Wednesday, May 6




Pedestrians need protection

Most students can relate to the stress of standing at the bottom of the Saxon Steps, rapidly looking both ways on Gayley Avenue and toward the goal of Landfair Avenue, waiting for oncoming traffic to cease. At all hours of the day and night, students make the crossing from the Saxon Steps to the apartments. This is not the only poorly designed element of our campus that presents a danger to students. With the rise in the issuance of jaywalking tickets to students, campus designers and university police should realign their priorities to reflect increased prevention, rather than the punishment, for unsafe transportation corridors in the Westwood area. Read more...




Higher education sails to all corners of the world in the Semester at Sea program

Sitting in class while slowly rocking back and forth, Robyn Chazen was amazed when her professor stopped lecture to let students watch the dolphins swimming outside of the boat window. Read more...

Photo: Students in the Semester at Sea program take pictures with children at an orphanage in Mauritius. Semester at Sea is a global study abroad program run through the University of Virginia and includes visits to a variety of countries.