University officials expressed concern Friday about an increase in violent behavior among University students. Although Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia M.
"We were a county and a government that was at war and did not know it," said Philip Zelikow, 9/11 Commission executive director and executive director of the University's Miller Center of Public Affairs. Just one day shy of the third anniversary of the Sept.
In the fall of 1960, 35 male students selected for a new honors program at the University arrived at Echols dormitory.
Third-year College student Catherine Neale said she could not have completed her classes without it.
A seventh known attack genetically linked to a serial rapist operating in the Charlottesville area has prompted University and local police to increase their public awareness efforts and encourage public assistance in the ongoing investigation. The latest attack occurred Aug.
A Charlottesville man is suing a city police detective for allegedly harassing him during a search for the serial rapist. Larry Monroe, 24, claims Detective James Mooney infringed upon his rights when Mooney requested that he provide a DNA sample to aid in the search for the serial rapist.
Professors who have earned tenure are evaluated differently at Virginia's public colleges and universities, General Assembly investigators reported last week.
This fall's entering first-year class will have more minority students and be better qualified academically than last year's, according to preliminary figures released by University officials last Thursday. Of the 3,165 students in the class of 2008 who have accepted offers of admission as of late June, 10 percent are black, 14 percent are Asian and Asian-American and 5 percent are Hispanic --- all 1 or 2 percentage point increases from last year. Valerie Gregory, director of the Minority Outreach Office and assistant dean of admission, said she was not surprised by the increase in minority acceptances, and said she hopes to see the numbers rise even more. Standardized test scores are also higher than last year, with combined SAT scores of the middle 50 percent in a range of between 1,250 and 1,430 points, an increase of 10 points on each end since last year. The increase in minority acceptances at the University is contrary to results seen at peer institutions such as the University of Michigan and University of California at Berkeley, both of which experienced decreases in minority acceptances. University officials attributed the greater diversity this year to increased numbers of minority and total applications, as well as strong efforts by the Minority Outreach Office which was aided by more funding. A total of 15,245 students applied for admission to the class of 2008, and 5,763 were offered admission. "This year there was more money available to do more traveling and reach out a little more," Gregory said.
At a time when headlines such as "Study Shows Youth Vote Down" and "College Students Apathetic" are commonly seen in the newspaper, 20-year-old College of William & Mary student Serene Alami was trying to get involved with politics in her college town of Williamsburg. However, when Alami and three other students announced their intention to run for Williamsburg City Council in January and began recruiting students to register to vote, the city of Williamsburg began denying college students the right to register there. Last week, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union asked the Virginia Supreme Court to hear Alami's case. Alami, a college junior, works, lives and registers her car in Williamsburg, while her parents live in Roanoke.
Representatives from across the state convened in Charlottesville last weekend to learn from each other about preparing for and preventing natural disasters at the very first Virginia Hazard Mitigation Summit, hosted at the University June 16 through 18. More than 100 local and state government officials, community leaders and emergency management officials attended the conference in Newcomb Hall that addressed issues such as avoiding loss of life in the event of a disaster, keeping costs low and recovering quickly from disasters.
