30.8: Percentage of the student body who voted in student elections this year
25: Percentage of the student body who voted in last year’s elections
2,747.71: Number of University dollars spent on student elections
84.26: Percentage of students voting who voted to pass the first Honor referendum
64.95: Percentage of students voting who voted to pass the second Honor referendum
51.19: Percentage of students voting who voted to pass the third Honor referendum
0: Students elected to the Honor Committee who publicly advocated for the Honor referenda
13: Number of Honor trials in 2014
2: Number of guilty verdicts in those Honor trials
12: Number of points by which the men’s basketball team beat the Virginia Tech Hokies Saturday
443: Number of letters written on behalf of former Gov. Bob McDonnell pushing for a lenient sentence — including one from University President Teresa Sullivan
3: Number of emails from Chief of University Police Michael A. Gibson to the student body reporting alleged sexual assaults since the semester started
6: Percentage of African-American students at the University in 2014
12: Percentage of African-American students at the University in 1991
251: Number of applications received by the Lawn Selection Committee
47: Number of offers of residency to students who applied to live on the Lawn
0: Number of African-American students selected to live on the Lawn next year
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