“Suppose you did this. You combined your two approaches. The town … must make a good faith effort to appeal to other religions who are in that area. And then you have these words from the House: ‘The chaplain should keep in mind that the House of Representatives,’ or you would say whatever relative group, ‘is comprised of members of many different faith traditions,’ period, end of matter. Is that sufficient, those two things?” Breyer postulated. Douglas Laycock, a University of Virginia law professor representing the opponents of the current prayers, ...
If Clinton is to win the White House in 2016, she'll need to win Virginia—something neither she, in the 2008 primary, nor President Bill Clinton has ever done. "Having one of their best friends as governor of the new ultimate swing state can only be a plus," said director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, Larry Sabato.
The University of Michigan plans to announce Thursday the biggest fundraising campaign by any public university in the nation.
Reddit co-founder and University of Virginia alumnus Alexis Ohanian will be back on Grounds on Friday for a panel with other alumni entrepreneurs.
“Overall, turnout was up in the state,” said political expert Geoff Skelley, of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
His move sets the stage for a contest in one of the few competitive House districts left in the country. Immediately after his announcement, three political handicapping reports moved the seat from "safe" or "likely" Republican - based on Runyan's previous success - to "toss-up." "It goes from being not a very good Democratic pick-up opportunity to a great one," said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia.
“Of course he’s not going to turn down this chance to be president. He’s running. It’s obvious he’s running,” agreed University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato, who said Christie’s polished election-night speech was “less a talk about his second term in New Jersey than his first term as president.”
Justice Samuel Alito pointed to the country’s religious diversity to voice his skepticism about the call for only nonsectarian prayer. “I just don’t see how it is possible to compose anything that you could call a prayer that is acceptable to all of these groups,” Alito said. As Douglas Laycock, the University of Virginia law professor representing the residents, tried to craft an answer, Justice Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice John Roberts jumped in.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said that in the 2005 attorney general's race, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic candidate running against Republican Bob McDonnell, gained several hundred votes from election night to recount day. McDonnell prevailed by 323 votes out of 1.9 million cast. "No one knows if it will play out the same way again," Sabato said. "But in every statewide election, there are loads of tally errors, transposed numbers, and the like. Both Obenshain and Herring are in limbo until the recount is over....
Larry Sabato, a noted political scientist from the University of Virginia, said a more accurate description of the dynamics would be outsider vs. establishment. He noted the large number of endorsements that Byrne received from groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Republican leaders in Congress was an indication that the frontrunner was the establishment candidate.
Live from Charlottesville, “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Will Forte is among the special guests set to welcome attendees of the Virginia Film Festival tonight. Jody Kielbasa, the film festival’s director, said the four-day event is on track for another record-breaking year. This is the festival’s 26th year.
"The business community in Virginia was not strongly interested in seeing Cuccinelli win. That was pretty apparent," said Geoffrey Skelley, with the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, "I would say, generally speaking, there were a lot of reasons he lost."
Yes, there is such a thing as an "adrenaline junkie." I discussed your question with psychiatrist Bernard D. Beitman, M.D., Visiting Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. Dr. Beitman notes that although the condition is recognized by the scientific community, the term is not yet an official psychiatric diagnosis and, like "sex addiction," the concept needs to be sharpened and clarified through physiological and interview studies.
The issue of punishing the students who blocked the talk is likely to be controversial. Robert M. O’Neil, professor of law emeritus at the University of Virginia and an authority on First Amendment and academic freedom issues, said that he is not certain punishments help in these situations. "It's likely to be counterproductive," he said. More important is -- if at all possible -- to get a speaker who was blocked from speaking back on campus and show that the institution is committed to free speech. That would send more of a message, he said, than punishing students. The em...
Boar’s Head Sports Club, Charlottesville, Va., shares the newly built, $12.4 million McArthur Squash Center with the University of Virginia. “We all have the highest aspirations for [Virginia’s] squash [program],” says Club Manager James Neiderer. Noting that Director of Squash Mark Allen was ranked 42nd in the world, he adds, “Mark has grown the program at both the club and university levels, bringing on a lot of people who have never played the sport, and creating a lot of energy.”
(Commentary) "These two candidates are among the worst I've ever seen," declared the University of Virginia's Larry Sabato during an election eve appearance on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show. Virginians have a choice between a far-right-wing Tea Party social conservative and a Democrat who's been guilty of sleazy business deals and questionable fundraising," Sabato sighed.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said the allegations are serious. "If (Paul) were at my school, he would have been expelled because of the honor code. It's a lot more serious than the 'Aqua Buddha,'" Sabato said, referring to a hazing incident during the senator's college days.
(Commentary) According to University of Virginia sociologists Bradford Wilcox and Steven Nock, co-authors of the study 'What's Love Got to Do With It? Equality, Equity, Commitment and Women's Marital Quality' women are usually happier when their husbands earn most of the household income. "Our study suggests that women who take a man's wealth into consideration when dating are likely to be happier down the line," explains Wilcox.
Cuccinelli has been unsuccessful in overcoming the accusations by his opponents that his social conservative views on abortion, gay marriage and contraception are too extreme for Virginians. Arguably his ideological steadfastness, not moderation, was the key part of his playbook. "His positions on social issues are well to the right of this increasingly moderate state," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for politics. "It's a Mid-Atlantic state, not a Southern state."