For the second straight year, ESPN’s “College GameDay” will head to John Paul Jones Arena for one of the most anticipated basketball matchups in the Atlantic Coast Conference. No. 3 Virginia will take on No. 7 North Carolina February 27 in a battle between the two highest nationally ranked teams in the ACC. Since 2005, “College GameDay” […]
University of Virginia women’s tennis team head coach Mark Guilbeau announced that five players on the team would be suspended indefinitely for “violations of team rules” just hours before the No. 7 nationally ranked Cavaliers took on South Carolina at the Boar’s Head Sports Club January 29. Competing without five players, Virginia was forced to […]
The U.S. District Court in Charlottesville ruled January 25 to grant “in part” Nicole Eramo’s motion to compel Jackie, the woman at the center of a now-discredited Rolling Stone article about a gang rape at the University of Virginia, to release relevant communications in Eramo’s defamation suit against Rolling Stone. Of the six types of […]
Starting this week, fans of the quiz show “Jeopardy” will see relatively younger contestants on screen as the show hosts university students from across the United States to compete for a chance to win $100,000. Among these contestants is the University of Virginia’s own Adam Antoszewski, a third-year student. Originally from Baltimore, Antoszewski, a double […]
Nine months have passed since library patron Mike Powers voiced his concern over a sex-ed display in the front lobby of the main branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Following April’s public outcry, on January 25 the library’s board of trustees approved proposed changes to its public display policies that will clarify its stance on […]
The University of Virginia Police Department report of a rape that allegedly took place on Rugby Road has been transferred to the Charlottesville Police Department after initial investigations found that the assault happened elsewhere. UVA police Chief Michael Gibson sent out a “Your Right to Know” e-mail to the university community January 24 notifying it of […]
With a new head football coach for the Cavaliers and the UVA basketball team winning back- to-back Atlantic Coast Conference regular season titles, varsity sports at UVA are likely to attract more fans than previous years. But despite the great success of UVA’s teams, student fees still account for $13.2 million of the athletic department’s […]
In the aftermath of a discredited Rolling Stone story about a gang rape that shook UVA students and faculty and spawned three lawsuits against the magazine and the author of the article, the woman at the center of the controversy, “Jackie,” remains unnamed in the media and in legal documents. University of Virginia Associate Dean […]
Following a string of less-than-perfect adoption incidents, a family has filed a lawsuit against the Fluvanna SPCA alleging gross negligence after a dog bit their 5-year-old child’s face, just days after they adopted the dog from the shelter. “He had a bite wound to his right eye with puncture wounds encompassing the entire orbit,” says […]
Coming off of six seasons as head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers football team, Mike London resigned November 29, the day after the team lost its last game of the season against rival Virginia Tech—for the 12th consecutive year—leaving the Cavaliers with a 4-8 record for the year. After the game, students painted “Fire Mike […]