Four years ago today, the University was rocked by reports that Daisy Lundy, then Student Council presidential candidate, had been assaulted in an apparently racially motivated incident.
THE CAVALIER Daily has been the defining experience of my time in college. I sat through a year of excruciatingly long Board of Visitors meetings, covered the arrest of the Living Wage protestors and culled through the minutiae of Honor Committee proceedings.
Freshman are particularly at risk for death among college students attending four-year institutions, a USA Today analysis released yesterday found.
Architectural, engineering and design professionals rewarded the University's graduate program in architecture with a third-place ranking in the 2006 annual Design Futures Council survey published last November in DesignIntelligence.
There is a market in the business community for a commuter rail between Charlottesville and the Washington, D.C., metro area, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce. The survey sought to gauge the interest of the Chamber's membership of 2,200 local businesses.
University students gathered on the Rotunda steps Tuesday night to tear down a mock Berlin Wall to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the falling of the real wall that used to separate East and West Berlin. The event was put together by the Network of Enlightened Women and drew a turnout of about 25 students.
The Special Committee on Planning of the Board of Visitors met yesterday for the second time to continue developing a 10-year financial plan. Discussion highlighted the University's aspirations to rise in program rankings and develop a case statement for the upcoming Capital Campaign that is consistent with this goal and the long-term plan. "We really need to do a better job of saying how the University will be different with $3 billion than it is today," said Capital Campaign Chairman Gordon F.
The Board of Visitors lent a stamp of approval to a management agreement yesterday morning that will be sent to Governor Mark R.
The NAACP has announced its intent to oppose any management agreement under the Higher Education Restructuring Act that would create what the organization refers to as a 'two-tier workforce.' The organization objects to what it perceives as a lack of public input into the plan and the potential negative impact it could have on lower-wage employees in the future, according to a NAACP press release. The University is ironing out the agreement with Gov.
College students are increasingly becoming victims of identity theft, prompting the Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General to publicize the issue and crack down on crooks who use stolen information to fraudulently obtain financial aid. Department of Education Inspector General John P.
