Each semester students must make a litany of decisions. They choose between classes, class times and majors.
Although it has been two years since former Dean of Students Robert T. Canevari moved formal rush to the spring, the issue still stimulates debate among the Inter-Fraternity Council and some University administrators. Now, even with the release of a detailed financial report compiled by two Darden students, the debate still has not come to a close. While some administrators want to keep formal rush in the spring, fraternity leaders claim spring rush hurts fraternity houses not only financially, but also with overall pledge numbers and with housing situations. The debate over the rush date began during 1997's Fall Convocation, when then-Faculty Senate Chairman Jahan Ramazani made a speech urging the University community to consider moving formal fraternity rush to the spring.
Wages and stipends for University graduate students vary significantly across and within academic departments, with those in the liberal arts arena earning much lower wages than their colleagues in the sciences. "Graduate students do complain about their level of support.
