Over the past two weeks, the Honor Committee has been discussing the plans to possibly update the Informed Retraction policy. An Informed Retraction, which is an extension of the Conscientious Retraction, allows accused students to plead guilty to charges brought to them by the committee.
The upcoming November election will be, for many students, the first presidential election they participate in. As a result, students may be spending more time discussing their views and sharing ideas about the two main candidates: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Eramo also released deposition testimony videos to ABC to be used for the television segment.
In response to concerns about safety on the Corner, the Office of the Vice President for Research cut hours for OpenGrounds, a workspace and meeting site for students and faculty.
“We will not be silenced” and “Black Lives Matter” were just some of the slogans on signs held by over 70 protesters at the Albemarle-Charlottesville chapter of the NAACP's gathering outside of Bella’s Restaurant Friday.
Garrett has been a supporter of Trump, but condemned Trump’s comments in a criticism of the nominee.
While the ASU recognized that many students have already chosen who they are going to vote for in November, the purpose of this event was to explain more about where each candidate stands on various policies.
The Iota Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha held a panel Thursday to discuss slavery and admissions at the University.
Some students leave the University for a variety of reasons, including physical and mental health reasons, personal family needs or the wish to transfer to another institution.
The ranking, which is done based on order of merit, included 5,508 ROTC candidates.
Moorer said he is thrilled by the level of engagement so far.
After graduating, many University alumni also choose to work or pursue graduate education outside the United States.
Muir previously compared the Black Lives Matter movement to the KKK in a controversial Facebook comment.
Recently, Hurricane Matthew has forced several southern universities to evacuate their entire student bodies. Although the University has never had a University-wide evacuation mandate, there are several emergency preparedness plans in place should there ever be one.
A judge agreed to throw out deposition testimony videos as court exhibits Tuesday after Eramo and her attorneys released them to ABC for a “20/20” television segment.
In their weekly meeting, Student Council passed resolutions to add several new CIO’s as well as look into the University of Virginia Investment Company’s investments related to the Strategic Investment Fund. Committee chairs also updated the general body on their recent activities.
After the release of a controversial video of Donald Trump commenting on women and sexual assault, the University chapter of College Republicans voted to revoke its endorsement of the Republican nominee. The organization held a voting period between Saturday night and 12 p.m.
University students and faculty were part of the 66.5 million people who tuned in to watch Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump participate in the second presidential debate on Sunday.
An email sent to students stated Muir would return to teach class on Oct. 17.
U.S. District Court Judge Glen Conrad has ruled to exclude a “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” episode from the trial, an exhibit originally proposed by Eramo’s lawyers.
