2,590,000: Dollar amount that the University requested the General Assembly contribute toward repairs to the Rotunda's leaking roof and crumbling column capitals
0: Dollar amount appropriated by the General Assembly for that purpose
10: Number of points by which the Virginia men's basketball team led Miami with 42.5 seconds remaining during last Thursday's first-round Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament game
7: Number of points by which the Virginia men's basketball team lost to Miami in overtime of that same game
21,049: Total number of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at the University at the start of the 2010-11 academic year
1,500: Total number of undergraduate and graduate students that will be added to the University by 2019 in accordance with a plan recently approved by the Board of Visitors
128: Percentage increase between 1998 and 2008 of Hispanic undergraduate students enrolled at the University
4.6: Percentage of undergraduate students enrolled at the University in 2008 who were classified as Hispanic
1.3: Percentage of full-time faculty employed at the University in 2008 who were classified as Hispanic
1: Number of soy sauce bottles ingested by a Zeta Psi fraternity pledge March 1 before winding up in the intensive care ward of the University Medical Center
18,768: Amount of sodium, in milligrams, in a 12-ounce bottle of soy sauce
11.44: Per hour wage in dollars that the Living Wage Campaign is seeking for the University's lowest paid workers
40: Number of months since the University froze salaries for all employees because of budget constraints
36: Number of individuals employed by the University who made more than $300,000 in 2010
34: Number of years that Debbie Ryan has served as head coach of the Virginia women's basketball team
38: Number of years since the founding of the Virginia women's basketball team
1: Number of weeks completed since classes resumed from Spring Break
6: Number of full weeks until classes conclude for the semester. Hey, it's never too soon to start counting down.
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