Charlottesville's proposed budget would increase the meals tax to 6 percent, although the median rate of meals taxes in Virginia is 5 percent.
The events for the month revolve around the Asian American identity.
Several GrandMarc residents have been housed at the Draftsman since Feb. 23 due to flooding and electric fire.
DREAM Week, sponsored by DREAMers on Grounds and Sigma Lambda Upsilon, is held each year to engage students in supporting the undocumented and immigrant community at the University.
Student Council’s Representative Body voted unanimously to pass a resolution in support of Muslim communities following a terrorist attack in New Zealand.
Final Exercises will take place May 18 and 19, with Webb on May 18 and Fontaine the following day on the Lawn.
James Fields, Jr. reportedly admitted to driving “into the crowd of counter-protestors because of the actual and perceived race, color, national origin and religion of its members.”
Lyon will be succeeding fourth-year medical student Ory Streeter as Honor Committee Chair.
MSC and GirlUp led a discussion on the intersection between race, gender and women's issues Tuesday evening.
The current climate survey is being administered to approximately all 22,000 U.Va. degree-seeking students.
Sufficient funding is the limiting factor for the University to both keep and hire faculty of color.
Students respond to homelessness and disproportionate poverty rates in the City of Charlottesville.
A record 37 percent of students admitted to U.Va. are minorities — a 3.7 percent increase from last year. In addition, 42 percent of legacy applicants received an offer of admission — nearly twice the rate of non-legacies.
Monday’s tour centered around controversial names of various University buildings, many of which are named after prominent professors and administrators who had connections to slavery.
The Charlottesville High School Black Student Union led a walkout Monday “calling on the Charlottesville City Schools to address racism in all its forms."
The bylaw change placed certificate program students under the purview of the Committee and allows them to run for representative office.
The University’s American Studies program hosted Heather Lee, assistant professor of history at NYU Shanghai.
Cason served on First Year Judiciary Council during her first-year and as an educator her second-year and most recently as senior educator.
Kathy Galvin, a City Councillor and adjunct faculty member at the School of Architecture, announced her candidacy last week for the House of Delegates seat for Virginia's 57th District.
Roebuck reflected on his early life and time at the University as the first African American Student Council president.
