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The Board of Visitors Buildings and Grounds Committee met Thursday to approve an addition to the Major Capital Plan — the Steele Wing Renovation in the West Complex following interior flooding in April. The Committee also heard about historical preservation efforts on Grounds.
Facing its first ranked opponent of the season, Virginia traveled to No. 15 Vanderbilt for the ACC/SEC Challenge Wednesday. Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton’s bunch fought admirably — only trailing by four points at halftime — but the Cavaliers (6-3, 0-0 ACC) struggled to avoid fouls. Virginia fell 81-68.
Just over three weeks ago, No. 17 Virginia took a successful trip down to North Carolina for a must-win contest against Duke. Saturday, the Cavaliers (10-2, 7-1 ACC) are trying to run it back to complete a sweep of the Blue Devils (7-5, 6-2 ACC), except this time, their destination is Charlotte, rather than Durham.
The University Board of Visitors will convene at Boar’s Head Resort for all of its December meetings, instead of traditionally having the majority of meetings on Grounds in the Rotunda. The venue change — which is now about a 10 minute drive from Central Grounds — has sparked concern from a legal expert about accessibility and full compliance with Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act.
The ACC announced Thursday that Coach Tony Elliott won the ACC Coach of the Year Award, following a regular season in which the team won 10 games for the second time in program history.
Modern cinematic Christmas tales hardly induce holiday cheer like the well-known old-timey classics, but today’s audiences have seldom seen these staples where they were most meant to be seen — in theaters. In the coming weeks, however, audiences may experience a selection of vintage advent films in all their glory at the Paramount Theater’s ornate auditorium in the Downtown Mall. These upcoming feel-good comedies are sure to ease viewers into a jolly, festive mood.
For as long as I can remember, my dad — who suffers from a chronic case of nostalgia — has repeated the idiomatic expression, “the days are long but the years are short.” As the second semester of my third year is underway, the phrase is even more poignant. Just yesterday it seems that I chose to attend the University. Just yesterday it seems I moved into my McCormick Road dorm. And just yesterday, it seems like I began dating my on-and-off partner of two years.
As someone in a medium-distance relationship, my weekends are often marked by my partner and I coming and going between Charlottesville and Washington, D.C.. Because of this, I’ve spent quite a few commutes on the Amtrak train with my ratty backpack and trusty duffle bag in tow.
With 2025 shockingly wrapping up, the last six weeks have become a race to nail the resolutions I made back in January. Solidcore classes are seeing me make regular appearances, and I have just now begun to force the habit of meal-prepping each Sunday instead of ordering-in come the middle of the week. Above all, I’ve cracked down on the mental goals I had aimed to achieve, like defeating imposter syndrome and practicing more patience. But despite all the scrambling and reflecting, I know that I have still not adhered to my big resolution of the year — to stop living on a countdown.
Friday, the Rotunda will glow for the 25th annual Lighting of the Lawn. The tradition that began with simple string lights has since grown into a full-scale production featuring light shows, drones and thousands of attendees packed shoulder-to-shoulder on the Lawn. Throughout the night, there will be performances by 26 groups including the Virginia Sil’hooettes and the University Singers.
Seeking revenge — or perhaps redemption — for the 2-14 beating the ACC suffered in last year’s ACC-SEC Challenge, Virginia travelled to the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, looking to prove that it, like its conference, is back at the forefront of college basketball.
With cold weather and exams looming on the horizon, students, faculty and the broader Charlottesville community can temporarily escape their troubles with one of the more colorful traditions on Grounds — Lighting of the Lawn. Occurring at the beginning of December, the event features live performances and culminates in a dazzling light show on the Rotunda and across the entire Lawn. This show is made possible by the intricate work of the Lighting of the Lawn’s lighting team.
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The Board of Visitors will convene Thursday and Friday at Boar’s Head Resort for its final set of meetings of the calendar year, with discussions expected to span the University’s research enterprise, academic program changes, major capital planning and contract authority across several University units.
Last year, Charlottesville was named the fifth happiest place to live in the U.S. — but the ranking doesn’t tell the whole story. Over the past few years, rent prices in Charlottesville have skyrocketed, pushing many long-time residents beyond the limits of Albemarle County. The city of Charlottesville also has a longstanding history of displacing minority communities. So for many residents who live in public housing, this “happiest place” looks and feels very different.
Since the abrupt resignation of former University President Jim Ryan June 27, many members of the University have been left with questions about what exactly led to Ryan’s departure. Two letters sent by Board of Visitors Rector Rachel Sheridan and Ryan Nov. 13 and 14, respectively, to the Faculty Senate outlined their perspective of the events leading to the day he resigned.
Since the Violet Crown’s opening in 2015, the theater was shown to have a different mission than the other commercial theaters in Charlottesville. While the Violet Crown’s program included some of the requisite studio blockbusters shown at Alamo Drafthouse and Regal Stonefield, it also screened independent, arthouse and international films — films which are not often screened at larger cinemas.
Editor’s Note: This article is a humor column.
The federal government cut over $60 million in research grant funding to the University in February, while other universities faced federal funding cuts in the hundreds of millions or billions of dollars.