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By the numbers

The Managing Board’s occasional survey of notable numerals

3: Number of times the University has canceled classes in the last 30 years

2: Number of days of University classes canceled because of Hurricane Sandy

1-3: Inches of rain Charlottesville received from Hurricane Sandy

3: Number of consecutive Student Council meetings University Vice Rector George Martin missed at which he was scheduled to speak

9: Number of Board of Visitors meetings former Board member R.J. Kirk attended in person during his tenure, out of a possible 23

2: Number of Board members who have resigned since the ouster of University President Teresa Sullivan, out of a possible 16

30: Approximate number of protestors who were denied entrance to a public Board meeting last Thursday

70: Number of people in attendance at Thursday’s Board meeting

18: Number of police officers in attendance at Thursday’s Board meeting

1: Number of police officers present at Board protests last summer

332-206: Final electoral count of the presidential election

13: Number of electoral votes gained by President Barack Obama by winning the state of Virginia

1,231,916: Approximate number, in dollars, raised by “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow,” the Super PAC of Stephen Colbert

3,000: Maximum funds, in dollars, available for University Arts Scholars — a program launched by the donation of Stephen Colbert, and his wife, Evelyn McGee Colbert

0: Cost, in dollars, for University students to hear Stephen Colbert speak at an unticketed Valediction ceremony this May

37-13: Final score of the Virginia men’s football team loss against the University of North Carolina last Thursday

6: Number of years it had been, before Thursday’s home game against the University of North Carolina, since the Virginia men’s team played a Thursday game at Scott Stadium

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