[caption id="attachment_37486" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ramapo College banned Four Loko, which contains alcohol and caffeine, following a string of medical incidents following consumption of the drink.
[caption id="attachment_37484" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Students, faculty and staff members gathered during last night's "Rally for a Living Wage," which included a proposal to University officials and testimonials from anonymous University employees.
The University responded Wednesday to the latest round of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's climate research-related Civil Investigative Demands by filing a request that the latest demand for University documents be dismissed. Officials from the attorney general's office are seeking information about whether climate researcher and former University professor Michael Mann might have manipulated data to apply for a University grant, said Brian Gottstein, the director of communications for Cuccinelli's office. This is Cuccinelli's second attempt to obtain Mann's documents.
CampusGrotto, a national news college website, released its latest edition of the 100 most expensive colleges in America last Monday.
[caption id="attachment_37437" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Brian Gomez, who came to Grounds as a member of the class of 2012, passed away Oct.
[caption id="attachment_37435" align="alignleft" width="234" caption="University officials and benefactors cut a ribbon in dedication of the South Lawn project, which took more than a decade to plan and complete.
The University's Internal Audit Department released a report of the Virginia Quarterly Review yesterday, thus ending the investigation into the suicide of Kevin Morrissey, former VQR managing editor. Morrissey, who worked at the magazine starting in 2003, and who reportedly suffered from depression, shot himself July 30 at the coal tower near downtown Charlottesville.
[caption id="attachment_37375" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A University Transit Service bus ran into Beta Bridge Wednesday morning.
[caption id="attachment_37367" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia Law and Graduate Republicans and College Republicans brought the politician to speak about his new book and his perspective on the Obama administration's politics.
[caption id="attachment_37361" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="University officials, including former President John T.
[caption id="attachment_37304" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The vigil was coordinated by All Charlottesville Caring for Every Person Together, a group that formed this month.
A new partnership between the University of Virginia Press and the National Archives will make key documents from the founding fathers available to the public for free. The project aims to develop a new website to provide greater access to letters, military strategies, meeting notes, journals and other documents relating to the founding of the United States.
The University has launched a new initiative to generate interest in environmental activism on Grounds.
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced that the Virginia Department of Transportation will raise the speed limit on some highways from 65 mph to 70 mph by Dec.
Politics Prof. Larry Sabato, director of the University's Center for Politics, has developed a reputation as one of the most frequently quoted college professors in the nation, and is famous for his Crystal Ball predictions, which were 99 percent accurate in projecting outcomes in the 2006 and 2008 elections. This election cycle, Sabato is also starting a new site, www.getinthebooth2010.com, which will provide the public with information about the midterm elections.
[caption id="attachment_37201" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The resolution follows national, local bullying-related suicides.
Interracial roommate pairings in dormitories could promote future racial harmony among college students, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Western Ontario and Kentucky's Berea College. The long-term survey observed interracial friendships at different stages of the college experience at Berea College to find "patterns of interaction." A white student who is randomly assigned a black roommate is significantly more likely to have more black friends later in college.
[caption id="attachment_37197" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Although upperclass women are not allowed to contact female first-year students directly about the Greek system, the Inter-Sorority Council's "Go Greek" event provided all students with an opportunity to learn more about the community.
A decision determining the constitutionality of the new health care law will be issued at the end of this year, federal judge Henry Hudson said Monday. A lawsuit filed by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli questions the provision within the law requiring all state residents to obtain health insurance.
[caption id="attachment_37131" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A student on Rugby Road early Saturday morning escaped an attack when someone tried to pull her into some nearby bushes.
