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Capital One president discusses practices

By Oneya Fennell | October 4, 1999

Adding to the recent influx of on-Grounds recruiters, Nigel Morris, president and chief operating officer for Capital One Financial Corporation, came to Alumni Hall last Tuesday to discuss why his company has a successful working environment. The company's casual and unique management style and image found are the result of the path that Morris followed before founding the company with CEO Richard Fairbank.

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Faculty display project plans at Teaching Initiative Forum

By Tina Hong | October 4, 1999

A virtual collection of plants for Architecture students, graphics teaching videos for computer science students, a new cutting table to create intricate clothing for costume design students and a comprehensive Web site for women's studies students were among the projects that the Teaching Resource Center and Faculty Senate displayed Friday. This is the third year that the Teaching Resource Center has allocated $100,000 from a $300,000 grant from the Office of the Vice President and Provost to fund the University Teaching Initiative Forum - projects that were created by various faculty, Faculty Senate Chairwoman-elect Patricia H.

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Council members gear up for next city mayor election

By Daniel Rubin | October 4, 1999

Following Charlottesville Mayor Virginia Daugherty's announcement that she will not seek re-election to City Council next fall, an additional Council seat has opened up for the May elections. After serving on Council for eight years, Daugherty announced last Thursday that she will not be running in May.

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Academics condemn Web sites selling classroom notes

By Adam Justice | October 4, 1999

Following the recent posting of college class notes on commercial Web sites, some faculty members throughout the country are expressing concerns about the practice. Mathieu Deflem, assistant professor of sociology at Purdue University, has launched a Website of his own in order to discourage online notes.

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Ackerly addresses student diversity

By Margaret Chipowsky | October 1, 1999

University Rector John P. Ackerly III emphasized the Board of Visitors strong support of diversity in admissions while addressing an overflowing crowd in Jefferson Hall last night. Over 150 students attended Ackerly's speech, which was sponsored by the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society. Ackerly discussed several issues he declared "important to the University," but the continuing debate over the use of race as a factor in admissions dominated the discussion. Ackerly said the Board fears lawsuits over its current admissions policies, but is "committed to maintaining diversity," and is unanimous in its support for maintaining a diverse student body. The University's admissions policy is "legal and defensible in court," he said. Saturday, the Virginia State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People demanded Board member Terence P.

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City supports admissions policy

By Daniel Rubin | October 1, 1999

Charlottesville officials said they soon will propose a resolution urging the University to maintain its affirmative action program - emphasizing how the University's current policy impacts the city. The resolution, written by City Councilman Maurice Cox and Mayor Virginia Daugherty, will be voted on at the Oct.

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University forms computer plan

By Margaret Chipowsky | September 30, 1999

An increasing number of colleges and universities are setting higher standards of computer literacy for students, and the University also is taking steps to achieve that goal. University President John T.

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Judiciary Committee plans to keep statistics

By Edward Hock | September 30, 1999

The University Judiciary Committee plans to have a system in place by next semester that will allow them to track the number and types of cases that go through the system. While the Committee kept case files, it did not have a policy for distributing statistics to the public because they rarely received requests for the data. "When people ask for statistics we give them an estimate for [the cost of] compiling the statistics" and allow them to decide whether or not to gather the data, Committee Chairman Brian Hudak said. But now, Committee members said they hope a statistical database will allow them to analyze what types of cases go through the system and better educate the community.

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Scrapbooks shed light on Jefferson

By Emily Turner | September 30, 1999

The recent discovery of Thomas Jefferson's personal scrapbooks at Alderman Library reveals the sentimental side of his complex personality. The four-volume scrapbook -- composed of clippings pasted to hand-made envelopes -- includes political items, scientific information and even romantic poetry.

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DNA fingerprinting gives strong evidence in cases

By Lea Winerman | September 30, 1999

Police are hoping that DNA fingerprinting will help bring them one step closer to identifying a suspect in the Venable area rape case that shook the University community last month. DNA evidence from the crime scene is being compared to DNA profiles from all of the databanks in the United States.

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Atkins diet prompts health concerns

By Doran Ricks | September 30, 1999

The '80s were the beginning of the big fitness craze in America. Around the time of the fitness boom came Dr. Robert Atkins, a cardiologist who graduated from Cornell Medical School.

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High school student arrested for vandalism

By Jaime Levi | September 30, 1999

Shortly before Monticello High School students were dismissed Tuesday afternoon, Albemarle County Police arrested a student who confessed to vandalizing the school with racist graffiti. The 17-year-old student, a white male, is a senior who attends the high school.

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