The two students who fell from the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house balcony Saturday morning are in improved condition as of Monday afternoon. The James Madison University student was listed in stable condition, and the University student was released from the University Medical Center, Charlottesville Police Lt.
Honor Committee Chair Ann Marie McKenzie dropped University Judiciary Committee charges against four of the five members of The Cavalier Daily's managing board yesterday. The managing board was accused Sept.
[caption id="attachment_45997" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="About 30 people participated in a vigil last night to honor the life of Troy Davis, a Georgia convict who was put to death last Wednesday after years of controversy surrounding the lack of evidence linking him to the murder.
Charlottesville and Albemarle County Police are working to respond to an increase in gang activity in the area despite a period of reduced violence. Gang activity is defined by property crime and identifying oneself with a gang, Charlottesville Police Department Lt.
Democrat Tim Kaine has not lost any ground to Republican George Allen in the state's U.S. Senate race, despite President Obama's falling approval ratings, according to a poll conducted by Quinnipiac University released this month. The poll indicates that the two candidates "remain in a statistical dead heat more than 13 months before the voting." Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics, said in an email he thinks the campaign for president will have a significant effect on this Senate race. "Neither the Kaine campaign nor the Allen campaign is isolated from the top of the ticket [or their party's Presidential nominee], whatever a poll may show 14 months ahead of the election," Sabato said.
[caption id="attachment_45993" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University Health System is now the first hospital in Central Virginia to offer a blood test which produces HIV results more quickly than the older test.
Charlottesville Police identified two students who were injured early Saturday morning when a portion of a balcony railing suddenly collapsed at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house at the University.
A Senate subcommittee approved a bill last week which aims to maintain the maximum Pell Grant award for the 2012 fiscal year. The bill provides $158 billion for programs which train workers, provide youth with skills for future success, locate fraud and abuse of governmental programs, and incentivize reforms to health, workforce and education systems, according to a Senate Committee on Appropriations press release. The Pell Grant is the cornerstone of the federal undergraduate financial aid program, and it offers students whose expected family contribution falls beneath a certain level a maximum award of $5,550 for 18 semesters, said Haley Chitty, director of communications at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
[caption id="attachment_45929" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="College student Farah Shah was charged with four counts of computer trespass after a fellow student reported to University Police that someone illicitly used her Facebook.
Rudy deLeon, senior vice president of national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress, spoke to Batten students and other members of the University community last Thursday about foreign policymaking, including the United States' relationship with China and the effects of the domestic economy. DeLeon began by speaking about the impact of the recent debt ceiling crisis.
[caption id="attachment_45861" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Despite the decline in enrollment, applications to graduate programs have increased by 8.4 percent nationwide.
Smog levels in Charlottesville exceeded national health standards on three days in 2010, according to a report by Environment America released Wednesday. The report examined the number of unhealthy air days in metropolitan areas across the country.
[caption id="attachment_45858" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The event was part of a series designed to bring University community members together to discuss current events.
Members of the Charlottesville chapter of Virginia Organizing, a statewide grassroots justice organization, attended a City Council meeting Monday to voice their concerns regarding the underrepresentation of minorities in Charlottesville government's managerial positions.
[caption id="attachment_45762" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="University Democrats invited State Sen.
The Association of American Universities announced a five-year initiative last week to improve methods of undergraduate education in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
In response to a July statement released by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Old Dominion University began drafting a regulation this week which seeks to ban all non-law enforcement personnel from carrying guns in school buildings and at sporting events. Cuccinelli wrote that University policy prohibiting students, faculty and staff from carrying guns does not extend to non-affiliated visitors with concealed-carry permits.
[caption id="attachment_45765" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Michael Straightiff took over the University Patent Foundation yesterday.
[caption id="attachment_45756" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The five students of the newspaper's managing board are charged with compromising the honor trial of a former writer.
[caption id="attachment_45699" align="alignleft" width="149" caption="Dan Fenn, former staff assistant to President John F.
