The University is becoming a lean, mean, green machine, according to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
Jaberwoke is beginning to overhaul its image, in part by implementing a revised dress code, co-owner Anderson McClure said. "A dress code will be reinstated in the next couple of weeks," McClure said. Last month the co-owner of the Corner restaurant and bar came under fire when he instituted a dress code that was perceived by some as discriminating against black patrons. In an interview yesterday, McClure said the dress code was not racially motivated. "My intentions were never to offend anyone, but I had to base this dress code on six years of experience in the Charlottesville restaurant community," he said. In response to the public outcry against the dress code McClure held a well-attended open forum for concerned members of the public.
The genocide situation in Darfur is escalating, and American students are the only ones stepping up to stop the violence, according to Mohamed Yahya, a Darfur refugee who found political asylum in the United States in 2002. Yahya, who also founded the Charlottesville-based Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy, said he "believe[s] if our leaders in the superpowers were doing half of what you [students] do, we could have stopped the genocide years ago.
Statistics profiling the 47 students chosen to live in non-endowed Lawn rooms and the 287 Lawn applicants were recently released by the University Housing Division.
White T-shirts can be worn at Jaberwoke again, at least for the time being, co-owner Anderson McClure said yesterday, announcing that he will remove the portion of the restaurant's official dress and behavior code pertaining to patrons' clothing. Outrage concerning Jaberwoke's dress policy came to a pinnacle yesterday during an open forum for members of the community to air their grievances about the dress code.
The University Board of Elections is updating its election system by moving the endorsement process away from paper registration in favor of a streamlined online procedure.
The M.V. Explorer will have a new scholastic captain at the helm for the fall 2007 voyage of Semester at Sea: Materials Science Prof.
William N. Beebe, III, a former University student, pleaded guilty to one charge of felonious sexual assault in Charlottesville District Court yesterday.
Americans can sometimes forget how easy it is to find housing, with banks regularly advertising attractively priced mortgages and fee-free checking accounts, but in other countries getting a home loan is not so easy.
William Beebe is scheduled to enter a guilty plea at 8:30 a.m., according to today's Charlottesville Circuit Court docket.
