Jury selection proceeds
As former University student George Huguely’s murder trial enters its third day, Commonwealth and defense attorneys have to reduce the 28 jurors they chose yesterday to the 15 people, including three alternates, who would decide whether Huguely is guilty of the first-degree murder of former University student and ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love. Huguely, dressed in a [...]
Read moreClinic defends convict
The Law School’s Innocence Project Clinic, an organization which investigates wrongful conviction cases in Virginia, is working to exonerate Bennett Barbour, a Williamsburg man convicted in 1978 of raping a College of William & Mary student. The Clinic’s efforts are based on a DNA analysis originally ordered by former Gov. Mark Warner and released last [...]
Read moreStudents seeking aid face challenges
Students from low-income backgrounds are increasingly unaware of sources of additional financial aid and regularly overestimate academic costs because of misconceptions stemming from media coverage of the high cost of attending college, according to a paper released Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The study, “Information Constraints and Financial Aid Policy,” highlighted problems [...]
Read moreStudCo unveils new website
The Student Council’s Building and Grounds Committee unveiled its new Grounds-oriented construction website yesterday evening at the Student Council general body meeting. Third-year Architecture student Nell Connors said the Committee began work on the website at the beginning of last semester to help students find information about the University’s construction projects more easily. “I think [...]
Read moreHuguely trial jury selection begins
Attorneys began selecting jurors yesterday for the murder trial of former University student and lacrosse player George Huguely. Huguely faces first-degree murder charges for the death of University student and lacrosse player Yeardley Love. He watched intently as prosecution and defense conducted voir dire, a process which allows counselors to question the pool of 160 [...]
Read moreCity to review commission
Members of Charlottesville City Council voted yesterday to create a Council-appointed human rights task force to review the proposed Charlottesville human rights commission and report their findings to the Council in 10 months. Most Council members have voiced support for the creation of a human rights commission, which would aim to address discrimination complaints in [...]
Read moreAdoption bill passes
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a Republican-backed bill 71-28 Friday, which would allow private adoption agencies to deny child adoption by individuals based on their religious or moral beliefs, including views on homosexuality. Sen. Jeff McWaters, R-Virginia Beach, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill, said it would not change the way any [...]
Read moreStudy assesses black male student success
Poor levels of college enrollment, disengagement, underachievement and low graduation rates rank among the most pressing problems facing black males in the United States. But a study released yesterday by University of Pennsylvania’s new Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education emphasized instead the levels of achievement among black male undergraduates, which [...]
Read moreThe trial begins
Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the trial of former University lacrosse player George Huguely. Huguely is accused of murdering fellow University lacrosse player Yeardley Love. In May 2010, Love was discovered lying unresponsive in a pool of blood by two friends. There were signs of forced entry into her bedroom, and she [...]
Read moreSenate to repeal gun law
Virginia Senate Bill 323, which would lift the commonwealth’s current 18-year-old one-a-month gun law and allow gun permit holders to buy more than one handgun per month, looks set to pass in the Republican-run state Senate Monday. Sen. Charles Carrico, R-Grayson, introduced the bill in January, and it reflects measures which have been put forth [...]
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