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​By the numbers

As the academic year comes to an end, the Managing Board recounts some notable numbers

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4: Number of student deaths this academic year.

221: Number of students, as of publication, who have signed a petition supporting the implementation of gender-neutral bathrooms.

27: Number of pages in “Towards a Better University,” a proposal by the Black Student Alliance.

30: Number of groups listed as supporting the BSA’s proposal.

700,000: Number of dollars in the highest salary the University pays, which is to Richard Shannon, executive vice president for Health Affairs.

1: Number of members of the Board of Visitors to resign this year.

1: Estimated number of years until the Rotunda construction is completed.

50 million: Number of dollars the Rotunda construction will cost.

61: Number of people arrested at the Foxfield Races in 2012.

7: Number of people arrested at the Foxfield Races this year.

2: Number of days left to fill out the campus climate survey on sexual assault.

5: Number of months since Rolling Stone published the now-retracted article “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA.”

0: Number of people at Rolling Stone magazine who were fired for the publication of the article.

4: Number of months until the 2015-16 academic year begins.

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