The U.S. Court of Appeals (of which there are only 12 in the country) visited the UVA Law School on October 3 and heard four cases handed up from the Fourth Circuit, which comprises Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The court’s first hearing in Virginia was an opportunity for the law […]
Charlottesville is now officially a less cool place to live for those who laugh in the face of parking regulations. A loophole that essentially doled out no punishment for unpaid parking tickets has been closed, following an October 2 City Council vote that remedied the glitch. Under the old procedure, appealed tickets would get forwarded […]
It was a muggy August day on the UVA Lawn; administrators hoped the weather would hold for the Convocation ceremonies that were about to welcome the Class of 2010. The breeze fluttered programs placed on rows upon rows of folding chairs. Slowly, some traveling in packs from dorms, others filing in groups of two or three, the class of 2010 arrived in waves of t-shirts, shorts, sundresses, ball caps.
Facebook (n.) 1. A social networking site that originated at Harvard in 2002 and opened slowly to a few university communities, then all colleges and, recently, to all users. Old-schoolers refer to the site as “The Facebook,” in reference to the site’s original location at www.thefacebook.com. As it became more popular, the site streamlined to […]
The family of Curtis Reese Wilmore, a deceased Virginia state police officer who allegedly elicited a bogus confession from exonerated death row inmate Earl Washington, says Wilmore is not responsible for Washington’s wrongful imprisonment. They’re appealing a U.S. District Court decision that ruled Wilmore’s estate must pay Washington $2.25 million in damages.
Crimestoppers is offering an $8,500 reward for information about those who shot a UVA student in this neighborhood near the Corner. The Jefferson Area Crimestoppers are offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in a robbery and shooting that occurred on the 1000 block of Wertland Street on September 10. Police currently have […]
Never one to be late to the party when Harvard and Princeton are involved, on September 25, UVA became the third school in the country and the nation’s only public school so far to abolish its early decision admissions program. After studying its early admissions program, the University concluded that it’s unfair to minority students […]
UVA President John Casteen says the $3 billion raised will put UVA permanently among the top universities in the world. The Board of Visitors held an unusually well-attended meeting September 29 as they voted to launch one of the most ambitious private fundraising campaigns in American higher education. Some of UVA’s wealthiest alumni and their […]
The United States is slipping in terms of college participation and degree completion, a report by the National Center for Public Policy on Higher Education released in September shows. This means fewer students are going to college and more are dropping out once they get there. Though these problems aren’t prevalent at UVA, the University does have a unique tactic to ensure students stay on schedule and graduate on time-hey put an eight-semester cap on undergraduate majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, the school with the highest enrollment.
After pleading no contest to two counts of videotaping nonconsenting adults, former Lutheran pastor Gregory Briehl was sentenced in the Albemarle General District Court to 60 days in jail. Briehl still faces a preliminary hearing in the General District Court for a charge of 20 counts of possession of child pornography, to be held in October.
Briehl’s original sentence of 600 days, or 300 days per count, was reduced to 60 days total, as long as he remains on good behavior for the next two years.
Using a handheld videocamera, Briehl recorded guests at his home as they undressed, often climbing trees or his children’s swingset to do so. He also videotaped guests that used his bathroom by hiding a camera beneath a pile of towels.
Those videotaped include members of his former congregation, which he left in spring of 2006 after an alleged affair with a Peace Lutheran Church member.
Similar to his July bond hearing, a few supporters of Briehl attended his hearing last week. Testimonies were offered by Briehl’s former co-ministers at Peace Luthern Church as well as clients that Briehl served as a counselor at First Stone Counseling Center.
Briehl’s private life has also suffered in the wake of his crimes. A father of three boys, Briehl is currently separated from his wife and children, whom he was not allowed to contact while on bail.âBrendan Fitzgerald