During the summer when the sun shines most brightly on Grounds, most students are long gone for summer vacation.
Summer is around the corner, and now is the time to get nostalgic about all things summer before we remember we're actually sick of them.
The Virginia Department of Corrections may be misusing procedures of medicine, anesthesiology and pharmacy when administering lethal injections, according to a complaint filed earlier this week by Alexandria attorneys Meghan Shapiro and Christopher Leibig. Shapiro and Leibig allege individuals who do not hold a medical or pharmaceutical license, but are still administering lethal injections, are legally prohibited from administering or distributing any kind of drugs or medicine.. Since Virginia executioners are not licensed medical professionals, Shapiro, a criminal defense attorney who exclusively represents men and women indicted for capital murder, said in a press release Virginia Department of Corrections officers and employees are illegally administering lethal injections. "I would like to see the Richmond City Circuit Court require the Department of Corrections to comply with all of Virginia's laws and regulations, including those concerning the administration of anesthesia and the handling of controlled chemicals," Shapiro said in an email.
John Augustus Herring, III, former director of Newcomb Hall, assistant dean and significant donor to the University's LGBTQ communities, passed away Friday at the age of 82. Herring was a Virginia Military Institute graduate and U.S.
Third-year Engineering student Alex Reber represented the University yesterday at a panel discussion in Richmond which discussed the impacts of drugs and alcohol on the safety of college campuses.
Charlottesville Police are investigating a stabbing which occurred at 1 a.m.
At its representative body meeting yesterday evening, Student Council passed a budget which allocated about $17,000 to fund summer and fall initiatives for the next few months.
When legislation took effect in January which requires women's health clinics to meet stricter regulations, clinics across the state began searching for a way to comply while continuing to offer the same services to their patients.
President Barack Obama held a conference call yesterday afternoon with college students from around the nation to speak about the costs of higher education.
Alumni donations to universities, specifically those from younger alumni, have dropped in the past few years, according to a report released last week by Blackbaud, Inc., an organization which provides information and services to non-profit groups.
Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles, director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, presented a report yesterday afternoon in Washington, D.C.
The man who helped convince the Board of Visitors to fund the present-day University Hospital, former University Vice President for Health Affairs William 'Harry' Henry Muller Jr.
Top Colleges Online, a website which evaluates colleges and degree programs, released a list yesterday of the 50 "most amazing examples of college architecture" ranking the University first for the architecture of the Rotunda.
The Honor Committee yesterday evening considered making an honor system tutorial, which was previously optional for first-year students, mandatory for all students at the beginning of the fall semester.
The family of former University student Yeardley Love plans to file a wrongful death suit in Charlottesville Circuit Court, the attorney of Yeardley Love's mother Sharon Love indicated Thursday.
Charlottesville Police announced last week they have charged three University students with credit card fraud. Police arrested fourth-year College student Jake Mauriello April 16 and charged him with credit card theft.
The University Alumni Association's Jefferson Trust awarded 13 grants, totaling $523,653, to University projects Friday. Among this year's recipients were Women's Center Director Jennifer Merritt and Education Prof.
The City of Charlottesville yesterday named April Distracted Driving Awareness Month as part of a nationwide push to encourage drivers to be more cautious. Charlottesville City Fire Chief Charles Werner read a statement from Mayor Satyendra Huja in front of City Hall on the Downtown Mall yesterday morning which called distracted driving a "serious, life-threatening practice that is preventable." Werner estimated one in five road fatalities resulted from distracted driving, whereas Huja said about 80 percent of all crashes could be attributed to a driver not paying full attention.
