University cancels classes
The University announced it had cancelled classes at 6 a.m. Monday, March 3, marking the third instructional day the University has lost to snow this academic year. Classes restart Tuesday at 10 a.m.
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The University announced it had cancelled classes at 6 a.m. Monday, March 3, marking the third instructional day the University has lost to snow this academic year. Classes restart Tuesday at 10 a.m.
The University Board of Elections announced the results of this year’s student body elections Friday evening at Jefferson Hall, including an uncontested College Judiciary Committee election and several more hotly-contested class- and school-specific races.
The Board of Visitors announced the appointment of third-year College student Meg Gould as its student member Saturday. Gould will replace fourth-year College student Blake Blaze when his term ends June 1.
Politics Prof. Larry Sabato announced he will no longer teach his introductory course in American politics — PLAP 1010 — after this semester. Sabato said the decision is partially personal and partially related to politics department staffing concerns.
The Batten School has announced the hiring of Econ Profs. Isaac Mbiti and Jay Shimshack to join the Batten School’s 39 existing faculty members.
The Honor Committee voted 18-3 Sunday evening to place a non-binding resolution on the student elections ballot asking whether students would prefer non-proctored exams. Five members of the Committee were absent and the Chair did not vote.
Charlottesville Fire Department Spokesperson Richard Jones said the Department responded to a call about a fire in Little Johns on The Corner at 2:18 PM on Friday.
After a few minutes of discussion Sunday night, the Honor Committee voted unanimously to change its meeting schedule to better engage Committee members in discussion about key projects. The vote reflects an internal Committee change, rather than a bylaw reform.
Derrick Johnson, Sr., 27, was charged with raping a Charlottesville resident by force earlier this month on the 1200 block of Jefferson Park Avenue, according to a University Police press release.
This article is the last of a three-part series. The first article addressed the honor system’s past and the second addressed present issues the Committee faces. This article discusses potential solutions to long-term problems the Committee faces.
Fourth-year College students Evan Behrle and Charlie Tyson accepted Rhodes Scholarships Saturday. Tyson, the executive editor of The Cavalier Daily, and Behrle, the chair of the Honor Committee, are the 49th and 50th Rhodes Scholarship winners from the University.
The Honor Committee released its state-funded and endowment-funded budgets for 2013 to The Cavalier Daily on Thursday. The Committee’s total budget is $179,031, with $117,446 drawing from the Committee’s endowment and the other $61,585 from state funding.
Virginia’s status as a key swing state in Presidential elections has caused many people to turn to Virginia as a predictor of national midterm elections. With Virginia gubernatorial elections quickly approaching on November 5, Republican Candidate Ken Cuccinelli and Democratic Candidate Terry McAuliffe strive to not only win the Virginia election, but to also influence national elections.
Last Sunday, the University Judiciary Council chose fourth-year College student Teddy Kristek to fill a vacant representative slot. Kristek served for about two years as a counselor before assuming the representative role.
The First Year Judiciary Committee elected first-year College students John Connolly and Sumedha Deshmukh as Chair and Vice-Chair of FYJC, the University Judiciary Committee announced Sunday.
The University Judiciary Committee passed a bylaw change shrinking the First-Year Judiciary Committee from 17 to 12 members and passed a resolution requiring Judiciary Committee members to sign up for 12 trials each semester.
During its first general body meeting of the semester, the University Judiciary Committee discussed reducing the size of the First-Year Judiciary Committee and making accompanying changes to the organization’s training methods.
The Honor Committee continued to discuss a proposal to combine support officer roles during its meeting Sunday evening. The combination of roles expressed in the bylaws would go hand-in-hand with combined recruitment and training of support officers.
Second-year College student Mary Goldsmith passed away Saturday evening in a Washington, D.C. hospital. Goldsmith, who went by Shelley, was a Jefferson Scholar and active member of the University community.
On Thursday, about 40 first-year students attended the Honor Committee’s annual mock trial in Gilmer Hall.