The Barack Obama reelection campaign opened a Charlottesville office on the Downtown Mall Sunday to provide a center for Obama's supporters to congregate and volunteer for the president's 2012 bid. Charlottesville Vice Mayor Kristin Szakos, a campaign volunteer, said more than 180 people attended the office's opening.
Charlottesville City Council held its first public hearing on next fiscal year's proposed tax rate and City Manager Maurice Jones' proposed budget yesterday evening. City resident and former Council candidate Brandon Collins said current economic times demanded an increase of City services and therefore a hike in City taxes. "I don't see any problem with raising the tax rate... even a small, tiny increase," Collins said.
Defense attorneys for former University student George Huguely indicated Friday they plan to seek retrial, following the jury's decision Feb.
Two Honor Committee representatives advanced a proposal yesterday evening which would create a collective trial process for "dishonorable" behavior involving the Committee, the University Judiciary Committee and the Sexual Assault Board. Batten Rep.
The University Judiciary Committee appointed third-year College student Emily Forrester as UJC Chair in a closed election yesterday evening.
Albemarle County Police Friday identified a suspect who may have been involved in Thursday's bomb scare at the University's Fontaine Research Park.
Author Frank Costigliola spoke Friday morning at the Miller Center about his recently released book, "Roosevelt's Lost Alliances: How Personal Politics Helped Start the Cold War," as part of the Gordon and Mary Beth Smyth History Forum.
A study presented last week at the annual convention for NASPA: Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education in Arizona found eighty-four percent of students at public research universities would punish students who cheat, even though two-thirds say they have cheated themselves. The study surveyed more than 2000 students and 600 instructors at the University of Arizona. The University had 47 reports of honor offenses in the 2009-2010 school year, but the University only dismisses five or six students annually for violating the honor code, Honor Committee Chair Ann Marie McKenzie said.
The University Teaching Resource Center awarded fourteen faculty members teaching awards this week. Biology Prof.
South African Richard Goldstone, former chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, spoke yesterday in Newcomb Hall about the current state of international criminal justice. Goldstone is a notable and experienced leader in the field of international criminal law.
Albemarle County Police responded to a bomb threat Thursday morning at 545 Ray C.
Jurors for the wrongful death case filed by the parents of slain Virginia Tech students Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde ruled yesterday the university had not done enough to inform the school community about the two shootings which occurred the morning of April 16, 2007. Seung-Hui Cho, the gunman who committed the morning shootings, killed another 30 people later that afternoon, but Virginia Tech maintains its officials did not act improperly. "The heinous crimes committed by Seung-Hui Cho were an unprecedented act of violence that no one could have foreseen," Virginia Tech spokesperson Mark Owczarski said in a statement yesterday.
The Batten School entered the U.S. News and World Report rankings for the first time yesterday, placing 46th among the nation's top graduate public affairs programs.
Stimson Center Senior Advisor Mona Yacoubian spoke yesterday about the current Syrian uprising one year after the Arab Spring at the weekly meeting of the International Relations Organization. The discussion centered on Syrian politics, including concerns about the nation's deteriorating domestic situation and the possible collapse of Pres.
The Virginia General Assembly failed to agree on a budget before its March 10 deadline this weekend, pushing the legislature into a Special Session which will ultimately pose extra costs to taxpayers.
The University's Law School ranks seventh among the nation's top law schools, according to the 2013 Best Graduate Schools rankings released yesterday by U.S.
Student Council representatives yesterday evening passed a resolution 14-0 to signal the body's support of lobbying group Virginia21's efforts to increase funding for higher education. Alex Reber, second-year Engineering student and co-chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee, introduced the resolution last month.
