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Harry Hibbitts Graduate student in architecture and Bike Smart Day project leader UVa Students Promote Bike S[m]art WCAV CBS-19 / April 24 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/7172791.html

Board Resolution Expresses Regret for Use of Slaves at U.Va. Newer Antipsychotic Drugs Not Better, Swartz Says Learning Barge Connects Community to River http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/

Lou Bloomfield A physics professor and author of the book, "How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary." Frisbee at Fifty: Plastic Disc's Freestyle Fun now Includes Organized Sports Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette / April 25 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07115/780619-115.stm John T. Casteen III President of the University U-Va. Board Regrets Past Link To Slavery Washington Post / April 25 http://tinyurl.com/248lbu Thomas F. Farrell II Rector of U.Va.'s Board of Visitors U-Va. Board Regrets Past Link To Slavery Washington Post / April 25 http://tinyurl.com/248lbu Thomas F. Farre...

Some UVa students were out Monday to promote a new initiative, one they hope will reduce the number of cars on the road. They also say that it will show the benefits of using bikes to get around. They hope their message will encourage others to take an environmentally safe alternative to using their cars.

...Jesse Carter and his friends have spent the past week wondering what that means for them, for the vast majority of 26,000 students at Virginia Tech who never knew any of the 32 victims, who didn't witness any of last Monday's horror, who didn't survive the worst massacre in modern U.S. history so much as avoid it. ... They've all shed tears. Scott felt moved by rival schools like the University of Virginia offering solidarity and condolences.

A University of Virginia student faces up to one year in jail, a $2,500 fine and a string of potential university judiciary penalties for using a BB gun during a student film shoot on campus late Monday night. Christopher Allen Smith, 19, is being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail and is scheduled to appear in court this morning for a bond hearing. ...University police said Smith used the replica .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol with a group of students while filming a class project in a courtyard near Wilsdorf Hall, an engineering building on McCormick Road.

...UVA students noticed a rise in police presence on Grounds after Seung-hui Cho murdered 32 people at Virginia Tech. UVA is reviewing campus security and has plans to implement an alert system that includes text messages and high-tech LED screens next fall.

The news reports streaming out of Vietnam in the fall of 1963 were unsettling to President Kennedy, and in a White House meeting the talk turned to a particularly irritating young reporter named David Halberstam. 'How old is Halberstam?' one of the participants asked, according to a recording unearthed by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. 'About 25,' said William Bundy, a presidential adviser. In fact, he was 29.

...[Virginia point guard Sean Singletary] has decided to test the NBA waters saying he will declare for this summer's NBA Draft, but he will not hire an agent allowing him to return to Virginia for his senior season if he chooses.

...when tragedy struck Virginia Tech's campus last week, Facebook.com and other online forums became a primary method for students to ask questions, express reactions and grieve. The event brought out all manner of responses. At first, social networking sites were used as a gathering space among campuses to check in and make sure Hokie friends survived the attacks. Around here, 'Hoos started shedding the state rivalry, dropping memberships in groups like "Virginia Tech was my safety school" and changing their "profile" pictures to banners that showed the UVA and Virginia Tech logos united toge...

Warren Thompson's great-great-grandfather was born a slave, not far from the University of Virginia. His father, a Korean War veteran, was refused admission to the state's flagship university. So when the Board of Visitors unanimously passed a resolution expressing regret for the use of slaves at the school, Thompson, a board member and an alumnus, thought of his forefathers. "This means a lot to me personally," he said. ...Now the school has the highest graduation rate for black students of any public university, statistics that have held up for more than a decade. "I think our future," Thomp...

More Than 40 Athletics Programs Are Exploring Life-Insurance Policies on Boosters Chronicle of Higher Education / April 24 At least 40 athletics departments, including some of the biggest in the country, are considering establishing life-insurance policies on their boosters to help defray the rising cost of college sports... http://tinyurl.com/2987c6

Report Evaluates Best Technology Tools for Doing Research on Donors Chronicle of Higher Education / April 24 None of the technology tools that higher-education fund raisers rely on to track and research prospective donors scored higher than an average B grade from users, according to a report scheduled to be released today by Eduventures Inc., an education research firm. http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/04/2007042413n.htm

Senators Discuss Preventing College Attacks New York Times / April 24 Lawmakers began weighing ways to prevent more tragedies on college campuses in a hastily convened hearing a week after the shootings in Virginia. http://tinyurl.com/3d9yvj Senators Talk of Revising Privacy Laws in Wake of Tragedy at Virginia Tech Chronicle of Higher Education / April 24 ...In a hearing of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the senators heard from a number of campus officials and experts in public safety and higher education, and covered a range of potential federal actions to make...

Matt Butterman A U.Va. graduate Cycling: Hardman Ready for His Dream Road Race Charlottesville Daily Progress / April 24 http://tinyurl.com/2ahvrl Brad Cooper Who holds a BS in marketing and management from the McIntire School of Commerce Local Interactive Advertising Firm Welcomes Brad Cooper as Vice President, Media Operations MarketWire / April 23 http://tinyurl.com/37przs Jeffrey Edell Who holds a CPA and a BS in commerce and accounting from the McIntire School of Commerce DIC Entertainment Appoints Former Governor of California Gray Davis to Board of Directors Business Wire / April 23 h...