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By the numbers: year in review

As the year comes to a close, the editorial board recounts some notable numbers

2: The number of women in the list of top 20 earners employed by the University in the 2015-16 academic year

6: The number of points that kept U.Va.’s men’s basketball team from moving past Syracuse in the Elite Eight

59: The percentage of students who voted in favor of Option 2, which would allow the Honor Committee to introduce lesser sanctions to the Honor system

60: The percentage of students required for the passage of an Honor Committee’s constitutional amendment

1 in 4: The rate of women who experience sexual assault or misconduct at U.Va., according to a campus climate survey published last semester

51: The number of University students who have received Rhodes Scholarships since the scholarship’s establishment in 1903, including one this year

4: The number of consecutive life sentences Jesse Matthew Jr. received for the murders of Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington

3 million: The number of dollars for which Martese Johnson is suing the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

20: The number of arrests at the Foxfield races this year

7: The number of arrests at the Foxfield races last year

1.5: The percentage by which in-state tuition will increase for the 2016-17 academic year, down from an initial increase of 3 percent

28.9: The acceptance rate for high school students who applied to enter the incoming class of 2020

Graphic by Kriti Sehgal

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