55: number of decibels allowed in Charlottesville between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., according to city ordinance
8: number of noise citations issued in the University area during the first weekend school for breaking said ordinance
1: number of warnings a student will get for climbing up the Rotunda before being arrested
100,000: the minimum amount, in dollars, the University has paid to ensure students don’t climb the Rotunda scaffolding
1: number of police officers present at the Rotunda during the summer rallies to reinstate University President Teresa Sullivan
17: number of days between the forced resignation of Sullivan and her unanimous reinstatement by the Board of Visitors
34,000: the amount, in dollars, the Board spent during its August retreat in Richmond
15,000: the amount, in dollars, originally budgeted for the retreat by the University endowment
90,000: total amount, in dollars, of Student Council’s budget for the 2012-2013 academic year
10,000: amount, in dollars, Council’s funds from the Student Activities Fee dropped from last year, an unexplained discrepancy given that student enrollment increased and the fee stayed the same
2: number of faculty-student panels that occurred this week to reflect on the Sullivan crisis
0: number of voting Board members present at either one of those panels
0: number of non-voting faculty members sitting on the Board
1: number of non-voting faculty members sitting on the Virginia Tech, George Mason and James Madison University boards
2,500: approximate number of pages of emails from the account of Rector Helen Dragas released to The Washington Post per its Freedom of Information Act request
125: approximate number of Harvard University students alleged to have cheated on a final exam
1: number of years the NCAA banned the University of North Carolina for an academic cheating scandal
4: number of years the NCAA banned Pennsylvania State University for a sexual abuse scandal
17-16: final score of the Virginia football team’s victory against Penn State last weekend
15: Number of schools in the ACC, in all sports but football, when Notre Dame University joins the conference as soon as 2014
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