Law enforcement, local residents discuss Ferguson event
Members of the Charlottesville community met with local law enforcement officials Wednesday night at Ebenezer Baptist Church to attend a forum titled “Can Ferguson Happen Here?”
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Members of the Charlottesville community met with local law enforcement officials Wednesday night at Ebenezer Baptist Church to attend a forum titled “Can Ferguson Happen Here?”
After four years of stagnant production on the unfinished skeleton of the Landmark Hotel on the Downtown Mall, Charlottesville City Council must determine the fate of the East Water Street building.
As winter weather quickly approaches freezing temperatures, Charlottesville has seen increased demand for housing, clothing, food and other necessities among the city’s homeless and impoverished community members. Local homeless shelters and humanitarian organizations have teamed up to fulfill the city’s needs.
Charlottesville Judge Norman Moon heard arguments Nov. 21 about Charlottesville’s restrictions on panhandlers.
A YouTube video created by students at the University of California, Los Angeles, has garnered massive online attention and is sparking debate across the nation about race at institutions of higher education.
After an uncharacteristically tight race between Virginia State Senators Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, and Mark Herring, D-Loudoun, unofficial results posted by the Virginia State Board of Elections show that Herring currently leads the polls by a mere 164 votes more than a week after the Nov. 5 election.
The Miller Center hosted its 2013 installment of the William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy Monday afternoon, with two panels discussing lessons the United States learned from interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Provost’s Office outlines three criteria in its official Promotion and Tenure Policy for faculty to obtain tenure: student instruction, research and service. But the weight of these three criteria is not always clear.
TheCourseForum, a website intended to consolidate professor reviews and streamline the course registration process, has announced the official completion of its redesign project, just in time for spring 2014 course registration.
An anonymous group of students posted an open letter to the University community Saturday announcing the resurrection of the O.W.L. Society, a secret organization dedicated to the promotion of the literary arts.
The University Women’s Center commenced Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month last Tuesday, inviting students to commit to non-violence by leaving handprints on a “These Hands Are Not for Hurting” banner and planting red flags on the lawn.
Acting Asst. Education Prof. Ben Castleman partnered with the Workforce Competitiveness and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission to develop a text messaging service to help high school students apply for college.
The University has recently faced growing demand for the creation of an African Studies major within the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies. The major would be distinct from the existing AAS interdisciplinary major and the African Studies minor.
The families of Morgan Harrington and Alexis Murphy, two young women who have tragically gone missing from the surrounding areas, met this weekend in Albemarle County to exchange support and hope for the safe return of Murphy to her family. Harrington’s body was found three months after she disappeared in 2009 after coming to Charlottesville for a Metallica concert, and Murphy went missing earlier this summer and has yet to be found
After 82 years without any major renovations, the McCormick Road bridge underwent a complete reconstruction this summer, reopening to traffic July 29. The bridge was out of commission for all vehicles weighing more than 8 tons starting July 2012 after corrosion was found in the bridge deck.
Although many students will be gone, life on Grounds will be as busy as ever during the summer as numerous construction projects swarm the University.
Sandy Harris, the senior financial aid assistant at the Law School, was awarded the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award last Friday for her 40 years of service. The award is given annually to a University employee who works directly with students and who has dedicated at least 25 years of service to the community.
A probable case of mumps has been diagnosed within the student body, Dr. James Turner, the executive director of Student Health, said in an email to the University community Tuesday.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) announced Tuesday his decision to endorse stricter gun control policies, including universal background checks, as well as a proposed ban on certain combat-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) spoke to Politics Prof. Larry Sabato’s Introduction to American Politics class Wednesday afternoon about his career in politics.