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By the numbers

The Managing Board summarizes highlights from the month of March with numbers

25: Percentage of the student body who voted in the election in February

40: Percentage of the student body who voted in last year’s election

23: Number of years in prison George Huguely was sentenced to in 2012

34: Number of pages Judge Beales wrote rejecting Huguely’s appeal

28.3: Percentage of the student population composed of minorities

20: Percentage of faculty composed of minorities

62.5: Percentage of honor offenses filed against minorities since last April

16: Number of basketball games the Cavaliers won in the ACC season

38: Number of years since the Cavaliers won an ACC basketball championship

2: Number of games the Cavaliers have won thus far in March Madness

2: Number of games the Cavaliers need to win in order to make it to the Final Four

3: Number of Honor Committee members who ran for Honor Chair this year

3: Number of Honor Chairs who have been white males and brothers of Phi Delta Theta fraternity in the past 3 years

2,200: Number of fourth-years who have already pledged gifts, according to the Fourth Year Trustees

1,200: Number of fourth-years who have not yet pledged gifts

21,815: Average debt University students graduate with in 2010, in dollars

29,400: Average debt all students across the country graduated with in 2012, in dollars

8,971: Number of students who have received admissions offers from the University, as of last Friday

31,042: Number of applications read by the University admissions office this year

3,600: Number of first-years the University hopes to enroll in the Class of 2018

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