In an effort to receive community feedback on its far-reaching initiatives, University officials recently placed the extensive Virginia 2020 reports online. Virginia 2020 is a long-range strategic planning commission, created by University President John T.
The University's long legal odyssey that began with a 1997 assault trial and led to a $1.25 million lawsuit may come to an end this week, as lawyers for suspended University student Richard W.
Storeowners play soft music to make a customer feel comfortable while shopping. But when the volume rises outside store walls, it may deter a customer from enjoying the experience. That is the sentiment of many local business owners on the Downtown Mall who, along with area residents, have spoken out about the loud music coming from musicians and street performers on the city's cobblestone pedestrian shopping zone.
After two years of pushing for recognition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender student rights by various groups around Grounds, the Office of the Dean of Students will open the University's first LGBT resource center. The center, located in the basement of the Rugby Faculty Apartments just past Beta Bridge, will officially open this Sunday with a housewarming reception.
After firefighters responded to a small fire at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house Tuesday night, city inspectors found the fraternity guilty of several fire violations the following day and closed the house for the night.
The Virginia Lottery pulled a controversial $1.2 million ad campaign Wednesday after state Democrats accused them of using public money to promote Republican George Allen's campaign for the U.S.
According to the federal government, mice, rats and birds are not animals. Ninty-five percent of all creatures used in laboratory experiments are not legally considered "animals" and are excluded from regulations on care and treatment. But pressure from animal rights activists and a lawsuit from the Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) prompted the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to write a rule that would expand the definition of "animal" to include these creatures most commonly used in scientific research.
Debates have focused on it, religious rights advcates have decried it as a form of feticide and firm believers of women's rights claim it is a step forward for the country.
Rising student concern prompted Student Council to create a new ad-hoc committee to research ways to stop students from chanting "Not gay" in the Good Ol' Song during football games. Council President Joe Bilby sponsored the bill along with College Reps.
College is the best four years of your life. This maxim is slowly becoming obsolete, however, since four years is no longer the amount of time most students spend in college, according to statistics released by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. At most of the state's 15 four-year public colleges, less than 50 percent of freshmen graduate within six years. But the University defies this trend, boasting a six-year graduation rate of 91.3 percent to top the list.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Presidential candidates Vice President Al Gore (D) and Texas Gov. George W.
Will work for honor. The University's Alumni Association Board of Managers is campaigning for donations totaling $2 million to establish an endowment to support the Honor Committee. Although the endowment now is being raised as part of the University's Capital Campaign, fundraising for the Committee will continue past the Campaign's December deadline. Alumni Association Executive Director Jack Syer said he anticipates the timeline for raising the $2 million to be anywhere between a year and 18 months.
As cool weather overtakes the long Indian summer, the Fifth District's congressional election has heated up.
Biomedical projects to research diabetes and cancer may be underway at the University by the end of the year, thanks to $7 million in funding from a new independent foundation. The Ivy Foundation is dedicated to helping the University fund its top research priorities in biomedicine, said William Battle, chairman of the foundation's board.
In this age of cyber-communication, more law students are seeking classes in the growing field of Internet law.
(This is the second in a five-part weekly series examining issues in the 2000 presidential race.) As the weeks before the November presidential election dwindle, Vice President Al Gore (D) and Texas Gov.
As the 21st century takes flight with a global, interconnected world, the University hopes to increase participation in its study abroad program over the next 20 years to meet the changing atmosphere of our society. Currently less than 20 percent of University students study abroad as compared to 40-60 percent of students at peer institutions, said William Quandt, vice provost for international affairs. "We want students to get outside of their familiar environment and see the world through a different lens," Quandt said. The study-abroad initiative is part of the Virginia 2020 program, launched in March 1998.
Hoping to use that summer job money to break into the red-hot venture capital market? Maybe you should get some advice from the University Treasurer's office. The University reported a 43.7 percent return rate on its investments in the 1999-2000 fiscal year, led by a whopping 400 percent gain in its venture capital division. University Treasurer Alice Handy credited the bulk of the gains to the venture capital investments, which account for 20 percent of the University's portfolio.
Last week, the Board of Visitors submitted to the Virginia Department of Education a comprehensive and concise evaluation of the present status and future goals of every facet of the University. The agreement is designed to eliminate the need for state universities to lobby every year in front of the General Assembly, instead allowing them to better plan for the long term by increasing their state funding schedule from one year to six. The 43-page evaluation makes up a negotiable draft of the University's experimental Institutional Performance Agreement, or IPA, with the Commonwealth of Virginia. The IPA eventually will travel to the General Assembly, which will decide whether to approve the agreement. The IPA is one of the proposals to come out of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education, which was formed by Governor James S.
By 2010 the University's athletics program will be $44 million in debt, Carolyn Callahan warned the Board of Visitors at its meeting Friday. Callahan, the University's faculty representative to the athletics department, updated the Board on the University's 2020 Strategic Planning Task Force for Athletics. The Virginia 2020 initiative, established by University President John T.
