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Tucked away in University of Virginia president John Casteen’s annual State of the University address on Wednesday, February 4 were new numbers concerning this fall’s first-year class. Casteen announced that 18,474 students had applied to get into UVA’s Class of 2013, an increase of 20 percent from last year’s applicant pool.
UVA’s engineering school is getting a new information technology building in the form of Rice Hall, a six-story LEED-certified building next door to Scott Stadium and one which, UVA contends, Mr. Jefferson would have approved. It’s all part of UVA’s ongoing, $90-million building boom. (Photographed on game day, September 12.) (1)
An annual fashion show on the Downtown Mall on Saturday evening featured clothes and accessories from Downtown shops, and models modeling them, including one of Playboy’s newest “Girls of the ACC.” (0)
One man who describes himself as a local pastor has emailed County Attorney Larry Davis to express an interest in launching a criminal prosecution over images that accompanied a recent Hook article. This is is our response, which will likely be the last thing we have to say on the tempest. (15)
Pavement, a disbanded band with its roots in Charlottesville, has announced a 2010 tour, according to an article in Pollstar. No word yet on whether we get a gig. (2)
Newsplex reporter Liz Palka seeks reaction to Playboy’s naked ladies of the ACC, pictured in this week’s Hook, which seems to have caused a bit of a kerfluffle for some readers.
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This item was “tucked away” because all it means is that UVa just started using “The Common Application”–a computerized application shared by 150 colleges/universities…click of a button and pay a fee and a freshman/transfer can apply to as many schools as they’d like in just seconds. No news here except how great technology is…or isn’t.
Oh, and college education is so inaccessible to our citizens! We must spend, spend, spend to make college affordable!