The Cavalier Daily family lost its beloved matriarch this past weekend. Sharon Bradley, the CD's longtime receptionist, was 54 years old. Bradley began working at The Cavalier Daily in 1990 on a temporary assignment, intending to only stay a few weeks.
IT'S REAL easy in life to think only about the end goal without taking the time to relish the experience of getting there.
At their meeting this weekend, Board of Visitors members discussed Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner's proposed budget amendments for dealing with state budget shortfalls and their effects on the University. Warner's plan to cap in-state undergraduate tuition increases at 5 percent leaves the University "no better or worse off than under" former Republican Gov.
Starting this spring, 20 third-year biology students will have the opportunity to declare the University's new interdisciplinary major in human biology. The major, intended to allow students to study the interplay between modern biology and the humanities, will be administered through the biology department with the help of the Institute for Practical Ethics and the Center for Global Health.
The University announced last month the selection of the Polshek Partnership, an architecture firm based in New York City, to design the proposed $125 million South Lawn project. The project, which includes the replacement of New Cabell Hall and the construction of a new building across Jefferson Park Avenue, provides for 285,000 square feet of new, state-of-the-art classroom and research space. The project encompasses an "opportunity that comes only once every hundred years" an opportunity to redefine the South Lawn and to "recapture some of Thomas Jefferson's original vision," University Architect Pete Anderson said. Jefferson's original plan intentionally left an unobstructed view of the Lawn's south end.
At a press conference yesterday afternoon, Gov. James S. Gilmore III announced that the state could no longer afford to eliminate the car tax next year. Given the current economic situation, "it was inevitable that the car tax would not be extended to 100 percent," said Larry J.
After eight years of Republican gubernatorial leadership in Virginia, Democratic Gov.-elect Mark R.
Two new polls released Wednesday showed Democrat Mark R. Warner's growing lead over Republican Mark L.
The number of candidates eyeing the late Sen. Emily Couric's 25th district seat has expanded to include three local Republicans and five Democrats.
University President John T. Casteen III addressed the Faculty Senate yesterday regarding the impact of state revenue shortfalls on the University. With the current economic slump exacerbated by the Sept.
