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Elections focus on taxes, gun control

By Claire Edwards | November 2, 1999

During the frequent conversations between candidates and voters throughout this General Assembly campaign season, hot-button topics have ranged from health care reform to guns in schools to safer roads, but seldom higher education. Today, elections will be held for every seat in Virginia's bicameral state legislature, races which gain added importance because the partisan distribution of the House is nearly even.

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Republicans could take both houses in Va. races

By Clark Williams | November 2, 1999

Virginians will vote today in a historic election that will decide if the Republican Party gains both houses of the General Assembly for the first time in Commonwealth history, giving them the potential to alter the balance of Virginia politics for the coming decade. The election threatens to sweep away the Democrats' tenuous hold in the House of Delegates, giving Republicans control of the General Assembly for the first time since Reconstruction, when after the Civil War, Virginia was a military district. "The stakes are huge," said Mark Rozell, Catholic University professor of politics.

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Polls predict Bush, Gore face-off Other candidates unlikely to win party support in 2000 primaries

By Amy Shapiro | November 2, 1999

With the presidential primaries and the next century less than three months away, voters are already beginning to consider the question of who will navigate the country through the next millennium. Although it is still early on in the campaign process, eight presidential hopefuls - including a son of a former president, an ex-pro basketball player and a former prisoner of war - have begun stumping, debating and defining their missions. Despite the array of candidates, some analysts say thisso far could be an election devoid of defining issues. Because there are no hot issues at the moment, it remains to be seen what issues will come to the forefront in the general elections, said Scott Keeter, chairman of the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University. "We are in very good economic times now and the frontrunners are very similar," Keeter said.

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University, city investigate pedestrian safety concerns

By Daniel Rubin | November 2, 1999

Dodging bikes and cars while walking around Grounds is no pedestrian's idea of fun, and University and Charlottesville officials are hoping to improve the situation. University officials are working to restrict bicycle usage in areas of heavy pedestrian traffic to make walking safer and easier. The University posed "pedestrians only" signs in those areas earlier this year, but has not been enforcing them yet, University Landscape Architect Mary Hughes said.

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Candidates show similar views on issues

By LaJoy Faith Thomas | November 2, 1999

As State Senate hopeful Jane Maddux (R) attempts to beat out incumbent Sen. Emily Couric, D-Charlottesville, her campaign is focusing on distinguishing herself from Couric, who is showing up much stronger in the polls. Couric has shown remarkable support, even though the ultimate goals of the two candidates are strikingly similar. Bettering education, lowering taxes, protecting the environment and reforming healthcare are some of the main promises made by both candidates. So what sets them apart? "The main difference is the philosophical difference on how much government should be involved in your life.

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Harris, Wayland trade barbs in race

By Nicola White | November 2, 1999

Today, as Ed Wayland (D) battles incumbent Del. Paul Harris (R-58th) for the spot Harris has held since 1997, both contenders say the defining issues are education, healthcare and the environment. "Our campaign is about three issues: the right to sue HMOs when they make medical decisions that cause harm, the protection of the environment ... and protecting, strengthening and supporting the public schools," Wayland Campaign Manager Michael Diz said. Harris has made similar assertions, emphasizing his stance on the importance of education. "Education is the number one issue," he said. The campaign has not been quite as straightforward as it seems, however.

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IFC asks Rue to move rush to fall in 2000

By Katie Dalton | November 2, 1999

Citing financial hardships, housing problems and discrimination against their organization, Inter-Fraternity Council executives requested Friday that Dean of Students Penny Rue open negotiations about rush dates for the 2000-2001 academic year. Inter-Fraternity Council President Wes Kaupinen said he wrote a letter to Rue after several fraternity presidents expressed concern about spring rush at the IFC Presidents' Council meeting Thursday.

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Van Yahres stresses education in solo race

By Jessica Collins | November 2, 1999

Although he is running unopposed this former tree surgeon is still energetically campaigning throughout the 57th district, trying to make sure voters understand his position on the issues he feels are important. For Mitch Van Yahres, a Democrat from New York who has been involved in Virginia politics since 1968, the uncontested election for his seat in the General Assembly has given him the opportunity to draw attention to public school education and Virginia Gov.

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Chudoba participates in e-Education course

By Amanda Batt | November 1, 1999

Commerce Prof. Katherine Chudoba is going back to school by participating in a new online "e-Education" course sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers. E-education, part of PricewaterhouseCoopers' University Initiative program, is designed to teach interested professors about the latest in information technologies so they can educate themselves and their students with current business practices. "The e-Education program is one of the products that the PricewaterhouseCoopers University Initiative has developed specifically for our academic audience.

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Telephone scam bugs Charlottesville area

By Michael Loatman | November 1, 1999

Charlottesville citizens and University students ought to be wary of a man on the phone who claims they have won the American Family Publishers sweepstakes. According to a press release issued by the Office of the City Manager, a man calling himself "Bill Stacey" solicited at least two Charlottesville residents for money Tuesday. Charlottesville Director of Communications Maurice Jones said "Bill Stacey" informed each person that he or she had won a $500,000 sweepstakes prize.

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Treasurer details design of currency

By Christine Buurma | November 1, 1999

U.S. Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow spoke at a meeting of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society Friday night, discussing recent changes in U.S currency and describing what her job entails. "I have a wonderful job -- I manufacture money," Withrow joked. Withrow was sworn into office in 1994 as the 40th U.S.

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