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(04/04/18 4:57am)
Less than two weeks after Albemarle County Circuit Court judge Cheryl Higgins dismissed the felony perjury case of Jason Kessler — a well-known white nationalist and organizer of the deadly Unite the Right rally last August — for a prosecutorial misstep, the elected Commonwealth’s Attorney Robert Tracci filed a motion to resurrect the suit.
(04/03/18 4:45am)
Dean of Students Allen Groves sent a University-wide email to the student body Monday night warning of a viral anti-Muslim campaign set for April 3. Fliers advocating for violent threats against Muslims on what the fliers called “Punish a Muslim Day” were originally circulated in the United Kingdom, where the dissemination has led to a counter-terrorism investigation, according to Snopes.
(03/28/18 4:57am)
Members and leaders of the League of the South — a neo-Confederate organization whose members marched with white nationalists at the deadly Unite the Right rally last August — have been barred from returning to Charlottesville in groups of two or more armed with any form of weaponry, though they can return to the city unarmed. The consent decree signed by Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Richard Moore March 14 came in an ongoing suit filed by the city government, local businesses and neighborhood associations to prevent mobilization of private “alt-right” militias in the City of Charlottesville.
(03/21/18 5:24am)
Jason Kessler, a local white nationalist and organizer of the deadly Unite the Right rally last August, had the perjury charge he was facing dismissed in Albemarle Circuit Court Tuesday.
(03/21/18 5:24am)
The University’s proposed Brandon Avenue development has hit a potential stumbling block as Mayor Nikuyah Walker is asking that U.Va. pay for City-owned property it had hoped to use for free in the development of a new “green street.”
(03/20/18 4:53am)
Nearly 100 community members and stakeholders joined the University, members of the Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents and other advocacy groups in CitySpace on the Downtown Mall Saturday for a full day of discussion about public and affordable housing. The conference consisted of four panels of local and national experts who highlighted the importance of activism and community involvement in affordable housing.
(03/13/18 5:15am)
The owner of the now-razed Excel Inn & Suites has submitted a proposal to the City of Charlottesville to rebuild the hotel under a new design and name — the Gallery Court Hotel. The proposed Gallery Court Hotel sits near Carr’s Hill and Lambeth Field Apartments at 140 Emmet Street.
(03/13/18 3:12am)
The University is hosting a conference on public housing and gentrification in Charlottesville alongside the Public Housing Association of Residents, the Legal Aid Justice Center, the Charlottesville Low Income Housing Coalition and the Grassroots Humanities Collaboration. The conference — which focuses on addressing the lack of affordable housing Charlottesville — will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 17 at City Space in downtown Charlottesville.
(03/09/18 4:01am)
Jason Kessler, a local white nationalist and organizer of the deadly Unite the Right rally last August, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the City of Charlottesville and City Manager Maurice Jones for denying him a permit for a Unite the Right anniversary rally planned for Aug. 11 and 12, 2018. Kessler is seeking injunctive action to force the City to allow the protest, as well as compensatory damages and a judgement that declares the City violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights — specifically, his rights to free speech, assembly and petition.
(03/07/18 5:17pm)
Charlottesville City Council approved a $75,000 marketing grant for the Downtown Mall at its meeting Monday. It also heard presentations on the proposed budgets for the City Manager and School Board and discussed the lease of the McIntire Building, which houses the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.
(03/02/18 4:13am)
The Board of Visitors Buildings and Grounds Committee convened Thursday in the Rotunda to sign off on the new softball stadium location and review revisions to the 2018 Capital Plan. The committee also approved the construction of the Comprehensive Breast Center, a proposed clinical service and research center near the U.Va. Community Oncology practice on Pantops.
(02/24/18 2:36am)
Over 10 people gathered at Clark Hall Thursday night to protest and disrupt an event hosted by the Brody Jewish Center and Hoos for Israel. University Police Department officers responded to the group gathering and sounds of shouting, and received a report that an assault occurred prior to their arrival. The UPD is continuing to investigate the incident, the department’s Crime Prevention Coordinator Benjamin Rexrode told The Cavalier Daily in an email.
(02/23/18 10:51pm)
Third-year College student Alex Cintron was elected Student Council President Friday, winning 59.8 percent of the University-wide vote. Cintron has been a member of Student Council since his first year at the University and he has most recently served as Student Council’s Vice President for Administration.
(02/21/18 6:19pm)
University Architect Alice Raucher will suggest a soccer and lacrosse practice field near Klockner Stadium and Davenport Field as the location for a proposed softball stadium to the Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board of Visitors next Thursday. If the Board approves the plans, Raucher hopes the new stadium will be open by February 2020, in time for the first game of the season.
(02/21/18 6:31am)
During a public hearing for the renaming of Emancipation and Justice Parks Tuesday night, the Charlottesville City Council decided that the City will seek names from the local community by putting the matter to a public vote. Councilors noted that neither Lee, Jackson nor Emancipation will be accepted as suggestions.
(02/20/18 5:04am)
The Birdwood Golf Course, home to both the University golf teams and a publicly-available facility housed at the Boar’s Head Resort, is scheduled to undergo renovations in the coming year. The privately-financed makeover will update the greens and irrigation systems, as well as expand the course for eligibility to professional championship play. Birdwood was originally built in 1984.
(02/19/18 7:30am)
This is a transcript of an interview The Cavalier Daily conducted with Alex Cintron, a third-year College student and candidate for Student Council president. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
(02/15/18 7:47am)
The University sent offers to 47 rising fourth-year students Tuesday for Lawn rooms for the 2018-19 school year. Living in a Lawn room — the original dorms for the University — is an honor reserved for students with a record of “unselfish service to the University and Charlottesville/Albemarle County communities, and achievement in their respective fields of activity and academics,” the Office of the Dean of Students’ website reads.
(02/21/18 6:32am)
The Castle — a dining hall and hangout spot located in the basement of the first-year dorm Bonnycastle House — is currently under architectural and culinary renovation along with other dorms located along McCormick Road. The space is set to reopen with the start of the 2018 fall semester and will feature a vegan and vegetarian menu. Aramark, the University’s dining service, is working with the University Facilities Management in the reconstruction.
(02/08/18 7:02am)
The University’s first Media Studies graduate degree — a master of arts in Media, Culture and Technology — has been approved by the Faculty Senate and is pending Board of Visitors and state legislative confirmation to begin at an undetermined date. Though the department has previously offered several graduate-level courses on a selective basis, it does not award any master’s or other postgraduate degrees.