Herring, who chaired the task force, explained the recommendations are an essential part of changing the culture surrounding sexual assault at college campuses.
The University Institute of World Languages kicked off its second film series Wednesday, an effort which will feature a host of movies — each in a different language with English subtitles — over the course of the semester. The Institute began the series with a panel discussion, featuring scenes from movies pertaining to diverse global filmic encounters.
Twenty sculptures line public plots on Charlottesville roads, a culmination of the city's effort to make art more publically accessible. The sculptures — 10 permanent structures and 10 placed for a one-year period — are hosted by ArtInPlace, a non-profit corporation which has been working since 2001.
In an effort to ameliorate tensions and strengthen U.S.-China economic relations, President Obama announced a new reciprocity agreement between the two countries Monday.
The Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic will present Henderson v. U.S. in front of the Supreme Court next February. The case concerns individual property rights in the face of government restrictions on convicted individuals possessing firearms.
Student Council has held a voter registration drive in recent weeks to garner attention about next month’s midterm elections. Student Council’s Legislative Affairs Committee designed the drive to make voter registration as easy and simple as possible for students, who typically have low turnout in midterm elections.
The first year class will vote this week to elect a class president and members of the First Year Council (FYC). The University Board of Elections (UBE) oversees the election, along with most student representative elections on grounds, said Krishna Korupolu, third-year College student and Chair of the UBE.
The University launched a new policy on sexual assault this past August, which leaves ambiguous the role of various employees, including student employees, at the University.
