BY THE NUMBERS

A quick glance at some of the numbers in the news these days...

17: Number of people arrested so far by the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement
Task Force in last week's drug bust

9: Number of University students arrested so far

77,000: Estimated number of marijuana offenders in jail nationwide

$11,800,000,000: Estimated cost of the "marijuana war" on taxpayers in the
United States

$20,000-$22,000: Value of drugs confiscated during the bust

$20,000: Reward on the serial rapist's head

0: Number of serial rapists caught

1: Number of serial rapists still at large

15: Number of months spent planning for the drug bust

80: Number of months, tomorrow, since the first confirmed sexual assault by
the serial rapist

$4,000-$4,400: Amount of drugs confiscated per agency involved in the bust

$1333-$1466: Amount of drugs confiscated per month spent

$250: Reward offered by police for serial rapist per month at large

$5,000,000: Amount President Bush is devoting to a program funding
religious institutions that combat domestic violence

$5,000,000,000: Amount Bush said he was devoting to the program at a press
conference

1: Number of collective gasps coming from the East Room of the White House
when Bush said "billion" instead of "million"

9: Number of solo press conferences President Bush has had so far in his
term, as of August

33: The number of solo press conferences Clinton had had at the same point
in his term

61: The number that Bush's father had had at the same point

60: Percentile, among peer institutions, that the University should be at
in terms of faculty compensation, according to the State Council on Higher
Education for Virginia

27: Percentile, among peer institutions, that the University actually is at
in terms of faculty compensation

$157.50: Highest price, on eBay, for a pair of tickets to the Florida State
game

$182.50: Highest price, on eBay, for a pair of tickets to the Virginia Tech
game

9: Number of games won by the Women's Volleyball team last year, out of 34
total games.

17: Number of games won by the Women's Volleyball team this year, out of 21
played.

2 and 7/8: Number of games missed by Virginia quarterback Matt Schaub
because of a shoulder injury

19: Out of 22 attempts, number of completions by Schaub on his second game
back, against North Carolina

25: Ranking in the AP Coaches' Poll, after the North Carolina game

1: Number of sexually-harassing, unintelligible former movie stars who have
been elected governor of California

2: Florida's new position on the list of states displaying gross electoral
idiocy