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University purchases vacant lot on Emmet Street

By Michael Loatman | April 6, 2000

In a quest to support future University growth and enhance the appearance of one of the University's major entry corridors, the University currently is in the process of buying a lot of land at the intersection of Emmet Street and Massie Road. One part of the lot lies near University Gardens, which is University housing for married students. The University wants to ensure that the land is not developed, which the city almost did about 35 years ago when it discussed building a road through the property, Board of Visitors Secretary Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam said. "The city had a misguided attempt to connect downtown Charlottesville to Emmet Street by connecting Emmet Street to Rugby Road," Gilliam said.

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Human Growth Hormone causes growing pains

By James Tsai | April 6, 2000

One of the issues conference participants tackled was the use of Human Growth Hormone - a hormone found naturally in the human body which induces growth during childhood and adolescence. Consumers, the FDA and bioethicists have discussed the ethics and the controversies surrounding this elixir. At a Conference panel entitled Genetic Enhancements, Prof.

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Employee caught emptying meters

By Maria Tor | April 5, 2000

Police arrested 44-year-old University Parking and Transportation employee Ronald Gene Woodson yesterday after observing him removing change from a University parking meter without authorization, according to University Police Capt.

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Greek system concerned with diversity

By Christine Brubaker | April 5, 2000

Jack Warburton, former president of Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity, said only nine out of 40 members in Pi Lamb are minorities - yet Pi Lamb is one of the most ethnically diverse fraternities at the University. The reason for the under-representation of minority membership, according to Sitha Ngan, one of the few Asian brothers in Pi Lamb, is due to the low number of Asians, blacks and Latinos that rush the system in the first place. "Minorities don't rush because they are intimidated by the stereotypically white Greek system," Ngan said.

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Panelists discuss political character

By Emily Roper | April 5, 2000

In a time marked by scandal and distrust of political figures, the Center for Governmental Studies sought to define the role of character in politics through a national symposium hosted at the University Monday and Tuesday. Larry J.

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Inter-Fraternity Council continues push for fall rush date

By Katherine Zinder | April 5, 2000

Although it has been two years since former Dean of Students Robert T. Canevari moved formal rush to the spring, the issue still stimulates debate among the Inter-Fraternity Council and some University administrators. Now, even with the release of a detailed financial report compiled by two Darden students, the debate still has not come to a close. While some administrators want to keep formal rush in the spring, fraternity leaders claim spring rush hurts fraternity houses not only financially, but also with overall pledge numbers and with housing situations. The debate over the rush date began during 1997's Fall Convocation, when then-Faculty Senate Chairman Jahan Ramazani made a speech urging the University community to consider moving formal fraternity rush to the spring.

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Few students return 2000 census forms

By John Teschner | April 5, 2000

According to a census official, the Charlottesville community may suffer financial consequences because only a small number of University students have completed and turned in forms for this year's census. Hanna Coffey, assistant administrator at the Charlottesville Regional Census Bureau, said less than 20 percent of University students have returned census forms. Coffey said many students think their parents submit the forms for them, but this is not the case for students who live away from home. Low student participation in the census could result in decreased federal funding for the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, she said. Data from students living off Grounds is particularly important because those students reside within Charlottesville city limits, she added. Student participation will affect Charlottesville's census count because students make up a large percentage of the Charlottesville community.

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Honor sees decrease in case initiations, trials

By Jon Fishman | April 4, 2000

The Honor Committee saw a drop in both investigations and trials over the last year, according to statistics released by the Committee Sunday night. The Committee experienced a noticeable decline in the number of students convicted of honor offenses.

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Starr speaks about role as investigator

By Jaime Levi | April 4, 2000

United States Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr defended his investigation of President Clinton yesterday, telling a packed class of 500 GFAP 101 students that he was just doing his job. Starr, who became famous for investigating the scandal between former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and President Clinton, spoke about the role of a U.S.

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University notifies newly accepted students

By Jacqueline Roper | April 4, 2000

The Office of Admissions recently notified approximately 4,460 would-be Wahoos of their admission to the University late last week. The number of admissions offers went down from previous years because of the increase in the number of early admissions offers, Assoc.

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Honor Committee expels student in open trial

By John McArdle | April 4, 2000

In the first honor trial open to the public since September 1998, second-year Engineering student Patricia Gonzales was asked to leave the University community Saturday after a student jury found her guilty of cheating on an organic chemistry exam. Third-year College student Matthew Sachs, a teaching assistant in Gonzales' CHEM 241 class, initiated the honor charges.

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Investors bail out of technology stocks

By Peter Ngo | April 3, 2000

When Willis Greco, assistant trader at Merrill Lynch & Company, saw the Telerate numbers on his Internet hot stocks down by at least 30 percent at midday Friday, the honeymoon of his love affair with tech growth was over.

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Reno backs ruling

By Emily Roper | April 3, 2000

U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno defended the United States' decision to return Elian Gonzales to his native Cuba during her keynote address Saturday at a Law School conference celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Virginia Journal of International Law. "We are committed to doing what we believe to be the law," Reno said in regards to the Gonzales case. For several months, U.S.

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Hutter receives 'good guy' room

By Vinay Jain | April 3, 2000

So much for nice guys finishing last. A committee of students and administrators announced Friday that it has named third-year College student Eric Dean Hutter as the next resident of the Lawn's Gus Blagden Room. Often referred to as the "good guy" room, 15 West Lawn is privately endowed in memory of Augustus Silliman "Gus" Blagden III, a 1963 College graduate recognized by his peers as an exceptionally warm and caring person.

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Group faces business challenges

By Michelle Ho | April 3, 2000

There's more to forming an a capella group than blending voices and musical arrangements. As the University's newest team of singers is discovering, a capella groups trying to get off their feet also must worry a lot about finances. Hoo's in Treble, an all female group, started at the beginning of this year.

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