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Charlottesville City Council discusses FY 2015 budget

March 18, 2014

Charlottesville City Council met Monday evening to discuss the proposal for the city’s budget for the fiscal year of 2015. The proposed $150 million budget is 1.65% higher than last year’s, and includes $16.5 million toward the city’s Capital Improvement Program. City Manager Maurice Jones, who presented the budget at the meeting, attributes the proposed increase to a decrease in state funding of city schools.

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon bans pledging

By Alia Sharif | March 17, 2014

After being labeled “deadliest” fraternity by Bloomberg News, Sigma Alpha Epsilon has decided to eliminate the pledging process for all chapters across the nation. The change comes following a number of deaths within the fraternity and forced closures due to hazing. The change was not purely a result of media pressure, according to the SAE national website.

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U.Va. cancels classes

By Matt Comey | March 17, 2014

For the fourth time this semester, the University has canceled classes due to snow. At 5 a.m., the University announced that classes would begin at 10 a.m., but shortly before 8 a.m.

The McIntire School of Commerce in Rouss-Robertson Hall, lower Lawn.
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Commerce School completes first round of admission decisions

By Owen Robinson | March 16, 2014

The Commerce School completed its first round of admission decisions Friday, March 8. Of 577 University students who applied to the school, 239 were offered admission, 159 were deferred to decision at the end of this semester and 179 were denied. The school estimates that 85 to 90 of the deferred students will ultimately be offered admission.

Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, above, pictured before his run for governor in 2009.
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House, Senate advance mental health bills

By Kayla Eanes and Jenna Dickerson | March 14, 2014

Following the November tragedy in which Gus Deeds, son of Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, stabbed his father before committing suicide, both the House and the Senate have proposed bills to prevent future incidents. The measures garnered broad, bipartisan support in a series of votes before the legislature left for recess earlier this month.

Some Albemarle County voters cast their ballots at Alumni Hall, among other locations, in the elections last fall.
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DNC launches anti-voter ID law campaign

By Katie Grimesey | March 14, 2014

The Democratic National Committee launched a new campaign against voter ID laws last Tuesday. While the campaign focused on North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania, Democratic officials expressed concern with Virginia’s 2013 voter ID law. Northam, however, does not think the state legislature will pass changes to the law before the Fall 2014 elections.

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Republican-Democratic budget battle heats up

By Joseph Liss | March 12, 2014

The fight about Medicaid expansion in Virginia got more heated on Wednesday. Republicans and several local leaders called on Democrats to pass a budget and consider Medicaid expansion afterward, while Democrats said Republicans were ignoring a good business case for giving more Virginians health insurance.

The University has been constructing the location (above) for the Berlin Wall panels for several weeks now.
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Berlin Wall comes to Grounds

By Owen Robinson | March 6, 2014

Four segments of the Berlin Wall will arrive on Grounds next Monday and will be displayed on the courtyard outside Alderman Library. The panels feature two murals titled “Kings of Freedom,” made by graffiti artist Dennis Kaun. The display comes as part of a leadup to the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989.

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Batten Dean Harding discusses Chinese ‘Third Revolution’

By Kathleen Smith | March 6, 2014

The International Relations Organization hosted a panel Wednesday titled “China’s Third Revolution? Reform, Conservatism or Decay under Xi Jinping,” featuring Batten School Dean Harry Harding. His talk focused on his suggestion that modern China has experienced two revolutions thus far, but is in need of another to address deep-seated issues in the nation.

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