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(08/03/20 5:56am)
On a late night in the fall of 2018, just as the semester was wrapping up, a Black first-year student was studying for final exams at Alderman Library when he decided to walk back to his Alderman Road dorm as the library was about to close. For no particular reason, he decided to traverse the full length of adjacent McCormick Road rather than taking a shortcut through the McCormick Road residence halls commonly used by students. Not long after he started walking, the student — who asked to be identified only as Publius for this story — said something didn't feel quite right.
(07/12/20 2:48am)
In the wake of several weeks of protests and demonstrations across the country calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality, the University’s Honor and Judiciary Committees are looking to take actions to address racial bias and a lack of diversity within their institutions by analyzing past case outcomes for racial disparities and expanding recruitment to increase diversity of their memberships.
(07/12/20 2:46am)
After gathering over 1,900 signatures from University community members and 180 signatures from student organizations on an initial draft of a letter and list of demands to be sent to University President Jim Ryan, a group of predominantly Black student activists submitted a revised statement and list of demands June 12 to the new racial equity task force recently formed by Ryan.
(07/12/20 2:39am)
After gathering over 1,900 signatures from University community members and 180 signatures from student organizations on an initial draft of a letter and list of demands to be sent to University President Jim Ryan, a group of predominantly Black student activists submitted a revised statement and list of demands June 12 to the new racial equity task force recently formed by Ryan.
(07/05/20 11:35pm)
Update, Monday 7:45 p.m.: The cemetery gate near the Confederate monument is now unlocked and open. Barricades remain around the cemetery.
(06/08/20 7:57pm)
An estimated 1,000 students and Charlottesville community members peacefully marched from downtown to the Rotunda Sunday evening calling for the removal of Confederate monuments in Charlottesville and to honor the lives of Black people who have been killed by police brutality in the U.S. — including George Floyd, an African American man who was killed in Minneapolis May 25 after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes — and Breonna Taylor, an African American woman who was killed in her apartment in March by Louisville Police during a no-knock warrant.
(05/31/20 2:39am)
Hundreds of people marched through Charlottesville Saturday to protest police brutality in the U.S. following the recent murder of George Floyd — an African American man who died in Minneapolis May 25 after a white police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes. In addition to Floyd, protesters also sought to remember the lives of Breonna Taylor — an African American woman who was killed in her apartment in March by Louisville Police during a no-knock warrant — and Sage Smith, an African American transgender woman who went missing in Charlottesville in 2012 and whose case remains unsolved.
(04/26/19 8:37pm)
Student Council approved a budget to allow for the allocation of funds to its various committees this summer at its general body meeting Tuesday night. The total budget allocates $21,593.33 — $453.31 less than the 2018 summer budget.
(04/19/19 8:18pm)
For the first time in the University’s history, the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors unanimously approved Friday to freeze in-state tuition at 2018-2019 rates for the 2019-2020 academic year in exchange for $5.52 million in additional state funding from the General Assembly.
(04/19/19 1:52am)
Student Council passed a bill during their general body meeting Tuesday evening to create an ad hoc committee on “Renaming, Recontextualizing, and Removal.” According to the bill, the committee will be responsible for “examining the history of various monuments, buildings, and historical areas on grounds, conducting interviews with stakeholders and historical experts, and creating a final report on what actions are recommended regarding each area of interest.”
(04/11/19 2:43am)
Before his first meeting with University President Jim Ryan as Student Council president, Alex Cintron said he debated if it was necessary to wear a formal jacket, shirt and tie for the discussion. Instead, to the meeting with Ryan, Cintron opted to wear a Guayabera, a casual four-pocket shirt popular in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
(04/11/19 8:42pm)
Student Council held its annual inauguration ceremony Sunday in the Chapel to swear in officers elected by the student body in February and reflect on the past Student Council term. Approximately 40 people attended the ceremony, most of them current, incoming or outgoing Student Council members.
(04/04/19 2:40am)
As the 2018-2019 academic year begins to wind down, the University’s Honor and Judiciary Committees are beginning the annual process of transitioning administrations which formally took place April 1. In an interview with The Cavalier Daily, Ory Streeter, fourth-year Medical student and outgoing Honor chair, and Kevin Warshaw, fourth-year Engineering student and outgoing UJC chair, reflected upon their time in office and the achievements of their respective organizations during the past year.
(03/29/19 5:56pm)
Student Council’s Representative Body voted unanimously to pass a resolution in support of the Muslim communities of New Zealand, Charlottesville, the United States and the world during their general body meeting Tuesday. The resolution follows the terrorist attack in New Zealand March 15 when an armed gunman and white supremacist killed 50 people at the Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Muslim Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand.
(03/21/19 3:35am)
As the University looks to increase its minimum wage for all full-time employees on Grounds, a variety of legal barriers may complicate that endeavor for those who are employed by external contractors rather than the University itself. President Jim Ryan announced March 7 that the minimum wage for full-time employees eligible for benefits will be increased to $15 per hour by Jan. 1, 2020.
(03/08/19 9:34pm)
Third-year College student and current Chair of the Representative Body Ellie Brasacchio announced the appointment of Ellen Yates to the position of chief of cabinet at Student Council’s general body meeting Tuesday. Yates is a second-year College student and the current Student Life Committee chair.
(02/20/19 4:57am)
The Student Council Representative Body voted unanimously Tuesday to confirm the appointment of second-year College student Diana Gaiter as chair of the Diversity Engagement Committee. The committee was established in April 2018 and is tasked with cooperating with multicultural student organizations and University administration on issues relating to diversity and aims to offer resources for students from a variety of backgrounds.
(02/18/19 4:04am)
Student Council’s Representative Body passed a resolution last Tuesday calling on Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D-Va.) to resign and calling for an investigation into the accusations of sexual assault against Fairfax.
(02/19/19 4:04am)
The Honor Committee’s recently-released Bicentennial Report includes extensive demographic data analysis of the body’s reporting rate for students at the University since 2012 — including statistics which reveal a disproportionately high reporting rate of Asian American and international students.
(02/21/19 4:26am)
The Honor Committee’s recently-released Bicentennial Report includes an in-depth review and analysis of the Committee’s Informed Retraction (IR) since its implementation in 2013. The report finds that the sanction option has reduced the number of hearings necessary in the adjudication process while also decreasing the number of guilty hearing outcomes.