(Commentary; subscription required) Registrations and rights-claiming of this sort are unwarranted in higher education. Trademarks are meant to be vehicles for reducing consumer confusion, not rewards for brand-building.
(Commentary) Members of Norfolk’s delegation to the General Assembly say that no such condition has ever been placed on a state university seeking permission to build an athletic facility. An email I received on Monday from the University of Virginia would seem to bolster ODU’s case. U.Va. has used student fees and ticket surcharges to help expand Scott Stadium, its 61,500-seat football stadium, and build an indoor football practice facility, according to a response to a Freedom of Information Act request I received from U.Va.’s Matthew Moynihan.
Considering the election results will be split between the eleven candidates, that means a successful candidate could emerge with a few thousand votes, says Kyle Kondik, an analyst with the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "A person could say, well, if I could just mobilize a certain segment of the district to come out for me, get less than 10,000 votes I could be the next congressman and have the seat for a very long time," he says.
If nothing else, “Museum” by Tina Howe is the perfect play for a university theater department. But the University of Virginia Department of Drama’s current production of it, directed by Doug Grissom, goes well beyond the play’s suitability for students. It’s fun for the audience — 80 non-stop minutes that literally take people-watching to the level of art.
A study with couples presented last week has marriage experts all buzzing. Researchers from the University of Virginia experimented on 27 married couples and 27 co-habiting couples. One member of the couple was put under threat of electric shock either alone, holding the hand of a stranger or holding the hand of their partner.
“If this is all there is, I just can’t see this being a major problem for Walker,” said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “Based on what has come out so far, this is not going to seriously impede Scott Walker’s re-election or campaign for president, if he chooses to run.”
“He’s one of the great survivors. Very few members remain relevant over so many decades, but he has.” — Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics, University of Virginia
The two leaders last met alone in the Oval Office on December 17, 2012, Buck said. "Really? That long ago!" said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, noting that Obama has probably met more often with Russian President Vladimir Putin than with Boehner. "There are two really different cold wars being waged," Sabato said.
Positive and healthy body image is the focus of a week-long campaign at the University of Virginia. Students kicked off their annual "Celebrate Every Body Week" with a jeans exchange Monday. The UVA Women's Center says people often use a pair of jeans that are too tight as a measuring stick for their ideal size. Student volunteers for the Body Positive Initiative are encouraging their peers to trade those for a good cause.
A study being conducted by Amma Agyemang, a VCU graduate student, and Rybarczyk will test two treatments that are highly convenient. This group of patients will be offered treatment through an online insomnia program called SHUTi, or two sessions of therapist-delivered treatment. SHUTi was developed by Rybarczyk’s colleague, Lee Ritterband, Ph.D., a professor from the University of Virginia, who develops Internet interventions for health care.
Not only did Don Pericle win a gold medal at the seventh annual "Xperience" Tournament hosted by Special Olympics Virginia on Jan. 16-18 at the Boar's Head Inn and Sports Club, he gained valuable experience and tips from members of the top-ranked University of Virginia men's tennis team, which held a clinic for participants. "It was fun to hit and do drills with those Virginia players; they were just like professionals," Pericle said.
Richard Shannon, the University of Virginia Medical Center’s vice president for health affairs, called it “a natural evolution to prepare us for the changes ahead.” His statement was made during a Monday news conference announcing that U.Va. will, upon final approval by all parties concerned, become the “majority member” or controlling partner of Culpeper Regional Hospital.
Douglas Laycock, the Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School, was instrumental in helping get the federal RFRA passed. He points out for a Feb. 19 ScotusBlog post that RFRA was always understood to protect corporations, including for-profit corporations.
Politics has had an unfortunate role over the years in determining the cost and the quality of Florida's public universities and colleges. Newly proposed legislation would write another sad chapter in that history.
Need a date for homecoming? It’s March 22. The 20th annual Virginia Festival of the Book, set for March 19 to 23 at a variety of Charlottesville locations, will take a fond look back during “Homecoming: A Conversation with Some Favorite Authors.” The event, planned for 8 p.m. March 22 at the Paramount Theater, will be a celebration of two decades of authors, panels, performances, discussions and other events for book lovers.
The McGregor Reading Room at the University of Virginia is sometimes referred to as the “Harry Potter Room.” All bookshelves, oriental carpets and chandeliers, the room earned its nickname for its posh look and the fact that it’s a favorite spot for studying. But last December, this room filled with a little real-life magic: the smell of freshly baked cookies.
(Commentary) Tony Bennett is about as buttoned-down as any college basketball coach in America. He stays on message in victory or defeat and rarely – if ever – lets anyone see him sweat. And yet, on Saturday afternoon when he met with reporters after his Virginia team had annihilated Notre Dame, 70-49, thanks to a stunning 25-0 second-half run, he loosened his orange tie – literally and figuratively – for a moment.
(Commentary) University of Virginia political scholar Larry Sabato insists there’s less corruption today than in the 1800s, thanks to disclosure laws and limits on gifts. Missouri, though, remains the exception with its stubborn refusal to limit the gift giving and to restore caps on political contributions.
In “Dispatches from the Eastern Front: A Political Education from the Nixon Years to the Age of Obama” (Bancroft Press, March 2014, hardcover), Gerry Warburg takes us inside decades of backroom deal-making at the Capitol, where principles are pressed by the political necessity of compromise.
The University of Virginia Medical Center wants to double the size of its ER.