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UPC hosts Tom Breihan

By Monika Fallon | February 28, 2012

The University Programs Council hosted a "fireside chat" in the Newcomb South Meeting Room yesterday evening with music critic Tom Breihan, who spent an hour offering advice to students hoping to get involved in journalism or the music industry. Breihan, who recently moved to Charlottesville to work for the music blog Stereogum, has written for many well-known websites such as Pitchfork Media.

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Study finds empowered students succeed

February 28, 2012

A study released last week by the University's Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at the Education School found giving students autonomy increases their level of engagement.

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Vroom elected Council president

By Charlie Tyson | February 27, 2012

Third-year College student Johnny Vroom, Student Council's current chief of cabinet, defeated four opponents in a student-wide election last week to be named Council's president-elect with 2,909 votes.

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Living Wage: the campaign through the years

By Zainab Al-Sayegh | February 27, 2012

The confrontation between the Living Wage Campaign and University officials reached the boiling point recently as student activists initiated a hunger strike and began protesting across the street from the office of University President Teresa Sullivan.

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Honor amends bylaws

By Valerie Clemens | February 27, 2012

The Honor Committee yesterday evening voted unanimously to change its bylaws to require a four-fifths majority of a jury to validate a conscientious retraction at trial time.

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Board talks budget woes

By Krista Pedersen and Viet VoPham | February 27, 2012

The Board of Visitors Finance Committee discussed Friday the Virginia General Assembly budget, a version of which the state Senate rejected Thursday. Board member W.

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19 wagers continue fast

By Kaz Komolafe | February 27, 2012

Members of the Living Wage campaign Friday rallied on the steps of the Rotunda to mark the seventh day of their hunger strike, which they hope will encourage the University to introduce a $13 minimum wage for its employees and employees of private contract companies, such as the University's catering company Aramark. University President Teresa Sullivan agreed to meet with representatives of the Living Wage campaign 7 a.m.

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BOV appoints Hurd

February 27, 2012

The Board of Visitors Friday appointed third-year College student Hillary Hurd the body's student member. As the Board's student member, Hurd will attend its meetings to predict and assess student opinion on long-term appointments and policies affecting the University community. "U.Va is such a large, diverse student body... it's going to be a challenge to fully represent student opinion when I don't think there's a consensus on very many issues," Hurd said.

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Professors discuss humanities at Board meeting

February 24, 2012

English Prof.

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IFC elects new chairmen

By Valerie Clemens | February 24, 2012

The Inter-Fraternity Council yesterday evening elected six additional chairmen in a council-wide election to add to its 12-member executive body for the 2012 term. Outgoing vice president for administration Joey Connor said the six chairmen positions chosen yesterday are the best way for fraternity members to get involved in entry-level leadership positions. Tommy Hanson was elected chairman for membership education and scholarship, Stephen West as chairman for community service, and Tim Bernica as chairman for alumni and faculty relations.

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Administration, campaign still far apart on living wage

By Grace Hollis | February 24, 2012

Third-year College student Brianne Pitts, a Living Wage Campaign supporter who had fasted for the past six days, dropped out of the campaign's hunger strike after feeling faint and breaking out in a sweat in her economics class yesterday.

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Virginia Senate rejects "personhood" legislation

February 24, 2012

The Virginia Senate yesterday voted 24-14 to send House Bill 1, which would have changed the definition of "person" to include unborn children, back to the Education and Health Committee.

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BREAKING: Jury recommends 26 years for Huguely

By Ashley Robertson | February 23, 2012

A jury convicted former University student George Huguely for the second-degree murder of Yeardley Love, as well as grand larceny, and recommended he serve a 26 year prison sentence.

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The Verdict

By Ashley Robertson | February 23, 2012

After nearly nine hours waiting for a verdict, former University student George Huguely stared straight ahead as a jury found him guilty of grand larceny and the second-degree murder of his former girlfriend Yeardley Love.

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Strikers to meet with Sullivan Monday

By Joseph Liss | February 23, 2012

University President Teresa Sullivan agreed yesterday to meet with six student protesters from the Living Wage Campaign Feb.

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House passes pre-abortion ultrasound bill

February 23, 2012

The Virginia House of Delegates passed an amended version of Senate bill 484 yesterday afternoon, which would require pregnant women to receive an ultrasound at least 24 hours before terminating a pregnancy. The original version of SB 484, passed by the Senate earlier this month, required the ultrasound to be conducted transvaginally.

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Board hears construction projects updates

By Anna Perina | February 23, 2012

The Board of Visitors Buildings and Grounds Committee discussed the upcoming North Grounds Recreation Center renovation yesterday. University Architect David Neuman said the project aims to create more athletic recreational space to match the growing student enrollment.

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UJC holds annual mock trial to educate students

By Sophie Arts | February 23, 2012

The University Judiciary Committee invited students to witness the body's third annual mock trial yesterday evening in the Newcomb Trial Room to educate the University community about the judiciary process. The hearing was part of the UJC's annual awareness week, which began Sunday and will end today. UJC Chair Victoria Marchetti said this week's events are designed to increase the transparency of the UJC process, as trials are usually kept completely confidential unless an accused student requests an open trial.

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Diplomat speaks of African relations

February 23, 2012

David Shinn, former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, yesterday spoke at the University about the growth of Chinese-African relations during the past decade. Shinn said China is primarily interested in Africa for four reasons: access to raw materials, political support, markets for China's exports and decreased Taiwanese diplomatic presence. Shinn said China surpassed the United States as the leading trader with African nations in 2009.

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Campaigners continue strike

By Grace Hollis | February 23, 2012

Members of the Living Wage Campaign marched to Teresa Sullivan's office in Madison Hall yesterday afternoon to deliver a page from "The Social Organization of Work," a book she co-authored with Prof.