Some Albemarle County residents fear the growing number of research parks in the area will lead to increased traffic congestion on Route 29, Albemarle Planning Commission members said yesterday. "The County is anxious.
The Honor Committee discussed the possibility of removing the seriousness clause from some types of Honor cases at its meeting last night. Now, if the Committee finds a student guilty of cheating that student may not be dismissed from the University if the trial panel views the act of cheating as trivial. By removing the seriousness clause from honor offenses involving cheating, a student brought up on charges would only need to be found guilty on act and intent to be found guilty of the offense.
After almost 21 hours of debate and discussion in Jefferson Hall Saturday, the Cavalier Daily staff elected its 111th Managing Board and new leaders. The staff elected third-year College student Thomas A.
After the fifth fire the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has seen in recent months, UNC officials are planning to crack down on improper student behavior during fire alarms by issuing criminal citations to students who do not evacuate the building. Dan Jones, UNC's fire chief, said if students do not evacuate a building in which a fire alarm has sounded, they will be charged with a fine ranging from $50 to $148.
According to statistics released by the Office of Admissions yesterday, the total number of undergraduate admissions applications to the University dropped more than 16 percent this year. The University received a total of 14,298 first-year and transfer student applications for next fall -- 2,792 less than last year's total of 17,090 applications. The drop in application numbers this year is the most dramatic decrease for the University since 1989 when it received 13,387 applications as opposed to 17,050 applications in 1988.
Former First Lady Barbara Bush is taking an interest in the Center for Governmental Studies' Youth Leadership Initiative and will speak Wednesday about the importance of young people becoming involved in the political process.
After 18 years of service, James Self has decided to leave his position as director of Clemons Library to start a new career with the University's Library Management Information Service. "It's the longest-running job I've ever had and the best job I've ever had, but it's time for me to do something else and for someone else to have the pleasure of directing Clemons," Self said. Self's new position with the MIS will involve the collection of data that is used to make better informed management decisions, Wittenborg said.
The University Bookstore added $250,000 to its unrestricted Endowment for Excellence this week, tapping funds from its operating surplus.
"Please read this message, important for your health, and pass it on to every woman you know who is using feminine hygiene products!!!" With this statement a forwarded e-mail begins its claim that tampons are dangerous because they contain asbestos, which "makes you bleed more," and dioxin, which "is potentially carcinogenic (cancer-associated) and is toxic to the immune and reproductive systems." At the bottom of the e-mail several seemingly reputable names appear: "Donna C.
The University Judiciary Committee will try Antwoine Womack, former Virginia running back and third-year College student, on assault charges Saturday, two sources close to the case confirmed yesterday. Womack, along with five other individuals, was arrested Feb.
A bill requiring student representation on the boards of visitors of all public colleges and universities in Virginia gained the approval of the full Senate Tuesday by a 22-17 vote and has sparked discussion among University students. The bill, which was drafted more than two weeks ago, gives student members the right to sit in, listen and participate in board discussions but prohibits them from voting -- the same privileges the University's student Board member now enjoys.
In an effort to increase undergraduate research opportunities at the University, the Faculty Senate yesterday recognized the 25 undergraduate winners of this year's David A.
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University of California Regent William Bagley is planning to propose that the Board of Regents overturn its 1995 decision banning the use of race or ethnicity in the university system's admissions process. California's Proposition 209 forbids the use of racial or ethnic preferences in the admissions decisions of any state higher education institution.
Alison Houser, Center for Alcohol and Substance Education Interim Director, announced that she will be leaving CASE at the end of June.
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According to 1999 census estimates from the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, the Commonwealth of Virginia is becoming increasingly suburbanized and its population in rural areas is simultaneously expanding. Data indicates that about 5.4 million of Virginia's 6.9 million residents -- or 78 percent -- reside in metropolitan areas and a large proportion of those metropolitan residents live in the suburbs. The Center calculated that about 52 percent of Virginia's residents live in suburban areas. Center Research Analyst Donna Tolson said these findings are "a continuance of a trend we've been seeing throughout the past decade." The migration of people from cities to surrounding suburbs has been particularly significant in Northern Virginia. Tolson said that the disproportionate growth in Northern Virginia has caused Fairfax County to become an "economic center" comparable to Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Va. Second-Year Engineering student Adam Goobic, a resident of Chantilly, Va., in Fairfax County, corroborates these findings. Goobic said he remembers the "population began to increase rapidly around 1988 and it is still increasing." He said the massive influx of people has intensified traffic problems and congestion in Northern Virginia. He added that the Fairfax County Parkway was constructed next to his house in an area that was previously wooded. The purpose of the Parkway was to alleviate traffic problems, but Goobic said it used to take "15 minutes to get to high school, which was less than one mile away from home." Rural areas in Virginia that once faced population declines are now experiencing growth.
The latest and heftiest lawsuit against the University and the Honor Committee has brought the issues of due process, student self-governance and racial bias in the University's renowned student-run honor system into the public light. Former student Ayola Greene, a 1992 graduate of the Architecture School, filed a lawsuit Jan.
CONCORD, N.H.--Vice President Al Gore (D) narrowly defeated rival Democratic candidate Bill Bradley by only five percentage points in yesterday's New Hampshire primary, edging further ahead of the former New Jersey senator in the quest to capture the Democratic presidential nomination. The contest was so close that both candidates claimed victory, even though the results showed Gore won 52 percent to 47 percent, with 97 percent of precincts reporting. Gore chose to portray this as a come-from-behind victory, saying recent polling had predicted an even closer race. Bradley described the results as important progress for his campaign against the Democratic frontrunner. Gore spoke triumphantly to supporters at his headquarters in Manchester. "We're going to march all the way down the field, from state to state, coast to coast, and all the way to victory," he said. Bradley also was pleased with the New Hampshire results.
The University may build a new research park on the Blue Ridge Hospital property if the General Assembly passes a bill introduced Monday. The legislation also includes plans to lease 32 of the hospital's 159 acres to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation for a new tourism and visitors center. U.Va.
