Singer/songwriter Skott Freedman knew there was something wrong with sexual labels when he found himself hiding his straight pornography from his college boyfriend.
Concerns about the accuracy of the SAT I in measuring students' preparation for college-level study have prompted the University of California system to look into the creation of a rival test. As a part of this ongoing process, the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools of the University of California's Academic Senate released a discussion paper Wednesday that outlines preliminary recommendations for a new standardized test to replace the SAT I. UC President Richard Atkinson first suggested the elimination of the SAT I from the admissions process in a speech delivered to the American Council on Higher Education last February. At that time, he said he favored the development of a new test that would focus more on high school course material than on the assessment of academic potential. The Web site of the UC's office of the president states that a new test would allow teachers to focus more on expanding the knowledge of their students rather than just improving test scores. BOARS's paper released Wednesday was the first faculty comment on the issue, said Hanan Eisenman, admissions media coordinator for the UC office of the president. Eisenman said the release of the paper is just one step in a long process to enact the proposal into policy.
Stricter polices soon may govern Virginia's young women seeking abortions, if the General Assembly approves two measures submitted Monday by the House Courts of Justice Committee. The committee voted 16-5 in favor of a parental consent bill, sponsored by Del.
A Virginia House of Delegates committee modified and then approved a bill Monday, establishing guidelines for the posting of the Ten Commandments and other historical texts in schools. Facing strong objection, Del.
Each year the Board of Visitors, the highest governing body of the University, selects one student to help it stay in touch with the student body's thoughts and opinions. For the next year, that individual will be third-year government major and Roanoke native Herbert Timothy Lovelace Jr. Saturday, Jan.
The University has taken another major step toward the development of a new student center by hiring a consulting firm to perform a feasibility study to determine what students want in a new center. A group comprised of University administrators selected the facility planning and project management firm Brailsford and Dunlavey, a Washington, D.C.
The University has adopted a new policy that will set more rigid standards of conduct for the manufacturers of University licensed apparel. Leonard W.
Flyers and neon chalkings soon will envelop Grounds - spring elections are approaching. Positions are up for grabs in school councils, class councils, the Honor Committee, the University Judiciary Committee and Student Council. Mandatory interest meetings will be held from Feb.
Two people died and eight others were seriously injured Thursday at Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University in the city of Bhagalpur, India. Police fired upon the crowd of nearly 2,000 students gathered at the campus's gated entrance to protest an increase in university tuition fees. "The police were called in and were left with no option but to make a lathi [nightstick] charge and use tear gas, which culminated in firing to disperse the crowds," said Rakesh Kumar Mishra, the police superintendent in Bihar, India, in a Chronicle of Higher Education article.
Behjat Dehgan witnessed the execution of her two best friends before leaving her homeland of Iran in fear of her own life. Now, she and Homeira Hesami are part of the Association of Iranian Women, an organization dedicated to educating an international audience about the treatment of women in Iran. In conjunction with the Women's Center, Dehghan and Hesami delivered a presentation yesterday evening that outlined the history and specifics of the fight for Iranian women's rights. Both speakers were quick to point out that the fundamentalist regime controlling Iran is responsible for the lack of human rights, not the Islamic religion. "You can't find [such atrocities against women] in Islam or the Qur'an," Dehghan said.
Thomas Jefferson requested that his three greatest achievements be listed on his tombstone: drafting the Declaration of Independence, founding the University and writingthe Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom. Now the first two pieces of this legacy have come together on Grounds. Last week, Albert H.
They say, "Cash is king," but shelling out an extra $3 to withdraw money from a rival bank's ATM may not be worth the cost.
Charlottesville police made six arrests Fri., Feb. 1 in conjunction with a series of robberies and assaults of University students that have taken place over the past six months. The first assault occurred in September 2001 and the most recent took place Jan.
Students admit to fewer instances of plagiarism than most students believe actually occur, according to a new study on plagiarism that is scheduled for publication in the Journal of College Student Development at the end of this school year. The survey was designed to reveal the amount of plagiarism in which the respondents and their peers engaged.
The University's Institute for Public History moves beyond the pages of American history books with its "Explorations in Black Leadership" project that examines the lives of influential black leaders. Alongside Black History Month and as part of the spring series of "Explorations," Floyd Flake, a pastor and former member of the U.S.
Theta Delta Chi, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities will receive sanctions for rush violations, following last Thursday's Inter-Fraternity Council-Judiciary Committee trials. The three fraternities all were found guilty of the violations with which they were charged. IFC President Josh Johnson said Theta Delta Chi will undergo three weeks of social probation for hiring lesbian strippers for a rush event.
Fourth-year College student Kevin Dixon pled guilty to the offense of brandishing a firearm at a deposition hearing in Charlottesville General District Court on Friday.
First-year students are more interested in politics and are more liberal than in previous years, said a new survey from the University of California-Los Angeles' Higher Education Research Institute. The annual study, in its 36th year and conducted by UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information, is the largest study of incoming first-year students ever administered.
A memorial service will be held for Liana Kuyumciyan at 2 p.m. Saturday at the University chapel.
Student athletes at the University have an integral relationship with the honor system, and over the past few years the Honor Committee and the athletic department have worked to keep that relationship positive. "We get some of the greatest benefits from the honor system," said Jenny Harmon, volleyball team captain and a liasion between the athletic department and the Committee.
