948: Dollar amount by which in-state undergraduate students will see their tuition rise for the 2011-12 academic year after the Board of Visitors enacted an 8.9 percent hike last week
2,996: Dollar amount by which out-of-state undergraduate students will see their tuition rise for the 2011-12 academic year
5: Number of minutes late, on average, students arrive to class during the spring semester as a result of the hordes of incoming and prospective students clogging up pathways across Grounds
10: Number of victories Duke has tallied against the Virginia men's lacrosse team during the last 11 meetings between the two rivals
136,500: Average salary, in dollars, of full professors at the University
5: Percentage increase in the minimum wage that will be paid to University employees effective July 1, as announced this week by President Teresa A. Sullivan
0: Number of Living Wage Campaign activists satisfied by Sullivan's announcement
9: Number of months between the beginning of Sullivan's term as University president and her inauguration, which took place last week
64,500,000: Dollar amount provided by the state government toward Cabell Hall renovations
41: Months since the state government initially promised the University $80 million for the project
12: Number of shutouts recorded by the Virginia baseball team this season, breaking the ACC record for single-season shutouts previously held by the 1977 Clemson and 2005 Virginia teams
3.77: Average GPA of the incoming class of Lawnies
1.0: Average GPA of the incoming class of Lawn streakers
4: Number of consecutive years the Virginia men's tennis team has entered postseason play as the No. 1-ranked team in the country
0: Number of NCAA titles Virginia has won in men's tennis
5: Number of production days remaining for The Cavalier Daily before it wraps up for the semester
6: Number of days between the conclusion of publication and the beginning of finals in which the paper's staff can learn an entire semester's worth of material. We'll see you at the library.
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