Adam Nash, the test tube baby whose living cells were used to save his older sister, is a child whose parents love him dearly.
In Minneapolis yesterday, doctors announced that a test tube baby successfully saved 6 year-old Molly Nash. Molly, who has the rare genetic disorder Fanconi anemia, would certainly have died if not for her brother, Adam, a test tube baby created using in vitro fertilization.
One hundred candles illuminated the marble steps of the Rotunda last night, poignantly symbolizing 100 lives lost in the Middle East crisis.
A division of United Students Against Sweatshops, a nationally recognized organization, held its first meeting at the University last night. According to the University's SAS organizer, Ross Kane, the new organization wants to create a code of conduct for companies that produce University of Virginia licensed merchandise.
Aldous Huxley, author of "Brave New World," sculpted a bleak vision of the distant future of life on Earth.
The online Course Offering Directory - the Bible of many University students - might undergo its own reformation. The Faculty Senate has proposed an addition to the online version of the COD: a search engine to help students find courses by subject rather than by department only. "We want to leave the directory as it is, but create a system to cross-reference the courses," Faculty Senate Chairwoman Patricia Werhane said.
With the upcoming retirement of University Police Chief Michael Sheffield, the University has assembled an eclectic group of faculty, students and administrators to head up a search committee for a new chief.
U.S. District Court Judge Warren G. Moon ruled yesterday that University President John T. Casteen III and the Board of Visitors have no supervisory liability in former student Richard Smith's $1.25 million lawsuit. While the decision effectively dismisses both Casteen's and the Board's liability in the lawsuit, individual UJC members and William W.
Bill Gates may not have graduated from college, but Halsey M. Minor did. Minor's massive donation of $25 million to the College aims to secure the University's status as a world leader in the digital age, Minor said. Minor officially announced the gift yesterday afternoon at a Faculty Senate meeting in the Dome Room of the Rotunda. Minor is a 1987 College graduate and founder and chairman of CNET Networks.
With plans to use increased funds to better services to the University community and to improve technology in its offices, Student Council passed its 2000-2001 budget last night with a 24 percent increase in Student Activity Fee spending. Council will request $45,129.11 from the SAF fund - an $8,735.11 increase from the $36,394 it requested last year. Council Chief Financial Officer Marc Olsen said the increase in spending was largely because of an increase in the budget of the Community Affairs Committee, and the money allocated to two new committees, Housing Concerns and Technology. Olsen said although Council increased its budget this year, they used available funds more resourcefully.   Related Links Student Council Web site Three years ago, Student Council requested $100,000 of SAF monies for its activities, which was dramatically cut back last year to $36,000, he said. "We tried to use funds as efficiently as possible," he added.
Politics always matters to the politicians. "We obviously think we're the center of the universe," said Ed Matricardi, executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia.
When Thomas Jefferson founded the University, he planned to create an Academical Village, bringing the talent and experience of professors from around the world to Central Grounds. This afternoon, 1987 College graduate and Internet entrepreneur Halsey Minor will give a landmark $25 million to the College to help bring these Jeffersonian ideals to a global community, in the information age. Minor's gift, the largest single donation ever received by the College, is designed to integrate digital technology with the humanities and social sciences program to create a "Digital Academical Village." "I asked myself 'If Jefferson were to build the University today, what would he build?' He wanted to create the most modern University in the world," Minor said. Today the University can only fulfill Jefferson's ideal by incorporating digital technology into the curriculum, he said. The idea for the technology-focused gift spawned from the E-Summit, a gathering of Internet business leaders held on Grounds last November, he said. "I've witnessed how a lot of venture- and corporate-based money has been used to make businesses more efficient as a result of the Internet," Minor said.
(This is the third in a five-part weekly series examining issues in this November's presidential election.) With a best-selling book and a solid environmental record under his belt, Vice President Al Gore (D) holds a distinct advantage over Texas Gov.
No alcohol will be permitted at any sorority event held on fraternity property after the University's 16 sorority presidents late Monday night voted to enact a blanket policy on drinking at sorority events. The new policy, which became an ISC regulation after the sorority presidents voted to approve it, bans alcohol at any sorority sponsored or co-sponsored event held on fraternity property. The policy will go into effect at the end of October, and violations will be punishable by the Inter-Sorority Council Judiciary Committee. ISC President Allison White said she was pleased the presidents voted to enact the new umbrella policy. The change comes on the heels of Resolution 2000 - a policy handed down by the national chapters of 14 of the University's 16 sororities.
The price tag of a college education just keeps going up. Tuition and fees at four-year public colleges and universities nationwide increased 3.4 percent in 1999.
William W. Harmon, vice president for student affairs, took the stand yesterday in suspended student Richard W.
When you start shopping for classes in the Spring 2001 Course Offering Directory, you will not find any of the following options: "Asians in the United States," "Literature of the Asian Diaspora" or "Asian American Economics." But a group of students and faculty are hoping to add them soon. These course titles are just a few of many potential classes for the proposed Asian American Studies Program at the University. The student-led group working towards an Asian American Studies Program, established in the spring of last year, has been pushing for the creation of an interdisciplinary program that would explore the common experiences of Asians in America. Interest in this initiative is not new.
University President John T. Casteen III has finalized the membership of the newly created Women's Leadership Council. Joan Fry, special assistant to the president, reported that Casteen named 13 appointed members and five ex-officio members on the recommendation of the Interim Women's Leadership Council, established last year. The Interim Council selected men and women who "demonstrated effective leadership and interest in women's roles in the University," Fry said. Casteen created the Council last February to "identify and develop more leadership opportunities and roles and will increase professional development opportunities for women faculty, staff and students," she said. Third-year College student Caroline Altman and Darden Doctoral Candidate Mary Hamilton are the two student members.
Go ahead, download that MP3 of "Walk Like an Egyptian." The Commonwealth will not order the University to block student access to Napster, Virginia Attorney General Mark L.
Albemarle County Police arrested 18-year-old Charlottesville resident Cabell Riff Clatterbaugh in the Sept.
