Activists expressed the need to eliminate a public platform for all white supremacists and to protest what they believe to be an excessive police presence in Charlottesville this weekend.
Metal detectors and crowd size limits will be among the security measures imposed Saturday night on a planned demonstration by student activism group U.Va. Students United at the North Plaza of the Rotunda.
Organizer Jason Kessler received a permit from the National Park Service to hold “Unite the Right 2” in Washington, D.C. on Sunday.
The members of the class of 2021 have only known the University as it has been affected by the white nationalist rallies of last August.
As the one-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally approaches, some people have criticized security plans as an excessive and burdensome response to the failures of last year.
The heightened police presence on and around Grounds has been a cause for alarm among some students, particularly within minority communities.
Fast-casual chain Qdoba Mexican Eats closed last month after nearly 15 years of business on the Corner.
Hundreds of state troopers and other law enforcement personnel have already begun to descend upon the City as the region and state prepare for any demonstrations or other incidents of civil unrest this weekend.
The hiring of President Donald Trump's former legislative affairs director has come under criticism in recent weeks.
A look at how three professors are using the social media platform.
The announcement marks the University's first appointments of a female provost and chief operating officer.
It is currently unclear whether he will orchestrate unsanctioned demonstrations in Charlottesville.
Ryan said his approach to the presidency would be driven by a commitment to serve others — at the University and beyond.
Murphy will become interim city manager, replacing outgoing City Manager Maurice Jones.
History Profs. William Hitchcock and Melvyn Leffler wrote that the decision to hire Short “runs counter to the Center’s fundamental values.”
U.Va. has said the Rotunda's North Plaza will be closed from the evening of Aug. 10 through the morning of Aug. 13.
Last December, the City denied Kessler's request for a permit on public safety grounds.
Michael Anthony Williams II, 37, has been charged with malicious wounding.
U.Va.'s Miller Center for Public Affairs has come under fire for hiring Marc Short, President Donald Trump’s former director of legislative and intergovernmental affairs, as a senior fellow.
On the reporting deadline of June 30, Riggleman had nearly $208,000 on hand, while Cockburn had over twice that — approximately $482,000.
