Harvard’s September 12 announcement that it will abolish early decision has had other schools mulling their own admissions policies. An article in The Washington Post on Wednesday, September 13 quoted admissions officials about the pros and cons of early decision—apparently, less prestigious schools rely on early decision to cement their applicant pools, a problem Harvard […]
Harvard’s September 12 announcement that it will abolish early decision has had other schools mulling their own admissions policies. An article in The Washington Post on Wednesday, September 13 quoted admissions officials about the pros and cons of early decision—apparently, less prestigious schools rely on early decision to cement their applicant pools, a problem Harvard […]
Why aren’t most of us getting richer? Darden Professor Peter Rodriquez says globalization makes for big profits for the few in finance while slimming the demand for blue-collar workers. Our country’s workers are becoming more valuable in their hours, with productivity rising 16.6 percent from 2000 to 2005. All well and good. But, breaking the […]
Not the world’s liveliest date: “Everyone is a bit nervous the first time they meet their cadavers,” says Dr. Melanie McCollum. This semester, 140 first-year medical students and a handful of graduate students enrolled in Dr. Melanie McCollum’s “Gross Anatomy” course and lab at UVA. Gross Anatomy is a requisite course for students in the […]
After another long, sticky Charlottesville summer, it’s almost that time again. Soon there’ll be a nip in the air, football playoffs on our TV sets, and turtlenecks peeking from every closet.
UVA has recently been piling up rankings and recognitions in magazines like U.S. News and World Report (24th nationally) and Newsweek (one of 25 “New Ivies”). Now Black Enterprise gets in on the game with its September issue…
Muhammad Khatami, reformist president of Iran from 1997 until 2005, visited UVA last Thursday, September 7. He is the highest-ranking Iranian official to visit the United States since Iran’s revolution in 1979. While protests from UVA student groups were lukewarm, his visit to the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. later that afternoon saw about 200 […]
Every new school year brings with it certain back-to-school essentials: laptop, backpack, notebooks and, of course, a fake ID for Corner bar-hopping. Corner bars have been packed the last few weekends, and bouncers have been beefing up to scrutinize the good, the bad and the ugly of Wahoos’ fake IDs.A Corner bar ABC manager, who […]
Now that the chaos has subsided in the case of four Albemarle teens charged with conspiring to blow up two local schools, questions remain about a juvenile’s right to privacy versus the public’s right to know.
The defense counsel for the University of Virginia argued to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Dena Bowers on Wednesday, September 6. After hearing arguments from both defense and plaintiff, the court adjourned without a decision.Bowers, who used to work in UVA’s Human Resources division, sat behind her attorney, Deborah Wyatt (”spelled like […]
During the past seven months, the state of Virginia nabbed high honors from Forbes magazine and the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) for its business climate and legal fairness, respectively. This made Governor Tim Kaine proud, and he praised both rankings in a speech to the Senate and House Finance Committees on August 28.But what’s […]