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By the numbers

The editorial board recounts some notable numbers from the start of the school year

4,000: The estimated number of people in attendance at this year’s Block Party

6,000: The estimated number of people in attendance at last year’s Block Party

19: The number of summonses issued by police at the festivities

2: The number of arrests the same night

2.3 billion: The number of dollars the University has been accused of keeping in a “slush fund”

4-8: The University football team’s record in 2015

3.25 million: The number of dollars in Bronco Mendenhall’s salary

18: The number of athletes the University sent to the summer Olympics

2: The number of medals swimmer Leah Smith won at the Olympics, netting one bronze and one gold

394 million: The number of dollars the University’s Medical Center renovation project will cost

13,000: The number of felons for whom Gov. Terry McAuliffe restored voting rights

2: The number of counts of child pornography possession with which Associate Prof. Walter Francis Korte Jr. was charged

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