Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine (SPJP) displayed an apartheid wall Monday outside of Newcomb to represent Israeli Apartheid Week — an international event at the end of February which raises awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Students petitioned last weekend for an apology from Zeta Psi fraternity following a party thrown Saturday night entitled “Bombs Over Baghdad.”
This year’s Student Council presidential campaign will see the first competitive race in two years between second-year College student Abraham Axler, third-year College student Locher Grove and third-year Commerce student Kyle West.
Some sorority national headquarters are putting in place stricter measures — such as mandatory meetings or social events — than those imposed last week by the National Panhellenic Conference in an effort to further prevent University chapter members from participating in upcoming Boy’s Bid Night.
The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative hosted their monthly meeting of The Arts Incubator Thursday night at their headquarters on Monticello Road. The Bridge’s Programming Manager Serena Gruia described The Incubator as a support group and salon for local artists and creative thinkers in the Charlottesville community.
The Graduate Student Consulting and Beyond Club held a panel Thursday night to discuss Science and Technology Policy and various careers surrounding the field. The panel, held at Garrett Hall, aimed to discuss such issues as the disconnect between the sciences and policy, how society and government uses technological knowledge, how science and technology policy decisions are made and how to start a successful science and policy career.
Charlottesville is a finalist for the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a contest aimed toward increasing energy efficiency in small- to medium-sized communities. Two other Virginia cities, Blacksburg and Roanoke, are also in competition for the prize.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe awarded $1.6 million in grants Wednesday to 29 schools in 13 divisions to support existing year-round education programs and help schools implement new programs in the 2014-15 or the 2015-16 school years.
