Virginia21 — a non-partisan, student-led political action committee which advocates on behalf of Virginia college students — is spearheading a petition to reduce state budget cuts on college funding.
Student Council launched a website Friday in conjunction with advocacy groups One Less and One in Four titled “Rolling Stone Must Unite Us, Not Divide Us.”
Student organizations One Less and One in Four hosted a round-table discussion entitled “What Can We Do: Advocating Against Sexual Assault and Standing with Survivors” in Newcomb Hall on Monday evening.
Student leaders held a press conference Monday morning to address local and national media about advocacy efforts on Grounds regarding sexual assault prevention.
Various local neighborhood associations, businesses and local representatives have initiated a petition to deny the renewal of the lease for the Alcoholic Beverage Control store on West Main Street, located between the University and the Downtown Mall.
University President Teresa Sullivan and the Honor Committee discussed Sunday the implications of the recent Rolling Stone article on the University’s system of student self governance, addressing potential future attacks on such a system.
In a semester that has included multiple student deaths and graphic rape allegations, some students are working to find ways to support their peers through the turmoil.
Lawn residents joined community members for a “dry” gathering before the final home football game of the season Saturday afternoon, hoping to bring the community together in response to the University’s difficult week and semester.
The release of the Rolling Stone article "A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA" Wednesday morning ignited emotionally-charged responses from across Grounds, as the University exploded with statements, protests and even crime in quick succession.
Omega Psi Phi hosted alumni speaker Gary Flowers for a forum titled “From Ferguson to 4th Year: Tools for Building a Better Community” in Nau Hall this past Thursday.
The University Glee Club announced last week that they would temporarily retire the song “Rugby Road” in the wake of the Rolling Stone article published Nov. 19 alleging a brutal gang rape by members of the University’s chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity in Sept. 2012.
Parties mentioned in the Nov. 19 Rolling Stone article, which graphically detailed the gang rape of a then-first year student at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house in Sept.
Holding signs and chanting, hundreds of faculty members, graduate instructors, staff and students gathered at Beta Bridge for the “Take Back the Party: End Rape Now!” rally Saturday night.
Students and Charlottesville community members held a protest in front of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house Saturday afternoon.
University President Teresa Sullivan announced the suspension of “all fraternal organizations and associated social activities" until Jan. 9 in an email to the University community Saturday.
University students hosted a “Slut Walk” Friday afternoon to protest rape culture and sexual assault on Grounds. Protesters walked from the Amphitheatre, to the Lawn, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house and Brooks Hall, before ending at Peabody Hall, where they wrote on Post-it notes and stuck them to the building's doors.
Transgender Rights Advocate Scott Schofield spoke at a vigil for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, co-hosted by Sigma Omicron Roe, the first gender-neutral fraternity on Grounds, and the Queer Student Union. Schofield invoked support for those affected by acts of violence against the transgender community.
The Presidential Management Fellows announced their 2015 semi-finalists, which included ten students from the Batten School. The number of semi-finalists from the Batten school for the Presidential Management Fellows has doubled since last year.
The recently released Rolling Stone article portraying a graphic gang rape of a then-first-year student by seven men at a fraternity party has produced a wave of reactions among the University's alumni.
Second-year College student Peter D’Agostino died Thursday afternoon from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
