, 2001

It is a highly touted tip among dieters that drinking eight cups of water a day will speed metabolism and burn calories faster. Experts agree that drinking enough water is essential to promote healthy body functioning - but unfortunately for those trying to shed a few extra pounds, it will not magically melt away excess weight. Drinking large amounts of water does not serve any metabolic function and does not change the way the body digests food, said Biology Prof.

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Medical students hold service to tribute cadavers

By Jessica Drummond and Juliana Chan | February 15, 2001

The lab coats were neatly hung on the far wall of the Medical School's gross anatomy lab. The operating tools were put away almost two months ago - yet some first-year Medical students had some unfinished business. On Friday, with a tinge of formaldehyde still lingering in the air, about 90 first-year medical students walked back into the now-empty dissection room to pay respects to people they never knew, but bodies they knew all too well. It was a memorial service dedicated to the group of people who donated their bodies for study by Medical School students.

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Parents Program to distribute safety whistles

By Kadie Bye | February 15, 2001

The Parents Program, a group of non-alumni parents who donate money for student programming, plans to issue over 6,000 safety whistles to University students next week in an effort called Operation Whistle Alert. Plans to hand out the whistles have not been finalized, but distribution will be incorporated through on-Grounds housing, Student Council, Lawn table displays, Inter-Fraternity and Sorority councils and University Police safety programs.

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Honor finds

By Mary Catherine Wellons | February 14, 2001

According to the 1999-2000 Honor Committee Case Statistics, more Asian students were investigated for honor offenses than any other minority for the second year in a row. During the 1999-2000 school year, 13 of the 61 Investigated Panel cases involved Asian students. Of the other minority groups at the University, 10 cases involved black students and five involved Latino students.

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Ayers receives first-place e-Lincoln award

By Bethany Shuman | February 14, 2001

Gettysburg College awarded its annual e-Lincoln Prize to two University electronic archives of the Civil War era. "The Valley of the Shadow: The Eve of the War," a CD-ROM and Web site, won the competition's $40,000 first place prize.

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Ruling jeopardizes Napster's survival

By Deirdre Erin Murphy | February 13, 2001

Once again, Napster users have been handed a blow by the courts. Yesterday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the file-transfer program will not be shut down immediately, but it has a clear chance of closing in the future. A three-judge panel agreed with a lower court's ruling that Napster must stop users who trade songs without copyright permission, and it sent the injunction back to the lower courts to be reanalyzed and rewritten. "This is definitely going to change the way we view rights to music and art," first-year Law student Jeff Lynn said. Napster is an online file-sharing service for downloading MP3 music files. Napster officials are dissatisfied but not totally discouraged by the ruling.

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Housing department to reject Woody petition

By Justin Bernick | February 13, 2001

Woody House residents are pushing for compensation from the University's housing division for inconveniences they suffered this year. The first-year residents filed a petition last week seeking priority on-Grounds housing registration for next year as reparation for difficulties the students faced during their mid-year move to the new facility. The housing division, however, is "not willing to consider priority registration as a solution in the future," Evans said.

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