HEADLINE NEWS ARCHIVES

Monday, April 10, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

EDITORIAL: EMBRACING PAST, FUTURE
By The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress/ April 9
The University of Virginia has presented a breathtaking vision for the 21st century. The University has released plans, years in the making, for expansion along the axis of the original Academical Village.
(Not available online.)

EDITORIAL: ACADEMICS ON DISPLAY
By The Daily Progress / April 9
And while we're on the subject, congratulations are due to the University of Virginia for again landing on a list citing the top schools in the nation.
(Not available online.)

ARENA EXPECTS MAJOR PROFITS
By Melanie Mayhew of The Daily Progress / April 9
Basketballs will bounce, the Dave Matthews Band will jam and sweaty, shirtless wrestlers will do battle. Together, these dribbles, notes and tussles will pump millions of dollars into the Charlottesville area. The University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena doesn't open until July, but already sports and entertainment organizers for the mammoth 15,000-seat arena are promoting a full schedule and forecasting an enormous economic benefit.

PROTESTERS SEEK 'LIVING WAGE' AT BOARD OF VISITORS MEETING
By Melanie Mayhew of The Daily Progress / April 8
A group of angry University of Virginia students and other "living wage" advocates circled the University of Virginia Rotunda on Friday afternoon carrying a car-sized sign and shouting through a screeching megaphone. They sought to attract the attention of members of the Board of Visitors who gathered inside for a routine meeting.

FUNDRAISING GOAL IN REACH
By The Daily Progress staff reports / April 8
The University of Virginia is well on its way to raising $3 billion by 2011, the capital campaign's chairman announced on Friday during a Board of Visitors meeting. Gordon F. Rainey Jr., a member of the BOV and past rector of the University, said that as the end of February, the campaign total stood at $836.6 million. U.Va. received about $22 million in new commitments in February.
(Not available online.)

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

KATIE YAKUBISIN
Yakubisin, a fourth-year student, was quoted in a Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal article headlined:
EASTER DOGGIES / PETS FIND TREATS IN SPECIAL HOLIDAY HUNT
By Michael Hewlett of the Journal / April 9

FACULTY OP-EDS

ROSA BROOKS
Brooks, associate professor of law, wrote a commentary published by the Los Angeles Times headlined:
THOSE UNGRATEFUL IRAQIS!
By Rosa Brooks for the Los Angeles Times / April 7

DAVID L. KENDALL
Kendall, professor of economics and finance at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, wrote a commentary published today in the Roanoke Times headlined:
FAIRTAX NO FANTASY
By David L. Kendall for the Roanoke Times

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

ROSA BROOKS
Brooks, associate professor at the School of Law, was cited in a Charlotte Observer article headlined:
IRAQ, IF WE BREAK IT, YOU OWE US
By Jane Mcalister Pope of the Charlotte Observer / April 9

PAUL FREEDMAN
Freedman, an associate professor of politics, was quoted in a (Boston) Bay Windows article headlined:
1913 RULING UNDERMINES PROPONENTS OF FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
By Ethan Jacobs of Bay Windows / April 6

JAMES HAGAN
Hagan, professor emeritus of art, was cited in a (Charlottesville) Daily Progress article headlined:
SOLID PERFECTION
By David A. Maurer of The Daily Progress / April 9

A.E. DICK HOWARD
Howard, a law professor who helped rewrite Virginia's Constitution, was quoted in a Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star article headlined:
NO BUDGET; WHAT NOW?
By Chelyen Davis of the Free Lance-Star / April 8

BRIAN D. MCKNIGHT
McKnight, a teaching fellow of history at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, was featured April 9 in a Kingsport (Tenn.) Times-News article headlined:
'CONTESTED BORDERLAND' ANALYZES CIVIL WAR IN VA., KY.
By Leigh Ann Laube of the Times-News / April 9

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted Sunday in a Reuters article headlined:
REPUBLICAN WOES IN CONGRESS BOOST DEMOCRATIC HOPES
By Richard Cowan of Reuters / April 9

SOME QUESTION WHETHER GOP PLAN FOR IRAQ IS ENOUGH
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos of Fox News / April 9

ABDULAZIZ SACHEDINA
Sachedina, a Shiite Muslim expert and professor in the religious studies department, was cited in an Associated Press article headlined:
MOSQUES ARE FREQUENT TARGETS IN IRAQ
By Vanessa Arrington of the Associated Press / April 9

CRAIG SARAZIN
Sarazin, professor of astronomy, was quoted in a Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star article headlined:
HOW ABOUT SUPER-DUPER-MASSIVE HOLES?
By Free Lance-Star staff reports / April 8

ROBERT SPEKMAN
Spekman, professor of business administration, was quoted in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
ROANOKE RESIDENTS WEIGH PROJECTS
By Shanna Flowers of the Roanoke Times / April 9

JERRY STENGER
Stenger, climatology office research coordinator, was quoted in a (Charlottesville) Daily Progress article headlined:
DRY WEATHER WORRIES FARMERS / PRECIPITATION AT HALF OF NORMAL
By Megan Rowe of The Daily Progress / April 9

ANN GILL TAYLOR
Taylor, director of the University of Virginia's Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies, was quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
AREA RESIDENTS CHALLENGING PRAYER STUDY / PUBLISHED THIS MONTH, IT SAID PRAYER DID NOT HELP PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY
By Alberta Lindsey of the Times-Dispatch / April 9

FRANCIS WARNOCK AND VERONICA WARNOCK
Francis Warnock, an associate professor and senior economist at the Federal Reserve, and Veronica Warnock, assistant professor in the School of Architecture, were cited today in a Bloomberg News Service article headlined:
TREASURIES MAY EXTEND DECLINES AS JAPAN'S INVESTORS STAY AWAY
By Daniel Kruger at Bloomberg News Service

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

J. TIMOTHY AMES
Ames, a U,Va. graduate, was featured in a (Northwest Indiana) Times  article headlined:
DR. AMES NAMED VNA PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR
By Times staff reports / April 9

JUDITH CULPEPPER
Culpepper, who received a medical degree from U.Va. and founded the St. Thomas Clinic in Indiana, was featured in an Indianapolis Spotlight article headlined:
CLINIC SEES GROWTH, SEEKS MORE FOR FUTURE
By Fred D. Cavinder for the Spotlight / April 5

DANIEL S. GOLDBERG
Goldberg, who earned an undergraduate degree from the U.Va., graduating with highest honors, was featured today in a Business Wire press release headlined:
DAN GOLDBERG JOINS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF SES GLOBAL; CEO OF NEW SKIES SATELLITES TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN SES EXECUTIVE TEAM
By Business Wire

EDWARD HAYES
Hayes, who received his undergraduate degree at U.Va., was featured April 9 in a Newsday article headlined:
HE'S GOT COURAGE OF CLIENTS' CONVICTIONS
By  Ellis Henican of Newsday / April 9

STEVE HORVATH
Horvath, a U.Va. graduate, was featured in a Boston Herald article headlined:
WOULD-BE PRIESTS HEED CALL-UP IN THOUGHTFUL 'GOD OR THE GIRL'
By Tenley Woodman of the Boston Herald / April 9

ELIZABETH KNAPP
Knapp, who earned her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia, was featured in a Rockbridge Weekly article headlined:
IKEDA, KNAPP APPOINTED NEW ASSOCIATE DEANS OF THE COLLEGE
By Rockbridge Weekly staff reports / April 6

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

BOV MEETING HIGHLIGHTS RESEARCH, DIVERSITY

BOARD MEMBERS ATTEND GROUND-BREAKING FOR NEW NURSING SCHOOL

HONOR DISCUSSES COMMITTEE REFORMS

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

WHO KNOWS THEIR CHILDREN BEST, TEACHERS OR PARENTS?

INTELLECTUAL LEGACY OF ARMSTEAD ROBINSON TO BE TOPIC OF PANEL TOMORROW

UNIVERSITY'S EAST ASIA CENTER ENTERS ITS FOURTH DECADE

This weeks' featured publication is VIRGINIA.EDU.

UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

POLO, THAT HIGH SOCIETY SPORT, SHOOTS FOR MASS APPEAL
 By Tim Wendel of the New York Times / April 6
[...] Lou Lopez, the general manager at Virginia Polo Center in Charlottesville, Va., has 75 horses on site and polo lessons begin at $50 a half-hour. "If you have some riding experience, I can get you in the game by the end of 10 lessons," he said. While Mr. Lopez's center is best known as the home for the University of Virginia men's and women's polo teams (both are participating in the collegiate championships this week at Cornell), he teaches high school students and adults several afternoons a week.

OLSEN GLAD TO BE BACK
By Doug Doughty of the Roanoke Times / April 8
On the week that Christian Olsen joined Virginia's football program in 2003, Anthony Martinez was preparing to make his debut as the Cavaliers' starting
quarterback.

NEWS FROM U.VA.'S COLLEGE AT WISE

U.VA.-WISE ORGANIZING SCHOOL'S FIRST-EVER MARCHING BAND
By Stephen Igo of The (Kingsport, Tn.) Times-News / April 09
Strike up the band! The University of Virginia's College at Wise certainly is. Drum roll, please: The Marching Highland Cavaliers will step smartly into college lore as well as onto the field during the football season's first home game this fall.

TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

SOME PARENTS LET CHILDREN CHOOSE COLLEGE, AND PAY FOR IT
By Jonathan D. Glater of the New York Times
[...] More middle- and upper-middle-class parents are drawing similar lines, limiting what they will pay for higher education. While financing has long been a strain, parents seem willing today to pass more of the burden on to their children, financial aid officers say. Many are worried about affording retirement and say their fixed costs eat up their income. Others have not saved enough or are helping pay for care for their aging parents.

ADMISSIONS ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

COLLEGES, AWASH IN APPLICATIONS, TURNING AWAY EVEN TOP STUDENTS
By Jay Mathews and Susan Kinzie of The Washington Post / April 7
It's not all in your head. It is harder to get into college this year.
Selective schools in the region and the country are reporting more
rejections than ever. There has been a bulge in the number of college-age
students, which is expected to continue until the end of the decade. Add in
an increased desire among their baby boomer parents to enroll their kids in
elite schools -- and the inflated number of applications from students
trying to hedge their bets -- and you have the ingredients for a season of
frustrated hopes and unexpected disappointments. ... The UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA admitted 36 percent of its 16,252 applicants, the lowest rate in
seven years.

WITH GOOD REASON / NPR

Healing Through the Psalms (Apr. 8 - 14)
Tonight at 7:00 p.m.; WMRA-Harrisonburg (103.5 FM)
The experience of pain involves the body, the mind, the spirit and our relationship to community. Professor of Religion Kristin Swenson <http://www.has.vcu.edu/wld/faculty/swenson.html>  (VCU) discusses how the book of Psalms may be a timeless resource in helping us cope with pain in the modern world.

Also: English professor Martha Cook (LU) <http://www.longwood.edu/english/index.html> examines the literature and legacy of John Dos Passos, one of the greatest -- and most often ignored -- American writers of the 20th century. Each year Longwood University awards the prestigious John Dos Passos Prize for Literature and this year's winner, Tim Gautreaux, reads from his latest work.

" With Good Reason," produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is broadcast on 10 public radio stations in Virginia and Washington, D.C.  For complete listings of shows and times visit the program's website at www.withgoodreasonradio.org

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