11,417: Number of individuals who applied for admission to the University through its new early action program, which had a deadline of Nov. 1
3: Consecutive wins earned by the Virginia football team since an Oct. 22 home loss to North Carolina State
2: Number of wins the Virginia football team still needs to capture the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division title
226: Number of votes by which Republican Bryce Reeves defeated State Sen. Edd Houck, D-Spotslvania, in last week's election for the state Senate's 17th district
20: Number of seats held by the GOP in the state Senate after Reeves' triumph, which effectively grants the party control of the chamber since Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling will cast all tie-breaking votes
O: Number of incidents of student-on-student sexual assault that were prosecuted in Virginia from 2008 through 2010
1,470,000: Average salary, in dollars, of major-college football coaches, according to a USA Today analysis published yesterday
1,794,679: Virginia football coach Mike London's 2011 base salary, in dollars
118,054: Average salary, in dollars, of full-time professors at public universities, according to the American Association of University Professors
2,500: Number of signatures collected within one day of the initiation of a Change.org petition asking the Board of Visitors to reconsider a plan to cut down magnolia trees surrounding the Rotunda as part of scheduled renovations that will begin there next year
33,975,775: Private contributions, in dollars, received by the University during the 2009-10 academic year for the purpose of financing its athletic programs
9,942,684: Private contributions, in dollars, solicited during the 2009-10 academic year by the University of Maryland, which is considering a plan that would eliminate eight sports teams to help bring its athletic department budget into line
14: Average number of hours that business majors spend studying per week, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement released yesterday
16: Average number of hours per week that business majors spend working at income-generating jobs during the school year, according to said survey
2: Number of students uninvolved in the Honor Committee who attended the Community Concerns segments of the body's meetings in the three weeks following the introduction of informed retraction legislation
2: Number of students involved with the Honor Committee who voted to continue discussing the proposal beyond those meetings, in contrast to the 19 who supported tabling the legislation indefinitely
2: Number of days of classes University students will miss if they skip town this weekend to head home early for Thanksgiving Break. We can't blame those who do. After all, The Cavalier Daily is also taking off early and will resume publication Nov. 28.
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