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Research parks to expand in County

By Michael Loatman | September 22, 2000

On its way toward becoming one of the nation's leading research universities, the University expanded the Fontaine Research Park Wednesday night, with the approval of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. The office space contained within the park will increase from 389,000 square feet to 495,000 square feet with the addition of newly constructed buildings. Officials said they hope the expansion will cause the continued growth of the University's research programs. The University ranks as a Category One Research University, which signifies that the University is in the top tiers of research institutions, University President John T.

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Senate committee votes to ban daytime TV violence

By Emily Roper | September 22, 2000

Gratuitous violence on television may never again see the light of day following a measure passed 16-2 Wednesday by the Senate Commerce Committee to ban the controversial material from daytime viewing. If the measure passes both the Senate and the House, the Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act could restrict the airing of violent programs during hours when children are likely to watch. "It would treat gratuitous violence the same way that we treat indecent programming," said Andy Davis, press secretary for Sen.

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GOP fundraising efforts increase to $210 million

By Genevieve Cruise | September 22, 2000

The Republican National Committee has amassed $210 million since January 1999, thrilling Republican leaders but once again raising the issue of campaign finance reform.

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Duke's alcohol task force ends programs

By Deirdre Erin Murphy | September 21, 2000

Because of low attendance, Duke University's alcohol task force has suspended school-sponsored non-alcoholic events.

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Labor Action Group forum criticizes University's payment plan

By John Teschner | September 21, 2000

The Labor Action Group held a forum yesterday afternoon to criticize the University's new payment plan and call for greater activism among employees, faculty and students. In Virginia, salaries for laborers - except for teaching or administrative faculty --- is determined by a grade.

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Unearthed Black Sea relics hint at Biblical flood

By Mary Randolph and Juliana Chan | September 21, 2000

Thousands of years ago, a giant deluge of water from the Mediterranean Sea crashed against the Turkish coast, wiping out villages and possibly killing thousands.

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Web sites promote online voting registration

By Stephanie Milbergs and Sara Jeanblanc | September 21, 2000

The presidential election is 49 days away. Have you registered to vote? If not, signing up may be just a double-click away, thanks to several Web sites featuring online registration forms. The Web sites voter.com, rockthevote.com and speakout.com offer information about the upcoming election, registration forms and printable absentee ballots.

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Diversity forum panelists support integration

By Christine Buurma | September 21, 2000

"We are here tonight to move forward and ask, 'What can I do to improve race relations at the University?'" Brett Gibson, the State of Race Relations vice president, challenged audience members to work toward fostering racial integration within the University at the State of Race Relations forum last night. The State of Race Relations is a multicultural student organization on Grounds that conducted a survey last semester to evaluate student attitudes concerning race relations. The survey found black students are twice as likely as white students to perceive racial bias in student institutions. &nbsp Survey Data The State of Race Relations

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Medical School revamps student curriculum

By Barbara Krabill and Carrie Lopez | September 21, 2000

The Medical School has instituted a new academic program this year, stressing smaller classes and 50 percent fewer lectures.

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MTV to invade with Wyclef, De La Soul

By Jaime Levi | September 21, 2000

MTV's Campus Invasion Tour is making its way to the University on Oct. 5, featuring hip-hop artists Wyclef Jean, De La Soul and Black Eyed Peas. In addition to the nighttime concert, there will be a daytime festival with tents offering various music-related activities, such as a Rock Tent, where participants can learn to play musical instruments. The University, which is slated to be the second college on the six-week tour, also will be featured in a half-hour MTV kick-off special providing an inside look at the tour. Lisa Braun, MTV's vice president of promotion and music marketing, said the special will feature portions of the concert as well as interviews with the artists and University students. The University Programs Council's PK German is sponsoring the event. PK German Chairman Jbeau Lewis said the show will provide MTV's audience with exposure to the University. Related Links MTV Campus Invasion &nbsp "When your school name is scrolling down MTV several times a day, it gives you a certain amount of respect as far as how we're looked at by other schools around the nation," Lewis said. The "stellar lineup" of musicians will attract a diverse audience "more so than anything we've done in the past," he said. PK German tries "to find that right balance between the diversity of the school and the diversity of acts out there," he added.

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Glow-in-the-dark sensors shed light on oxygen, pH levels

By Lisa Manning | September 21, 2000

James Demas likes his work because "it's pretty." But as a chemistry professor, he confesses that he researches chemicals that give off light also because the research has practical applications. Demas and his group in the Chemistry Department study luminescence, a process where chemicals absorb energy from their environment and release that energy at some later time in the form of light.

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Robb, Allen tout success of state environmental policies

By Emily Roper | September 20, 2000

Former Virginia Gov. George Allen (R) and U.S. Sen. Chuck Robb (D) are locking horns over environmental issues as both candidates for the U.S.

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Republicans look to maintain majority

By Oliver Longwell | September 20, 2000

In 1994, the Republican Party rode the "Contract with America" platform into both houses of Congress, capturing the majority for the first time in 40 years. But now the architect of that resurgence, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, is back home in Georgia and Republicans face the possibility that the Democrats could wrench back control of the House and Senate this November. The Republican majority has eroded from a total of 230 House seats in 1995 to the current majority of 222 seats in the House and 56 in the Senate.

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Steinem addresses feminist principles

By Michael Loatman and Maria Tor | September 20, 2000

Gloria Steinem, an influential leader of the feminist movement and co-founder of Ms. magazine, discussed the tensions between generations of feminists yesterday afternoon at the Law School. Many polls show that today's women are reluctant to call themselves the "f-word": a feminist, Steinem said. An audience of about 200 filled Caplin Auditorium yesterday to hear Steinem, Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner, co-authors of the new book, Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future.

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The changing face of Grounds

By Tina Hong | September 20, 2000

As students traipse around Grounds these days, construction workers, Caterpillar machines and piles of dirt have become a familiar sight.

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Honor convictions fall in 1999-2000

By John McArdle | September 20, 2000

In honor trials, student juries handed down fewer guilty verdicts this year than last, according to Honor Committee case statistics released Sunday night. The number of students asked to leave the University dropped from 19 in the 1998-1999 school year to seven in the 1999-2000 school year, a difference of 63 percent. The statistics track the number of cases that go through the honor system from the investigative phase through the post-trial phase.

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Women's leadership group taps prospective members

By Abby Curran | September 20, 2000

The Women's Leadership Council, which University President John T. Casteen III announced last February to provide greater gender equity at the University, is close to officially forming after many months of planning. The committee recently sent out membership invitations to a small, select group of faculty, staff, current students and alumni, both male and female.

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Five professors awarded national technology prizes

By Heather Klurfeld | September 20, 2000

Several University professors are picking up extra funding for innovative projects. The National Science Foundation announced five University professors have received more than $3 million in grants through the Information and Technology Research Program. Although over 1,400 people applied, only 62 awards over $500,000 were given (including University professors Kevin Sullivan and Jorg Liebeherr) and 148 were less than $500,000 (including University professors Ronald Williams, Barry Johnson and Kevin Skadron). "This record of achievement puts us in an elite class of departments nationally," said recipient Kevin Sullivan, assistant professor of computer science. "This is an amazing yield for U.Va.," echoed recipient Kevin Skadron, also an assistant professor of computer science.

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University ranked 10th for best value

By Christopher Makarsky | September 19, 2000

Nowadays, it seems you can't walk across Grounds without a new college ranking being released. Two weeks ago, U.S.

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Smith lawyers blast UJC in hearing

By Sarah Salwen | September 19, 2000

In a hearing on Friday, lawyers for suspended University student Richard W. Smith argued that the University Judiciary Committee is essentially inefficient and incompetent. The UJC voted in 1998 to expel Smith for his involvement in a 1997 attack on then-first-year College student Alexander "Sandy" Kory.