2: Number of potentially historic gay-marriage cases the Supreme Court heard this week
9: Number of states that currently permit gay marriage
62: Number of universities currently offering courses through Coursera
100: Number of years the IMP Society has existed at the University
8,346: State appropriation, in dollars, per in-state student for fiscal year 2012 at the University
22,105: State appropriation, in dollars, per in-state student for fiscal year 2012 at the University of North Carolina
812: Number of bills Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell reviewed by Monday’s deadline
716: Number of bills McDonnell signed into law
80: Number of bills to which McDonnell offered amendments
6: Number of bills McDonnell vetoed
3.9 million: Amount, in dollars, the Harrington family is seeking in a civil lawsuit against the event managers of Regional Marketing Concepts, Inc. for negligence the night of their daughter’s 2009 disappearance at John Paul Jones Arena
10 million: Approximate amount, in dollars, of grants the National Science Foundation offers for political-science research, which last week’s Senate budget bill stripped away
3.976 trillion: Amount, in dollars, the U.S. government spent in fiscal year 2012
75-64: Final score of the Virginia men’s basketball team’s season-ending loss to Iowa Wednesday
24: Number of points Virginia freshman guard Justin Anderson scored in Wednesday’s matchup with Iowa
5 million: Amount, in dollars, of a gift the Nursing School received to double the size of its Clinical Nurse Leader program
2: Ranking the Commerce School received on Bloomberg’s list of top undergraduate business schools
3: Number of cats the Medical Center released for adoption, ending its use of live animals for breathing-tube training
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Letters to the Editor: The resignation of University President Jim Ryan
YesterdayFollowing this resignation, The Cavalier Daily has received letters from the University community which provide various perspectives on what this moment means to them and to the University’s future.
KING: Virginia’s felons deserve the opportunity to work without discrimination
By Michael King | 2 days agoThe sealing law is one step to help place Virginia back on this path of treating its felons as equal citizens but it cannot be the last step.
SHRAUGER: We must fight against transportation deregulation
By Alex Shrauger | 5 days agoSpecifically, the reduction of funds in public transportation may leave University students stranded without convenient means of transport. But more broadly, the environmental impacts which deregulation may have are long-lasting.
