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Lighting of the Lawn organizers plan to shorten event, change programming
The 18th annual Lighting of the Lawn is set to take place Dec. 6 on the Lawn. The LOTL committee, made up of all the Class Councils, has made several adjustments to the event, including a shortened duration, diversified speakers and a presentation of community goals related to the University’s bicentennial.
Lighting of the Lawn organizers plan to short event, change programming
The 18th annual Lighting of the Lawn is set to take place Dec. 6 on the Lawn. The LOTL committee, made up of all the Class Councils, has made several adjustments to the event, including a shortened duration, diversified speakers and a presentation of community goals related to the University’s bicentennial.
Examining Ryan’s tuition promise
University President Jim Ryan’s promise to guarantee financial aid for low- and medium-income students may not be a major departure from current financial aid practices. In mid-October, Ryan announced at his inauguration that students from Virginia families earning less than $80,000 per year with “typical assets” — average amounts of savings and investments — will be able to attend U.Va. tuition-free.
Petition calls for removal of ‘Johnny Reb’ statue in front of Albemarle Courthouse
A public demanding the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors to remove the “Johnny Reb” statue in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse has been signed by over 400 people. In 1909, the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected the “Johnny Reb” statue to honor the Confederate soldiers that fought during the Civil War. The petition, published Oct. 8, has a goal of 500 signatures.
Necesitamos maestros: Latinx students seek representative faculty members
Students identifying as Hispanic or Latinx compose 6 percent of the University student body, while less than 2 percent of the University’s faculty identify in the same way. In the College, there are a total of 24 teaching or research faculty members identifying as Hispanic or Latinx — nine of whom teach in the language department. At the University as a whole, there are a total of 80 teaching and research faculty members identifying as Hispanic or Latinx.
Miller Center professor speaks about her Aug. 12 podcast
Nicole Hemmer, an assistant professor of presidential studies at the Miller Center, talked about her new podcast, “A12,” to dozens of students, faculty and community members at an event in Nau Hall Monday evening. Hemmer’s podcast focuses on the white supremacist rallies of Aug. 11 and 12, 2017, where hundreds of white supremacist protesters clashed with against anti-racist activists at a torch-lit rally on the Lawn and the Unite the Right rally downtown.
Libraries Dean Unsworth responds to protests surrounding Alderman shelving
Two predominant voices in the debate over the future of Alderman Library are disagreeing on the number of books that will remain in its stacks after the renovation designs received approval by the Board of Visitors earlier this month. John Unsworth, the University’s Dean of Libraries and an English professor, sent a memo on Sept. 10 to the Board of Visitors outlining his reasoning surrounding the continuation of the Alderman renovations.
Student Health to host bi-annual Mental Wellness Screening Day
The Elson Student Health Center will host its fall Mental Wellness Screening Day Thursday in Newcomb Hall Room 360. The event — funded by Student Health — seeks to raise awareness of mental health and increase the accessibility of the University’s Counseling & Psychological Services for students. Students will be able to receive free mental wellness screenings from CAPS professionals throughout the day, and can remain anonymous.
Young Alumni Reunions to relocate downtown this fall
With only a month to go, the Alumni Association is preparing for Young Alumni Reunions to be held in the Sprint Pavilion for the first time. YAR is planned for Oct.
Petition to preserve Alderman Library shelf space garners hundreds of signatures
A petition was formed, signed and circulated last week by University faculty, students and alumni to protest the reduction of up to almost 70 percent of the physical shelf space in Alderman Library during the library’s upcoming renovation. for Alderman, which include the shelving cuts, will be presented this coming week to the Board of Visitors for approval.
Charlottesville hosts first of several workshops on comprehensive plan update
Around 40 members of the Charlottesville community met in the lunchroom of Buford Middle School last Tuesday to deliver feedback to members of the City Planning Commission and other city staff personnel on the currently proposed draft of the Comprehensive Plan update. State law dictates that each locality within Virginia must create a local planning commission to envision and plan ahead for future city development and expansion.
Natalie Romero named student director of the Multicultural Student Center
Second-year College student Natalie Romero has been named as the next student director of the Multicultural Student Center.
Beverly Tatum speaks at Curry School distinguished lecture series
Students, faculty and community members gathered in the Newcomb Ballroom Tuesday afternoon to hear author Beverly D. Tatum talk about racism, prejudice and activism in the context of her recently updated critically-acclaimed winning book, “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race”. Tatum was chosen as the Curry School’s 2018 Walter N. Ridley Lecture Series Distinguished Speaker. The Walter N.
Khizr Khan to speak at Virginia Festival of the Book
Khizr Khan will deliver a talk March 22 as a part of the Virginia Festival of the Book — an event organized by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities aimed to bring writers and readers together. Khan will discuss his book “An American Family,” as well as his experiences as an immigrant, democracy and the rights of Americans.
Fifth District Democrats to continue convention nomination method
The Virginia Fifth Congressional District Democratic Committee voted 16-7 in favor of continuing to hold a convention over a primary election as the nomination method for selecting a Democratic candidate for the 2018 Fifth district Congressional election at a meeting Monday at Wilson Hall. The convention will be held May 5 in Farmville, Va. Contenders for the nomination include Ben Cullop, Leslie Cockburn, Lawrence Gaughan, Roger Huffstetler and Andrew Sneathern.
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