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UVa. reacts to race con
By JUSTIN ORTIZ | September 27A recent rash of racist episodes at the University of Virginia has shocked the university community, whose members have since stepped up efforts to eliminate discrimination on campus. The six reported incidents began during UVa.'s move-in weekend, said Carol Wood, the university's assistant vice president for university relations. In the late afternoon of Aug. 20, a car filled with white males yelled out racial slurs to a group of black students trying to settle in.