[caption id="attachment_48060" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University maintained a steady return on its endowment during the past five years.
[caption id="attachment_47979" align="alignleft" width="288" caption="Despite Sen. Creigh Deeds' victory in the 25th district last night, Republicans appear to be close to a majority in the state Senate.
Charlottesville City voters elected two new members to City Council last night, giving seats to Kathleen Galvin and Dede Smith, both Democrats.
A representative of the Jefferson Area Tea Party expressed concerns about Occupy Charlottesville at Charlottesville City Council's meeting Monday, saying Council should not allow members of the group to break curfew by staying overnight in Lee Park. Council members, however, believe the Occupiers are entitled to stay in the park because of their constitutional right to free speech. "Our issue is with City Council," said Carole Thorpe, chairwoman for the Jefferson Area Tea Party.
[caption id="attachment_47975" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Engineering School has the highest percentage of international graduate student enrollment.
[caption id="attachment_47973" align="alignleft" width="297" caption="University cadets from each service of the ROTC took hour-long shifts marching in front of the Rotunda.
Charlottesville City Council unanimously passed a resolution last night to apologize for the destruction of the primarily black Vinegar Hill neighborhood in the name of urban renewal in the 1960s. Vinegar Hill was the center of the black community in Charlottesville before a City-led urban renewal project destroyed the neighborhood. The proposal was first introduced at an Oct.
Charlottesville City Council voted 4-1 last night to defer the decision to grant a special permit allowing an expansion of the Theta Chi fraternity house at 600 Preston Place. If approved, the expansion would allow the fraternity to add a five-bedroom section to the house.
[caption id="attachment_47930" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="George Huguely's defense attorneys submitted printouts of 744 print and visual stories from local and regional media into evidence yesterday.
The Virginia Supreme Court delivered an opinion Friday which presents an additional hurdle to The Cavalier Daily and Virginia Tech's Collegiate Times in their legal battle to gain the right to publish advertisements which reference alcohol. The court ruled that, even if the majority of the newspaper's readership is 21 or older, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board's regulations can still include college newspapers if the intention of the newspaper is to distribute to people under 21, said Rebecca Glenberg, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, who represents the newspapers. At issue is the definition of a "college newspaper," which the board defines as "any college or university publication that is prepared, edited or published primarily by students at such institution ... and which is distributed or intended to be distributed primarily to persons under 21 years of age." The board's current regulations do not allow college newspapers to print advertisements that refer to beer, wine and mixed drinks. The ACLU filed a lawsuit in 2006 on behalf of The Cavalier Daily and The Collegiate Times challenging these regulations, arguing that the student publications do not fall under the jurisdiction of the board's regulations because more than half of the publications' readers are 21 or older. Neither The Cavalier Daily nor The Collegiate Times are collegiate publications and therefore cannot be regulated by the board, Glenberg said, though she acknowledged that it is ultimately a matter for a judge to decide.
Voter turnout is expected to be low for today's Virginia state Senate elections, despite the fact that the vote is particularly key to both sides of the political spectrum. Republicans need to gain only three more seats in the Senate in addition to their current 18 seats to relinquish majority control from Democrats, who currently hold 22 seats. "There are 7 or 8 strongly competitive Senate races around the state," Larry Sabato, director of the University's Center for Politics, said in an email.
[caption id="attachment_47861" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University Democrats held a rally Friday to support State Sen.
The Honor Committee voted last night to table its discussion of a proposed alternative penalty to the single sanction until later in the term.
[caption id="attachment_47858" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Speakers at the symposium Saturday discussed the current politics in the conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis as well as historical concerns, including modes of collective memory in both groups.
Brent Beringer, director of dining services at the University, recently received the National Association of College Auxiliary Services and "On-Campus Hospitality" College Foodservice Excellence Award to honor his accomplishments in foodservice management. The award was created this year to "recognize some of the many fantastic people who work in the college and university dining industry," said Greg Wallis, managing editor of "On-Campus Hospitality," a trade magazine distributed to the majority of colleges in the higher education foodservice business to report on the latest trends, issues and recipes in the foodservice industry. Beringer received the award from NACAS during a ceremony at its annual conference in Orlando, Fla., according to a press release issued by OCH last week. Wallis said Beringer was selected from a pool of about 20 nominees and stood out for the work he does both on-Grounds and for the surrounding community. In addition to managing 24 retail dining locations, the press release noted Beringer's managing work in catering, vending and sports concessions at the University.
[caption id="attachment_47812" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="University President Teresa A.
[caption id="attachment_47810" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Student Health's James Turner collected data from 157 four-year institutions to study mortality rates among students aged 18 to 24.
Two-thirds of 2010 college graduates had loans which accumulated to an average debt of $23,250, an increase of 5 percent from the previous year, according to a report released yesterday by The Institute for College Access and Success. The report, "Student Debt and the Class of 2010," was released by The Project on Student Debt, an institute initiative which works to increase public understanding of student debt. "In general, college costs have been rising faster than available grant aid or family income," said Matthew Reed, the institute's program director.
[caption id="attachment_47807" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Women's Center hosted a panel last night on human trafficking.
[caption id="attachment_47768" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="University students gathered in Clark Hall last night to discuss plans to build a memorial honoring enslaved laborers.
