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Harris to talk at GOP convention

By Maria Tor | July 13, 2000

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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Goodell to help student groups with philanthropy, leadership

By Edward Hock | June 15, 2000

After a four-month search a committee of students and administrators has selected Stephanie Goodell of Millersville University to fill Dean Michelle Samuels's position as Assistant Dean of Students. Goodell will leave her position as Coordinator of Student Programs at Millersville and begin work at the University Aug.

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