Some Albemarle County residents fear the growing number of research parks in the area will lead to increased traffic congestion on Route 29, Albemarle Planning Commission members said yesterday. "The County is anxious.
Using the eco-friendly example of the trendy European-based furniture company, IKEA, a group of students from the Darden School are working toward encouraging socially responsible business practices. Students for Responsible Business, a Darden student group formed in 1994, is a chapter of the national organization, Net Impact, a network of emerging business leaders committed to using the power of business to create a better world through ethical practices. From 1982 to 1992, IKEA faced a crisis. Formaldehyde emissions from the particleboard and lacquer used on its bookshelves exceeded regulation limits. Sales dropped significantly and the company drew negative attention from the outside world.
Student Council has decided to provide the University's graduate schools with an opportunity to schedule and conduct their own elections for Council, Honor and Judiciary Committee representatives. Previously Council scheduled both graduate and undergraduate elections to be held at the same time, but Council leaders said several factors make it more convenient for the graduate schools to conduct their elections at any time. Vice President for Administration Brock Jolly said Council has been working to provide graduate schools with this option for the last year. The current Elections Committee Co-Chairs, Nancy Peterson and Jonathan Bertsch, made the final decision last week. They sent letters to the governing bodies of the graduate schools, saying that they could schedule their elections for the fall. Jolly said he believes the Darden School and the School of Law may hold their elections in the fall. Darden students only attend for two years, so with the current system of spring elections "the only people who have the opportunity to run for Council are first years," he added. President Taz Turner said holding elections in the fall also will solve another recurring problem - unfilled seats. Turner said unfilled seats now are filled by the graduate school councils in the fall, and fall elections will "eliminate the first step of the process" of trying to fill all the available seats. He also said that he feels fall elections for graduate schools will spark more interest in Council, Honor and the Judiciary Committees as well as greater publicity for running for positions.
After the fifth fire the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has seen in recent months, UNC officials are planning to crack down on improper student behavior during fire alarms by issuing criminal citations to students who do not evacuate the building. Dan Jones, UNC's fire chief, said if students do not evacuate a building in which a fire alarm has sounded, they will be charged with a fine ranging from $50 to $148.
According to statistics released by the Office of Admissions yesterday, the total number of undergraduate admissions applications to the University dropped more than 16 percent this year. The University received a total of 14,298 first-year and transfer student applications for next fall -- 2,792 less than last year's total of 17,090 applications. The drop in application numbers this year is the most dramatic decrease for the University since 1989 when it received 13,387 applications as opposed to 17,050 applications in 1988.
Former First Lady Barbara Bush is taking an interest in the Center for Governmental Studies' Youth Leadership Initiative and will speak Wednesday about the importance of young people becoming involved in the political process.
After 18 years of service, James Self has decided to leave his position as director of Clemons Library to start a new career with the University's Library Management Information Service. "It's the longest-running job I've ever had and the best job I've ever had, but it's time for me to do something else and for someone else to have the pleasure of directing Clemons," Self said. Self's new position with the MIS will involve the collection of data that is used to make better informed management decisions, Wittenborg said.
The University Bookstore added $250,000 to its unrestricted Endowment for Excellence this week, tapping funds from its operating surplus.
The University Judiciary Committee will try Antwoine Womack, former Virginia running back and third-year College student, on assault charges Saturday, two sources close to the case confirmed yesterday. Womack, along with five other individuals, was arrested Feb.
A bill requiring student representation on the boards of visitors of all public colleges and universities in Virginia gained the approval of the full Senate Tuesday by a 22-17 vote and has sparked discussion among University students. The bill, which was drafted more than two weeks ago, gives student members the right to sit in, listen and participate in board discussions but prohibits them from voting -- the same privileges the University's student Board member now enjoys.
In an effort to increase undergraduate research opportunities at the University, the Faculty Senate yesterday recognized the 25 undergraduate winners of this year's David A.
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University of California Regent William Bagley is planning to propose that the Board of Regents overturn its 1995 decision banning the use of race or ethnicity in the university system's admissions process. California's Proposition 209 forbids the use of racial or ethnic preferences in the admissions decisions of any state higher education institution.
Alison Houser, Center for Alcohol and Substance Education Interim Director, announced that she will be leaving CASE at the end of June.
"Please read this message, important for your health, and pass it on to every woman you know who is using feminine hygiene products!!!" With this statement a forwarded e-mail begins its claim that tampons are dangerous because they contain asbestos, which "makes you bleed more," and dioxin, which "is potentially carcinogenic (cancer-associated) and is toxic to the immune and reproductive systems." At the bottom of the e-mail several seemingly reputable names appear: "Donna C.
Hurricanes, tornadoes and floods are nature's most noticeable and violent manifestations of destruction.
According to 1999 census estimates from the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, the Commonwealth of Virginia is becoming increasingly suburbanized and its population in rural areas is simultaneously expanding. Data indicates that about 5.4 million of Virginia's 6.9 million residents -- or 78 percent -- reside in metropolitan areas and a large proportion of those metropolitan residents live in the suburbs. The Center calculated that about 52 percent of Virginia's residents live in suburban areas. Center Research Analyst Donna Tolson said these findings are "a continuance of a trend we've been seeing throughout the past decade." The migration of people from cities to surrounding suburbs has been particularly significant in Northern Virginia. Tolson said that the disproportionate growth in Northern Virginia has caused Fairfax County to become an "economic center" comparable to Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Va. Second-Year Engineering student Adam Goobic, a resident of Chantilly, Va., in Fairfax County, corroborates these findings. Goobic said he remembers the "population began to increase rapidly around 1988 and it is still increasing." He said the massive influx of people has intensified traffic problems and congestion in Northern Virginia. He added that the Fairfax County Parkway was constructed next to his house in an area that was previously wooded. The purpose of the Parkway was to alleviate traffic problems, but Goobic said it used to take "15 minutes to get to high school, which was less than one mile away from home." Rural areas in Virginia that once faced population declines are now experiencing growth.
Upon matriculation to the University, students pledge never to lie, cheat or steal. This promise is the cornerstone of the honor system, but are University students getting away with shoplifting? According to legal experts, in the past, University students have been arrested for shoplifting and have not always been brought up on honor charges. The honor system seeks to create a community of trust between students, faculty and the Charlottesville community.
CONCORD, N.H.--New Hampshire voters handed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) a stunning double-digit point win over Republican favorite Texas Gov.
In response to growing concern within the Law School community about the number of outsiders using the North Grounds facilities, a task force is considering possibly locking the buildings after hours and limiting access to Law students, faculty and staff. About 50 people attended an open forum hosted by the task force at the Law School yesterday to gather community input. Law students are worried about their safety, Law School spokeswoman Denise Forster said.
