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(03/02/24 9:36pm)
The Board of Visitors’ Academic and Student Life Committee spoke on the recent U.Va. Apartheid Divest referendum — which calls on the University to submit itself to an external audit of its investments and divest from companies profiting from Israeli human rights violations — in its meeting Thursday evening. The Board also voted to approve new degree programs and discontinue ones with low student enrollment.
(03/03/24 2:21am)
The Board of Visitors’ Advancement Committee discussed the success of the Honor the Future campaign during their meeting Thursday. The campaign, which supports the University’s academic programs and capital projects, surpassed the University’s $5 billion fundraising goal Dec. 22, reaching a total of $5.1 billion through Feb. 19. This number puts the campaign — which intended to reach the $5 billion mark by July 2025 — well ahead of its initial projections.
(03/02/24 3:41am)
The Board of Visitors’ Buildings and Grounds Committee voted to recommend renaming Alderman Library to Edgar Shannon Library during its Thursday meeting. The recommendation moves the proposal ahead to the Full Board which convened Friday. The Board also approved designs for a North Grounds parking garage and Darden student housing during the Committee’s meeting.
(03/01/24 10:51pm)
The University released admissions decisions for the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the McIntire School of Commerce over the past week. Batten released its decisions Feb. 23 and offered admission to 69 percent of applicants, an 11 percent decrease compared to the previous year. The McIntire School of Commerce also released decisions for its B.S. in Commerce program Monday, however the exact data on the number of applicants admitted will not be available until transfer applications are processed later in the semester, according to Deputy University Spokesperson Bethanie Glover.
(03/01/24 4:07pm)
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(03/01/24 2:04am)
In a season full of solid wins and ghastly losses, the Cavaliers (21-8, 12-6 ACC) seem to have found their path to victory. When Coach Tony Bennett’s squad scores 70 or more points in a game, the team is a perfect 10-0. Against the Eagles (15-13, 6-11 ACC), Virginia lit up the scoreboard through a stream of three-point shots and came away with the 72-68 win.
(03/01/24 8:12am)
The Inter-Fraternity Council announced in a statement Tuesday that all social events and new member activities for IFC fraternities are suspended until 11:59 p.m. March 20, and that all new members must be initiated by March 24. This suspension, according to the statement, comes as a direct result of the alleged hazing incident at Kappa Sigma fraternity Feb. 21. Ben Ueltschey, president of the IFC and third-year College student, said the incident led to the hospitalization of a student.
(03/16/24 8:56pm)
Both casual and chronic social media users have been stumped with the same question for months — how did George Santos go from someone who illegally spent his political donors’ money on OnlyFans and Botox to an apparent icon earning six figures from fans buying personalized messages on Cameo? Looking into the current rise of the informal interview tells us more about how something like this could possibly happen.
(03/10/24 6:09pm)
Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record label, and TikTok, one of the fastest-growing social media platforms in internet history, could have reigned the virtual realm together — but alas, the two have failed to renew their music licensing deal, resulting in UMG pulling its artist music from the app altogether Feb. 1. Now, TikTok videos that previously featured the music of UMG artists — like Taylor Swift, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo and more — have had these sounds removed, and new videos cannot be made with those artists’ songs.
(03/01/24 7:36am)
Student Council passed a resolution that calls on the University to increase public access to information about dependency overrides — a process for students to annul any financial aid dependence on their parents — at its General Body meeting Tuesday. Student Council also voted to support a Virginia House bill mandating that sexual assault forensic examiners be available across universities in the Commonwealth and tabled a resolution that would establish bylaws for its new Endowment Advisory Council.
(03/02/24 3:56am)
The 2010s were inundated with big-budget blockbusters, with studios like Marvel churning out content on a yearly basis. Though many of these projects were well-executed, the formulaic approach and studio oversight led to these films often feeling safe or undaring. However, with his singular, unfettered vision in his newest film “Dune: Part Two,” director Denis Villeneuve has defied this benchmark of lackluster blockbusters.
(02/28/24 6:04pm)
Since the golden age of Virginia men’s basketball began in 2013-2014, the Cavaliers (20-8, 11-6 ACC) have missed the NCAA Tournament just once — a lost season in 2022. As the calendar flipped from 2023 to 2024, it looked like Virginia might miss March Madness for the second time in three seasons.
(02/28/24 5:08am)
The Board of Visitors will convene Wednesday to Friday to vote on renaming Alderman Library as The Edgar Shannon Library, as well as discuss the completion of the “Honor the Future” $5 billion fundraising campaign. Also on the agendas are the plans for a North Grounds parking garage and Darden student housing, as well as a longer discussion with University leadership about artificial intelligence.
(02/28/24 5:33am)
The Honor Committee unanimously voted to approve changes to their bylaws at their meeting Sunday, entailing a transformation of the vice chair for treasury role and new descriptions of the Committee’s subcommittees. The Committee also debated options for revising the sanctions policy to use previous cases as precedent more often.
(02/28/24 4:38am)
No. 13 Virginia baseball traveled to Jacksonville, Fla. this weekend to compete in the inaugural Jacksonville College Baseball Classic. After a 3-0 sweep against Hofstra last weekend and a midweek victory against Old Dominion, the Cavaliers (7-0, 0-0 ACC) managed to pull out two comeback wins against Wichita State and Iowa before sealing the weekend sweep against No. 23 Auburn in The Sunshine State.
(02/28/24 4:00am)
Over 250 students, families and visitors filled Newcomb Ballroom Saturday evening for “A Taste of the East,” the Ethiopian-Eritrean Student Association’s fifth annual art showcase and charity event. Centered on this year’s theme “Love from the East,” the sold-out celebration empowered attendees to embrace the vibrant traditions that make up East African culture.
(03/05/24 3:21am)
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(02/27/24 5:49am)
No. 6 Virginia women’s tennis traveled to Louisville Sunday to play at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center in a quick turnaround from their Friday match at Notre Dame. However, the turnaround did not appear to phase the Cavaliers (10-2, 2-0 ACC), as they easily defeated the unranked Cardinals (4-5, 0-2 ACC) 6-1.
(02/27/24 4:33am)
Virginia men’s lacrosse faced Ohio State Sunday afternoon in a game that ended up being a tale of two halves. The No. 3 Cavaliers (3-0, 0-0 ACC) used a blistering start to take a 10-3 lead into halftime, but the No. 20 Buckeyes (4-1, 0-0 Big Ten) recovered for a more competitive second half. The Cavaliers, though, maintained a buffer that never shrank to less than five goals and emerged with a 14-8 win.
(02/29/24 12:31am)
This year is proving to be a major and transformative one for popular music, with industry titans like Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Beyoncé and more all announcing albums set to drop this spring. Some of these artists have already released lead singles to grow the already significant anticipation for these upcoming projects.