I WORE an old scarf around Grounds the other day and no one seemed to care -- this was when I realized that my life is no longer the same. My once and former "scandal scarf" received its name a few years ago on a late night in the basement of Newcomb Hall in the midst of what no longer seems like such an earth-shattering news break.
In the early morning hours of Feb. 26, one year ago today, the University community was rocked by the alleged assault of then-second-year College student and Student Council presidential candidate Daisy Lundy in Poe Alley directly behind the West side of the Lawn. Lundy told police that an unknown assailant assaulted her, slamming her head against the steering wheel of her car as she attempted to retrieve her cellular phone, according to students on the Lawn at the time.
Many Charlottesville residences and businesses, such as The Virginian restaurant on the Corner, were forced to cope with water line ruptures last weekend because of cold temperatures which caused pipes to freeze and subsequently burst, as reported in The Daily Progress. Jerry Stenger, research coordinator for the State Climatology Office at the University, told The Daily Progress that such freezing of pipes typically can occur when temperatures drop below 10 degrees or if three or four days of below-freezing weather occur in a row. Warm temperatures early this week allowed pipes to thaw, but if cold temperatures return this weekend as anticipated, more problems could occur.
The National Governors Association announced yesterday that Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner will serve as the next chair of the association, according to the Associated Press. Warner will serve as chair for a one-year term, replacing current chair Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho. Warner was elected to serve as vice chair in December and will assume his new position as chair at the association's annual meeting this summer.
University officials are saying they plan to file charges with the University Judiciary Committee in the wake of hazing allegations against the local Alpha Mu chapter of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. The Grand Council of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity and the University undertook independent investigations into alleged misconduct at the fraternity in early November.
Over seven months after the alleged assault on then-Student Council Presidential Candidate Daisy Lundy, the Federal Bureau of Investigations continues to investigate the incident as a potential civil rights violation with at least one individual testifying before a federal grand jury. An unknown assailant allegedly attacked Lundy at about 2 a.m.
In the wake of Hurricane Isabel, which struck the central East Coast Thursday and Friday, University and Charlottesville community members continue to regroup, as power slowly is restored and debris is cleared from roads and sidewalks. "The University will be on a regular academic and work schedule" today, University spokesperson Carol Wood said. Since the storm, which forced the closure of the University Thursday after 1 p.m.
The symptoms are all too familiar -- itchy eyes, running nose, coughing, sneezing, wheezing -- allergy season is upon us. "It's a bad year," said Medicine Prof.
Budget woes, slipping national rankings and race relations were among the major issues which University President John T.
Two workers sustained injuries and broken bones yesterday at the construction site of the new Emmet Street parking garage when a concrete slab fell, according to University Police Sgt.
