4,000: The estimated number of people in attendance at this year’s Block Party
6,000: The estimated number of people in attendance at last year’s Block Party
19: The number of summonses issued by police at the festivities
2: The number of arrests the same night
2.3 billion: The number of dollars the University has been accused of keeping in a “slush fund”
4-8: The University football team’s record in 2015
3.25 million: The number of dollars in Bronco Mendenhall’s salary
18: The number of athletes the University sent to the summer Olympics
2: The number of medals swimmer Leah Smith won at the Olympics, netting one bronze and one gold
394 million: The number of dollars the University’s Medical Center renovation project will cost
13,000: The number of felons for whom Gov. Terry McAuliffe restored voting rights
2: The number of counts of child pornography possession with which Associate Prof. Walter Francis Korte Jr. was charged
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