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Council to amend election procedure

By Deirdre Erin Murphy | January 31, 2001

Student Council voted last night to change its election rules in hopes the process will increase student involvement. "These bylaw changes will clean up the bylaws and hopefully institute a set of election rules that spell out what candidates can and can't do," said Executive Vice-President Matt Madden. The election rule changes will focus on increasing the number of candidates in schools with a smaller student population. The number of signatures needed for a candidate to run in the upcoming election was lowered for every school except for the College in order to increase participation in Council elections.

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Parking and Transportation selects White as new director

By Antoinette Alston | January 31, 2001

The University has a new face trying to solve the parking and transportation problems on Grounds, but parking regulations are likely to stay the same. Based on recommendations from a community-wide search committee, the University appointed Rebecca White as director of parking and transportation earlier this month. "Her knowledge and expertise in both the parking and transportation fields, her understanding and appreciation of the complexities of providing service in an academic and medical center setting, her commitment to improving customer service and her demonstrated leadership skills clearly distinguished Ms. White as the most qualified candidate," said Richard Kovatch, business operations assistant vice president. While the Department of Parking and Transportation has many plans to change parking areas, no changes will be made in regulations, White said. "I'm looking forward to building off the foundation that has already been laid," she said. One of White's main duties will be dealing with limited parking caused by Clark Hall renovations. There are plans to compensate for the loss, and the department is always looking for opportunities to expand parking, White said. "We're going to receive funding from [Clark Hall] to place more parking on Grounds.

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Honor votes to send four proposals to referendum

By Sarah Salwen | January 30, 2001

When you cast your vote for Student Council representatives next month, you also will have the opportunity to vote on four amendments to the Honor constitution. In a meeting last night, the Honor Committee discussed and voted on a proposal to change the role of Honor counsel at trial. The Committee decided, by a vote of 17-1, to send the proposal to the student body on the spring ballot. The honor bylaws now state that an accused student may be "represented" by counsel at trial.

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Early morning brawl sparks gunfire

By Oliver Longwell | January 30, 2001

Gunshots broke the early morning calm of downtown Charlottesville on Sunday in two separate incidents that occurred only three blocks apart. A Volkswagen with two occupants stopped at the light at the intersection of Ninth Street Southwest and Cherry Avenue around 4 a.m.

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Sneaky presidential pranks greet Bush administration

By Emily Roper | January 29, 2001

The Clinton administration must have forgotten the old adage "Don't mess with Texas" as they moved out of White House offices in preparation for the incoming Bush presidency. Upon entering the offices last week, Bush officials discovered several oddities about their new surroundings.

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CD elects Clark new editor-in-chief

By Margaret Chipowsky | January 29, 2001

Cavalier Daily staff members entered Jefferson Hall at 9 a.m. Saturday to choose the newspaper's 112th staff and emerged from the stuffy room 16 hours later, having elected third-year College student John A.

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Jefferson-Jenkins calls for abolishing Electoral College

By Michael Loatman | January 29, 2001

Some groups enraged by the 2000 presidential election have called for the abolishment of the Electoral College, yet one group, the League of Women Voters, consistently has been testifying for the abolition since 1970. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, the president of the League of Women Voters, spoke Friday in Minor Hall Auditorium before a group of about 100 students and community members on her organization's stance on abolishing the Electoral College.

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Moonshine: southern culture on tap

By Jane Ngo | January 29, 2001

Hidden within an enclave of chicken coops and barns lies a carefully crafted art form a notorious crime - the most deeply rooted business in southern Virginia.

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Bill to add Board member dies in Assembly committee

By Emily Roper | January 26, 2001

The General Assembly House Education Committee killed a bill Wednesday that proposed adding an 18th member to the University's Board of Visitors. The Board currently is comprised of 16 voting members and one non-voting student member. In a 12-2 vote, the committee discarded the measure, sponsored by Del.

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City Council to consider free-speech area

By Michael Loatman | January 26, 2001

In the future, Charlottesville may have its own Downtown Mall version of Beta Bridge if plans for a community blackboard follow through. Five years ago, Robert O'Neil, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression and former University president, approached Charlottesville City Council with the idea for a monument to the First Amendment.

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University students to raise funds for quake survivors

By Maria Tor | January 26, 2001

Third-year College student Camila Figueroa was laying out in the backyard over winter break when she saw her house start to shake. She was at home in El Salvador when a massive earthquake, which registered 7.6 on the Richter scale, shook the Central American nation. "I thought my house was going to fall down," she said.

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Fish enzyme may alleviate skin malady

By Juliana Chan | January 25, 2001

Microbiology Prof. Jay Fox says he thinks he's found a treatment for psoriasis. It's inside a fish intestine. Fox, with the help of fellow researchers in Iceland, has developed a new skin treatment using the enzymes of the intestines of an Atlantic codfish.

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