As fourth-years and graduate students around the University scramble to secure jobs, a large number of Charlottesville residents are doing the same. As of September, Charlottesville’s unemployment rate is 4.7 percent, as compared to Virginia’s 5.2 percent and the national 5.9 percent.
Election day is this Tuesday. Below, read candidate profiles for the three Senate candidates vying for the Virginia seat. Additionally, find information about the two candidates competing in the Charlottesville-area House of Representatives race.
Halloween is just around the corner, and the Charlottesville area offers plenty of seasonal attractions for students: apple picking at Carter’s Mountain, Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn, and, of course, paying a visit to Brown College’s Hauntings on the Hill.
The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday the publication of final changes made to the Clery Act by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. The new changes include requiring institutions to report incidents of stalking and incorporate a statement of policy about programs aimed at curbing dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in its annual security report.
With Ebola spreading rapidly across West Africa and two reported cases in the United States, many in the University community have started a conversation about the disease.
In the flurry of lease-signing season, many University students seek out a modest apartment to share with friends. But many others pool together funds to live in house, handed down informally from members of their respective organizations around Grounds — be they Greek organizations, sports teams or any manner of student groups.
With midterm elections a little more than a month away, the Senate campaigns of Democrat Mark Warner, Republican Ed Gillespie and Libertarian Robert Sarvis are in full swing.
Republican incumbent Robert Hurt and Democratic nominee Lawrence Gaughan’s campaigns are in full swing as they prepare to square off in the upcoming congressional election.Virginia’s fifth Congressional District has held strongly Republican in presidential elections, with Republican candidates sealing the win in the past five elections.
