Fourth-year College student Kenneth Alger is fed up with student elections. Increasingly, University elections seem unimportant and futile, he said.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Vice President Al Gore swept all 15 of the Democratic Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses yesterday, effectively locking up the Democratic presidential nomination and ending former New Jersey Sen.
PLEASANT HILL, Calif.-Arizona Sen. John McCain and Texas Gov. George W. Bush stomped through the Golden State yesterday, each hoping to take home California's 162 Republican delegates and capture the GOP presidential nomination. North of San Francisco at Diablo Valley College Sunday, McCain urged Californians to participate in today's Super Tuesday primaries and emphasized the bipartisan strength of his campaign. "I'm the only candidate that can beat Al Gore," McCain said at the rally.
Despite stepping up its crime prevention strategies, the University faced a 13-percent overall increase in crime last year, even as the city saw an overall decrease in crime. The number of reported incidents at the University in 1999 totaled 418, compared to 370 for 1998. In each category except for rape, which decreased to one from two incidents, the number of crimes increased. The categories of crime included in the statistics are homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft. Despite the University's crime increase, the overall crime rate for Charlottesville dropped 9 percent last year.
The U.S. Senate passed a controversial - and expensive - college education finance bill Thursday that may face opposition because of one section that critics say would benefit only well-off families. The $4.3 billion legislation uses tax breaks to help students and families save for college tuition, pay back college loans and attend graduate school. While these aspects of the bill have met with little dispute, controversy surrounds a section which allows parents to put up to $2,000 a year into a tax-free, federal government-sponsored savings account specially earmarked for their children's education.
Student Council will decide tonight whether to support the Honor Committee in its decision to hold a special election to vote eliminating the consideration of seriousness in cases of academic cheating. Now a student only can be convicted of an honor offense if the action is deemed serious enough to compromise the University's community of trust. The Committee's decision to move forward on holding a University-wide election to consider this matter has provoked tension between the two governing bodies. "I think it's absolutely ridiculous," Council Chief Financial Officer John Finley said.
Applicants for employment in certain health and security-related University positions will be required to undergo screening for drugs and alcohol beginning April 1. The policy will apply to about 35,000 University jobs, mostly in the Medical Center. The policy will affect only applicants for positions that directly impact individuals' safety, including hospital staff, University Police, security officers and operators of hazardous equipment. Thomas Gausvik, University chief human resource officer, emphasized that "this is not a random screening process." Testing is not required for those who currently are employed by the University unless there is sufficient reason to believe that an employee may be using a controlled substance, Gausvik said. He emphasized that there is no provision for random testing, except when offenders return to work. The University Health System proposed this policy four years ago, and it had been in development until now, he said. Board of Visitors Rector John P.
Ronnie Washington, third-year Commerce student and Student Council executive vice president, was arrested on assault and battery charges following an alleged dispute at Jones Wrecker, 420 West Main St., Thursday afternoon. Washington's arrest followed shortly after the dispute, which took place at approximately 5 p.m. Washington's car had been towed to Jones Wrecker when a scuffle with the Jones' employee ensued, allegedly resulting in Washington striking the employee, Charlottesville Police Sgt.
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Pat Robertson, a prominent figure in the Virginia Republican Party and founder of the Christian Coalition, denounced government intervention in private affairs and reaffirmed his belief in individual rights in a speech to about 300 students in Minor Hall Friday night. Robertson said the liberal political movement has caused many negative changes in the country. He said he disapproves of the high taxation in the country and the current complex tax code, which is "bigger than the Holy Bible." Robertson added that he founded the American Center for Law and Justice, in order to fight this "tyranny." The Center has a case before the Supreme Court, Santa Fe Independent School District v.
OAKLAND, Calif.-Despite being interrupted by death penalty protestors at a rally yesterday, Texas Gov.
In abstraction, the flash of a light bulb often symbolizes a novice entrepreneur's idea; in the real world, however, an idea can stagger its conceiver like a bolt of lightning, rendering his vision blind to practicalities, and the fledgling startup that had shown so much promise spirals subsequently into ruin. The McIntire Entrepreneurs' Group was formed last spring to help make students aware of the myriad issues facing the potential venture, to provide guidance on getting a start-up company to work and to help foster and promote the entrepreneurial spirit. "It is a blessing and a curse that the momentum and euphoria a great idea imparts can also make its believer think he can do anything," Commerce Professor David LaRue said. Founding a business enterprise on one's own requires a different mindset than the traditional risk-averse business philosophy might allow.
The Honor Committee overwhelmingly passed a bylaw allowing them to hold special elections without the consent of Student Council last night in response to previous problems involving an attempt to remove the consideration of seriousness from cases of academic cheating. The proposal was initially put to vote in light of the recent problems with a referendum that would have called for students to vote on eliminating the seriousness clause in cases of academic cheating.
U.S. Senator Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), considered to be on the short list of running mates for likely Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, encouraged over 100 Law students to seek careers in public service at a student-organized conference Saturday evening. Bayh was the keynote speaker at the Law School's Conference on Public Service and the Law, a weekend-long event that Law School Dean Robert E.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-For lifelong Democrat and boat captain Dominic Papetti, a rugged native Californian who has been fishing the waters off San Francisco for 27 years, his daily catch is his livelihood. As he stood on Pier 45 repairing his 65-fathom herring net and trying to ignore the seagulls squawking overhead and the bay seals frolicking next to his boat, Papetti expressed deep concerns for the future of his profession and about Vice President Al Gore. "I'm afraid of Gore because he wants to make the whole Pacific coast a sanctuary.
Former First Lady of the University Eleanor Bosworth Shannon, widow of former University President Edgar F.
After four days of Student Council elections and a high voter turnout, third-year College students Brendan Dignan and Joe Bilby will compete in a run-off election for the Council presidency. Bilby was the leading candidate and received 1,054 votes while Dignan received 953.
Although the Board of Visitors discussed a motion last weekend that would have created a five-year contract for University President John T.
Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III paid a low-profile visit to Grounds yesterday as his son, Jay, toured the University as a prospective student. Jay said he enjoyed his day here. "I love it.
College students elected three new representatives to both the Honor and Judiciary Committees during this week's elections. Third-year College student Forrest Jones was the top vote-getter in the honor race.
