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Burress reinstated, can wear $8 button

By Sarah Marchetti | December 1, 1999

James English, senior director of Nutrition Services at the University Health System, announced yesterday that Hospital cafeteria employee Richelle Burress will be reinstated and that she would be allowed to wear her $8 pin to work. Burress was asked to leave her job last Wednesday because she refused to remove a pin that supported the living wage campaign, a campaign to raise the minimum wage of all University and contracted employees.

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Officials work for more Interstate 81 safety

By Clark Williams | December 1, 1999

Intimidating traffic and severe accidents on state roadways, especially Interstate 81, have prompted state and federal government officials to take steps toward improving highway safety. High traffic volumes on I-81 have attracted the attention of U.S.

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Senate members deliberate

By Tina Hong | December 1, 1999

Representatives from Dining Services and the Faculty Senate met Nov. 18 to discuss the state of the Garden Room dining facility, which opened last fall to help foster the Faculty Senate "intellectual community" initiative. Robert Grainger, Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee chair, said the meeting's participants focused on thinking of new ways to revitalize the Garden Room rather than whether to close it. "The meeting wasn't to decide the ultimate fate of the Garden Room - it was more of a serious look at how we stand," Grainger said. Dining Services Director Edward Gutauskas said he discussed "what might be done differently to reduce costs." "The Faculty Senate [has] a real interest in it staying open," Gutauskas said. Faculty Senate Chairman David T.

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Out-of-state tuition supports salaries

By Amy Shapiro | December 1, 1999

How is a University student's tuition determined and where does it go? As the University's two-volume budget reveals, tuition comprises about 22 percent of the total revenue for the 1999-2000 fiscal year, a number weighing in at $719.9 million. The tuition cost for Virginia residents is determined first at the state level in the Governor's Office. "It starts with the governor and legislators who set broad tuition legislation," said Colette Sheehy, University vice president for management and budget. The Board of Visitors, which must approve tuition, then looks at factors such as national and state rank of the school as well as how many tax dollars the state will provide to the school, Sheehy said. Last year, the Board moved to cut Virginia residents' tuition by 20 percent from the previous year. When Gov.

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Project consolidates informational systems

By Katie Dalton | December 1, 1999

In the next five years, the ISIS man may become a thing of the past. The Integrated Systems Project, a five-year effort to overhaul the University's administrative software, advanced from its planning stages to implementation today.

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Budget reveals allocation priorities

By Nicola White | December 1, 1999

From the English Department with a yearly budget of over $5 million to the Women's Studies Department with its share of the budgetary pie at just over $200,000, University allocation of funds to different departments is influenced by several factors. Department size, the technology it uses, and the faculty it attracts all contribute to how money is allocated.

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Vandals damage student artwork, Buddha figures

By Demosthenes Komis | November 30, 1999

Following the vandalism of a Chinese mosaic outside Brown College last Tuesday night, the University students who worked on the project hope to put the incident behind them and finish building the piece. The vandalism occurred between 12:30 and 1 a.m.

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Blue Ribbon Commission calls for funding changes

By Chris Makarsky | November 30, 1999

Gov. James Gilmore, III's (R) Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education is recommending that all state public institutions of higher learning should receive funding based on how well the colleges and universities meet performance standards.

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Hospital employee fights to wear pin

By Rakesh Gopalan | November 30, 1999

The Labor Action Group sent letters to two top administrators yesterday to request support for a University Hospital cafeteria employee's right to wear an $8 living wage campaign pin under freedom of speech laws. Richelle Burress, a Hospital cafeteria cashier, was sent home Wednesday after refusing to remove her $8 pin.

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Center gets $1 million in funds for youth program

By Carter Lloyd | November 30, 1999

The Center for Governmental Studies will receive $1 million in funding from the federal government to use to further develop its Youth Leadership Initiative -- a program designed to introduce young people to politics. The million-dollar appropriation was attached as a part of the Department of Education's budget for the 2000 fiscal year, Center Program Director Alex Theodoridis said. But the government funding is less than half of the amount needed to implement the Initiative on a state-wide level, Youth Leadership Initiative Director Ken Stroupe said.

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Study abroad participation increases

By Rakesh Gopalan | November 22, 1999

An increasing number of University students are considering study abroad programs this year, Overseas Study Advisor Jessica Roberts said yesterday. Roberts said she anticipates about 20 to 25 more students will study in a foreign country in the spring semester.

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Forum addresses women in business

By Rissa Camins | November 22, 1999

The McIntire Women's Business Forum, in conjunction with the Commerce Student Affairs Office, held its annual fall workshop Saturday in Monroe Hall. Sixty first and second-year women interested in applying to the Commerce School participated in the four-hour workshop, which also was attended by Commerce students and faculty members.

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Couric wants more funds allotted to schools

By Michael Loatman | November 22, 1999

State Sen. Emily Couric (D-Charlottesville) said she wants to devote state lottery funds solely to education yesterday during a speech to several Education School honors candidates in the Dome room of the Rotunda. Couric said she disagreed with the General Assembly's decision to divert lottery funds from education in favor of other projects. "The electorate was told that the lottery money would be going solely to education.

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