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Virginia House bills seek constitutional convention

By Grayson Kemper and Elizabeth O’Roark | January 29, 2015

Both branches of the Virginia Legislature voted on resolutions on Tuesday calling for a constitutional convention and subsequent amendments to the United States Constitution. The resolutions seek to invoke Constitutional Article V, which states that amendments to the Constitution may be proposed if resolutions for a convention are passed by two-thirds of states.

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University, Greek community members question Boys' Bid Night ban

By Katie Grimesey and Ella Shoup | January 29, 2015

University President Teresa Sullivan released a statement Thursday in response to the National Panhellenic Conference’s request that University chapters not participate in the 2015 Boy’s Bid Night, saying the University did not participate in making the decision.

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VCU eliminates SAT requirement for high achieving students

By Brendan Rogers | January 29, 2015

Virginia Commonwealth University announced Tuesday it will no longer require prospective undergraduate students with a 3.3 high school grade point average or higher to submit SAT scores for consideration of admission.

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Proposed bill would have allowed outside attorney UJC proceedings interference

By Katie Grimesey | January 29, 2015

Three bills in the Virginia House of Delegates — proposing student and student organization rights to an external attorney during institutional disciplinary proceedings — were tabled yesterday during a hearing of the House sub-committee on Higher Education.

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Virginia General Assembly considers sexual assault legislation

By Will Marshall | January 29, 2015

Virginia’s General Assembly is in the process of crafting legislation which will alter how incidents of sexual assault are handled on college campuses.

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Honor officers propose facilitating single sanction changes

By Owen Robinson | January 28, 2015

Honor Senior Support Officer Ian Robertson and Honor Support Officer Jaeyoon Park, both College third-years, have proposed three referenda which would establish a biannual honor system popular assembly open to the University student body, facilitate the Committee adoption of binding constitutional amendment by community vote and open to student discussion whether or not to change the single sanction policy.

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University will administer sexual assault climate survey

By Grace Erard and Tim Ford | January 28, 2015

The University is planning to release a sexual assault campus climate survey this April in collaboration with the Association of American Universities — a survey which will be distributed among 29 nationwide institutions of higher education.

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2015 rush numbers exceed previous year

By Anna Higgins | January 28, 2015

The number of participants in 2015 formal recruitment for both the Inter-Sorority Council and Inter-Fraternity Council’s spring rush saw an increase from last year. In total, 1,028 men rushed University IFC fraternities — a 10-person increase from last year.

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University accepts 4,857 early admission applications

By Anna Pollard | January 28, 2015

The University delivered its first round of Class of 2019 admission letters on Jan. 23

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Virginia Senate defeats gun regulation bills

By Reade Pickert | January 28, 2015

Two Virginia Senate bills addressing gun control, part of the numerous gun regulation bills moving through the Virginia legislature, were defeated Monday.

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StudCo passes resolution addressing Boys’ Bid Night ban

By Kayla Eanes | January 28, 2015

Student Council passed a resolution Tuesday addressing the self-governance of sorority women, urging National Sorority Organizations to respect University principles of student self-governance as well as University-approved sorority safety plans.

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Petition, letter speak out against National Panhellenic Conference Boys' Bid Night ban

By Katherine Ballington and Maggie Vaughan | January 27, 2015

Some sorority national headquarters are putting in place stricter measures — such as mandatory meetings or social events — than those imposed last week by the National Panhellenic Conference in an effort to further prevent University chapter members from participating in upcoming Boy’s Bid Night.

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New shopping mall coming near I-64

By Mairead Crotty | January 26, 2015

A 73-acre plot of land just south of Charlottesville city limits will soon become the 5th Street Station shopping center. The land is currently being cleared while underground infrastructure is installed.

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Virginia Democrats, Republicans formulate agenda

By Angela Pham | January 26, 2015

The Virginia Democrats held a press event Monday morning in Richmond to formulate their agenda for the upcoming term. The meeting followed press conferences held by the Senate Democratic Caucus and House Republican Caucus in Richmond last week, during which both parties outlined their legislative agenda for 2015.

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University researches help secure drone technology

By Madeline Nagy | January 26, 2015

University engineering researchers teamed up with researchers from the University of Georgia to flight-test a new System-Aware Cybersecurity concept and Secure Sentinel technology which could protect drones from cyber attacks. Over the course of five days in October, researchers demonstrated attack scenarios considering GPS embedded-data manipulations, the manipulation of critical metadata related to transmitted images and onboard surveillance and payload control breaches.

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Honor system survey reveals 'concerning' data

By Owen Robinson | January 26, 2015

A team of graduate students from the Education School presented to the Honor Committee on Sunday the results of a student survey assessing the community’s interactions with and feelings toward the honor system. The survey found a great majority of students are aware of the honor system and its procedures, but many are uncomfortable with the consequences of an honor offense and are unlikely to report those they witness.

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StudCo realigns following tumultuous semester

By Kayla Eanes | January 26, 2015

Derailing well-laid tracks In response to a series of events that shook the University community last semester, Student Council shifted its focus from day-to-day student concerns to focus on promoting and ensuring student safety. Safety and Wellness Chair Rachel Murphy, a third-year College student, said her committee originally planned to focus on an anti-smoking platform for the fall semester. “We were really committed to looking at making U.Va.

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​Virginia Senate to consider marijuana decriminalization

By Kathleen Smith | January 26, 2015

State Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria, proposed a bill Thursday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Virginia.

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​A comparative look at college fraternity party rules and regulations

By Kayla Eanes and Juliana Radovanovich | January 26, 2015

Last Friday, all 31 of the University’s fraternities signed a new Fraternal Organization Agreement addendum, agreeing to new safety measures for social events.

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​Cavalier Daily elects first ever all-female managing board

By Jenna Dickerson | January 26, 2015

The Cavalier Daily held elections for its 126th term Saturday, electing an all-female Managing Board for the first time in the paper’s history.