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​Cozart discusses the origins and workings of University secret societies

By Samantha Josey-Borden | October 27, 2014

In conjunction with the University Guide Service and the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, the Miller Center hosted the sixth annual “Secrets and Traditions” event Friday. Wayne Cozart, vice president of development of the Alumni Association, led the presentation and examined the history of the secret societies at the University.

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A look at the little-known Honor loan

By Lee Williams | October 27, 2014

Though perhaps little-known to most University students, the Office of the Dean of Students has an endowment funding a no-interest Honor Loan to undergraduate and graduate students in need of emergency financial assistance.

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City sees low number of absentee ballot requests

By Clara Carlson | October 27, 2014

Voters in Charlottesville have just two days left to request a mail-in absentee ballot, and one Charlottesville official says requests so far have been low.

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​University revamping advising programs

By Ella Shoup | October 27, 2014

Advising reform is taking shape through several initiatives, including career development programs, an expansion of the first-year COLA advising seminars for Engineering students, a Student Council-led peer advising program and a planned advising center in Clemons Library.

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​StudCo president, Sexual Violence Prevention Council chair invited to White House

By Kathleen Smith | October 27, 2014

Student Council President Jalen Ross and Sara Surface, External Chair of the Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition, traveled to the White House last week to discuss sexual assault prevention strategies with other college students.

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Report implicates thousands in UNC academic scandal

By Maddy Weingast | October 27, 2014

The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill recently announced the results of an independent investigation into academic fraud at the university.

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​Memorial established in remembrance of Hannah Graham

By Kelly Kaler and Carson Creasy | October 27, 2014

Student leaders constructed a memorial to honor and celebrate late second-year College student Hannah Graham Sunday morning at the Whispering Wall.

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​A new era for college textbooks?

By Tim Ford | October 27, 2014

With the advent of online textbooks, large-scale publishing houses have been forced to evolve to allow quick, affordable access to printed texts — or else risk financial failure.

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​Robert McRuer discusses displacement of disabled

By Reade Pickert | October 27, 2014

To conclude Disability Acceptance Week at the University, keynote speaker Robert McRuer gave a lecture in Minor Hall Friday.

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Medical Examiner identifies Graham remains

By Kelly Kaler , Julia Horowitz and Andrew Elliott | October 24, 2014

The Medical Examiner’s Office in Richmond positively identified the remains found last Saturday as belonging to second-year College student Hannah Graham.

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Panel discusses Science, Technology policy careers

By Mark Goode and Maggie Vaughan | October 23, 2014

The Graduate Student Consulting and Beyond Club held a panel Thursday night to discuss Science and Technology Policy and various careers surrounding the field. The panel, held at Garrett Hall, aimed to discuss such issues as the disconnect between the sciences and policy, how society and government uses technological knowledge, how science and technology policy decisions are made and how to start a successful science and policy career.

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Alumni give liberal arts career advice

By Genny Huss and Kevin Hare | October 23, 2014

The Alumni Association hosted its annual “Cocktails and Conversations” for Fourth Years in the College of Arts and Sciences on Thursday.

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Hoos Got Your Back campaign holds pledge day

By Sara Rourke | October 23, 2014

The bystander awareness campaign #HOOSGotYourBack held Pledge Day Thursday to promote its message of bystander intervention. More than 300students signed a pledge committing themselves to combat sexual violence on Grounds as part of the event.

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Supreme Court grants Law School clinic petition

By Kaelyn Quinn , Samantha Josey-Borden and Hanan Yazid | October 23, 2014

The Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic will present Henderson v. U.S. in front of the Supreme Court next February. The case concerns individual property rights in the face of government restrictions on convicted individuals possessing firearms.

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Virginia launches ebola hotline

By Simone McDonnell | October 23, 2014

The Virginia Department of Health has launched an Ebola hotline to help answer concerned Virginians’ questions and provide the most up-to-date information available on the highly contagious virus.

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Virginia Tech hosts Hannah Graham vigil

By Sara Rourke , Emily Kern and Kristen Cugini | October 23, 2014

The Virginia Tech chapter of Help Save The Next Girl held a candlelight vigil to honor Hannah Graham Wednesday night. The vigil featured speeches from Erica Grant, president of Help Save The Next Girl, and Faculty Advisor Jane Vance.

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Bus Lines gets poetry competition moving

By Meg Gardner | October 23, 2014

Charlottesville Bus Lines, a local association that solicits poetry from students and Charlottesville residents to display inside city buses, announced its annual contest this week.

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​Honor Committee seeks temporary solution to bad debt cases

By Owen Robinson | October 23, 2014

The Honor Committee decided on a temporary solution to the procedural ambiguity it has faced in cases of bad debt, opting to deal with cases by relying on previous bylaws while Committee members continue to explore long-term solutions.

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Report finds student loan complaints up 38 percent

By Jenna Dickerson | October 23, 2014

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent report, the “Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman,” describes an increase in complaints from private student loan borrowers and offers recommendations on how to improve the student loan system.

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Student IDs permissible for voting, registrar says

By Henry Pflager | October 23, 2014

University students will be able to use their student ID cards in the upcoming November midterm elections, a fact which Student Council Legislative Affairs Committee co-chair Zach Cohen said minimizes the impact of the state's new voter identification laws, which critics say will disproportionately affect minority and low-income voters.