The confrontation between the Living Wage Campaign and University officials reached the boiling point recently as student activists initiated a hunger strike and began protesting across the street from the office of University President Teresa Sullivan.
The Honor Committee yesterday evening voted unanimously to change its bylaws to require a four-fifths majority of a jury to validate a conscientious retraction at trial time.
The Board of Visitors Finance Committee discussed Friday the Virginia General Assembly budget, a version of which the state Senate rejected Thursday. Board member W.
Members of the Living Wage campaign Friday rallied on the steps of the Rotunda to mark the seventh day of their hunger strike, which they hope will encourage the University to introduce a $13 minimum wage for its employees and employees of private contract companies, such as the University's catering company Aramark. University President Teresa Sullivan agreed to meet with representatives of the Living Wage campaign 7 a.m.
The Board of Visitors Friday appointed third-year College student Hillary Hurd the body's student member. As the Board's student member, Hurd will attend its meetings to predict and assess student opinion on long-term appointments and policies affecting the University community. "U.Va is such a large, diverse student body... it's going to be a challenge to fully represent student opinion when I don't think there's a consensus on very many issues," Hurd said.
The Inter-Fraternity Council yesterday evening elected six additional chairmen in a council-wide election to add to its 12-member executive body for the 2012 term. Outgoing vice president for administration Joey Connor said the six chairmen positions chosen yesterday are the best way for fraternity members to get involved in entry-level leadership positions. Tommy Hanson was elected chairman for membership education and scholarship, Stephen West as chairman for community service, and Tim Bernica as chairman for alumni and faculty relations.
Third-year College student Brianne Pitts, a Living Wage Campaign supporter who had fasted for the past six days, dropped out of the campaign's hunger strike after feeling faint and breaking out in a sweat in her economics class yesterday.
The Virginia Senate yesterday voted 24-14 to send House Bill 1, which would have changed the definition of "person" to include unborn children, back to the Education and Health Committee.
A jury convicted former University student George Huguely for the second-degree murder of Yeardley Love, as well as grand larceny, and recommended he serve a 26 year prison sentence.
After nearly nine hours waiting for a verdict, former University student George Huguely stared straight ahead as a jury found him guilty of grand larceny and the second-degree murder of his former girlfriend Yeardley Love.
University President Teresa Sullivan agreed yesterday to meet with six student protesters from the Living Wage Campaign Feb.
The Virginia House of Delegates passed an amended version of Senate bill 484 yesterday afternoon, which would require pregnant women to receive an ultrasound at least 24 hours before terminating a pregnancy. The original version of SB 484, passed by the Senate earlier this month, required the ultrasound to be conducted transvaginally.
The Board of Visitors Buildings and Grounds Committee discussed the upcoming North Grounds Recreation Center renovation yesterday. University Architect David Neuman said the project aims to create more athletic recreational space to match the growing student enrollment.
The University Judiciary Committee invited students to witness the body's third annual mock trial yesterday evening in the Newcomb Trial Room to educate the University community about the judiciary process. The hearing was part of the UJC's annual awareness week, which began Sunday and will end today. UJC Chair Victoria Marchetti said this week's events are designed to increase the transparency of the UJC process, as trials are usually kept completely confidential unless an accused student requests an open trial.
David Shinn, former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, yesterday spoke at the University about the growth of Chinese-African relations during the past decade. Shinn said China is primarily interested in Africa for four reasons: access to raw materials, political support, markets for China's exports and decreased Taiwanese diplomatic presence. Shinn said China surpassed the United States as the leading trader with African nations in 2009.
Members of the Living Wage Campaign marched to Teresa Sullivan's office in Madison Hall yesterday afternoon to deliver a page from "The Social Organization of Work," a book she co-authored with Prof.
For the second day in a row, the Virginia House of Delegates yesterday delayed discussion of a controversial Senate bill which would require women to obtain trans-vaginal ultrasound imaging before having an abortion. Senate Bill 484 passed the Senate 21-18 Feb.
Student Council moved yesterday at its general body meeting to table a resolution sponsored by College Rep.
Belmont filmmaker Brian Wimer asked Charlottesville City Council members yesterday to consider a grant application for $150,000 to help fund a local bridge project which would better connect Belmont with the Downtown Mall. Project Gait-Way is the result of a contest hosted by Wimer which called for Architecture students to submit redesigns of the Belmont Bridge. The winning entry, submitted by 13 Architecture students, completely redesigns the location and replaces the bridge with an at-grade crossing at the railroad tracks. "This bridge really could change the City," Wimer said. The Council said further debate on the discussed issues would be needed before a decision could be made.
