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Someone you know — sexual assault at the University

By Anna Perina | April 1, 2013

The national press surged on Steubenville, Ohio in March, as two high school football players — aged 16 and 17 — were convicted of raping a 16-year-old classmate while she was too intoxicated to give consent. The nationwide conversations about rape culture, prevention and policy that the trial prompted remain particularly relevant on college campuses across the country.

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Arts & Sciences Graduate students see tuition increase

By Grace Hollis | March 25, 2013

A recent proposal to raise graduate school tuition for doctoral candidates by nearly $4,000 for the next academic year is part of an effort to ultimately lower tuition costs, according to Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Programs Philip Zelikow. Monday Feb.

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A community of mental wellness

By Sarah Younes | March 4, 2013

After a series of mass shootings grabbed the national spotlight this past year, concerns about access to mental health resources came to the forefront of the national agenda.

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A broken system

By Grace Hollis and Jonathan Sheppard | February 19, 2013

Members of the University community remain conflicted on next week’s Restore the Ideal vote, when students will decide whether to implement two hotly contested reforms into the Honor Committee’s constitution and bylaws.

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University ID system leaves students vulnerable

By Andrew Elliott | February 3, 2013

The University security system that relies heavily on ID cards, used for everything from library printers to residential halls, may in fact rest more on the community of trust than technological safeguards, according to a series of student projects for a class taught by Computer Science Asst.

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Living Wage: the campaign through the years

By Zainab Al-Sayegh | February 27, 2012

The confrontation between the Living Wage Campaign and University officials reached the boiling point recently as student activists initiated a hunger strike and began protesting across the street from the office of University President Teresa Sullivan.

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From Wall Street to Lee Park: behind the Occupy Charlottesville movement

By Sarah Hunter Simanson | November 28, 2011

Occupy Charlottesville activists may stay in Lee Park indefinitely until another location can be found, Charlottesville officials announced last Tuesday. Previously, the City had imposed a deadline of Thanksgiving for the group's occupation of the park, but the City extended the movement's permit last Tuesday. The continuation is the latest part of the Occupy Charlottesville saga, which traces its beginnings to September in New York City. How 'Occupy Wall Street' spread A group of activists began to protest Sept.

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University Judiciary Committee in focus

By Michelle Davis | October 31, 2011

The University Judiciary Committee usually acts behind closed doors. But earlier this month when the five members of The Cavalier Daily managing board faced UJC charges for allegedly violating the confidentiality of an honor proceeding, coverage in The Cavalier Daily, The Washington Post and other publications called attention to UJC procedures. When Cavalier Daily Editor-in-Chief Jason Ally’s case went to trial Oct.

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Striving to be sustainable

By Abby Mergenmeier | October 3, 2011

The Board of Visitors agreed in June to cut the University's greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by the year 2025, citing the school's "tradition of environmental stewardship" and pledging to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions to 250,000 metric tons from 2009 levels of 330,000 metric tons. Concern about lowering the University's environmental impact extends to more than this single issue, however.

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AccessUVa faces

By Audrey Waldrop | September 19, 2011

In light of the changing environment at the University and in higher education, the Board of Visitors outlined plans for a review of the AccessUVa program at its meeting Friday. The University faces a new dynamic with administrative turnovers and an expanding student base.

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