University officials are in the process of choosing a contractor to complete the massive renovation project planned for Observatory Hill Dining Hall. O-Hill, the dining hall that serves most first years, is slated to close for almost a year during the renovation.
Parachuters, special guests, a new entrance video for the football team and a nationally-known musical performer will welcome students, alumni and fans to the first football game at the newly renovated Scott Stadium on Sept.
Money. We all want it. We all need it to survive. And nearly everyone, even the most well-off, silver spoon-fed college student, has only a limited quantity of it, which must be dearly conserved. The consequences of poor budgeting practices can prove detrimental and can lead to ruined credit histories, forcing students to work mindless jobs or even sell off bodily fluids in desperation. But, if students follow pragmatic budgeting advice, these horror stories can be successfully averted. According to fourth-year Engineering student Scott Crenshaw, first years can avoid overspending by purchasing meal plans that provide an average of at least two meals per day and a wealth of Plus Dollars. "All your meals are provided, [so] I never went out to eat, I guess," Crenshaw said. "I couldn't just go out and buy something at the spur of the moment," he said. For upperclassmen with small meal plans, this is not an easy proposition. But, by exercising a little creativity, students can save money without having to sacrifice a healthy social life. One of the best and most practical ways to save money is simply to buy used books. Selling books back, particularly to Web sites like Ecampus.com can prove lucrative. "If you have to buy workbooks for a class, don't write in the workbooks and [then] sell them ... They're worth a lot of money," College second-year Kelly Davison said. Students additionally can save money by bringing their own cups to Pavilion XI or The Castle - refilling cups of any size costs a mere 49 cents. Students also can exploit the dining hall system to their advantage. Taking Credit Seriously 1) Paying bills on time is absolutely essential.
Each fall, thousands of fans drive to Charlottesville to cheer on the Cavalier football team and soak up the warm fall weather. But fans often run into a problem that is all too familiar to University students-the lack of places near the stadium to park. And last year, in the midst of all this football bliss, the parking problem escalated to a new level, causing students and fans to commit what is called a "zoning violation." Zealous students, looking to make some money, charged Cavalier fans to park their cars in their yards in the neighborhoods surrounding the stadium. Not only is this against city regulations and increases traffic congestion in residential areas, but it "looks terrible and devalues the neighborhoods," Charlottesville Planning Manager Ron Higgins said. Related Links Scott Stadium Expansion Update Scott Stadium Expansion Photo Gallery Fanfare surrounds opening of renovated Scott Stadium (By Tina Hong) Football looks to plug holes, silence critics (By Dave Jamieson)   Higgins said the practice is against city regulations because they are residential areas and not meant to be used for entrepreneurial purposes. Despite warning from city officials, Zoning Administrator for Charlottesville Heidi Misslbeck said that last year, her administration only sent out citations to six to 12 houses, warning them of the zoning violation they were committing. Misslbeck said the violators were given 30 days to bring the house into compliance, meaning remove the cars from their yards and not charging cars to park in their yards again. Although there were between six and 12 violations notices sent out, none of the people were taken to court. "We talked to property owners and found out we didn't have enough evidence to bring them to court," she said. If brought to court and charged, the violation carries a maximum possible fine of $1000 per violation, Misslbeck said. City officials are hoping that this year, because of increased efforts to stop the violations, and the increase in parking spaces at the stadium, there will not be a big problem with students violating the zoning law. "We are intending to prevent this," Misslbeck said. 2000 Schedule 09/02/00 - Brigham Young (Home) 09/09/00 - Richmond (Home) 09/16/00 - Duke (Away) 09/23/00 - Clemson (Home) 09/30/00 - Wake Forest (Away) 10/07/00 - Maryland (Home) 10/21/00 - Florida Sate (Away) 10/28/00 - North Carolina (Home) 11/09/00 - Georgia Tech (Away) 11/18/00 - North Carolina State (Home) 11/25/00 - Virginia Tech (Away) All dates are tentative and subject to change.   The Zoning Administration has been working with the University and Charlottesville Police to increase prevention measures. Misslbeck said the renovations of Scott Stadium included a new parking garage with 600 spaces, which increased the number of spaces by 250 and will ease some of the parking problems. In addition, the city will provide free parking and transportation from the Downtown Mall parking garage and fans also can park in the University Hall parking lot.
While many students arrive at the University knowing they want to go to medical school, the decision between research and medicine is not always easy.
The General Council of Phi Delta Theta fraternity has suspended the University chapter's charter for violating its risk-management policies.
The project to renovate Clark Hall officially began with a groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday. The $30 million dollar project will add needed space to the Department of Environmental Sciences and improve and expand the Science and Engineering Library. Project manager Chris Willis of Facilities Management said the groundbreaking was a symbolic event, which included speeches by Assoc.
A federal judge recently dismissed seven of the 10 complaints in a $1.5 million lawsuit filed against the University by suspended student Harrison Kerr Tigrett October 22, 1999.
A woman reported to police that she was sexually assaulted while she and her male companion were held at gunpoint on the property of St.
Student Council's proposed student activities center was brought one step closer to reality last week, when Council members submitted an official request to William W.
An Albemarle County man was shot and killed Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. in an alley between 10 and 10 1/2 Streets - east of the Venable Neighborhood near the end of Wertland Street. Police found Ta Tebb Tyler, 21, wounded with a gunshot to the head when they arrived on the scene. He died later at the University of Virginia Medical Center, said Lt.
The project to renovate Clark Hall officially began with a groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday. The $30 million dollar project will add needed space to the Department of Environmental Sciences and improve and expand the Science and Engineering Library. Project manager Chris Willis of Facilities Management said the groundbreaking was a symbolic event, which included speeches by Assoc.
A leak of potentially hazardous concrete sealer from the Scott Stadium construction quickly was cleaned up last Thursday. Richard Laurance, director of the Carl Smith Center expansion at Scott Stadium, said that about 10 gallons of standard oil-based concrete sealer spilled off the top of the parking garage by the stadium and traveled down the storm drain. "It went across Stadium Road.
A female University graduate student was mugged Saturday afternoon on Culbreth Road, near the Culbreth theatre. University Police Capt.
The Libertarian Party elected a University professor to be the party's national chair earlier this month at the party's national convention. On July 3 at the Anaheim, Calif.
The Nursing School's largest donation ever - a $1 million dollar anonymous gift - will be used to fund a Centennial Distinguished Professorship in pediatric nursing. "This gift is a tremendous milestone for the nursing school," said Linda Davies, assistant vice president for health system development and nursing. It will help bring a nurse leader in pediatrics to the University, Davies said. Such a leader would have a wide range of positive effects, according to administrators at the nursing school. "This person will assist us in attracting junior faculty and graduate students who want to work with this person," Davies said. In addition to bringing in competitive faculty and students, the professor hired with the gift would be expected to do research and clinical work. This gift has the potential "to really make a difference in the care of children," Davies said. With such a wide range of benefits, Nursing School Dean Jeanette Lancaster said she hopes the gift will help put the school into the top-10 nursing schools nationally - the University's Master's program is now ranked 21st in the nation and undergraduate nursing programs are not ranked. "Our goal is to move our school into the top 10," Lancaster said. The good teachers, good researchers and experience in clinical practices that this gift will bring will help accomplish that goal, she said. The nursing school plans to search for a professor to fill the position in the fall.
The Republican National Committee selected Del. Paul C. Harris, R-Albemarle this week to speak at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. "I'm very excited [about speaking] and I can't stop giggling," Harris said. Harris is scheduled to speak on July 31 for three minutes on the convention's opening night theme: "Opportunity with a Purpose: Leave No Child Behind." Harris said that when he drafts his speech he will incorporate education and personal responsibility into the talk. The delegates to the convention formally will nominate Texas Gov.
Several divisions of the University Health System received top 50 rankings in U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals Guide," which will be published in the magazine's July 17 issue. Dr. Robert W.
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.
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.
