The Virginia Supreme Court reversed a jury verdict last Friday in the wrongful-death suit filed by the parents of slain Virginia Tech students Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde, two of the 32 victims in the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.
Charlottesville City Council is composed of five members, each serving four-year terms, and elections are held in November of odd-numbered years. Members of City Council elect one member to serve as mayor and one as vice mayor every two years. Two of the five seats will be determined in this Election Day. The Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County is composed of six members, one from each magisterial district, and it is the highest decision making body in Albemarle County. Supervisors are elected for four-year terms, and elections are staggered at two-year intervals.
Sarvis is a native of Fairfax, Va. and has an undergraduate degree from Harvard, advanced degrees from Cambridge and George Mason and a law degree from New York University. He has experience as an entrepreneur, a software engineer, a math teacher and a lawyer.
Kenneth Thomas “Ken” Cuccinelli II graduated from Gonzaga College High School in 1986 and received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University. Cuccinelli also received a J.D. and an M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University. Cuccinelli was a leading conservative member of the Virginia Senate from 2002-2010 and is the state’s current attorney general. Cuccinelli is a practicing Roman Catholic and currently lives in Nokesville, VA with his wife, Teiro, and their seven children.
Terence Richard “Terry” McAuliffe graduated from Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School, then attended The Catholic University of America and later obtained a law degree from Georgetown University. McAuliffe was co-chair of Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election campaign, chair of Hillary Clinton’s election 2008 election campaign and chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005. McAuliffe is a practicing Roman Catholic and currently lives in McLean, VA with his wife, Dorothy, and their five children.
Cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program went into effect Friday, reducing the amount of money families around the country will receive to help pay for groceries. An estimated 8,000 Charlottesville residents will be impacted.
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Terry McAuliffe raised $24,776,522 from donations this election cycle, outpacing Cucinelli’s $14,815, 328. Political industries and politics sectors were significant donors for both candidates, accounting for about $8.5 million of McAuliffe’s funds and $9.2 million of Cucinelli’s. Cuccinelli attacked McAuliffe’s accepting donations from the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry, which made the largest in-state contribution to McAuliffe.
Cuccinelli’s top donors were the Republican Governors Association ($7,916,261), Republican Party of Virginia ($679,844), and Richard Uihlein ($150,000). Uihlein is the CEO of Uline Inc., which distributes shipping, industrial, and packaging materials to businesses throughout North America. Cuccinelli became embroiled in controversy when he accepted more than $18,000 in gifts from CEO Jonnie Williams of Star Scientific—a technologically oriented company focused on health and wellness. As a result of public backlash, Cuccinelli has since donated the money to a Richmond-based charity.
Voters will have to make a decision between Republican Candidate Mark Obenshain and Democratic Candidate Mark Herring. Center for Politics Spokesperson Geoffrey Skelley said the outcome of this race will be harder to predict than the other two races on the ballot. Skelley said that much of voters’ focus is on the governor’s race.
At no time since 1968 has a Democrat occupied both the Virginia Governor’s Mansion and the White House, and the data suggest that having a Democrat in the White House is a good predictor of a Republican winning the race for governor. In addition, the Cavalier Daily was confident that no change in the party holding the White House was a good predictor of no change in the party holding the Governor’s Mansion.
With the Virginia governor’s race entering its final days, recent polling has consistently shown Democrat Terry McAuliffe with a lead against Republican Ken Cuccinelli.
The newly founded Institute for World Languages (IWL) held its Inaugural Fall Symposium in the Newcomb Ballroom Thursday, where University faculty held round-table discussions about how the institute plans on reinventing the way in which foreign languages will be taught at the University
Partisan and nonpartisan groups on Grounds are out in full force as the Nov. 5 gubernatorial election day draws near.
Student Council drafted a bill at a small group session Tuesday to address concerns about recent cuts to AccessUVa, the University’s financial aid program.
The student organization Graduate Students for a Better U.Va. is calling for increased student advocacy and communication with the administration regarding issues affecting the life of Univeristy graduate students.
The family of Casey Schulman, a University student who died during a boating accident in Dominica while on a Semester at Sea trip last fall, has filed a lawsuit against the Institute for Shipboard Education/Semester at Sea, as well as the hotel and the travel agencies through which the chartered snorkeling expedition Schulman was on was organized, charging them with counts of negligence and strict liability.
From Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn, to spooky Hauntings on the Hill in Brown College, and the Haunted Trail behind Gooch/Dillard, the University has plenty to offer supernatural seekers for the year’s spookiest holiday.
Just six days before Virginia voters will elect their next governor, President Bill Clinton and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe co-hosted a major campaign rally Wednesday morning at the downtown Paramount theater.
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team (ADAPT) sponsored a talk Tuesday evening titled “Thinking Outside the Bottle: What Science Says About College Drinking” with guest speaker Jason Kilmer, Ph.d.
The University’s academic advising system is in the midst of its busiest time of the semester, as thousands of undergraduate students prepare to sign up for spring 2014 courses.
