Inter-Fraternity Council lifts ban on in-person gatherings
By William Mann | April 2, 2021Both the IFC and ISC first suspended all in-person gatherings Feb. 26 following a record-breaking spike in new cases the week of Feb. 14.
Both the IFC and ISC first suspended all in-person gatherings Feb. 26 following a record-breaking spike in new cases the week of Feb. 14.
For now, students are urged to continue compliance with public health measures including mask-wearing, social-distancing and attending weekly prevalence testing appointments.
The University also said that there may be a need to continue some public health guidelines, but that they will be “much less restrictive” than those in place currently.
The Robert E. Lee statue was first erected in 1924 in what was then known as Lee Park, while the Stonewall Jackson statue was erected in 1921 in then-Jackson Park.
The first day of the walk out included an itinerary of events students could attend centered around mental health and proactive engagement to draw attention to the groups demands.
Abel Liu, chair of the representative body and third-year College student, and third-year College student Rep. Ryan Alcorn sponsored the resolution.
The Innocence Project estimates that between 2.5 percent to 5 percent of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent.
Governor Ralph Northam has until March 31 to propose new amendments, so the budget’s impact on tuition for the next two fiscal years is uncertain.
Quarantine and isolation housing are currently at 1 percent occupancy each.
The University will release its full plan for fall 2021 operations by April 1, but it is still too early to tell whether HRL will have to set aside space for University isolation and quarantine housing.
The panel included Theodore Johnson, senior fellow at The Brennan Center for Justice, Georgetown University politics professor Diana Owen and RealClearPolitics senior election analyst Sean Trende.
6,187 students were accepted in February after submitting early action applications and 968 were accepted in December through binding early decision applications.
A large number of students traveled to Danville’s Community Vaccination Center earlier this week in hopes of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.
Even though the state has not used the death penalty since 2017, Virginia has administered a total of 1,400 executions in its history.
Undergraduates who paid full-time spring tuition can take a Session I course at no additional cost, if they have not earned more than 33 credits total over fall, J-term and spring semesters.
Virginia residents can pre-register for the vaccine online or by calling 1-877-VAX-IN-VA.
The student member of the Board of Visitors works to give students a better understanding of how the Board and the University’s administration works.
In a traditional year, thousands of people — including graduating students, parents, guests and faculty members — come together on the Lawn to celebrate graduating students.
With third year looming on the horizon, second-year students are starting to look toward the second half of their time at the University with hopes for a more typical college experience.
The University previously increased the outdoor gathering limit to 10 on March 11 following declining new COVID-19 cases.