The Honor Committee unanimously approved the formerly temporary bylaws governing the implementation of informed retraction with nine changes on Sunday evening, along with 13 other bylaw changes. Informed retraction, which was passed by the student body in February, permits reported students to admit to an honor offense and leave the community for two semesters.
The Batten school hosted a conference entitled “Women, Leadership and Policy” Friday, in which a panel of federal, state and local female leaders discussed challenges facing women in policy-making careers.
More than 1,000 University students and community members gathered in Memorial Gymnasium Friday to walk non-stop for 12 hours at the annual Relay for Life at U.Va. event.
The Alumni Association’s Jefferson Trust awarded more than $670,000 to 16 different University-based programs in a public ceremony held on the Lawn last Friday. This marks the eighth straight year the Trust has presented the grants.
As a result of these increases, in-state undergraduate students will see a $452 increase in tuition and fees, which amounts to 3.8 percent of current rates. Out-of-state students’tuition will increase by 4.8 percent, or $1,826 annually.
UVa Honor Comittee held a town hall meeting last night open to the public where they discussed several topics of interest.
The battle between living wage protesters and the Board of Visitors continues, despite heavy security surrounding Thursday’s meeting.
Virginia was deemed the best state for small businesses for the second consecutive year by thumbtack.com.
University administrators confirmed earlier this week that they have eliminated a proposal that would have established an upperclass fee in the immediate academic year.
The College Republicans issued an open letter to the University community Tuesday regarding what the organization called “recent infringement on student self-governance by the U.Va. administration and local law enforcement.”
A probable case of mumps has been diagnosed within the student body, Executive Director of Student Health Dr. James Turner said in an email to the University community Tuesday.
StudCo passed bills with unanimous consent, including an initiative in respect for the tragedy in Boston yesterday.
T.J. Sullivan spoke to the dynamics of groups of student organizations and how to lead effectively while keeping individual needs in mind.
An annonymous hacker has infiltrated the UVa homepage, and continues to threaten students and administrators with the release of confidential information.
After hours spent debating, Charlottesville’s City Council came to a compromise on Monday night, preliminarily adopting a Human Rights Commission to address discriminatory practices that exist within the city.
An anonymous user under the name “Root the Box” caused the University’s main webpage to redirect to a picture of the group’s logo, a pixilated white skull on a black background, before going to the @R00tTh3B0x twitter feed Monday night.
The Virginia Board of Health approved permanent regulations on abortion clinics in the state on Friday in an 11-2 vote. Attorney General Cuccinelli certified the regulations on the same day.
Present and past Honor Committee Chairs Evan Behrle and Stephen Nash, third and fourth-year College students, sent an e-mail to University students, faculty and staff yesterday afternoon sharing information about the Informed Retraction and Honor Committee bylaw amendments. Behrle said, “The fundamental purpose of the email [was] to provide legal notice to students” about the change to the Honor System.
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Terry McAuliffe announced Friday he raised over $5 million in the first quarter of the Virginia governor’s race. Republican Candidate Ken Cuccinelli, the Virginia attorney general, announced he raised $2.4 million in the same time period Monday evening.
The Honor Committee will vote next week to create permanent bylaws governing the administration of informed retraction, which was made a part of the Honor Committee’s constitution in a referendum approved by the student body in February.
