In the twilight of last week's horrific close, Merrill Lynch investment analyst Willis Greco put vodka in his ginger ale, loosened his tie and picked up the phone to confide, "Wipe out." As breathtaking as the rise of the Nasdaq Composite was from mid-October to mid-March, so too was its downfall.
Administrators and alumni reaffirmed the University's commitment to high black student graduation and retention rates this weekend during the 20th annual Spring Fling. Spring Fling is an event for black prospective students who have received admission into next year's entering class.
Although many students may take for granted the University's increasing reliance on electronic communication -- with everything from class registration to Student Council elections now done over the internet -- this use of technology has been ranked with the best in the nation. Yahoo!
On the 256th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth, U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and Federal Appeals Judge Guido Calabresi received awards and gave public addresses as part of University Founder's Day celebrations. Moynihan was awarded the 35th Jefferson Medal for Architecture and Calabresi, of the U.S.
The Darden School has decided to build a Northern Virginia office in the heart of the high-tech corridor running from Tysons Corner to Dulles Airport. The office will not function as a satellite campus, but will instead promote Darden student business projects, foster executive education with area corporations and provide opportunities for case writing with such corporations. Classes may be offered at the Northern Virginia office in the future. "There needed to be a stronger relationship between Darden and the high-tech communities," Darden Vice President of Communications Phil Giaramata said.
Although several months remain before November's U.S. Senate general election, Sen. Chuck Robb (D) and Republican candidate former-Governor George Allen already have begun to clash over tax-cut proposals. Allen recently revealed his tax cut package, which includes tax relief for parents of school-aged children.
"I'd like to say I'm happy to be here, but I'm not," said Aretha Donolie of the Sexual Assault Resource Agency, echoing the sentiments of the crowd gathered on the steps of City Hall for last night's Take Back the Night rally. Her remark caused reflection among the crowd as they realized if it wasn't for the presence of violence, there would be no need for a rally. Between 300 and 400 women and men gathered on the Downtown Mall to protest violence against women. The rally is an annual event organized by the National Organization for Women at the University. The spectators rallied together before marching to the Rotunda for a candlelight vigil. Related Links Take Back the Night homepage   During her speech, Dean of Students Penny Rue emphasized the importance of eliminating what she referred to as the "blame and shame mentality," in which the victim suffers the responsibility of the attack. She also recognized and thanked Commonwealth Attorney Dave Chapman, "who last week put one of the most heinous rapists away for a long, long time." Chapman successfully prosecuted Montaret Davis last week in Charlottesville Circuit Court for raping a female University student last August. Charlottesville Mayor Virginia Daughtery called for everyone to band together against sexual assault. Daugherty emphasized that everyone must hold on to their "sense of humor because this is an issue we don't want to get burned out on.
After a Beta Bridge Hispanic Heritage Week message was painted over with a racially offensive slogan, Student Council passed a resolution Tuesday to paint the bridge with a message promoting cultural tolerance. On March 27, La Sociedad Latina painted the bridge for Hispanic Heritage Week only to discover the next day that it had been painted over with the words "Durty Sanchez, Donde Está?" and a painting of a Mexican sombrero. In response to offended students, College Rep.
A whisper came from a small shadow that had just appeared in Janel Chou's room for the night. "Janel, it's 6:30." "Janel?" It was Melissa Kenney, Environmental Sciences Organization president, beckoning Chou to join her to watch the sunrise.
Environmental Science Professor Stephen Macko can tell exactly what you ate just by analyzing a snip of your hair.
Political activist and president of the National Black Farmers Association John Boyd appealed to student voters yesterday as he spoke to the University Democrats about his upcoming U.S.
It's three o'clock in the morning the day of the organic chemistry final exam. You can barely keep your eyes open, and several weeks of material is still left unstudied in your notebook.
A panel of faculty and administrators overturned the University Judiciary Committee's decision to revoke Phi Delta Theta fraternity's Fraternal Organization Agreement, a document that establishes the formal relationship between a fraternity, the Inter-Fraternity Council and the University. This week, the JRB found that the Committee violated a judiciary bylaw when it revoked Phi Delt's FOA without holding a sanction evaluation hearing. The Committee rescinded Phi Delt's FOA after Phi Delt rejected a Committee sanction prohibiting the fraternity from participating in "open house," the first day of spring fraternity rush.
As a result of an ongoing Facilities Management project to remove lead-based paint from Monroe Hall, students recently have had to maneuver around "hazardous material" caution tape and information stations to get to class. According to Mark Webb, associate director of work management for Facilities Management, most University buildings are repainted every seven years, and this year marks Monroe Hall's turn to be repainted.
(This is the third article in a three-part weekly series about the new Board of Visitors members.) Although the U.S.
Citing low turnout at elections for the Black Student Alliance 2000-2001 executive board, BSA president-elect Michael Costa vowed to alleviate the "rampant apathy" he believes the University's black community has been demonstrating. Elections were held last night in Minor Hall with about 15 students in attendance. "There is a crisis ... throughout the black student population," Costa said in his speech. Costa's condemnation of the perceived lack of activism within the black community evidently registered with BSA members - they elected Costa, a third-year College student, as their president minutes later. Second-year College students Monique Miles and Chelsea Willis ran together as co-presidents against Costa.
Whether or not they appreciate it, University students are living in what many magazines have voted one of the most pleasant communities in the nation, and that quality has led to an influx of jobs and people that is altering the area's small-town features. Charlottesville is attracting high-tech businesses and young professionals to the area, helping to push its unemployment rate down to 1.4 percent -- the lowest in the Commonwealth. And most of the newcomers are settling in Albemarle County, one of the wealthier counties in the state, forcing it to build schools and add public services at a rapid pace and prompting debates over growth. The area is known for its temperate weather, picturesque scenery and low pollution levels.
Charlottesville tourists often are impressed by the bustling Route 29 retail district and the University's fine architecture, but upon closer inspection, the city of Charlottesville is not all "red bricks and white columns," said Ryan Harvey, director of the Madison House Boosters program, a program that sends volunteers to help at Charlottesville public schools. While Charlottesville boasts a booming economy, spurred by an influx of small technology firms and a small 1.4 percent unemployment rate compared to the already-low national average of 4 percent, many Charlottesville residents still are underemployed and living in poverty. "The [economic] growth has escaped these pockets.
American collegiate faculty members' salaries increased by 3.7 percent this year, according to the American Association of University Professors' annual salary report released this week. The AAUP reported that the average salary of a full-time faculty member rose from $56,282 last year to $58,352 this year. The report found full-time professors earn an average of $76,197 nationwide.
In a closed-door meeting last night, members of the Fraternity-Sorority Council elected third-year College student Michael McPheeters as their organization's president for the 2000-2001 academic year. Third-year College student Sakwa Bunyasi will serve as FSC vice president.
