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U.Va. Art Museum gains new director

By Bethel Habte | January 30, 2009

University faculty, museum staff, administrators and students gathered yesterday at the University Art Museum to witness the introduction of its new director, Bruce Ambler Boucher.?It?s a great honor to have been chosen by the search committee to become the next director of the University Art Museum,? Boucher said, thanking the crowd for being indoors with him on the unseasonably warm winter afternoon.?In Chicago we call this a spring day,? he joked.Boucher has been the curator of European sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago for the last seven years while also teaching at the University of Chicago.

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Va. Beach four-year university bill withdrawn

By Bethel Habte | January 30, 2009

A bill asking the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to consider the possibility of establishing a four-year, public institution of higher education in Virginia Beach was withdrawn yesterday from the Virginia House of Delegates? Subcommittee on Studies due to lack of funding from the commonwealth.Del.

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Slutzky will not run against Delegate Bell for House seat

By Alex Foreman | January 30, 2009

David Slutzky, chairman of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, recently announced his decision not to challenge Del.

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Bird

By Olivia Davidson | January 29, 2009

With a solid foundation of well-respected work that includes 2005?s The Mysterious Production of Eggs, and 2007?s Armchair Apocrypha, the arrival of Andrew Bird?s newest self-produced effort through Fat Possum Records, Noble Beast, was greatly anticipated.

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Va. population growth rate slows

By Katherine Raichlen | January 29, 2009

Recent estimates from the University?s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service suggest that economic factors are responsible for Virginia?s increasingly slow population growth rate in recent years.The population growth rate had been about 1.2 percent from 2001 to 2004 but declined to 1.1 percent beginning in 2005 and has been slightly less than 1 percent for the past two years, said Qian Cai, Cooper Center demographics and workforce section director.?The population is still growing,? she said.

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The Pulse

By Cavalier Daily Staff | January 29, 2009

Thriller coming to BroadwayThe Nederlander Organization, owner of the historic Broadway theater, has recently acquired the rights to adapt Michael Jackson?s iconic ?Thriller? music video to the stage.

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Faculty Senate discusses six new initiatives

By Betsy Graves | January 29, 2009

Following a joint meeting with the Commission on the Future of the University Monday, Faculty Senate members gathered yesterday to further discuss six newly introduced initiatives and what kind of faculty involvement they will require.Faculty Senate Chair Edmund Kitch started by opening a discussion about Monday?s presentation of the six cross-campus initiatives, which include diversifying the University?s faculty, improving higher education instruction, improving academic departments? access to new technology, incorporating more high-level computing systems into faculty resources, better connecting faculty members from different fields through technology, and building programs to make University students global students.

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Getting Amy back on track

By Dave Taggart | January 29, 2009

Here?s a fun fact for the day: Did you know British singer Amy Winehouse is still alive and kicking?

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New study shows rural road danger

By Sarah Wooten | January 29, 2009

More traffic fatalities occur in the outer suburbs of Virginia than in the commonwealth?s inner suburbs and cities, according to a recent study by William Lucy, a University urban and environmental planning professor.Lucy said he was not surprised by the results of his most recent research because they are consistent with other data he has collected since the 1980s regarding the topic, noting that his goal was ?to see the dangers of leaving home and traveling.?He said people familiar with the rural roads they travel on each day often do not realize those areas are where they are more likely to get in a fatal accident.?I really think people aren?t making wise decisions,? he said.

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More songs in the Bank

By Priya Bhetapaur | January 29, 2009

After a year of praise, accolades and one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2008, Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon had to be feeling the pressure, fully aware that any new material would be scrutinized and expected to bear the weight of greatness once again.

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City water supply struggles with erosion, sedimentation

By Matthew Denton-Edmundson | January 29, 2009

Nearly all of the water that flows to the taps and shower heads University students and Charlottesville residents use comes from the South Fork Reservoir.South Fork, however, has been shrinking since it was dug in the 1960s because of sedimentation.

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Inkheart may be best in words

By Rachel Lim | January 29, 2009

When I first saw commercials for the movie Inkheart during Winter Break, I felt both apprehension and excitement.

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Council votes to drop student fee resolution

By Jane Ma | January 28, 2009

Student Council voted unanimously last night to drop a proposed resolution to support a referendum imposing an increase in the student activities fee to fund Council?s Newspaper Readership Program.The resolution was dropped because Council members agreed that a proposed deal with The New York Times may be more cost-effective and readily achievable.

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Survey shows endowment losses at many institutions

By Thomas Madrecki and Courtenay Selden | January 28, 2009

In a slumping economic climate, the University has not been alone in suffering severe endowment losses, according to a new report of 796 schools released Monday.

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UVaCollab problem impacts students, professors

By Matt Conover | January 28, 2009

University community members across Grounds have recently experienced a spike in problems with UVaCollab, which is being phased in as a replacement for Toolkit.Second-year College student Ernest Kushevski said he has seen an array of problems with the system since returning from Winter Break.?For me, it?s been taking a little longer to log in,? he said.

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ISC reports fewer girls rush in

By Kate Colwell | January 28, 2009

The Inter-Sorority Council saw a decrease in the number of girls involved in this year?s formal Spring Rush process in contrast to previous years, during which a steady increase in participation had been observed.ISC President Stuart Berkeley said 819 women registered for recruitment this year, about 785 of whom began the recruitment process and about 540 of whom received bids or snap bids, which are invitations to join a sorority that did not meet its recruitment quota after initial bids were accepted or denied.

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University will announce Art Museum director

By Cavalier Daily Staff | January 28, 2009

The University will announce the next director of its Art Museum Thursday afternoon in the museum, University spokesperson Carol Wood said yesterday.

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Weather cancels SCPS classes yesterday

By Cavalier Daily Staff | January 28, 2009

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies? evening classes normally held in Charlottesville were cancelled yesterday afternoon because of the inclement weather, University spokesperson Carol Wood said.

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Where to turn

By Leslie Keena and Maria Malas | January 28, 2009

One out of every six American women has been a victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime ? a total that adds up to 17.7 million, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network Web site.

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Positive outcomes from HIV testing

By Emily Graham | January 28, 2009

You probably have thought about it, have seen the after-school specials and have been inundated with information about HIV since that first uncomfortable health class in middle school.