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At its weekly meeting this past Sunday, the Honor Committee effectively killed a proposal it had been discussing since Oct.
A WEEK ago, a University student started a petition on Change.org requesting that the University establish gender-neutral housing on Grounds.
U .S. NEWS & World Report's annual Best Colleges publication consistently lends high praise to the University.
There are roughly 10,000 University students who live within the City of Charlottesville, which is holding city-wide elections tomorrow for three City Council seats.
I was born and grew up in Charlottesville while my father, Edgar Shannon, was president of the University from 1959 until 1974.
IT IS CLEAR that some of the folks who commented on Katelyn Krause's guest column ("Would you dress as Auschwitz for Halloween?" Nov.
THERE is no question about it. Ask any law student and you will get the same answer: one course, LAW 7071, Professional Responsibility, is the pesky requirement.
I AM SURE some of you are sick of hearing about environmentalism. We have all been bombarded with evidence about how pollution leads to global warming and ecosystem destruction, and we have all been told that we need to do something about it.
Members of Student Council's Diversity Initiatives Committee, the Black Student Alliance, the Organization of African Students and the University's chapter of the NAACP hosted a public forum Wednesday to reignite student interest in the long-discussed proposal to dedicate a memorial site to the enslaved laborers who participated in the construction of the University.
I WAS DRAWN to the University because of its excellent reputation. We have always been one of the finest public universities in the nation, serving as a leader in innovation and a leader by example.
A ROTTING roof leaks water down the walls which forms puddles on the floor and slowly destroys art and furnishings.
EARLIER this week, upon looking at my Google search history, I became concerned to see "Clean gum off shoe" and "Chipotle Marinade Chicken How To" having been queried within an eight minute time period.
THE ONGOING debate regarding the Honor Committee's proposed informed retraction legislation is a positive step toward achieving the body's goal of fostering a meaningful community of trust.
It has been 10 months since the American Tradition Institute filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the University seeking, among other things, all "correspondence, messages or emails" between former Environmental Sciences Prof.
BARNES & Noble, the nation's largest bookstore chain, has experienced another significant loss during its most recent fiscal quarter and is projected to lose money during every quarter of 2012.
DRESSING as the victims of an event in which approximately 400,000 people died most likely would not help you make friends on Halloween.
