The University Honor Committee attempted to host representatives from the Hispanic community in a Hispanic Town Hall forum Monday, but only one student from the Hispanic community came out for the event.
The University Judiciary Committee announced its Issues, Sexual Misconduct and Marketing subcommittee chairs Sunday evening. Judiciary Chair David Ensey, a third-year Engineering student, said the Alumni Outreach subcommittee chair went unfilled due to lack of interest in the position.
The Honor Committee unanimously approved the formerly temporary bylaws governing the implementation of informed retraction with nine changes on Sunday evening, along with 13 other bylaw changes. Informed retraction, which was passed by the student body in February, permits reported students to admit to an honor offense and leave the community for two semesters.
The Batten school hosted a conference entitled “Women, Leadership and Policy” Friday, in which a panel of federal, state and local female leaders discussed challenges facing women in policy-making careers.
Behind dazzling starting pitching, Virginia topped Florida State 9-2 and 2-0 in Saturday’s doubleheader, and followed it up with a 5-2 win Sunday to sweep the Seminoles for the first time in program history.
More than 1,000 University students and community members gathered in Memorial Gymnasium Friday to walk non-stop for 12 hours at the annual Relay for Life at U.Va. event.
The Alumni Association’s Jefferson Trust awarded more than $670,000 to 16 different University-based programs in a public ceremony held on the Lawn last Friday. This marks the eighth straight year the Trust has presented the grants.
After a historic six-game slide, the Virginia men’s lacrosse team finally got back on track Saturday with a 12-7 win against Bellarmine in the team’s regular season finale.
The battle between living wage protesters and the Board of Visitors continues, despite heavy security surrounding Thursday’s meeting.
Sophomore outfielder Mike Papi hit a game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning and redshirt senior first baseman Jared King came through with a walk-off hit in the tenth, leading Virginia (32-6, 13-5 ACC) to a whirlwind 10-9 win against Old Dominion (18-18, 8-10 CAA).
The rest of the report goes to describe in detail the revolting stories that form that fabric of Dr. Gosnell’s history — stories such as delivering and then murdering a live, screaming baby and keeping jars of baby feet. It reads almost like a horror story in which the antagonist is not a misanthropic psychopath but a twisted doctor motivated by profit.
University administrators confirmed earlier this week that they have eliminated a proposal that would have established an upperclass fee in the immediate academic year.
Unfortunately, the Honor Committee has apparently determined that it need not comply with its own governing constitution in framing the bylaws governing informed retraction. Honor Bylaw III(3), as of March 3, 2013, states that “[t]he Vice Chairs [for Investigations and Trials] may accept or reject any IR submission,” and further provides that “[t]he decision of the Vice Chairs is final.” This language clearly contradicts the plain meaning of the Bellamy Amendment — language which, it bears repeating, is now enshrined in the Honor Committee’s constitution. Constitutions trump bylaws.
The College Republicans issued an open letter to the University community Tuesday regarding what the organization called “recent infringement on student self-governance by the U.Va. administration and local law enforcement.”
A probable case of mumps has been diagnosed within the student body, Executive Director of Student Health Dr. James Turner said in an email to the University community Tuesday.
I chatted with x86 and n3tcat using an encrypted application called Cryptocat, which prevented me from determining their IP addresses and consequentially protected their anonymity.
Though its actions sparked an online uproar, including hundreds of frantic tweets and a mention in The Washington Post, all R00tTh3B0x has done is redirect a web domain. Virginia.edu, the central hub of the University’s online presence, is an important page to keep secure. But R00tTh3B0x has not jeopardized the site’s security in any meaningful way.
StudCo passed bills with unanimous consent, including an initiative in respect for the tragedy in Boston yesterday.
T.J. Sullivan spoke to the dynamics of groups of student organizations and how to lead effectively while keeping individual needs in mind.
An annonymous hacker has infiltrated the UVa homepage, and continues to threaten students and administrators with the release of confidential information.
