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Superintendent Pam Moran’s funding request passed by School Board 6-1

By Catherine Valentine | February 11, 2014

The Albemarle County School Board voted 6-1 last Tuesday to proceed with Superintendent Pam Moran’s $164.28 million funding request. Board members convened to determine if the budget request needed adjustments before sending the proposal to the Board of Supervisors for approval, ultimately deciding to pass Moran’s request in its initial form.

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LGBTQ Center kicks off sixth annual Love is Love campaign

By Brendan Rogers | February 11, 2014

The University’s LGBTQ Center kicked off its annual “Love is Love” campaign this week. The campaign aims to raise awareness and create a more welcoming environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students.

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Ethics reform bill passes Senate

By Leopold Spohngellert | February 11, 2014

The Virginia Senate passed an ethics reform bill in a 39-1 vote Monday. The bill will limit donations and increase oversight of lobbyists and special interest groups. The bill comes in the wake of a national scandal surrounding former Gov. Bob McDonnell, who was indicted on federal corruption charges Jan. 21.

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City Council adopts “complete streets” policy

February 11, 2014

Charlottesville City Council adopted a “complete streets” resolution earlier this month to ensure future roads will accommodate pedestrians, cyclists and tree-lined roadways. “[The new policy will] ensure that transportation infrastructure investments support the making of an attractive, healthy, and safe, walkable and bike-able Charlottesville,” according to Council’s agenda.

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Virginia Senate passes mental health reforms

By Jordan Bower | February 11, 2014

The Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill titled SB 260 Monday which will reform the mental health system in Virginia. The bill was introduced last month by Senator Creigh Deeds following the tragic incident in which his son, Gus Deeds, attacked and stabbed the senator, before taking his own life.

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Obama, Hollande visit Monticello, disrupt Charlottesville traffic

By Matt Comey | February 11, 2014

President Barack Obama visited Charlottesville Monday, touring Monticello with French President Francois Hollande.

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Selection committee announces Lawn residents

By Jiaer Zhuang | February 10, 2014

The Lawn Selection Committee extended offers Friday to 47 students selected to live on the Lawn for the 2014-2015 academic year. Selections for endowed and reserved rooms have not yet to be decided.

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U.Va. kicks off national conference on sexual misconduct

By Maddy Weingast | February 10, 2014

As President Barack Obama announced the formation of a task force in January to address the recent increase in sexual assaults on campuses, the University was already in the final stretch of planning the conference, “Dialogue at UVA: Sexual Misconduct Among College Students,” through the efforts of President Teresa Sullivan and Patricia Lampkin, vice president and chief student affairs officer.

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Minneman to head Virginia College Republicans

By Megan Panagopoulos | February 10, 2014

Third-year College student Elizabeth Minneman, the former chair of the University College Republicans, was elected state chair of the College Republican Federation of Virginia at a convention last Saturday.

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Marijuana use polarizes state, University

By Kaelyn Quinn | February 10, 2014

The debate about legalizing marijuana divides activists and legislators across the nation. At the University, marijuana usage is low, but increasing, in keeping with national trends. As the drug remains strictly illegal in Virginia, the University Police and University Judiciary Committee continue to enforce the law. For many, marijuana remains a taboo subject as the debate progresses.

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Honor Committee asks students exam proctoring preference

By Joseph Liss | February 9, 2014

The Honor Committee voted 18-3 Sunday evening to place a non-binding resolution on the student elections ballot asking whether students would prefer non-proctored exams. Five members of the Committee were absent and the Chair did not vote.

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Education professors receive early childhood, development teaching grant

By Samantha Josey-Borden | February 9, 2014

U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education awarded the Curry School a $1 million dollar grant for their program “Leaders for Tomorrow’s Children.” The program looks to improve graduate-level education in early childhood education and development.

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Woo delivers State of the College address

By Jenna Dickerson and Sarah Hainbach | February 9, 2014

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Meredith Woo addressed an audience of students, faculty and administrators about the state of the College on Friday in Old Cabell Hall.

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Faculty salaries not responsible for rising tuition, study finds

By Owen Robinson | February 9, 2014

The American Institutes for Research published a report this month which found that student services and employee benefits, rather than full-time faculty salaries, are the primary causes of tuition increases.

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Batten, College, Architecture dean searches underway

By Tiffany Truong , Henry Pflager and Chloe Heskett | February 9, 2014

University officials have established search committees to find replacements for Dean Meredith Woo of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Dean Harry Harding of the Batten School for Public Policy and Dean Kim Tanzer of the Architecture School. All three deans will not seek reappointment when their terms end in the next several months.

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House narrowly tables electrocution death penalty bill

By Caelainn Carney and Katie Grimesey | February 9, 2014

The Virginia state senate voted 21 to 19 this week to table a bill allowing electrocution to be used for executions in the event that lethal injection is not available.

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House Subcommittee tables student counsel bill

By Leopold Spohngellert | February 9, 2014

The Virginia House Higher Education subcommittee tabled a bill last Tuesday which would give students attending public institutions the right to legal counsel when appearing before student-run judicial panels.

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Little Johns, Michael's basement fire shuts down Corner

By Joseph Liss | February 7, 2014

Charlottesville Fire Department Spokesperson Richard Jones said the Department responded to a call about a fire in Little Johns on The Corner at 2:18 PM on Friday.

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University provides free software to students, faculty

By Sarah Pritchett | February 6, 2014

The University Library’s $27,097,307 total budget is 79 percent comprised of student tuition and state general funds. StatLab Head Michelle Claibourn said the technological and software services the Library offers with part of that budget are helpful to researchers in the University.

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Medical Center appoints Ghaemmaghami CMO

By Jordan Bower | February 6, 2014

The University Medical Center announced at the end of last month the appointment of an interim Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Chris A. Ghaemmaghami.