Students, faculty and community members will gather at the University next Wednesday to celebrate Alderman Library’s 75th anniversary.
Previews for all the Virginia teams in action this weekend.
Even if the noise concerns were valid, the way the Provost’s Office went about establishing the room-reservation policy was misguided. Administrators instituted the policy without seeking feedback from students who would be affected. For a University that prides itself on student self-governance, the failure to consult students marks a significant lapse in judgment.
Recent data from the Virginia Public Access Project shows 15 of the 17 current Board of Visitors members contributed to the campaigns of the governors who nominated them, reflecting a statewide trend of political contributors being placed on public university governing bodies.
According to a CNN report, 49 percent of faculty in higher education occupy part-time positions while another 19 percent are full-time non-tenure-track, meaning nearly 70 percent of faculty nationwide are ineligible for tenure. The situation at the University is slightly different, however.
University faculty, students and Charlottesville community members gathered Wednesday evening at the Miller Center for a town hall discussion about the state of the “American Dream.”
Students and faculty gathered in Newcomb Hall Wednesday evening to discuss recent restrictions on practice areas for student performance groups.
The American Foundation for Equal Rights announced Monday that it would join a lawsuit challenging Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage.
The fourth and final installment in The Cavalier Daily’s examination of Virginia’s strong recent recruiting record.
Going into the week’s practices, Virginia head coach Mike London went to work on his offense, scrambling the offensive line and promoting young receivers to try and jumpstart productivity. Sophomore quarterback David Watford, however, refused to pin the Cavaliers’ offensive woes on anyone other than himself.
An outside hitter-turned-libero, senior Emily Rottman has been one of the only constants on the court for the Cavaliers throughout the past three-plus seasons.
The football program has a number of problems to address; the other sports just more victories to collect. So, in the vein of rash, crazy solutions to complicated problems, why not put the non-football athletes on the football team? Presenting: The first ever University of Virginia Non-football Football Dream Team!
Halfway through his performance with fellow members of Carbon Jam, first-year Engineering student Carter Hall had a sudden thought: the sax rift from Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop” would go perfectly with the band’s current song.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team defeated Radford 5-0 in Charlottesville last night for its third consecutive shutout victory. The Highlanders only took one shot in the game, compared the Cavaliers’ 31.
At this point, the powers that be should just budget 110 minutes for future men’s soccer games between Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth. They might as well mark it a Cavalier victory, as well.
Honor Committee Chair Evan Behrle, fourth-year College student, spoke at Student Council’s representative body meeting Tuesday about recent changes to the honor system as well as the Honor Committee’s plans to enforced the changes over the current academic year.
At midnight Tuesday, federal legislators announced an official government shutdown due to partisan contention regarding President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act. The impact of the government shutdown on the University is minimal for now, but a prolonged shutdown could have severe consequences on University operations.
It seems everyone around me is eternally exhausted. Think about it: when was the last time you slept in confidently, without the stress of homework swallowing you the moment you open your eyelids?
Correlation does not mean causation. But in light of the high proportion of Board members who gave to the governors who appointed them, the claim that political contributions have absolutely nothing to do with Board appointments is tough to swallow.
Considerably unique in comparison to its less complex counterpart — flat-out rejection — it seems friend-zoning is a fine art that requires keen logic and preemptive instinct to be carried out properly.
