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(02/11/20 7:48pm)
The Honor Committee met Sunday evening for a general body meeting to discuss plans for a student competition and to review and vote on items that will appear on the ballot this upcoming election, which begins Feb. 26. The Committee unanimously voted to include amendments pertaining to Popular Assembly and impeachment proceedings on the ballot for upcoming student body elections.
(02/10/20 7:41pm)
Around 100 students gathered outside of the McCormick Road dorms Sunday evening for a remembrance vigil in honor of Nicholas Palatt, a first-year Engineering student who passed away Jan. 31. The ceremony included remarks from first-year College student Basak Gafoor, who was Palatt’s roommate, and First Year Council President Jared Rooker.
(02/05/20 9:16pm)
The Honor Committee decided Sunday on an official policy that dictates how the Committee will handle Honor violations — cases of lying, cheating and stealing — that arise out of Title IX investigations of sexual and gender-based harassment. Under the new policy, the Honor Committee will dismiss any report of an alleged Honor offense if the University’s Title IX Coordinator determines the conduct alleged in the Honor report was previously adjudicated, requiring Honor to consult with Title IX prior to investigating.
(02/04/20 4:44pm)
The University Board of Elections, Honor Committee and University Judiciary Committee are organizing ways to increase student voter turnout with the start of campaign season Feb. 21 and University-wide elections March 1. Positions on the ballot this year include Student Council president, representatives for Honor and UJC as well as other class and school councils.
(01/28/20 9:14pm)
The Honor Committee continued debating its proposed policy for investigating Honor violations that arise out of Title IX cases during their general body meeting Sunday night. The discussion lasted over an hour, causing the Committee to push the vote back to a later date in order to further consider the policy’s specific language. Through the policy, Honor seeks a balance between protecting the University community while also maintaining respect for other institutions on Grounds such as Title IX.
(01/22/20 8:57pm)
The Honor Committee met Sunday to discuss a proposed bylaw pertaining to cases that arise from Title IX — which receives cases of sexual and gender-based harassment and violence — and their ability to investigate them. The meeting ended without a decision, but Honor Chair Lillie Lyon, a fourth-year in the College, requested the Committee think about the articles over the week and continue their discussion Sunday, Jan. 26.
(01/20/20 5:45am)
The Miller Center hosted 200 students and community members in the Rotunda Friday afternoon for a discussion on the ongoing presidential impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
(12/27/19 7:49pm)
As the nation’s attention focuses on Capitol Hill, where President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives Dec. 18, the University’s Miller Center of Public Affairs relays information about impeachment through online publications, media appearances and live events. The Center contextualizes current events with the study of the Clinton impeachment, Nixon’s impeachment and impeachment’s early history in the United States.
(12/09/19 4:26am)
The Board of Visitors met Thursday in the Rotunda for a meeting of the Academic and Student Life Committee. The discussion focussed on topics including academic programs, international students’ quality of life and improving the mental health of students.
(12/03/19 4:57am)
Judge Norman Moon ruled Nov. 25 that Unite the Right rally organizer Elliott Kline, a prominent white supremacist also known as Eli Mosley, was found in contempt of court. Kline is one of 21 defendants implicated in the lawsuit Sines v. Kessler, filed by Charlottesville community members who were victims of the rallies.
(11/21/19 4:03am)
The Curry School of Education and Human Development launched a website Tuesday that features information about the lives of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry and William Henry Ruffner. Curry is the namesake of the University’s School of Education and Human Development, which is housed in Ruffner Hall. This is part of the school’s effort in reviewing the names and potentially changing them due to Curry and Ruffner’s support for slavery and white supremacist policies.
(11/17/19 5:56pm)
On Wednesday, 75 people gathered at Alumni Hall to close out Youth-Nex’s program entitled “Dialoging for Democracy: Youth Moral Reasoning and Social Justice.” The two-day symposium invited researchers, policy makers, professors and students to discuss how to promote productive conversations about democracy and social justice.
(11/08/19 4:59pm)
Honor held “a casual discussion of Honor in our Community of Trust” Wednesday evening on the South Lawn. The event allowed people to hear from the Honor Executive Committee, leaders of multicultural organizations, student government leaders and other members of Honor.
(10/30/19 8:25pm)
The Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson statues located in downtown Charlottesville were discovered with chipping to the features of the pedestals’ allegorical figures Wednesday morning — similar to previous vandalism that occurred earlier this month.
(10/25/19 5:07pm)
The University is wrapping up “Global Week,” which offered a series of events, such as movie screenings and cafe chats, encouraging students to make connections abroad. Students shared their experiences with securing opportunities abroad during the panel “How to Secure a Global Internship” held Wednesday evening in Garrett Hall with 50 students in attendance.
(10/24/19 3:35am)
University faculty voted Friday to make the New College Curriculum the mandatory general educational model for the future classes of the University’s College of Arts and Science. The curriculum features engagement classes that teach first-year students the themes of aesthetics, ethics, science and difference — and was launched in 2017 as a pilot in the College, with more than 500 students choosing to enroll in its inaugural year. Around 1,900 students are currently enrolled in the curriculum.