University students will have the opportunity to kick off the school year by helping others. SERVE, a student-run community service organization, will sponsor several outreach projects Sept.
With only six weeks left until the start of the fall semester, several University organizations finally will find a place to call home. In April, top University administrators decided that all student organizations with office space on the first floor and in the basement of Peabody Hall would have to vacate the building to make room for the Office of Admissions. A new special collections library will eventually replace Miller Hall, which now houses the Office of Admissions. H.
The Corner location of Bodo's Bagels has been "Coming Soon" for almost five years. Unfortunately for University students, that may not change any time soon. Bodo's owner Brian Fox offers several reasons for what has caused such frustration within the University community. "It's very difficult for me to open it on time for personal and professional reasons," Fox said.
Soon the Corner Meal Plan may be reaching far beyond the confines of University Avenue and West Main Street. The Corner's alternative to University meal plans, which has been catering to students for seven years, is putting the gears in motion to turn into a nationwide corporation. "The Corner Meal Plan is in the process of franchising nationally through a parent company called Meal Ticket," Corner Meal Plan President Kent Schwager said. In its efforts to establish itself as a national company, the Corner Meal Plan has hired Charles Carroll as their Director of Franchise Development.
The Corner location of Bodo's Bagels has been "Coming Soon" for almost five years. Unfortunately for University students, that may not change any time soon. Bodo's owner Brian Fox offers several reasons for what has caused such frustration within the University community. "It's very difficult for me to open it on time for personal and professional reasons," Fox said.
The University will bid goodbye to H. Sam Miller, assistant to the vice president for student affairs, next month. Miller will leave the University to become the vice chancellor of student affairs at the University of Connecticut. "It's just a great opportunity and the right move to make for me professionally and for my family as well as other longer term career goals," Miller said. He said though he is leaving he will miss the University. "I love U.Va.
The 10th annual guide to "America's Best Hospitals" in U.S. News and World Report has listed 10 medical specialties of the University's Health System as each being one of the top 50 departments in the nation. The issue, which came out on newsstands Monday, included two newcomers to the list-cardiology and heart surgery and geriatrics. "I think this reflects our commitment to patients and the quality of care we deliver," said Dr. Jonathon Truwit, Associate Director of Internal Medicine.
Several University alumni have launched a new group to provide support to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered University graduates. 1995 College graduate Matt Paco and 1993 College graduate Brian Eley, former University Union Co-Chairmen, are heading the new organization. The Queer Virginia Alumni Association will consist of both local and national chapters.
Former Virginia Governors Linwood Holton and Gerald L. Baliles will meet at the University tomorrow and Saturday with journalists, Virginia government members and political analysts at the A.
With two sessions already underway, the University's new summer orientation program appears to be a success, orientation leaders said. A total of 794 students have attended the two sessions so far, with 910 guests accompanying them. "For a program running for its first time, everything is fitting together rather smoothly," Student Orientation Leader Beth Van Doren said. The orientation program is being held over the summer for the first time.
Sen. Charles S. Robb (D-Va.) and former Virginia governor George Allen (R) addressed faculty and educators yesterday and on Tuesday at the Third Annual Policy Institute, sponsored by the Education School's Department of Leadership, Foundations and Policy.
An organization now is being restructured to enhance student life and promote social awareness at the University by students and administrators.
After undergoing almost a year-long investigation of the honor system this and last year, the U.S.
Hoping to instill a greater sense of student self-governance at the University, a new secret society just announced its formation.
Student Council cut their 1999 summer budget from last year's $23,077.24 to $13,188.42, a difference of $9,888.82, or 42.9 percent. The summer budget includes all expenditures from June until September.
As World Championship Wrestling gears up for Bash at the Beach, its July 11 pay-per-view extravaganza, student leaders expressed hope that Hollywood "Hulk" Hogan would leave the nWo Wolfpac and switch to being a good guy once again. Hogan abandoned his yellow and red Hulkamania days three years ago during Bash at the Beach when he helped form the New World Order along with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. John Finley, Student Council Chief Financial Officer, said he is eagerly anticipating next week's show. "Unbelievable.
After serving as the University's dean of students for 29 years, Robert T. Canevari's tenure came to an end yesterday. But even on his last day, Canevari had work to do. "It's been pretty busy around here," Canevari said.
The city of Charlottesville is gearing up for the fireworks and fun of this upcoming Fourth of July weekend. The main event will be a fireworks display Sunday at about 9:15 at McIntire Park. City fire officials will "have a fire apparatus on stand by," Battalion Chief Charles Werner said.
The Judicial Review Board ended the University disciplinary saga involving rising fourth-year College students Richard Smith and Harrison Kerr Tigrett last week by denying their appeals, sources close to the case said yesterday. Smith declined to comment yesterday but said in a June 14 interview with The Cavalier Daily that he would appeal President John T.
A previously unpublished short story by William Faulkner will finally be published in the upcoming issue of The Virginia Quarterly Review. "I didn't realize that there was anything left [of Faulkner's] to publish," Virginia Quarterly Review editor Staige Blackford said.
