1,500,000,000: Dollars the University has raised in its Capital Campaign
280: Square footage of the master bedroom of Pavilion VI
5,357,142.90: Dollars per square foot
384,400: Distance in kilometers contestants must travel to win Google's "Lunar X Prize," which will award $25 million to the first group to land a functioning rover on the moon
0.23: Distance in kilometers between the Rotunda and Old Cabell Hall
100: Pounds of dynamite William "Reddy" Echols threw into the burning Rotunda hoping to contain the fire of 1895
0: Instances dynamite has successfully extinguished fires
65,000,000: Guinea pigs consumed annually in Peru, where the little critters frequently accompany rice in casseroles and soups
3: Number consumed by unsuspecting students on Alternative Spring Break
104: Average body temperature of domesticated guinea pigs
450: Average temperature at which they're traditionally cooked
9.74: Seconds it took Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell to run the 100-meter dash, setting a new world record
259: Seconds it took Random First-Year to sprint the Lawn naked
15: Hours each day 16-year-old Thomas Jefferson reportedly dedicated to studying
12: Hours each day the average fourth-year is awake
2: Sitting vice presidents who've shot someone, including Aaron Burr, Mr. Jefferson's running mate until Burr's itchy trigger finger caused him to be tossed off the ballot
4: Times William Faulkner used the word "spirit" during his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize
2: Types of spirits Mr. Faulkner imbibed beforehand
18: Percentage of University students who think William Faulkner is the guy who swipes cards at O-Hill
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