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Sullivan launches several new safety initiatives

By Meg Gardner | January 3, 2015

At a Dec. 19 Board of Visitors special meeting, University President Teresa Sullivan announced several new safety programs set to begin in the spring semester, which include updating on Grounds cameras, partnering with Corner merchants to implement cameras, increasing on-Grounds lighting and lighted crosswalks, creating a patrol system around grounds, hiring new sexual assault counselors and hiring two Title IX investigators.

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Remembering Hunter Smith

By Mitch Wellman | December 23, 2014

Smith graduated from Blacksburg High School in 2011 and was on track to graduate from the University in May 2015. He was a mathematics major and environmental sciences minor, but also had a talent for learning languages. Smith’s close friends said he will be remembered for his creative energy, spontaneity and selfless attitude.

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Student group crafts sexual assault prevention policy proposals for Board of Visitors

By Kelly Kaler | December 22, 2014

Student leaders sent a report listing 23 policy suggestions and proposals to the Board of Visitors before its special meeting on sexual assault Friday. “Students sit at the center of the sexual assault storm," the document's opening paragraph reads.

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In retrospect: Jackie's friends re-examine Rolling Stone narrative

By Andrew Elliott | December 20, 2014

Now a month since the article's publication — the page boasting 179,000 Facebook likes and nearly 7,500 comments — questions about the article's central story have turned the ensuing discussion from one of horror to one of doubt and confusion, with an overwhelming desire to unearth new clues which might shed light on that nagging question: What really happened to Jackie that night?

Keith Martin, above, is the current rector of the University, taking the position when Helen Dragas’ term ended.
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Board holds special meeting to discuss sexual assault

By Andrew Elliott | December 19, 2014

The Board of Visitors convened in a special meeting Friday to discuss the University’s ongoing efforts to combat sexual assault. Rector George Martin set the meeting’s tone early, acknowledging the tumultuous semester the University community has experienced.

Charlottesville Police arrested Gene Everett Washington, age 30, Monday evening and charged him with two counts of first degree murder for the deaths of Robin Christine Aldridge and Mani Viktoria Aldridge. 
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Charlottesville Police arrest suspect in connection to Rugby Ave. deaths

By Rebecca Lim | December 8, 2014

Monday evening, Charlottesville Police arrested Gene Everett Washington, age 30, and charged him with two counts of first degree murder in connection with the Friday deaths of Robin Christine Aldridge and her daughter, Mani Viktoria Aldridge, ages 58 and 17. He will be held at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional Jail with no bond.

Sullivan said tuition will decrease for 70 percent of Virginia students.
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Ad hoc committee addresses University culture, Greek life, sexual assault

By Joseph Liss and Rebecca Lim | December 8, 2014

University President Teresa Sullivan announced the formation of an ad hoc committee on public safety Monday. The committee, formally titled the Ad Hoc Group on University Climate and Culture, is chaired by Sullivan and includes two members of the Board of Visitors, two faculty, four students, one staff member, one dean and four alumni and parent representatives.

A side view of the 2003 Toyota Matrix stolen from the Aldridge residence.
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Police label Rugby Ave. deaths homicide

By Rebecca Lim | December 7, 2014

Charlottesville Police are labeling the deaths of two women found inside their Rugby Avenue home after a reported house fire around midnight Friday as homicides. Though an autopsy is not yet completed, the two victims appear to have “suffered severe blunt force trauma,” according to a media release. Police report the fire “appears to have been purposely set.”

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Sullivan hosts sexual violence discussion

By Kaelyn Quinn and Genny Huss | December 5, 2014

University President Teresa Sullivan hosted a reception Thursday in the Special Collections Library to discuss the issue of sexual violence at the University. The reception covered a variety of issues, including the implementation of mandatory campus safety classes for students, how to better support survivors of sexual violence as a community, and the issue of alcohol and partying.

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