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Praising American military efforts to promote freedom around the globe and plugging an array of new domestic initiatives, President Bush delivered the final State of the Union address of his first term last night. The president started with a discussion of the war on terror and situations in Afghanistan and Iraq, later isolating a train of domestic issues ranging from the economy, immigration and health care to faith-based initiatives, sexual abstinence and same-sex marriages. "Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same from us," Bush told an audience of the nation's top leaders, including members from both houses of Congress, cabinet officials, Supreme Court justices and foreign diplomats. "The cause we serve is right, because it is the cause of all mankind," he said.
Suspended third-year College student Andrew Alston, who faces charges of second-degree murder, appeared in Charlottesville General District Court for a preliminary hearing yesterday.
The debate over tax reform in Virginia will heat up today as the General Assembly convenes for the new legislative term, charging members with the task of agreeing to a state budget for 2004-2006.
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. isn't your typical member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Not only does he reportedly buy each one of his car tires from a different dealership in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District, as Politics Prof.
University President John T. Casteen, III issued a statement yesterday responding to allegations that a Medical Center employee used a racial epithet during a conversation at a recent staff meeting, calling the usage "offensive" and "insulting." Following reports of the alleged Nov.
A second-year College student remains hospitalized after sustaining head injuries in an altercation outside the Sigma Chi fraternity house early Saturday morning. Though an official report from University Medical Center was not available at press time, friends who visited Carson Ward at the hospital yesterday said his condition has improved since Saturday, when he allegedly was struck by a brother of Sigma Chi in the early hours of the morning outside the fraternity house, located on the 600 block of Preston Place. Charlottesville Police Sgt.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions addressed intellectual diversity in higher education yesterday, featuring testimony from a University student. In a hearing titled, "Is Intellectual Diversity an Endangered Species on America's College Campuses?," third-year College student Anthony Dick was invited to speak on issues surrounding the University speech policies, his opposition to mandatory diversity training and the academic climate on Grounds. Dick, also president of the Individual Rights Coalition, was joined by three other witnesses: A professor from Brooklyn College and City University of New York, the president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni and the director of legal and public advocacy for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). "The witnesses represent a spectrum of experiences that have been affected by the lack of intellectually diversity," said Josh Shields, spokesperson for the committee's majority staff.
A local parent is lobbying the Albemarle County School Board to order the removal of the upside- down, rainbow triangle stickers that some high school guidance counselors display outside their offices. Crozet resident Bill Rossberg, father two Western Albemarle High School students, said he believes the stickers, representing what is commonly considered a symbol of gay pride, have no place in schools. "Western Albemarle is a really conservative area," Rossberg said.
If Saturday's football game against Florida State is any indication of the future, the time-honored tradition of ties, jackets and sun dresses may be competing with a new "sea of orange" in the stands. With a record-setting attendance of 62,875, University athletic officials said they were pleased by the turnout and acknowledged student responsiveness to their ongoing campaign to get students to wear orange at games. "It's something the players can see, something they can hear and something they can feel," Athletic Director Craig Littlepage said.
