Thursday, June 22, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

VA. STUDENTS TO BE CHECKED FOR SEX OFFENSE
By Kristen Gelineau of The Associated Press
A new law requiring Virginia's colleges to hand over prospective students' personal information to police for cross-checking against sex offender lists is coming under fire from privacy advocates and education leaders. Under the law, which takes effect July 1, public and private college officials must send state police the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of all students accepted to their schools. ... UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA spokesman Jeff Hanna said the school already asks applicants if they have been convicted of a felony and can deny admission to anyone because of a felony record.

AREA STUDENTS WIN GOLD
By Christina Tkacik of The Daily Progress
[...] Albemarle High School junior [Mos Rasool] and his four friends from Monticello High School were finalists in the National History Contest, competing against 76 other teams from around the country at the University of Maryland last week. And, for the second year in a row, Mos' team won a gold medal for its performance: a sharp indictment of the legacy of Harry Byrd, leader of massive resistance to the desegregation of Virginia's public schools...For their research, the students conducted interviews and got special permission from Harry Byrd Jr., who left the U.S. Senate in 1983, to examine his personal correspondence at the University of Virginia's Special Collections Library.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS IN THE NEWS

SUMMER READING / WHETHER YOU'RE A BEACH BUM OR A BOOK BUM, HERE ARE SOME HOT SUMMER PICKS TO THRILL YOU, UPLIFT YOU, SCARE YOU AND TEACH YOU TO FISH.
By Valley Haggard of the Richmond Style Weekly / June 21
The University of Virginia Press has been working overtime to appease the fishing fanatic in all of us. James Barilla's "West With the Rise: Fly-fishing Across America" (University Press of Virginia, $27.95) and "Fishing the Greenbrier Valley: An Angler's Guide" (University Press of Virginia, $12.95) by Mike W. Smith don't have to swim too far upstream to find their way into your tackle box.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

ERICA SEREDNI
Seredni, University of Virginia's featured baton twirler and the 2006 College Miss Majorette of the Mid-Atlantic, was cited in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
ROYALETTES PREPARE TO GIVE THEIR BATON TWIRLS A WHIRL
By Meredith Bonny of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
HIRING SCANDALS SHINE LIGHT ON SOME STATES
By Deanna Bellandi of The Associated Press / June 21
  
IRAQ SEEN AS MAJOR ISSUE IN US CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
By Jim Malone of the Voice of America / June 21
    
CLINTON'S WHITE HOUSE HOPES HIT BY POLL
By Oliver Burkeman of the Guardian / June 21

CARL TOBIAS
Tobias, Williams Professor at the School of Law, was quoted in a Forbes magazine article headlined:
PHARMACEUTICALS / FORGET VIOXX?
By Matthew Herper of Forbes / June 21

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

MIKE BALLARD
Ballard, a former U.Va. pitcher, was featured in a (Charlottesville) Daily Progress article headlined:
BALLARD MAKES HIS PROFESSIONAL DEBUT
From Daily Progress Staff Reports

DR. MARK CUCUZZELLA
Cucuzzella, who  attended medical school at U.Va. and ran cross country and track, was featured in a Martinsburg (WV) Journal headlined:
THE DOCTOR IS (RUNNING) IN
By Karen Burnette of the Martinsburg Journal

CHRISTOPHER GRAFFEO and TOLGA SURSAL
Graffeo, who majored in English and American studies, and Sursal, who majored in physics and music, were featured in a Virginian-Pilot article headlined:
"STOPPING OUT"
By Philip Walzer of The Virginian-Pilot / June 21

JIM NACHMAN
Nachman, who graduated from U.Va., was featured in a Culpeper Star-Exponent article headlined:
NACHMAN VISITING CULPEPER
By Allison Brophy Champion of the Culpeper Star-Exponent

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH SELECTS 26 STUDENTS
FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

U.VA.'S DARDEN SCHOOL DEAN ROBERT BRUNER WINS 2006 EUROPEAN CASE AWARD

'JOHN BARBER'S SKETCHBOOK: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIST' OPENS AT
U.VA. ART MUSEUM TOMORROW

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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

POLL FINDS INCREASING CONCERN OVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY AMONG PROFESSORS
By Ben Leubsdorf of the Chronicle of Higher Education / June 22
Americans are increasingly worried about the quality of elementary and secondary schools and students' preparedness to compete in the global economy, and college faculty members are among the public education system's greatest critics, according to findings released on Wednesday from the latest in a series of annual surveys.

COLLEGE ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

BIG TEN CONFERENCE SIGNS LANDMARK TV DEALS
By Brad Wolverton of the Chronicle of Higher Education / June 22
The Big Ten Conference announced on Wednesday that it plans to start its own cable-television network next year. ... The Big Ten will start its new channel in partnership with Fox Cable Networks and will be the first conference to attempt a national network.

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