Students and faculty already feeling the effects of rising tuition and frozen salaries, respectively, were hardly pleased this week when the University's Department of Parking and Transportation announced a $1-per-month increase to Academic Division parking permit rates for the 2011-12 academic year.
MOM; Amanda; Shane; Shawn, I love you. Thank you for having me. It's been a pleasure.
In the high-profile world of college athletics, it is understandable for universities to be wary of competitors and third parties attempting to steal the colors, mascots and slogans that make up their athletic brands.
FOR THOSE opposed to perceived federal overreach in the enactment of health care reform, two primary options present themselves: political change and legal challenges.
University students received an e-mail last week from Maurie McInnis, associate dean of the College, cautioning them of the potential honor implications of an online service called The Essay Exchange.
CAN ONE man embody a century? Frank Buckles lived to be 110 years old and participated in the most rapid period of technological and institutional development the world ever has seen.
MISLEADING stereotypes are one of the most pervasive issues concerning racial and ethnic relations. It is most disheartening when one finds that his culture is hardly taken seriously and, worse yet, even may not be seen as legitimate. Many racial and ethnic groups in America and around the world strive to defeat these stereotypes, as well as to fight for their cultural validity and for the recognition of their worth as individuals in a functioning society.
When third-year College student Brandon Kist resigned from the incoming Honor Committee Friday, it created a difficult set of circumstances for the Committee.
IN THE ESPN documentary "The Fab Five," which highlights the starting lineup of freshmen on a University of Michigan basketball team in the early 1990s, former Fab Five player Jalen Rose admits that he resented rival Duke because "schools like Duke didn't recruit players like me.
THERE seems to be a new trend coming to your local bookstore. Somewhere in the corner behind the "New Age Medicine" section and next to all those boring reference books about tax codes lies the philosophy section.
The Supreme Court of Virginia agreed last week to hear an appeal from Attorney General and University alumnus Ken Cuccinelli regarding his power to compel the University to provide documents related to former Environmental Sciences Prof.
THIS PAST Spring Break, I participated in a service trip to Israel through the Hillel Jewish Center and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
SOMETIMES a mistake is just a mistake. Correct it. Learn from it. Move on. Sometimes a mistake begets a dilemma, in which the competing choices are not just unappealing - they are wrong. A reader and a lacrosse fan e-mailed me complaining about The Cavalier Daily's lacrosse coverage.
2,590,000: Dollar amount that the University requested the General Assembly contribute toward repairs to the Rotunda's leaking roof and crumbling column capitals 0: Dollar amount appropriated by the General Assembly for that purpose 10: Number of points by which the Virginia men's basketball team led Miami with 42.5 seconds remaining during last Thursday's first-round Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament game 7: Number of points by which the Virginia men's basketball team lost to Miami in overtime of that same game 21,049: Total number of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at the University at the start of the 2010-11 academic year 1,500: Total number of undergraduate and graduate students that will be added to the University by 2019 in accordance with a plan recently approved by the Board of Visitors 128: Percentage increase between 1998 and 2008 of Hispanic undergraduate students enrolled at the University 4.6: Percentage of undergraduate students enrolled at the University in 2008 who were classified as Hispanic 1.3: Percentage of full-time faculty employed at the University in 2008 who were classified as Hispanic 1: Number of soy sauce bottles ingested by a Zeta Psi fraternity pledge March 1 before winding up in the intensive care ward of the University Medical Center 18,768: Amount of sodium, in milligrams, in a 12-ounce bottle of soy sauce 11.44: Per hour wage in dollars that the Living Wage Campaign is seeking for the University's lowest paid workers 40: Number of months since the University froze salaries for all employees because of budget constraints 36: Number of individuals employed by the University who made more than $300,000 in 2010 34: Number of years that Debbie Ryan has served as head coach of the Virginia women's basketball team 38: Number of years since the founding of the Virginia women's basketball team 1: Number of weeks completed since classes resumed from Spring Break 6: Number of full weeks until classes conclude for the semester.
There are some traditions here at the University of Virginia that are worth clinging to, but there are others that linger far too long. When walking down the stairs of Clemons this morning, I encountered an old friend who has overstayed his welcome.
LAST SEMESTER I took a statistics course for the first time - by the way, STAT 2120 is a great class, everyone should take it.
