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(10/04/12 10:23pm)
Charlottesville Police have arrested a man in connection with the sexual assault of a University student on the morning of Sept. 23. The victim, a 17-year-old student, reported that she was assaulted after being forced into a bathroom at a party she was attending on the 1200 block of Wertland Street.
Police have charged Manneh Vay, a 21-year-old Charlottesville resident with rape, sodomy and abduction in connection with the assault. Vay is currently incarcerated at the Charlottesville/Albemarle County Regional Jail where he awaits trial in the Juvenile Domestic Relations Court.
Charlottesville Police Lieut. Ronnie Roberts declined to comment further on the arrest.
(10/03/12 5:23am)
Fewer burglaries and robberies occurred last year at the University than had taken place in 2010, according to a safety report the University Police released this week that compiled information about criminal activity on Grounds in 2011.
(10/03/12 3:26am)
The culture of drinking in the United States is very distinct from the majority of the Western world. In most countries, the drinking age is at most 18, and children are regularly allowed to consume alcohol with their families and even in public well before then. Part of this has to do with the larger culture of the United States as compared to other countries — alcohol is not integrated into our meals and is not central to our economic and cultural identity like it is in France or Italy. The United States’ values are much more puritanical than those of our continental counterparts, so we tend not to promote actively the consumption of beer or wine as a normal, safe part of our diet. Our legal drinking age is indicative of these values, but has many consequences that I believe necessitate a change.
(09/10/12 5:32am)
Two contradictory impulses of the 24-hour news cycle have done some bad things to the news business. Or maybe they just amplified bad traits that were already there. In the rush to be the first to report breaking news, things that are simply wrong get published and posted and broadcast. When Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died recently, one network identified the astronaut on its website as Neil Young.
(09/05/12 6:25am)
Some students are concerned that policy changes implemented by the University in the two and a half years since former University student Yeardley Love was murdered by her ex-boyfriend George Huguely haven’t been as effective at making the community aware of the signs of relationship abuse as administrators intended.
(04/17/12 2:52pm)
Take Back the Night, a five-day series of events which raises awareness about sexual violence, kicked off yesterday evening in the Kaleidoscope Room of Newcomb Hall with a panel discussion about dating survivors of gender-based violence.
(04/12/12 9:06am)
In recent years, the decriminalization of marijuana has generated widespread support, and states have begun to use this policy to balance \nbudgets and allocate resources. Thirteen states have already decriminalized possession of marijuana, and several others are currently considering this policy. You may be asking: Why have so many states already adopted this legislation? Del. Harvey Morgan (R-Gloucester) has publicly supported decriminalization because current laws "place a huge burden on law enforcement, prisons, and the judicial system." We need more public officials like Morgan in Virginia who put politics aside to focus on sensible and efficient lawmaking. It is in Virginia's best interest to join the growing wave of support for decriminalization and reap the economic and social benefits this policy has to offer.
(04/04/12 8:25am)
The Honor Committee recently discussed a report, "What is dishonorable behavior?," which proposed to expand the Committee's role by \nincorporating University Judiciary Committee and Sexual Assault Board trials. The report also mentioned expanding the Committee's jurisdiction to allow it to hold trials for offenses such as failing to pay rent, using illegal drugs or buying alcohol for underage people. A move in this direction by the Committee would be a mistake. Almost nothing could be worse than allowing the Committee to expand its reach into new domains.
(03/22/12 6:58am)
Update: The Cavalier Daily printed an editorial in last Thursday's paper titled "Loveless," which criticized the scheduling of a bar night at Boylan Heights to raise money for the One Love Foundation, a charity established in honor of Yeardley Love. The Managing Board would like to offer a correction to the piece. Official spokespersons for One Love have indicated the organization had no knowledge of the Boylan Heights event prior to the editorial's publication and said it did not reserve the venue for Saturday. The Managing Board apologizes to the Love family and others involved in the One Love Foundation for any undeserved distress caused by the errors present in the editorial. The Managing Board also regrets that its oversight in not calling the One Love Foundation to verify what was presented as fact has distracted from what was intended to be a serious point about the problems of holding a drinking event to honor the memory of someone murdered by an abuser of alcohol.
(03/19/12 10:11am)
Two Honor Committee representatives advanced a proposal yesterday evening which would create a collective trial process for "dishonorable" behavior involving the Committee, the University Judiciary Committee and the Sexual Assault Board.
(03/19/12 6:40am)
To the members of the University Greek community,
(03/12/12 8:16am)
University Judiciary Committee Chair Victoria Marchetti yesterday evening proposed 11 articles which, if all passed by the UJC, will result in a new version of its bylaws.
(11/18/11 6:35am)
11,417: Number of individuals who applied for admission to the University through its new early action program, which had a deadline of Nov. 1
(11/17/11 7:09am)
The Virginia State Crime Commission debated a bill yesterday proposed by former Del. Paula Miller, D-Norfolk, which would transfer the leadership of sexual assault cases on college campuses from university police to local or state police.
(11/15/11 5:52am)
The Richmond Times-Dispatch released an analysis of forcible sex crimes at seven Virginia universities this week which found that no cases involving student-on-student assault resulted in criminal prosecution from 2008 through 2010.
(11/10/11 6:12am)
Free tattoos, lucrative deals with agents and free luxury SUV rentals are one thing. What's happening at Penn State is a completely different animal.
(10/20/11 5:45am)
Women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rates of domestic violence. Approximately 32 percent of college students are victims of dating violence. When we think about domestic violence - intimate partner violence - we usually associate the word with a physical act of violence involving a married couple. We rarely label unhealthy college relationships in the same category despite the harsh statistics.
(10/19/11 7:14am)
The University is holding a week-long series of nine lectures organized by student interns at the Women's Center's Sexual and Domestic Violence Services to raise awareness of domestic violence in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness month.
(09/26/11 6:23am)
A stranger attacked Caitlin Mahoney, a University alumna of the class of 2009, from behind as she left the Downtown Mall with a friend Oct. 17, 2010. The attack occurred in a well-lit, heavily trafficked area, just a few steps away from the Charlottesville Police department, Mahoney said. The following spring, Mahoney reached out to The Cavalier Daily in a letter to share her story and the research she later conducted in hopes of initiating a “loud, unified stance” against sexual assaults in the Charlottesville community.
(09/16/11 1:12pm)
The Board of Visitors unanimously approved the University Judiciary Committee's proposed revisions to its Standards of Conduct yesterday, redefining sexual misconduct and expanding the jurisdiction of UJC policy.
