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One Year Later, Otto Warmbier Remains Detained in North Korea

Christie Lombardi

Final Exercises Cancelled and More: Jim Ryan’s Latest

Midsummer parties raise concerns about Fall 2020

WUVA’s Guide to Getting a Lawn Room

WUVA WEEKLY: 10/19/17 – Hillary Clinton Coming to UVa

Zabihullah Yousuf

Keep up with the biggest stories this week in UVa & Charlottesville through WUVA Weekly. https://youtu.be/7-KTarQL3tk Stories Referenced: 1. https://www.wuvanews.com/2017/10/16/archives/hillary-clinton-headline-uva-womens-global-leadership-forum/ 2. https://www.wuvanews.com/2017/10/09/news/well-back-sooner-might-imagine-richard-spencer-told-wuva/ 3. https://www.wuvanews.com/2017/10/16/news/art-activism-provokes-domestic-violence-awareness/

Monticello Celebrates New American Citizens on Independence Day

Kara Peters

https://youtu.be/hRF3XE7LBv0 At the 57th annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello, over seventy immigrants took the oath of citizenship and became American citizens. WUVA learned the stories of many of these new Americans...

Interview with Student Council President Abel Liu

Nia Lewis

After the Student Council elections filled both with controversy and success, the New Era of Student Government, led by the recently elected president Abel Liu, plans to continue fighting for meaningful change at the...

Hoos Connected: Welcoming New Students to UVA

Kelsey Lipscomb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uanZCVKC0dw Hoos Connected is a program at UVA that tries to help incoming First-Year and transfer students get acclimated to life at UVA. Interested in Hoos Connected? Check out their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoosconnected/

Lighting of the Lawn: Who is Behind this UVA Tradition

Nicole Chang

https://youtu.be/rjA6VefhTVc Did you know that Lighting of the Lawn (LOTL) is organized entirely by UVA students? We spoke to LOTL members Chris Mattoca and Virginia Mutz, who share what it is like to coordinate this...

Not so Fast: UVA Football Recruits, and then Loses, 4 Star Defensive Tackle

Vanessa Revilla

Yesterday, Ben Smiley III, one of the top high school players in the country, verbally committed to UVA—only to decommit within half an hour. Smiley tweeted the following message yesterday afternoon, announcing UVA as his...

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