weather conditions and closing classes
Ok, I don’t mind if the University doesn’t cancel class for snow, but today(Monday, January 24, 2005)there was ice everywhere. If they wanted us to come to class they should have at least made sure all the sidewalks for clear for us to walk on. I saw many people fall or almost fall(including myself). So, […]
2005 General Assembly
The 2005 Virginia General Assembly has begun and there are already 15 bills to further reduce women’s reproductive rights and freedoms. Of course this comes as no surprise given that the Virginia legislature overwhelmingly voted against Roe vs. Wade in 1973 and has since introduced bills every year in attempts to reduce women’s access to […]
Nation in Brief
Manslaughter trial begins in Penn State student’s death
BELLEFONTE, Pa. – Two bar-room employees acted recklessly when they threw a drunken college student to the ground and restrained him during a fight, causing his death, a prosecutor said in opening statements in their trial Wednesday.
U. Va. admissions policies under investigation
RICHMOND – The U.S. Department of Education’s civil-rights office is investigating a complaint that the University of Virginia discriminates against white applicants.
The complaint was filed after the Charlottesville university denied admission to a white male student from New York for a spot in fall 2003’s incoming undergraduate class.
Upcoming Sports Events
NCAA
Saturday, Dec. 11.
Men’s Basketball vs. Richmond, 7 p.m.
Jeff Capel and Jerry Wainwright split their first two meetings as head coaches in capital city. Richmond won last year game at the Robins Center 70-52. Capel won their first meeting ever 73-68.