As the 2014 spring semester draws to a close, many people are looking for off-Grounds summer housing options in Charlottesville. Those going north for the summer must temporarily lease their apartments to pay for part of their 12-month lease.
The Charlottesville-based Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression announced nine recipients for the 2014 Jefferson Muzzle awards. The awards, according to the group’s website, “draw national attention to abridgments of free speech and press and, at the same time, foster an appreciation for those tenets of the First Amendment.”
The University will likely redefine its sexual assault policy next fall pending the approval of new clarifications put forth by the U.S. Department of Education related to the Violence Against Women Act. The DOE approved a draft Tuesday which clarified the policies and definitions found in the Clery Act, a piece of 1990 legislation which governs national campus security, as amended by VAWA. The changes will largely redefine how the University views cases of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.
The University’s Women, Gender and Sexuality program recently added two new faculty members two their staff, Miranda Waggoner and Doug Meyers.
Law Prof. Douglas Laycock will go before the Supreme Court next term as a religious liberty expert in the case Holt v. Hobbs. It will be his fifth time arguing before the Court.
The Minority Rights Coalition ended its recruitment process for members of new committees earlier this month and is now having interviews for the potential members. The new committees will help the broader organization provide services to the student body.
Elections for Commerce Council President, Nursing Council President, College Council President and Architecture Council President will all be uncontested as students log online to vote this Monday through Thursday.
The University Library’s $27,097,307 total budget is 79 percent comprised of student tuition and state general funds. StatLab Head Michelle Claibourn said the technological and software services the Library offers with part of that budget are helpful to researchers in the University.
A bill allowing public officials to be removed from office after being convicted of a sex crime passed unanimously in the Virginia House of Delegates earlier this week. Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, introduced the bill in response to the Christopher Dumler case last year.
Recent efforts to make the University a bicycle friendly community have gained traction, as the University was recently named one of 75 bicycle friendly universities by the League of American Bicyclists.
