Monday, June 12, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

BUDGET IMPASSE CONCERNS CASTEEN
By Aaron Kessler of The Daily Progress / June 10
University President John T. Casteen III had good news and bad news Friday for the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors. The good news: Gov. Timothy M. Kaine signed off on the university's new management agreement to begin July 1. That means increased independence from the state in areas such as information technology and personnel.

STUDENT NEWSPAPERS SUE TO OVERTURN VIRGINIA'S BAN ON ALCOHOL ADS IN CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS
By Xiao-Bo Yuan of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Two student newspapers at Virginia universities filed a federal lawsuit last week asserting that a state regulation banning alcohol-related ads in college publications violates their constitutional right to freedom of the press. The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, representing Virginia Tech's Collegiate Times and the University of Virginia's Cavalier Daily, sued the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in federal district court in Richmond, Va.
   
STOP TREATING CAMPUS JOURNALISTS LIKE KIDS / VIRGINIA'S PROHIBITION AGAINST ALCOHOL ADS IN COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS DENIES STUDENTS A LESSON IN REAL-WORLD RESPONSIBILITY
By the Roanoke Times

COLLEGES PUTTING STOCK PICKS IN STUDENTS' HANDS
By Susan Kinzie of The Washington Post
A growing number of schools use real money to teach investing. Professors swear students work harder and learn more, both from uplifts and heart-stopping drops, than they do in theory classes. And with returns like these -- why not?... At the University of Virginia's Darden business school, trustees just added to funds now totaling $5 million, which earned more than a half-million dollars for the endowment over the past year.

SMOKE SIGNALS A MINI-TREND: HOOKAHS
By The Associated Press / June 11
A communal tradition more common to a cafe in Beirut than a campus has found a following in Charlottesville and other college towns. At least two cafes are attracting students from the University of Virginia who gather around a hookah, the often elaborate water pipes.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

JONATHAN STUHLMAN
Stuhlman, who is due to get a doctorate from U.Va. next year, was featured in a Charlotte Observer article headlined:
MINT MUSEUM RESTORES AMERICAN ART POSITION
By Richard Maschal of the Observer / June 11

FACULTY ARTICLES AND OP-EDS

ROBERT F. TURNER
Turner, associate director of the Center for National Security Law, wrote a commentary appearing in the Washington Times headlined:
SEPARATION OF POWERS AND THE FBI RAID
By Robert F. Turner for the Washington Times / June 11

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

RICHARD J. BONNIE
Bonnie, the John S. Battle Professor of Law and an expert on criminal law, was quoted in a June 10 Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
OPINIONS VARY ON KAINE'S DECISION
By Frank Green of the Times-Dispatch / June 10

JOHN T. CASTEEN III
Casteen, president of the University, was quoted June 10 in a Charlottesville Daily Progress article headlined:
BUDGET IMPASSE CONCERNS CASTEEN
By Aaron Kessler of the Daily Progress / June 10

Casteen was quoted June 9 in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
MARY BOYLE DIES, FINE-ARTS ENTHUSIAST IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
By Osita Iroegbu of the Richmond Times-Dispatch / June 9

ROBERTA CULBERTSON
Culbertson, a professor who studies the long-term effects of mass violence and war, was quoted June 11 in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
IMAGES OF THE FALL: ARE 2 BETTER THAN 1? / ANALYSTS SAY THE MILITARY HAD ITS REASONS FOR JUXTAPOSING IMAGES OF TERRORIST DEAD AND ALIVE
By Joe Eaton for the Roanoke Times / June 11

KIM FORDE-MAZRUI
Forde-Mazrui, professor of law, is quoted today in a New York Times article headlined:
PROSECUTOR'S SILENCE ON DUKE RAPE CASE LEAVES PUBLIC WITH PLENTY OF QUESTIONS
By Duff Wilson and Jonathan D. Glater of the New York Times

A.E. DICK HOWARD
Howard, a law professor and primary author of the state constitution, was quoted in a Winchester Star editorial headlined:
DRAGGING ON: STILL NO END TO BUDGET IMPASSE
By the Winchester Star / June 10


BECKI LAWHORNE
Lawhorne, a registered nurse in the Women's Place at the Medical Center, was quoted today in a Daily Progress article headlined:
WHAT'S IN A NAME? / CHOICES SPAN THE SPECTRUM
By Sarah Barry of the Daily Progress

CHARLES MATHEWES
Mathewes, of the Center on Religion and Democracy, was quoted in a Portland Oregonian article headlined:
AUTHOR NOTES RISING VOICE OF LIBERAL CHRISTIANS
By Luciana Lopez of the Portland Oregonian / June 10

FARZANEH MILANI
Milani, professor of Persian and director of Studies in Women and
Gender, was quoted in a Washington Post commentary headlined:
A POET WHO 'NEVER SOLD HER PEN OR SOUL'
By Nora Boustany of the Washington Post / June 10

JAN MORRISON
Morrison, a spokeswoman for the Medical Center, was quoted in an article in the Daily Progress headlined:
WHAT'S IN A NAME? / CHOICES SPAN THE SPECTRUM
By Sarah Barry of the Daily Progress

KAREN L. MULDER
Mulder, an architectural historian, was cited in a June 11 Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal article headlined;
STAINED GLASS / CONFERENCE, TALKS HAIL STAINED GLASS
By Diane Heilenman of The Courier-Journal/ June 11

TIMOTHY NAFTALI
Naftali, director of the Presidential Recordings Program at the Miller Center, was quoted in a Tampa Tribune article headlined:
CIA DID NOT TRY TO FIND EICHMANN IN ARGENTINA
By Christopher Lee The Washington Post / June 10

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, professor of politics and director of U.Va.'s Center for
Politics, was quoted in an article in the Washington Post headlined:
U.S. SENATE RACE / PAIR PROD VOTER TURNOUT IN WHAT MAY BE A TOSSUP
By Robert Barnes and Michael D. Shear of the Washington Post / June 11

LAWS LEAD TO PRIVATIZATION OF NEGATIVE ADS
By Scott Shepard of the Cox News Service / June 11

RICHARD C. SCHRAGGER
Schragger, an associate professor of law and an expert in local government and land use, was quoted today in a Virginian-Pilot article headlined:
SETTLEMENT OVER PORTSMOUTH CHURCH SITE IS NOT SET IN STONE
By MEGHAN HOYER of The Virginian-Pilot

DR. JIM B. TUCKER
Tucker, who is medical director of the Child and Family Psychiatric Clinic and works at the university's Division of Perceptual Studies, was featured today in a San Francisco Chronicle article headlined:
FINDING MY RELIGION / PSYCHIATRIST JIM B. TUCKER STUDIES PAST-LIFE MEMORIES OF CHILDREN
By David Ian Miller for the San Francisco Chronicle

DR. G. FREDERICK WOOTEN
Wooten, the Medical School's Mary Anderson Harrison Professor of Neurology, director of neurology and director of American Parkinson Disease Association's advanced Center for Parkinson's Research at U.Va., was featured today in a press release headlined:
APDA NAMES G. FREDERICK WOOTEN, MD ITS 2006 FRED SPRINGER AWARD RECIPIENT
By PR Web

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

RONALD L. CAREY JR.
Carey, a U.Va. graduate, was featured in a Richmond Times Dispatch article headlined:
THE T-D TAPS NEW EXECUTIVE / AFTER DECADE AT WYETH, RICHMOND NATIVE WILL LEAD HUMAN RESOURCES
By Bob Rayner of the Times-Dispatch / June 10

CLAYMAN EDWARDS
Edwards, who received bachelor's degree in finance and master's degree in accounting at U.Va., was featured today in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
DECISION MAKERS: CLAYMAN EDWARDS
By the Richmond Times-Dispatch

KATIE GARRETT
Garrett, a 2005 graduate of U.Va., was quoted in an article in The Washington Post headlined:
A DOSE OF GENIUS / 'SMART PILLS' ARE ON THE RISE. BUT IS TAKING THEM WISE?
By Joel Garreau of the Washington Post / June 11

GEORGE JOHNSON
Johnson, who graduated in 1983 with a degree in Mental Retardation, was featured June 9 in a Herndon (VA) Observer article headlined:
JOHNSON BRIDGES LEARNING GAPS
By Sabrina Enayatulla of the Observer / June 9

GREG JONES
Jones received a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. in environmental sciences from U.Va. was featured June 10 in an Ashland Daily Tidings article headlined:
SOU SCIENTIST IN DEMAND FOR WINE EXPERTISE
By Daily Tidings staff reports /June 9

EPIPHANY MCGUIGAN
McGuigan, who received her bachelor's degree from U.Va in 1989, was featured in a Atlantic City (NJ) Press article headlined:
MCGUIGAN JOINS FOX ROTHSCHILD
By Atlantic City Press staff reports / June 11

TOM SHADYAC
Shadyac, a U.Va. graduate now directing the film "Evan Almighty, was featured in a Daily Progress article headlined:
THE 'ALMIGHTY' CALLS FOR MORE EXTRAS
By Jessica Kitchin of the Daily Progress / June 10

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

FORGIVE US OUR STUDENT DEBTS
By Jon Gertner of The New York Times
[...] Each year since 2002, the N.I.H. has offered to pay off as much as $35,000 of a medical resident's educational debt in exchange for his post-residency commitment to work in a salaried physician-scientist post - whether at the N.I.H., at a university lab or in the field as a researcher. So far, the N.I.H. has accepted nearly 4,000 applicants into its loan-repayment program. The N.I.H. is among the many other organizations, particularly graduate schools and state governments, that have begun using loan forgiveness in recent years to encourage teachers, lawyers, social workers and health professionals to work in underserved geographic areas or among needy populations.

YES, THE SKY IS FALLING
By Rob Capriccioso
Political and financial support for American higher education is waning compared to global competitors, researcher argues.

A LOSS ON INTERNET RULES
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by colleges to block the enforcement of a potentially expensive regulation on their Internet systems. But the court also accepted the argument that many of those networks may be exempt anyway. Lawyers are still trying to figure out what the ruling means, and while it is clearly not the victory college groups were hoping for, its exact impact may take more time and court rulings to determine.

IS TENURE JUST ANOTHER FORM OF 'WAGES'?
By Doug Laderman of Inside Higher Ed
Instructors who give up tenure as part of early retirement or severance plans must pay Social Security taxes on the payments they receive, a divided federal appeals court ruled last week. Although the court's ruling came in a case involving public school teachers, it conflicts with another appeals court's 2001 decision in a case involving professors at North Dakota State University, which may lead the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the issue nationally.

COLLEGES SHOULD MODIFY THEIR WORKER-TRAINING PROGRAMS TO MEET NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS, SURVEY FINDS
By Elyse Ashburn of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Employers seeking training programs for their workers give colleges and universities good marks for quality but say they perform poorly when it comes to the applicability, flexibility, and customization of their offerings, and those factors might disqualify them from consideration, according to survey results released on Friday. Timeliness and cost-effectiveness were also key areas in which employers said colleges' performance was low.

TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

A DOSE OF GENIUS / 'SMART PILLS' ARE ON THE RISE. BUT IS TAKING THEM WISE?
By Joel Garreau of the Washington Post / June 11
As university students all over the country emerge from final exam
hell this month, the number of healthy people using bootleg pharmaceuticals
of this sort seems to be soaring.... Seen by some ambitious students as the winner's edge -- the difference between a 3.8 average and a 4.0, maybe their ticket to Harvard Law -- these "brain steroids" can be purchased on many campuses for as little as $3 to $5 per pill, though they are often obtained free from friends with legitimate prescriptions, students report.

WITH GOOD REASON / NPR

Re: Joyce (June 10-16)
Tonight at 7:00 p.m.; WMRA-Harrisonburg (103.5 FM)
James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses, follows its main character, Leopold Bloom around Dublin during the course of one day. Every June, fans around the world gather for “Bloomsday” to celebrate the works of Joyce. Jolanta Wawrzycka (RU) speaks about the life of Joyce, hiswritings,and her experiences attending “Bloomsday” celebrations.
Also: Irish scholar and critic Theo Dorgan discusses the joys and challenges of reading Ireland’s greatest literary son.

"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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