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Gov. signs 13 energy bills

April 19, 2012

Gov. Bob McDonnell signed 13 bills this week to promote statewide energy production, which he said would help make Virginia the "Energy Capital of the East Coast." "We have sustained winds off of the Atlantic coast, bountiful coalfields in southwestern Virginia, rich natural gas deposits, along with some of the top scientists and research institutions in the world," McDonnell said in a statement released Tuesday.

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Council plans budget summit

By Emily Hutt | April 18, 2012

Student Council's Legislative Affairs Committee yesterday evening proposed the creation of an education summit which would assemble state legislators and students during the summer to discuss the state's role in higher education funding. Legislative Affairs Committee Chair Jonathan Klaren, a third-year College student,, said he thought the summit was particularly important given the recent tuition increase which will affect University students in the next academic year.

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Senate rejects budget

April 18, 2012

Exactly one month after the 60-day regular General Assembly session adjourned, Virginia Senators yesterday failed for the third time this year to pass the $85 million budget which would fund state operations for the next two fiscal years.

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State revenue commissions rise 7.6 percent

By Viet VoPham | April 18, 2012

Gov. Bob McDonnell Monday announced state revenue commissions rose 7.6 percent in March from February's revenue report, according to a press statement released by the governor's office, which added that sales and income tax receipts can explain the increase. "Sales tax receipts increased by 11.1 percent in the month," according to Monday's press release.

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Watkins talks entitlements

By Grace Hollis | April 18, 2012

Ayn Rand Institute fellow Don Watkins spoke to the University community yesterday evening about his qualms with the nation's entitlement programs, which include Social Security and Medicare. In the two-hour long lecture, Watkins sought to answer the question, "What's really wrong with entitlements?" and first explained how he believed the nation progressed from "limited government" to an "entitlement nation." "It turns out Americans didn't starve in the streets [before entitlement programs,]" Watkins said.

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Students play Bay Game

By Anna Milligan | April 17, 2012

OpenGrounds yesterday evening invited graduate students to play the Bay Game, a simulation created by University faculty and students based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Local report suggests justice system

By Joseph Liss | April 17, 2012

Charlottesville City Council heard a report yesterday evening from Psychology Prof. Dick Reppucci, Graduate Arts & Sciences student Todd Warner and Gretchen Ellis, director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Commission on Children and Families, about the City's treatment of minorities, particularly those in the juvenile justice system.

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Survivor panel kicks off Take Back the Night

By Monika Fallon | April 17, 2012

Take Back the Night, a five-day series of events which raises awareness about sexual violence, kicked off yesterday evening in the Kaleidoscope Room of Newcomb Hall with a panel discussion about dating survivors of gender-based violence. Take Back the Night, an international effort against sexual violence, was organized in the United States in 1978 after anti-rape marches in Belgium and West Germany.

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City hosts race dialogue

By Viet VoPham | April 16, 2012

The Dialogue on Race Steering Committee and the University and Community Action for Racial Equity (UCARE) hosted an event Saturday afternoon to discuss race-based issues and incidents in Charlottesville. The Dialogue on Race is a City committee which promotes on-going discussions about race, ethnicity, racism and diversity to identify solutions for any community problems, according to the committee's website. Saturday's event was designed to further these goals by creating "a space for discussion on these topics that challenge how we communicate with each other as a community," according to the website.

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U.Va. honors Founder

By Kelly Kaler | April 16, 2012

The University hosted a series of events to celebrate Founder's Day Friday, including a tree planting and the presentation of the three Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals in architecture, law and citizen leadership. The tree-planting ceremony took place on the Lawn Friday morning and honored the late professor Mario di Valmarana, a Venetian professor who spearheaded the University's study abroad programs in Venice and Vicenza.

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Honor aims for more involvement

By Valerie Clemens | April 16, 2012

The Honor Committee yesterday evening announced the creation of the Engagement Campaign Task Force, a new subcommittee which aims to unify and engage the community with the Committee.

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Center recognizes free speech violations

April 13, 2012

The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression announced Wednesday the recipients of its 21st annual Muzzle Awards, which recognize various private organizations, government officials and public agencies who the Center believes hinder freedom of speech. The awards are given to "those who in the previous year committed particularly egregious or ridiculous affronts to free expression," according to a Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression press release. The center, located in Charlottesville, defends "free expression in all its forms" by participating in the judicial and legislative processes, fostering education about First Amendment rights and promoting freedom of the arts, according to its website.

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Police respond to University bomb threat

April 13, 2012

Update: Albemarle County Police and Albemarle County Fire and Rescue have cleared the incident at Fontaine Research Park. Albemarle County Police responded to a bomb threat at 560 Ray C.

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Alliance fights bond request

By Donald Sensabaugh | April 12, 2012

The Charlottesville Open Government Alliance held a press conference yesterday morning to protest a motion which the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) filed March 22 with the Albemarle County Circuit Court.

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Gov. proposes ID amendments

By Abby Meredith | April 12, 2012

Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed amendments this week to a state Senate bill which aim to lessen the restrictions the bill would place on voters' proof of valid identification. The bill, passed by the Senate in February and the House last month, would eliminate the provision which allows voters to cast a ballot without a valid state-issued ID, as long as the voter signed an affidavit confirming his identity. McDonnell spokesperson Jeff Caldwell said in an email yesterday the bill attempts to increase election security by decreasing voter fraud. "Ensuring the integrity of our elections is a cornerstone of a strong democracy," Caldwell said.

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