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By Martin Olivier | March 25, 2003The smell of mint tea. The chanting sound of the Muslim call to prayer wafting from mosques everywhere.
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The smell of mint tea. The chanting sound of the Muslim call to prayer wafting from mosques everywhere.
Two of the University's professors were named among the top 10 in Virginia by the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia last week. Gov.
More multicultural education in the curriculum, diversity training during first-year orientation, a change to the dorm selection policy -- all these options are being considered by an informal group of students and administrators dedicated to improving race relations at the University. The group has seen its discussions intensified since the recent "blackface" incident, in which fraternity brothers at Zeta Psi were widely criticized for having painted their faces black as part of their costumes at a Halloween party, said Pat Lampkin, vice president for student affairs and leader of the group.
The University administration is considering how to make use of more than 4,000 acres of farmland south of Charlottesville, and they've asked students and faculty for help. Administrators are asking faculty and students to submit proposals for how to use Morven Farms, the property donated in 2001 by University patron and media mogul John W.
ITC workers will cross their fingers today as a trial group of 500 students attempts to log on to ISIS.
With the ongoing state budget crisis proving that state funding for higher education is unpredictable, University officials are committed to finding ways to make the University more self-sufficient.
Responding to a view held by many University students that certain organizations are favored in the Lawn selection process, a committee of student leaders and University officials modified the way Lawn residents are chosen. The Lawn Process Organizing Committee recommended the changes, which include overhauling the composition of the Lawn Selection Committee.
After three days of testimony spread out over the last seven weeks, a Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board hearing to determine the status of the Foxfield Racing Association's liquor license ended yesterday -- with no decision in sight until at least mid-December. Lawyers for Foxfield and the ABC will submit closing arguments and rebuttals to hearing officer Clara A.
Anxious University students and Charlottesville residents were reassured yesterday to learn that Maryland police had arrested two men believed to be responsible for a slew of sniper shootings in Virginia and Maryland that lasted three weeks and left 10 dead and three injured. "People in the Washington metro area are breathing a collective sigh of relief," Montgomery County, Md., Executive Douglas M.
Sorority members and faculty mingled in Garden I yesterday as part of the Inter-Sorority Council's effort to start a faculty mentoring program for sorority women. The ISC's Faculty Fellows program will pair a faculty advisor with each sorority, ISC President Whitney Eck said. The fellows will serve as an "academic mentor or resource we want all houses to have," Eck said. ISC envisions the fellows providing "basic academic mentoring and a communication route for sororities and faculty," said ISC Alumnae and Faculty Chairwoman Jessica Belue, adding that sororities sometimes are perceived as separate from the academic community at the University. "This will help establish sororities as part of the academic community," Belue said. Each sorority invited about five faculty members whom their house had named as good candidates for the program to yesterday's reception.
