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(10/31/25 12:00pm)
With the spookiest day of the year coming up, we are looking back on the history of Halloween on Grounds in this week’s From The Archives. From trick-or-treating on the Lawn to the ghost that haunts Pavilion X, the traditions surrounding Halloween at the University have brought the surrounding community together for plenty of celebrations and spooks. 1950sOct. 31, 1952Hallowe’en Party Given by YMCA This 1952 advertisement showcases the YMCA’s Halloween Dance. Promising that 150 girls from surrounding women's-colleges will be in attendance, they assure students there won't be an all male crowd at Madison Hall. The ad teases an exciting night filled with live music from a six-piece band, dancing and refreshments.1960sOct. 31, 1963“‘Trick or Treat’ Privilege Denied University Men” In 1963, Charlottesville attempted to answer the age-old question — how old is too old to trick-or-treat? That year, the city passed an ordinance forbidding anyone over the age of 12 from wearing a disguise that concealed their identity or from participating in trick-or-treating on Halloween night.1970sOct. 28, 1974“‘It’s Enough To Scare Your Socks Off’” By Joan Baecher Photos by Bob Garsson
(10/26/25 6:31pm)
Flashing lights, a brand new orange NCAA Championship banner and rowdy fans — that is exactly what Virginia envisioned heading into its only official home dual meet Friday against North Carolina.
(10/27/25 12:11am)
One of the most exciting bands to break through the metal scene in recent years is Fleshwater, a Boston-based quintet that blends dreamy shoegaze melodies with harsh screams and crunchy alt-metal riffs. After making a name for themselves as a supporting act for Deftones and The Mars Volta earlier this year, they have finally embarked on their first full headlining tour across North America, which brought them to Jefferson Theater Friday.
(10/26/25 3:26am)
They have all been, by now, conditioned. It has been like this for five weeks. Nick Simmonds, the freshman forward, touches the ball — even just runs toward it — and the fans rumble.
(10/26/25 2:21am)
The setting was a new one. Rather than under the high ceilings of Memorial Gym, the wrestling mat was rolled out at the North Grounds Rec Center. Still, the bleachers filled with fans rich with optimism for the coming season. As the matchups for Virginia’s Blue-Orange intrasquad meet were introduced Friday, the crowd went quiet, intent to see the first display of Cavalier wrestling this year.
(10/25/25 7:56pm)
Sixty minutes is just not enough for Virginia football.
(10/25/25 5:03pm)
A small crowd slowly filled John Paul Jones Arena, filing in to fill out the lower bowl but only sparsely dotting the upper sections. No band where you might expect it to be — when the team ran onto the court it was to the metallic fanfare of recorded, not live, brass.
(10/25/25 4:00pm)
For Virginia’s opponents, this spooky season has gotten even spookier thanks to a relentless ground game. The strides of this cavalry’s powerful steeds have buffeted these crisp fall winds in the No. 16 Cavaliers’ favor, with defenders trampled across the turf by the four horsemen of Charlottesville, a group of running backs who can just about do it all.
(10/25/25 2:39am)
No. 3 Virginia field hockey reestablished an ACC winning streak Friday with a 2-0 win over Louisville, averting a fourth-quarter resurgence to clinch a victory on the road. The Cavaliers (12-1, 6-1 ACC) cruised past the Cardinals (7-8, 1-5 ACC) thanks to a pair of goals from freshman forward Mary Adams and sophomore forward Amelie Rees that kept Virginia steadily in the driver’s seat for the entirety of the match.
(10/25/25 12:04am)
No. 3 Virginia women’s soccer returned home Thursday to Klöckner Stadium to face No. 11 Florida State. The Cavaliers (10-2-3, 4-2-2 ACC), fresh off a winless three-game road stretch and in need of a resurgence, battled hard but ultimately fell 3-2 to the Seminoles (9-2-3, 5-2-2 ACC) on a last-minute goal.
(10/26/25 3:07am)
As the opening credits roll on “Urchin,” a woman’s voice rises over the sound of a bustling London street. She is holding up a Bible, preaching about salvation and the path to it — a path that will ultimately be traversed by the man who wakes up just a few feet from her, curled up on the side of the road.
(10/26/25 1:46pm)
Editor's Note: The language in this article was finalized by the author Oct. 24.
(10/24/25 7:23pm)
Coach Tony Elliott’s weekly press conference was business as usual Tuesday. Most questions revolved around last weekend’s win over Washington State or player updates.
(10/26/25 11:28pm)
Parker Sims, president of Outdoors Club and fourth-year College student, discusses her presidency, the club's student self-governance and its diversity and sustainability. She highlights breaking down barriers to the outdoors and the importance of not only getting outside as a student, but doing so with a community, such as the Outdoors Club.
(11/06/25 8:00pm)
Every year, fans pack convention centers around the world wearing painstakingly detailed costumes based on their favorite fictional characters, and some even turn it into a full-time job by marketing their skills on social media. This increasingly popular art form is known as cosplay, and unbeknownst to many, it has a home at the University that was established in 2023.
(10/25/25 6:58pm)
The University’s Digital Technology for Democracy Lab hosted an event Tuesday evening with accomplished technology journalist Karen Hao so she could discuss her latest book — “Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.” The talk was moderated by incoming Media Studies Prof. Seth C. Lewis, and Mona Sloane, co-lead of the University’s Digital Technology for Democracy Lab and assistant professor of Data Science and media studies.
(10/28/25 4:46pm)
Campus Sustainability Month is an international celebration of sustainability in colleges and universities across the world, and the University’s Office for Sustainability and Facilities Management joined in this celebration for the first time this October. The focus of the University’s CSM was “Making the Unseen, Seen” through free facility tours and online content throughout October. This theme and events offered the opportunity for the University community to get to know who and what powers Grounds from behind the scenes.
(10/25/25 2:00pm)
As both early decision and early action deadlines approach for the future Class of 2030, applicants will no longer have the opportunity to submit a supplemental essay prompt which asked about a piece of an applicants’ individual background that would serve as a strength for them at the University. The only supplemental writing prompt that remains is for applicants applying to the School of Nursing — which asks students to detail a health care-related experience or interaction that has informed their interest in the School of Nursing.
(10/24/25 1:42am)
Golden light flickered across the Lawn Tuesday as students gathered for the Hindu Students Community’s Lawn of Diwali Lights event. With food, music and warm conversation filling the crisp evening air, the event invited students of all backgrounds to take part in the celebration of Diwali, the annual Hindu “festival of lights” celebrating the triumph of light over darkness.
(10/31/25 2:00pm)
Last week, this Editorial Board was prepared to applaud Interim University President Paul Mahoney’s decision to reject the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. The Compact’s ambiguous standards and requirement of continuous federal investigation would have proven destabilizing to the University. After many community members stated these objections, the University rightly refused to sign it. Unfortunately, the new agreement between the Trump administration and the University perplexingly includes these exact destabilizing requirements — unclear benchmarks and continued investigations.
