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Rolling Stone Settles, but Fight Over Rape Story Isn’t Over

RICHMOND, Va. — Rolling Stone magazine settled a University of Virginia administrator’s lawsuit over its discredited story about a rape on campus, but its legal fights over the botched article aren’t over. Attorneys for Rolling Stone and Nicole Eramo announced this week that they reached a confidential settlement over the 2014 story “A Rape on […]

April 12, 2017

Sports

Martin Learned to be Game-Changer Off the Field

Although he was the first Black football player at North Carolina State University, Dr. Marcus L. Martin will be the first to admit that he didn’t exactly make an indelible impression as a student-athlete.

April 6, 2017

Students

Harvard Publicly Acknowledges Historical Ties to Slavery

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University publicly acknowledged its deep ties to colonial-era slavery on Friday, casting a light on parts of its history that long remained in the shadows. At a conference that Harvard organized to explore the relationship between colleges and slavery, university President Drew Faust said the school must confront the grimmer parts […]

March 5, 2017

Women

UVa Administrator Files Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — An administrator at the University of Virginia is suing the school for alleged gender and disability discrimination. Media outlets report UVA assistant vice provost Becky Ackerson filed a lawsuit against the UVA Board of Visitors Wednesday claiming the school knowingly paid her less than male counterparts. According to the lawsuit, Ackerson was […]

February 16, 2017

Students

Students, Faculty Ask UVa President not to Quote Jefferson

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —The University of Virginia president defended her use of Thomas Jefferson quotations after a group of students and professors criticized her, saying Jefferson shouldn’t be used as a “moral compass” because he was a slave owner. School president Teresa Sullivan quoted Jefferson in statements made to the campus community before and after Donald […]

November 15, 2016

Students

UVA Administrator Awarded $3M in Rolling Stone Case

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― Jurors awarded a University of Virginia administrator $3 million Monday for her portrayal in a now-discredited Rolling Stone magazine article about the school’s handling of a gang rape a fraternity house. The 10-member jury’s decision came after they concluded Friday that the magazine, its publisher and reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely were responsible […]

November 8, 2016

Students

For Rolling Stone, ‘Worst Nightmare’ Continues

RICHMOND, Va. ― Days after Rolling Stone magazine published a shocking 9,000-word story about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia in November 2014, the magazine’s editors received an email just before 2 a.m. with “Our worst nightmare” in the subject line. They needed to run a retraction, the reporter said. Instead, Rolling […]

November 6, 2016

Students

UVa Attorney Wanted ‘Jackie’ to disavow Rolling Stone story

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― A University of Virginia attorney asked a student who claimed in a Rolling Stone story that she was gang-raped to disavow the article after it was published. The Washington Post reports that the university had wanted the woman identified only as “Jackie” to release a statement saying the 2014 story “A Rape […]

October 27, 2016

Students

‘Jackie’ Says She Felt Pressure to be in Rolling Stone Story

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― The woman whose harrowing account of being raped at the University of Virginia was the centerpiece of a now-discredited Rolling Stone magazine article said that she felt pressured to participate in the story and became scared in the weeks leading up its publication when she realized it may be too late to […]

October 24, 2016

Students

University of Virginia Creates Julian Bond Endowed Professorship

The University of Virginia is honoring the late Julian Bond, with an endowed professorship in his name.

October 23, 2016

Students

Rolling Stone Heading to Trial Over Debunked Story of Rape

RICHMOND, Va. ― For the first time since Rolling Stone magazine’s shocking story about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia hit shelves two years ago, the public may hear from the young woman at the center of the now discredited article “A Rape on Campus.” A defamation trial against the magazine is […]

October 16, 2016

Students

Lecturer Apologizes for Comparing Black Lives Matter to KKK

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― A lecturer at the University of Virginia has apologized after comparing the Black Lives Matter movement to the Ku Klux Klan on social media. The Daily Progress reports that adjunct lecturer Douglas Muir apologized after responding to a Facebook post about Black Lives Matter, calling the movement the biggest racist organization since […]

October 13, 2016