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The Cavalier Marching Band was one of 10 bands selected out of a pool of 175 bands from across the country.
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Cavalier Marching Band selected to play Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

By Megan Panagopoulos | April 28, 2014

The Cavalier Marching Band was selected last week to perform in the 2015 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The decision was made official when Parade Creative Director Wesley Whatley arrived in Charlottesville last Tuesday and presented CMB Director William Pease with the Macy’s Day drum head — the customary way to give a band a bid to perform in the parade.

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The Yik Yak effect: students weigh in

By Leopold Spohngellert | April 27, 2014

“No login, no password, no traces; simply anonymous” This is the motto for Yik Yak’s — the mobile app that has garnered 100,000 downloads nationwide, 5,000 of them in Charlottesville. It acts as a virtual bulletin board that has been compared to writing on the bathroom stall wall.

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ULink closes advisor applications

By Katie Grimesey | April 27, 2014

ULink, a new Student Council initiative, closed its acceptance of applications on Friday. “ULink is a new initiative by Student Council to create a peer academic advising program for students who wouldn’t already have peer mentors,” Rosenfeld said.

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Event Planning introduces SOURCE changes

By Caelainn Carney and Allison Phanthavong | April 26, 2014

On Thursday the Office of the Dean of Students’ Event Planning Office announced changes to the system through which CIOs reserve spaces on Grounds for various events and rehearsals. The Event Planning Office will carry out these changes through the CIO event space booking system, the SOURCE.

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ISC Exec Board gets 'safe space' training

By Kayla Eanes | April 24, 2014

Wednesday, members of the Inter-Sorority Council Executive Board participated in Safe Space Training in the LGBTQ Center. LGBTQ Services Coordinator Scott Rheinheimer and fourth-year College student Brendan Wynn trained six members of the board on creating safe spaces within the ISC for LQBTQ students.

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Nation’s top universities see mixed results in mental health services

By Kaelyn Quinn and Catherine Valentine | April 24, 2014

With a recent spike in highly-publicized collegiate tragedies attributed to mental illness, increased attention is being paid to deficiencies in psychological and counseling services universities offer. State incidents, including the campus massacre of 32 Virginia Tech students in 2007 and the number of suicides which occur every year, have increased pressure on Virginia schools to both meet and monitor the mental health of young adults.

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IFC expresses disappointment about Sigma Nu, PIKA conduct

By Matt Comey | April 22, 2014

The Inter-Fraternity Council released a statement Tuesday afternoon regarding the recent terminations of the Fraternal Organization Agreements of the University’s Sigma Nu and Pi Kappa Alpha chapters. A short statement of just over 120 words, the IFC expressed disappointment in the behavior a University investigation uncovered.

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