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Virginia women’s basketball coach Debbie Ryan watches intently
Monday night during her team’s come-from-behind victory
over Georgia Tech, 85-79. Ryan will be honored this weekend
at festivities marking her 25th season heading up the program,
during which she has led the Cavaliers from a virtual athletic
afterthought to a national power. For more on Ryan’s career,
see story, Debbie
Ryan looms as a giant in women’s basketball. |
Employees form union
By Matt Kelly
Members
of the Labor Action Group have taken the first steps toward forming
a union, creating the Staff Union of the University of Virginia
and signing a pact with the Communications Workers of America.
In
a noon-time ceremony Feb. 6 at Newcomb Hall attended by about 75
people, Jan Cornell and Sylvia New Strawn signed on behalf of SUUVA,
and national officers Peter Catucci and Brooks W. Sunkett signed
for CWA.
Organizers
hope to recruit 500 members for the new local within a year, according
to Cornell, the president of SUUVA and a facilities manager at the
School of Continuing and Professional Studies. There are approximately
4,200 classified employees in the academic division and 4,900 employees
at the Medical Center. New Strawn, executive vice president of the
union and an administrator in the art department, said dues are
$10.70 per month and may be paid through payroll deductions. Full
story.
Budget to be topic of town
meetings
Staff Report
To
help employees better understand what’s happening to U.Va.’s
budget, the Office of State Governmental Relations plans to host
town meetings Feb. 19 after the House and Senate complete work on
the budget bill Feb. 17. Colette Sheehy, vice president for management
and budget, and other U.Va. officials will give legislative and
budget updates and answer questions. The University community is
invited, and supervisors are encouraged to allow staff members to
attend.
The
meetings will be held at noon in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom and at
2 p.m. in the Facilities Management lunchroom.
On
Tuesday newspapers statewide carried headlines warning that the
budget crunch might lead to the layoff of 700 of the state’s
100,000 employees.
While
Gov. Mark R. Warner stressed he had not yet signed off on such a
strategy, U.Va. administrators said they would do everything in
their power to prevent layoffs. Full
story.
How do I love thee? Let me
count the ways
By Anne Bromley
Notions
of ideal love abound, from traditional fairy tales to modern films
and TV shows, as if the quest for the perfect partner could really
end in “happily ever after.”
Although
we might wish true love could be as sweet as Valentine’s Day
chocolate, even the most romantic relationship consists of a mixture
of flavors from day to day, a U.Va. doctoral student is finding
in his research.
David
Sbarra, who is in his sixth year in clinical psychology, began two
studies in the fall of 2000, one on dating and one on breaking up.
He’s looking at how exclusive relationships among undergraduates
progress over time and how individuals cope when things don’t
work out. Full
story.
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