As the holiday season approaches, student organizations around Grounds are making efforts to reach out to students and offer activities to celebrate the holidays.
Even after the last suitcase leaves first-year dormitories and the last meal is served out of Runk, due to University policy, many University facilities will remain turned on for the duration of Winter Break. Most buildings in the Darden Complex, the Drama Education Building and the Outdoor Field Complex facilities at North Grounds are scheduled for “reduced heat,” where temperature control systems will be set for 62 degrees.
Associate Dean Michael G. Morris pled not guilty to three child pornography charges at his arraignment on Monday morning in the District Court.
As winter weather quickly approaches freezing temperatures, the city of Charlottesville has seen increased demand for housing, clothing, food and other necessities among homeless and impoverished community members.
Tuesday, the Young Alumni Council sponsored the campaign at the University under the name #GivingTueHoosDay and raised more than $100,000.
Not much notice was paid in the lead up to Aug. 3, 2013, when members of the Board of Visitors voted to make changes to AccessUVa, the University’s financial aid program.
For every dollar raised for AccessUVa by the Young Alumni Council, University President Teresa Sullivan will match the donation up to $10,000, she announced Nov.
James Seitz, new director of the University’s writing program, has called for a re-evaluation of the College’s first writing requirement, specifically focusing on whether they should keep exemptions for students on the basis of standardized test scores.
Among the top issues the system faces today are random student juries, which plague honor trials by reaching vastly inconsistent verdicts, and reporting rates for honor offenses, which reveal several disturbing issues about student and faculty confidence in honor.
Mark Obenshain, the 2013 Republican nominee for Commonwealth attorney general, filed for a recount with the Richmond Circuit Court after the State Board of Elections certified last Monday that his opponent, Democrat Mark Herring, had won the election.
Student Council recently released the list of 77 clubs requesting a combined total of $1,137,671.05 in funding for the Spring semester. The requests ranged from $500 to more than $100,000.
Charlottesville Judge Norman Moon heard arguments the morning of Nov. 21 concerning possible panhandling restrictions in the city of Charlottesville.
A recent legislative agenda approved by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in Northern Virginia proposes a new requirement in which at least 75% of University students be in-state in order to allow opportunities for more Virginians to benefit from a University education. “We have 30,000 people applying for 3,500 spots,” Dean of Admissions Greg Roberts said.
Honor at the University of Virginia has been anything but a static institution since its inception in the 1840s. Public opinion of the system has wavered through countless controversies, several of which challenged its very existence.
Fourth-year College students Evan Behrle and Charlie Tyson accepted Rhodes Scholarships on Saturday.
The Honor Committee released its state-funded and endowment-funded budgets for 2013 to the Cavalier Daily on Thursday. The Committee’s total budget is $179,031, with $117,446 coming from draws on the Committee’s Endowment and the other $61,585 from state funding.
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Council appointed Jarek Ervin to the University Judiciary Committee Sunday. The committee consists of two representatives from each undergraduate and graduate school of the University, except for the College of Arts and Sciences, which is represented by three members due to its larger size. Ervin will be one of two representatives for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences on the 23-person committee.
Thursday the newly appointed Charlottesville Human Rights Commission met in City Hall for the first time. The Commission, an eleven-person committee formed by City Hall to work with the City Office of Human Rights, investigates potential human rights violations in Charlottesville, although the exact details of its work have not yet been established.
The Inter-Fraternity Council elected new leadership to its executive board for the 2014-2015 year Thursday. Among the chief concerns for the new executive board is continuing efforts to reduce hazing during the rushing and pledging processes.
Students, faculty and community residents gathered in the University amphitheater for a candlelight vigil Thursday evening in support of state senator Creigh Deeds (D-Bath County), who was stabbed Tuesday morning. The College Republicans and University Democrats co-hosted the vigil.
