For the fourth time this semester, the University canceled classes due to snow. At 5 a.m. Monday morning, the University announced classes would begin at 10 a.m., only to cancel classes completely at 7:45 a.m.
After being labeled “deadliest” fraternity by Bloomberg News, Sigma Alpha Epsilon has decided to eliminate the pledging process for all chapters across the nation. The change comes following a number of deaths within the fraternity and forced closures due to hazing. The change was not purely a result of media pressure, according to the SAE national website.
The University and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello announced recipients of the 2014 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals in Architecture, Law and Citizen Leadership last week.
A new Charlottesville charity plans to build the first long-term shelter for human trafficking survivors in the city by next January.
For the fourth time this semester, the University has canceled classes due to snow. At 5 a.m., the University announced that classes would begin at 10 a.m., but shortly before 8 a.m.
Back in Charlottesville, hours after the confetti was swept off the floor of the Greensboro Coliseum, it still doesn’t feel real. The Virginia Cavaliers, 2014 ACC Tournament champions.
The No. 12 Virginia wrestling team competed at the ACC Championships Saturday, March 8 in Blacksburg, Va.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tony Bennett had been asked so frequently by the media about Wally Walker that it had become a running joke. The Virginia coach was well aware that it had been nearly 40 years — 38, to be exact — since Walker’s Cavaliers had won the ACC Tournament, and his team had the first opportunity to match the 1976 team’s feat in 20 years.
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The Commerce School completed its first round of admission decisions Friday, March 8. Of 577 University students who applied to the school, 239 were offered admission, 159 were deferred to decision at the end of this semester and 179 were denied. The school estimates that 85 to 90 of the deferred students will ultimately be offered admission.
U.S. News and World Report released its 2015 graduate school rankings last week, pegging several University programs among the top in the nation.
Dick Bennett, who rarely watches or attends Virginia games, promised his son Tony that he would watch the Cavaliers’ ACC Tournament opener against Florida State.
Up 51-48 with nine second left to play in their ACC semifinal game against Pittsburgh, the Virginia men’s basketball team’s lead was not looking particularly safe.
Following the November tragedy in which Gus Deeds, son of Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, stabbed his father before committing suicide, both the House and the Senate have proposed bills to prevent future incidents. The measures garnered broad, bipartisan support in a series of votes before the legislature left for recess earlier this month.
If the No. 6 Virginia men’s basketball team needed any additional motivation entering its ACC Tournament Quarterfinals matchup against Florida State, Seminole senior forward Okaro White generously provided the gasoline for its fire.
Joe Harris said going into the postseason that he wanted to be more aggressive on offense. If Friday’s debut game in the ACC Tournament was any indication, the senior guard meant it.
The Democratic National Committee launched a new campaign against voter ID laws last Tuesday. While the campaign focused on North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania, Democratic officials expressed concern with Virginia’s 2013 voter ID law. Northam, however, does not think the state legislature will pass changes to the law before the Fall 2014 elections.
The fight about Medicaid expansion in Virginia got more heated on Wednesday. Republicans and several local leaders called on Democrats to pass a budget and consider Medicaid expansion afterward, while Democrats said Republicans were ignoring a good business case for giving more Virginians health insurance.
Maryland students stormed Gary Williams Court at the Comcast Center as the Terrapins left the ACC in dramatic fashion, winning their final conference regular season game in overtime against No. 5 Virginia, 75-69.
Four segments of the Berlin Wall will arrive on Grounds next Monday and will be displayed on the courtyard outside Alderman Library. The panels feature two murals titled “Kings of Freedom,” made by graffiti artist Dennis Kaun. The display comes as part of a leadup to the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989.
