Visitors to Scott Stadium on Saturday might have missed a familiar face during halftime of Virginia football's home opener against the University of Richmond.
Muscle-bound pigs, ferocious eagles, larger-than-life cavaliers. In the heat of every sports season, frenzied fans clamor to unite under one team representation: the mascot.
University football games are steeped in many student traditions, from singing the Good Ol' Song to wearing ties and sundresses to drinking - drinking lots of alcohol. But many parents are not enthusiastic about the last part of that tradition and the University is making efforts to change it. According to a report and poll by the American Medical Association, 95 percent of parents surveyed believe binge drinking is a serious threat to their college-aged children.
After a busy summer of preparations, investigations and one trial, the Honor Committee was back in full swing at its first meeting of the semester last night.
For students attending the University, there is often a feeling that their time spent strolling Grounds on the way to classes will never end and the idea of seeking a job seems far away.
Could advertising for two markets create confusion among consumers? Or will it boost sales of submarine sandwiches?
Last year's fire in Phi Kappa Psi fraternity has kindled a spirit for safety among the University's fraternities and sororities. All 48 University fraternities and sororities with houses were inspected this summer by a combination of Charlottesville and University fire safety officials.
The University Police Department arrested Kristopher O'Neil Smith of 819 Ridge St., for charges of felonious assault in connection with an incident occurring outside of the Sigma Nu Fraternity house on Carr's Hill.
A recent study published in the California Law Review states the Law School Admission Test may not make the grade in terms of fairness.
Students studying into the wee hours of the night can worry less about how to get home thanks to a new van the Student Escort Service added specifically to serve Clemons Library. The Student Escort Service's third van, which began service Wednesday, runs from 9 p.m.
University students soon will have some tough decisions to make, such as what type of fast food restaurant they prefer or what color carpet they think looks best in a lounge. Such decisions will culminate in the design of the University's new Student Center, a project spearheaded by Student Council's New Student Center Committee. Third-year College student Steven Reinemund, chairman of the New Student Center Committee, and Vice Chairman Matthew Pritchard embarked on a two-week journey this summer to discover what makes student centers across the nation successful.
Do the toys, bed sheets and decorations in a child's bedroom vary depending on their parents' sexual orientation or gender attitudes?
Flipping through the pages of the University telephone directory or calling student locator for a friend's phone number is a thing of the past.
The Bayly Art Museum is kicking off the new academic year with a new name and big plans for the future.
Officials from the Foxfield Racing Association, Albermarle County, Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving met yesterday afternoon to discuss new safety measures for the spring Foxfield Races, which are popular among many University students. The ABC is investigating the Foxfield Racing Association following reports by MADD of public drunkenness, drunk driving and heavy traffic in residential areas near the race track, located off of Barracks Road. The ABC plans to issue its report within several weeks.
Kids may know more about computers than do their teachers and administrators, but a new program associated with the Education School could change that. The Education School is one of four recipients of a $7.2 million grant, partially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to train kindergarten through 12th-grade school superintendents and principals throughout Virginia to use technology in education. The Gates Foundation, run by the Microsoft tycoon and his wife, offered each state a $3.6 million challenge grant for technology training.
Although Virginia SAT scores for the high school graduating class of 2001 rose slightly, national scores remained almost the same as they were for the class of 2000, according to figures released Tuesday by the College Board.
University police arrested a Charlottesville man suspected of assaulting a party guest outside the Sigma Nu fraternity house early Tuesday morning. Police charged 21-year-old Bryan Pierre Slaughter of 114 Hartman Mill Rd.
The University may feel like a small, quaint place, but it's not so small in its property holdings.
With the Internet's quick transformation from elite and obscure to the essential and commonplace, the University of Virginia plans to join an online consortium comprised of a network of 18 universities worldwide.
