The Republican National Committee has amassed $210 million since January 1999, thrilling Republican leaders but once again raising the issue of campaign finance reform.
Gratuitous violence on television may never again see the light of day following a measure passed 16-2 Wednesday by the Senate Commerce Committee to ban the controversial material from daytime viewing. If the measure passes both the Senate and the House, the Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act could restrict the airing of violent programs during hours when children are likely to watch. "It would treat gratuitous violence the same way that we treat indecent programming," said Andy Davis, press secretary for Sen.
On its way toward becoming one of the nation's leading research universities, the University expanded the Fontaine Research Park Wednesday night, with the approval of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. The office space contained within the park will increase from 389,000 square feet to 495,000 square feet with the addition of newly constructed buildings. Officials said they hope the expansion will cause the continued growth of the University's research programs. The University ranks as a Category One Research University, which signifies that the University is in the top tiers of research institutions, University President John T.
Following a 23-day search, Charlottesville police arrested Yuhanna Hafeez, 19, Wednesday afternoon for the shooting death of Charlottesville resident Benjamin Willis, 24. Police charge that Hafeez had been on the lam ever since he allegedly killed Willis outside a Prospect Avenue apartment complex Aug.
After nixing plans to revamp the first-year dining mecca on Observatory Hill, officials instead may tear it down and put up a brand new dining hall in its place. Originally, O-Hill was slated for a major renovation, but when construction bids came in at about $3 million over the budget, the Board of Visitors decided this summer to scrap the plan. At its October meeting, the Board will look at plans to level the facility, including the Tree House snack bar, to build a bigger, better dining hall on the same site.
Student Council is scheduled to vote next week on a resolution protesting a plan to eliminate entering first-year students' ability to choose to reside in either old or new dorms. An enrollment committee of University officials proposed changing the first-year housing process to increase diversity in first-year dormitories. Council representatives Justin Pfeiffer, Adam Swann and Christina White drafted the resolution, which admonishes the lack of student involvement in drawing up the proposal and strongly opposes the proposal itself. Council will vote on the resolution after debate and the opportunity to make amendments Tuesday. Even if the measure passes, it may not change University policy.
Because of low attendance, Duke University's alcohol task force has suspended school-sponsored non-alcoholic events.
The Labor Action Group held a forum yesterday afternoon to criticize the University's new payment plan and call for greater activism among employees, faculty and students. In Virginia, salaries for laborers - except for teaching or administrative faculty --- is determined by a grade.
Thousands of years ago, a giant deluge of water from the Mediterranean Sea crashed against the Turkish coast, wiping out villages and possibly killing thousands.
The presidential election is 49 days away. Have you registered to vote? If not, signing up may be just a double-click away, thanks to several Web sites featuring online registration forms. The Web sites voter.com, rockthevote.com and speakout.com offer information about the upcoming election, registration forms and printable absentee ballots.
"We are here tonight to move forward and ask, 'What can I do to improve race relations at the University?'" Brett Gibson, the State of Race Relations vice president, challenged audience members to work toward fostering racial integration within the University at the State of Race Relations forum last night. The State of Race Relations is a multicultural student organization on Grounds that conducted a survey last semester to evaluate student attitudes concerning race relations. The survey found black students are twice as likely as white students to perceive racial bias in student institutions.   Survey Data The State of Race Relations
The Medical School has instituted a new academic program this year, stressing smaller classes and 50 percent fewer lectures.
MTV's Campus Invasion Tour is making its way to the University on Oct. 5, featuring hip-hop artists Wyclef Jean, De La Soul and Black Eyed Peas. In addition to the nighttime concert, there will be a daytime festival with tents offering various music-related activities, such as a Rock Tent, where participants can learn to play musical instruments. The University, which is slated to be the second college on the six-week tour, also will be featured in a half-hour MTV kick-off special providing an inside look at the tour. Lisa Braun, MTV's vice president of promotion and music marketing, said the special will feature portions of the concert as well as interviews with the artists and University students. The University Programs Council's PK German is sponsoring the event. PK German Chairman Jbeau Lewis said the show will provide MTV's audience with exposure to the University. Related Links MTV Campus Invasion   "When your school name is scrolling down MTV several times a day, it gives you a certain amount of respect as far as how we're looked at by other schools around the nation," Lewis said. The "stellar lineup" of musicians will attract a diverse audience "more so than anything we've done in the past," he said. PK German tries "to find that right balance between the diversity of the school and the diversity of acts out there," he added.
James Demas likes his work because "it's pretty." But as a chemistry professor, he confesses that he researches chemicals that give off light also because the research has practical applications. Demas and his group in the Chemistry Department study luminescence, a process where chemicals absorb energy from their environment and release that energy at some later time in the form of light.
In 1994, the Republican Party rode the "Contract with America" platform into both houses of Congress, capturing the majority for the first time in 40 years. But now the architect of that resurgence, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, is back home in Georgia and Republicans face the possibility that the Democrats could wrench back control of the House and Senate this November. The Republican majority has eroded from a total of 230 House seats in 1995 to the current majority of 222 seats in the House and 56 in the Senate.
Former Virginia Gov. George Allen (R) and U.S. Sen. Chuck Robb (D) are locking horns over environmental issues as both candidates for the U.S.
Gloria Steinem, an influential leader of the feminist movement and co-founder of Ms. magazine, discussed the tensions between generations of feminists yesterday afternoon at the Law School. Many polls show that today's women are reluctant to call themselves the "f-word": a feminist, Steinem said. An audience of about 200 filled Caplin Auditorium yesterday to hear Steinem, Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner, co-authors of the new book, Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future.
As students traipse around Grounds these days, construction workers, Caterpillar machines and piles of dirt have become a familiar sight.
In honor trials, student juries handed down fewer guilty verdicts this year than last, according to Honor Committee case statistics released Sunday night. The number of students asked to leave the University dropped from 19 in the 1998-1999 school year to seven in the 1999-2000 school year, a difference of 63 percent. The statistics track the number of cases that go through the honor system from the investigative phase through the post-trial phase.
The Women's Leadership Council, which University President John T. Casteen III announced last February to provide greater gender equity at the University, is close to officially forming after many months of planning. The committee recently sent out membership invitations to a small, select group of faculty, staff, current students and alumni, both male and female.
