U.Va. hosts annual Sustainability Day
By Anna Pollard | November 15, 2016Programs included a workday at Morven Kitchen Gardens, a recycling initiative and a sustainability project exposition.
Programs included a workday at Morven Kitchen Gardens, a recycling initiative and a sustainability project exposition.
The memorial has the support of the President’s Commission on Slavery at the University, the student group Memorial for Enslaved Laborers and the Board of Visitors.
Owners responded by posting a message to Facebook condemning the harassment and calling for inclusivity.
The Eliminate the Hate campaign began Monday at 12 p.m. with a Flash Slam on the steps of Old Cabell Hall. Student performers were invited to share their experiences of dealing with hate speech and bias.
Partway through the meeting, a group of students interrupted the session by storming the boardroom and demanding BOV members work to make the University a safer place.
The committee will hold its first public Honor trial of the year this coming Saturday, Nov. 19 — its first since Feb. 2013.
The University Judicial Council may have several constitutional amendments on the ballot in the next University election.
Several professors on Grounds collaborated to write a letter to University President Teresa Sullivan against the inclusion of a Thomas Jefferson quote in her post-election email Nov. 9.
Student protesters were granted a meeting with University President Teresa Sullivan after storming a Board of Visitors meeting Friday, demanding the board work to make the University a safer place.
Approximately 25 students marched into a Board of Visitors meeting Friday with a list of verbal demands which centered on asking the University to do more to create a safe space for victims of hate crimes.
The commission recommended keeping statues of both Lee and Jackson if historic context can be added to the monuments.
The incident occurred around 1:50 a.m. Wednesday morning.
The 470,000-square-foot shopping district is located directly off Interstate 64 on Fifth Street and contains over twenty businesses.
“The Crystal Ball is shattered,” the post on Sabato's Crystal Ball read.
The event, which was organized in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s election Tuesday, was held in the Amphitheatre.
Garrett will begin his first term in Congress Jan. 3, 2017.
Several groups have released statements expressing distress at the news.
The stock market appears to be stabilizing after multiple indexes plunged last night following Donald Trump’s election. The Dow Futures Price — which is the price to buy or sell a standardized value of the Dow — had fallen over 800 points overnight, according to a report by CNBC. Standard and Poor’s 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures also decreased more than five percent last Tuesday night.
The Washington outsider notably won several swing states expected to go to Clinton.
Almost 80 percent of Virginia residents voted to pass an amendment to the state constitution that gives property tax breaks to spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.