On August 22, President Obama released a new proposal to rank institutions of higher education to assist families with selecting colleges.
ABC agents did not stop Elizabeth Daly because they were unfamiliar with the Constitution (though they probably would benefit from a brush-up). The overriding problem here is not incomprehension of the law. The problem is a lack of courtesy, at best; at worst, it is corruption by power. Constitutional training will not solve this problem. Tightened performance reviews and increased accountability standards for officers might.
University student group Sustained Dialogue hosted an Open Dialogue yesterday in the Amphitheater to discuss financial aid and the future of higher education.
Although Livestrong Foundation founder and professional cyclist Lance Armstrong faced intense public scrutiny after admitting to doping earlier this year, recent research from the Darden School found that the organization diligently worked to prevent the bad publicity from harming the Livestrong brand and mission.
The hype for the Virginia football team coming into this season largely surrounded the promising sophomore quarterback David Watford and the Cavaliers’ star recruit, freshman running back Taquan “Smoke” Mizzell. All that talk, much like the game, was stormed on Saturday against BYU.
Such classes would lay the foundation for future athletic pursuits. A class that makes students interested in tennis or soccer, for instance, is arguably as valuable as one that exposes them to new authors or philosophies, because athletic hobbies can provide as much future benefit as intellectual ones.
The No. 20 Cavaliers put the kibosh on a decidedly sloppy start with a more promising end, emerging from slumber to post a 2-0 victory over the No. 19 Red Storm in their second game of the season.
Tucked away on Allied Street off McIntire Road, a Charlottesville treasure hides behind C’Ville Coffee.
The University Judiciary Committee discussed changes to the First-Year Judiciary Committee during its first general body meeting Sunday evening. Members talked about reducing the size of FYJC and modifying the organization’s training methods.
Following the April arrest of a University student attempting to buy sparkling water at a local grocery store, a Charlottesville-based advocacy group, the Rutherford Institute, is encouraging a series of large changes to the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
The Honor Committee continued to discuss a proposal to combine support officer roles during its meeting Sunday evening. The combination of roles expressed in the bylaws would go hand-in-hand with combined recruitment and training of support officers.
As the new academic year kicks into gear, so do the closing stages of the Commonwealth’s heated gubernatorial race between candidates Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe.
Ever since the Fourth Year Trustees of 2009 added high-fiving Allen Groves to the “Things to Do Before You Graduate” list, the beloved dean of students has been bombarded with the open palms of eager University students. This Wednesday, however, he will attempt to receive the most high-fives ever recorded in the span of an hour.
In an effort to address large, complicated and quickly expanding data sets that are now the norm in any sort of research, the University is preparing to launch a Big Data Institute in the coming weeks. The Institute will operate virtually, pulling faculty, facilities and resources from schools all across the University. It will attempt to keep the University competitive with other research universities moving towards big data research said Rick Howitz, the associate vice president for research.
Second-year College student Mary Goldsmith passed away Saturday evening in a Washington, DC hospital. Goldsmith, who went by Shelley, was a Jefferson Scholar and active member of the University community.
All death is sad, but the death of a college student is especially tragic. You see someone’s life end before it fully begins, yet with that person’s dreams and convictions all too palpable. One student’s untimely passing is too many.
Although the process of determining class schedules certainly gets easier with experience, even fourth-years have trouble picking interesting courses outside of their major. Check out a few interesting courses which may have slipped under your radar while crafting your schedule for this semester.
If anyone can come up with creative and innovative ways to save the program, it’s students who know firsthand what these changes would feel like. If listening to the research scientist the Board hired is absolutely not an option, there are still other ways to avoid saddling low-income students with $28,000 in federal debt.
Five hours in, the headlines had been written. Three quarters of progress on defense and special teams were undercut late in an infuriating Virginia loss that brought back unfavorable memories of 2012.
The University Center for Politics unveiled Politics Prof. Larry Sabato’s new Massive Open Online Course, The Kennedy Half Century, earlier this month.
