“No login, no password, no traces; simply anonymous” This is the motto for Yik Yak’s — the mobile app that has garnered 100,000 downloads nationwide, 5,000 of them in Charlottesville. It acts as a virtual bulletin board that has been compared to writing on the bathroom stall wall.
ULink, a new Student Council initiative, closed its acceptance of applications on Friday. “ULink is a new initiative by Student Council to create a peer academic advising program for students who wouldn’t already have peer mentors,” Rosenfeld said.
As the 2014 spring semester draws to a close, many people are looking for off-Grounds summer housing options in Charlottesville. Those going north for the summer must temporarily lease their apartments to pay for part of their 12-month lease.
On Thursday the Office of the Dean of Students’ Event Planning Office announced changes to the system through which CIOs reserve spaces on Grounds for various events and rehearsals. The Event Planning Office will carry out these changes through the CIO event space booking system, the SOURCE.
If you’ll be staying around Grounds this summer, here’s a run-down of some of the big stories to watch out for.
Wednesday, members of the Inter-Sorority Council Executive Board participated in Safe Space Training in the LGBTQ Center. LGBTQ Services Coordinator Scott Rheinheimer and fourth-year College student Brendan Wynn trained six members of the board on creating safe spaces within the ISC for LQBTQ students.
Going into effect after finals, a new security system will be installed at Alderman Library. In addition to existing measures, an alarm will be added to go off whenever someone enters or exits the building after hours.
Negotiations on the Virginia budget remain at a stalemate, with the contention over Medicaid expansion bringing Richmond to a continued partisan standstill.
The annual Foxfield Races will commence Saturday morning, ending in the late afternoon — at once a festive event for students celebrating the end of classes and a high-risk event known for heavy drinking.
The Board of Visitors approved undergraduate tuition raises Wednesday for the 2014-15 academic year.
The Supreme Court decided Tuesday to uphold the state of Michigan’s constitutional amendment banning affirmative action policies for admissions to its public colleges, giving rise to potential for other states to pursue similar legislation.
The University has one of the best mental health systems in the country — at least, according to Tim Davis, the newest director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services.
With a recent spike in highly-publicized collegiate tragedies attributed to mental illness, increased attention is being paid to deficiencies in psychological and counseling services universities offer. State incidents, including the campus massacre of 32 Virginia Tech students in 2007 and the number of suicides which occur every year, have increased pressure on Virginia schools to both meet and monitor the mental health of young adults.
To alleviate some of the stress placed on University students surrounding proposed changes to Final Exercises, a group of University students has created a website, TicketUni, to provide students a medium by which they can coordinate buying and selling extra tickets.
The IX Warehouse space near downtown Charlottesville will soon become home to an Art Park, the first of its kind in Central Virginia.
The state of Virginia has reformed the legal procedures surrounding mental health care twice in the last several years in the wake of the Virginia Tech Tragedy in 2007 and more recently the stabbing of Senator Creigh Deeds.
The Inter-Fraternity Council released a statement Tuesday afternoon regarding the recent terminations of the Fraternal Organization Agreements of the University’s Sigma Nu and Pi Kappa Alpha chapters. A short statement of just over 120 words, the IFC expressed disappointment in the behavior a University investigation uncovered.
The Office of Emergency Preparedness sent out a school-wide email Sunday evening announcing Ruffin Hall had been evacuated after the fire alarm was set off.
Engineering Students Without Borders, a student-run organization focused on applying sustainable engineering methods to carry out local and international development projects, held a project symposium on Tuesday to present their projects to the University community.
Next fall, students have the opportunity to take any of 10 seminars designed and taught by undergraduate students through the Cavalier Education Program. A wide variety of topics will be offered, ranging from “Hindu Mythology: Epics and Myth” to “The Chemistry of Cooking.”
