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By the numbers

The Managing Board recounts some notable figures to end the semester

17,727 - number of votes Mark Warner won by in the Virginia Senate race against Ed Gillespie

35 – number of days Beta Bridge was painted with the message “Bring Hannah Home”

2 – number of years Sage Smith has been missing

10 – percentage of College students who went into consulting in 2013

89 – percentage of students in the Commerce School who have accepted full time employment, as of the November release of University Career Service’s “First Destinations’ Report”

2 million – amount of money, in dollars, Gov. Terry McAuliffe put in a contingency fund for Virginia Ebola response efforts

16,185 – number of early action applications the University received this year, the most since 2011

15 – number of students initially hospitalized with gastroenteritis, which the health department concluded was caused by a virus

107 – number of students in the class of 2018 who received the Blue Ridge Scholarship for high-achieving low-income students, funded by John Griffin’s $4 million challenge grant

2,000 – number of students who become members of the Fralin Museum of Art each year

5 – number of wins the U.Va. football team achieved this season, the second best in Coach Mike London’s record

4 – number of protests and rallies held against gender violence at the University since the release of the Rolling Stone article

25 – percentage of college women who are survivors of sexual assault

400 – number of students who attended “What Can We Do?,” a discussion about how students can combat sexual violence on Grounds

3 – number of ways bystanders can intervene in dangerous situations: direct, distract and delegate

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