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By the numbers

13: The number of bills Gov. Bob McDonnell signed this week concerning energy policy 1: The number of state budgets McDonnell has yet to sign 85 billion: The approximate amount, in dollars, of the state budget for the next two fiscal years 77-19: The margin by which the House of Delegates passed the state budget 21-19: The margin by which the State Senate passed the state budget 146 million: The approximate amount, in dollars, of the budget passed by the City of Charlottesville for the next fiscal year 5-0: The margin by which City Council passed the budget 4: The percent rise in tuition for out-of-state students the Board of Visitors approved last Friday 1,448: The amount, in dollars, which tuition and fees will rise for out-of-state students 3.7: The percent rise in tuition for in-state students the Board of Visitors approved last Friday 430: The amount, in dollars, which tuition and fees will rise for in-state students 2: Number of bomb threats the University's Fontaine Research Park received during the span of a month 0: Number of text messages and emails students received from the University's emergency notification system about these threats 141,600: The average salary, in dollars, the University pays full professors according to a report released by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) 80,300: The average salary, in dollars, the University pays assistant professors according to the AAUP report 487,000: The reported salary, in dollars, former University President John T.


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Party planning

Student Council discussed plans Tuesday to host a summit this summer between students and legislators to address fiscal issues in higher education.


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No surprizes

"The Pulitzer is for the birds - for the pullets. It's just a dummy newspaper publicity award given by crooks and illiterates." So wrote Saul Bellow, in his novel "Humboldt's Gift," which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.


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Found in translation

One of my hobbies is watching foreign films. Not necessarily films which are awarded best film at the Cannes Film Festival, but whatever films are popular in a certain country.


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Tire tracks

It isn't the greatest invention since the wheel, but a new application for smartphones, the "Cville Bike mApp," could change the way we ride.


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Getting it wrong

Earlier this year, I wrote an article titled "Syllabus by natural selection" (Feb. 2) expressing discontent about how Indiana was close to passing a bill which would enable the teaching of intelligent design in public school science classes.


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Taking care of the caretakers

The general election season may have provided its first exaggerated controversy when Democratic strategist Hillary Rosen criticized Ann Romney, wife of probable Republican candidate Mitt, for being out-of-touch by saying Ann "has never worked a day in her life." Mrs. Romney, a stay-at-home mother of five, retorted that "My career choice was to be a mother ... we need to respect choices that women make." Many have attacked Rosen, saying she suggested that being a mother is not work, and fellow Democrats have distanced themselves from her remarks.


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The real decline

The Cavalier Daily reported Monday that the University "has mitigated tuition price increases in recent years by limiting salary adjustments [and] managing workforce size through attrition" ("BOV approves tuition hikes," Apr.


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Guiding principles

Days on the Lawn have come and with them students who are accepted but lost, unsure of where to go in Charlottesville or elsewhere.


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Grass under fire

Two weeks ago, Nobel Prize-winning German writer Gunter Grass published a controversial poem in several newspapers across Europe.


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Fee fighters

In California, a recently introduced bill would give some university students veto power to oppose the enactment of new fees by their administrators.


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Learning to play fair

In the forty years or so since the first woman was admitted into this University, there have been many advancements which have led to an atmosphere many might argue is closer to full gender equality.


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The tuition also rises

Meeting with administrators on a Thursday in Clemons sounds less than inviting - but several students did so yesterday for a "Student Tuition Meeting." Colette Sheehy, vice president for management and budget, and Assistant Vice President for Budget Melody Bianchetto hosted a presentation which explained why the Board of Visitors plans to raise tuition today, and why students should understand this decision. The important thing is not to panic.


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Quarantined quotes

I consider most college vernacular such as "pre-gaming" or "townee" rather benign, but there is one category of phrases which infuriates me to no end.


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Free thinkers

Instead of making a church the heart of its Grounds as all other universities had done prior, Jefferson made the Rotunda, a library, the heart of Grounds.


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Pot-luck possessions

In recent years, the decriminalization of marijuana has generated widespread support, and states have begun to use this policy to balance budgets and allocate resources.

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