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Congress may allocate $2 million to Youth Initiative

By Maria Tor | July 7, 2000

Virginia Senator John Warner's (R) request for a $2 million appropriation for the University's Center for Governmental Studies made headway in Congress last week. The Senate passed the Labor Health and Human Services Bill, which contained "favorable committee report language indicating the Center's Youth Leadership Initiative as a worthy organization that has done important work," said Warner's press secretary Carter Cornick. This means increased federal funding could become a reality for the Youth Leadership Initiative.

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First years start orientation

By Tina Hong | July 7, 2000

For the second time ever, 3,000 incoming first-year students and their parents are coming to the University in the next two months for Summer Orientation. Class of 2004 Wahoos and their parents are arriving in Charlottesville for eight different two-day sessions occurring throughout July and August.

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New student may face 16 vandalism charges

By Maria Tor | July 7, 2000

A University student and his friend were arrested Wednesday night for destruction of private property. Charlottesville Police Sgt.

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Stanley hired as new registrar

By Tina Hong | July 7, 2000

The Provost's Office has chosen Carol Stanley from Drexel University of Philadelphia, Penn. to replace retired University Registrar Ann Antrobus. Antrobus was in the position for six years and worked in the Registrar's Office for 26 years. A University search committee recommended Stanley to Associate Provost Shirley L.

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Foundations conflict over names, Hemmings situation

By Edward Hock | July 7, 2000

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which has claimed that Thomas Jefferson may not have fathered children with Sally Hemmings, a former Monticello slave, has changed its name to the Thomas Jefferson Heritage society in the face of pending trademark legislation. U.S.

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Naftali uncovers intercepted Nazi plan to kill Italian Jews

By Edward Hock | June 29, 2000

Documents declassified Monday reveal that although Allies knew five days in advance about Nazi plans to kill Italian Jews, they took no action to warn the Jews. The information comes from 400,000 pages of documents released by the Central Intelligence Agency's precursor, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). One intercepted 1943 order from Berlin said, "to seize and take to Northern Italy, the 8,000 Jews living in Rome.

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Blood banks report shortage

By Maria Tor | June 29, 2000

Virginia Blood Services, the supplier of all the blood for the University Medical Center is experiencing a major blood shortage. "It's the worst shortage I've ever seen," said Laura Cameron, spokesperson for VBS. Although the blood banks at the Medical Center and Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville are fully stocked, the backup supply at VBS, "has virtually no blood," she said. "We have one tenth of the blood we had at this time last year," she added. Virginia Blood Services provides blood for all the hospitals in Charlottesville and Richmond, as well as various hospitals around the state. Cameron said in addition to the usual Summer decline in blood donations, the shortage has been intensified by increased blood needs at the Medical Center. Related Links Virginia Blood Services &nbsp "There are new types of patients being treated at the U.Va.

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Woody House opening delayed

By Tina Hong | June 29, 2000

Construction delays on a new first-year dorm will force some incoming first-years to accommodate up to three people in their dorm rooms.

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Scott Stadium expansion due for completion in time for first game

By Tina Hong and Edward Hock | June 29, 2000

All structural work on the expansion of Scott Stadium at the Carl Smith Center was completed last week. The expansion adds 16,500 seats to the stadium, a new parking garage and new facilities for University Career Services at a cost of $86 million. Work on utilities, the 44 new luxury suites and press boxes should be finished by Aug.

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Johnson files second suit in baby switch

By Tina Hong | June 22, 2000

The mother who received national attention last year for her lawsuit against the University Medical Center for the switch of her daughter at birth has filed a new set of charges against the hospital. Paula K.

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Alumnus gives $10 million

By Tina Hong | June 22, 2000

College and Darden alumnus U. Bertram Ellis, Jr. and his wife Deborah donated $10 million to the University during Reunions Weekend.

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Spanish house incident ends in acquittals

By Maria Tor | June 22, 2000

A Charlottesville District Court judge acquitted rising fourth-year College students Gonzalo Carrion and Joaquin Bueno of misdemeanor assault and battery charges. Carrion and Bueno were found not guilty on April 28 of assaulting University graduate Shahnawaz Khan at a March party at La Casa Bolivar, the Spanish House. "We were very happy," Carrion said of the verdict. Police arrested Carrion and Bueno after they fought with Khan when he tried to enter a Spanish House party that had reached maximum capacity. According to Carrion, the judge said in his verdict that because Khan had trespassed, and forcibly entered the house, Carrion and Bueno were acting in self-defense. Carrion said another factor in the acquittal was the fact that when Khan was on the stand, he told a different account of the fight than the one he told the University Judiciary Committee earlier in the semester.

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Rotunda construction to add ramp, fix leaky roof

By Edward Hock | June 22, 2000

Facilities management workers have spent the past week building a plywood wall around Thomas Jefferson's crowning architectural achievement. The temporary fence marks the beginning of renovations that will include a new ramp to provide handicap access to the Rotunda from the Lawn side and repairs to leaks in the roof over offices in the portico. Project Manager Mashal Afredi said the project has been a long time coming. "Actual people who are in wheel chairs always comment" on the poor handicapped access to the Rotunda, Afredi said. Afredi said she and others working on the project have taken care to ensure that the construction will not compromise the Rotunda's architectural and historical integrity. "We probably would have had handicapped access years earlier if not for so many meetings" about preserving the building's original structure, she said. Special steps aimed at retaining the building's historical value include matching materials to the Rotunda and demanding care in the work, Engineering and Design Manager John Davis said. "[University Curator and Architect J.

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University Police investigate reports of indecent exposure

By Maria Tor | June 22, 2000

A female student reported that a man indecently exposed himself outside Ruffner Hall the morning of June 16. A second possible indecent exposure was reported outside Newcomb Hall at 5:30 p.m.

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Mellon bequeaths collection to Alderman

By Tina Hong | June 22, 2000

The late literature and art collector Paul Mellon bequeathed over 400 American historical artifacts to Alderman's Special Collections library in his will.

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Jefferson Symposium to discuss slavery

By Maria Tor | June 22, 2000

Scholars and intellectuals from across the nation will be gathering on Grounds for the next four days to examine and discuss slavery in America and Thomas Jefferson's complex relationship with slavery and race. The University Center for University Programs is holding its tenth annual Jefferson Symposium today through Sunday.

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Endowment windfall nets 30 percent raise

By Edward Hock | June 22, 2000

The 2000-2001 budget, approved by the Board of Visitors last Thursday, will include a 30-percent increase in endowment income for programs connected to the University's endowment. The Board approved the unusually high increase, which usually rises 4 percent each year, because of the fund's especially good performance this year. The fund began the year in June with a balance of $1.25 billion and finished May with $1.67 billion. "We were very, very fortunate to have invested in venture capital and private equity," University Treasurer Alice W.

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NCAA forces restructuring of scholarship

By Sam Le | June 15, 2000

In an effort to make its program comply with NCAA scholarship rules and reinstate two Virginia athletes previously suspended, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation has restructured its scholarship into institutional aid under the guidance of the University Financial Aid Office, paving the way for future Jefferson Scholars who wish to compete in intercollegiate athletics. In late January, the University Athletic Department declared rower Jen Blomberg and wrestler Jason Bernd, both rising fourth-years, ineligible to compete after the department discovered that the Jefferson Scholarship violated an NCAA rule prohibiting aid from independent foundations under specific circumstances.

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Judge throws out part of Tigrett suit

By Maria Tor | June 15, 2000

A federal judge dismissed seven of the 10 complaints in a $1.5 million lawsuit filed by suspended University student Harrison Kerr Tigrett against the University October 22 1999.

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Phi Delt loses charter, plans to appeal

By Edward Hock | June 15, 2000

The General Council of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity suspended the University chapter's charter May 2 for violating its risk management policies. The General Council is a five-member board that governs the national actions of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. According to Bob Biggs, Phi Delta Theta executive vice president, the action "officially closes" Phi Delta Theta on Grounds. The risk management policy is a set of guidelines governing actions and behavior of all chapters.