A compilation of statements issued throughout the day Wednesday in response to the arrest of third-year College student Martese Johnson.
The Law school hosted Anthony Picarello, general council for the U.S. Conference of Bishops, for a talk about how the Catholic Church defines religious freedom and to debunk some of the misperceptions surrounding religious freedom in American society. The event was sponsored by the St.
The University chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms placed 1,100 black flags on the South Lawn Monday to represent the 1,100 college students who die by suicide every year.
The University Honor Committee elected its executive board for the 2015-16 academic term this weekend during an Honor Committee retreat at Graves Mountain Lodge.
Roughly 45 students and faculty attended Dr. Alfredo Artiles’s lecture Monday titled “Culture in Disability in the Global Era: Interdisciplinary Notes for New Research Programs.” The Curry School hosted Artiles as part of the Walter N. Ridley Distinguished Speaker Series.
Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine (SPJP) displayed an apartheid wall Monday outside of Newcomb to represent Israeli Apartheid Week — an international event at the end of February which raises awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In a hearing set for Thursday, Mar. 26 at 10 a.m. Martese Johnson will plea not guilty of two charges — obstruction of justice and public intoxication. Johnson was arrested around 12:45 a.m.
Following an investigation spanning several months and hundreds of police hours, Charlottesville police are suspending the investigation into the alleged sexual assault detailed in a November Rolling Stone article, finding no evidence to corroborate any of the article’s central claims pertaining to the assault.
Black Student Alliance President Joy Omenyi, a fourth-year College student, and BSA Political Action Chair Aryn Frazier, a second-year College student, sat down with The Cavalier Daily to reflect on the events of the last several days.
The altercation between third-year College student Martese Johnson and Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control officers early Wednesday morning brought lawmakers’ attention back to legislation proposed by Senator Creigh Deeds to remove law-enforcing powers from the ABC.
In an effort to combat the rising number of heroin-related deaths, Governor Terry McAuliffe signed Executive Order 29 last September, establishing the Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse.
The Richmond chapter of Black Action Now — an organization promoting awareness of Black issues — held a protest and die-in on Wednesday in support of Martese Johnson drawing roughly 50 Virginia Commonwealth University students, who marched around campus.
Interactions between third-year College student Martese Johnson and bouncers outside Trinity Irish Pub Tuesday night were cordial and fairly standard, Trinity owner Kevin Badke said in a limited exclusive interview with The Cavalier Daily.
Students pressed representatives from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Charlottesville Police Department and the University Police Department at a question and answer session organized by Student Council in response to the arrest of third-year College student Martese Johnson Friday at 1 p.m.
The College Council announced the appointment of second-year student VJ Jenkins as the new College of Arts & Sciences representative to the Honor Committee.
Prince Charles participated in a global issues forum on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., hosted by the University-affiliated Presidential Precinct at the National Archives.
After hundreds of students, faculty and community members attended a rally organized by Black Dot Wednesday night, another rally took place outside Minor Hall Thursday afternoon in support of Martese Johnson.
Five Commerce students are launching a March Madness raffle in the next few days as a philanthropic and academic venture.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s sexual assault task force convened for one of its last meetings Wednesday before they give the governor their official recommendations surrounding sexual assault on college campuses across Virginia in June.
The lawyer of third-year College student Martese Johnson spoke at a press conference Thursday night at the Downtown Mall. Daniel Watkins, of the firm Williams Mullen, spoke as Johnson’s mother and brother stood behind him.
