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(03/12/26 5:18am)
In this year’s Spring General Election, the most salient factor was the unprecedented amount of student engagement with turnout in the election for Student Council president more than doubling from 2025. The energy of candidates, campaigners, organizations and voters permeated the discourse on Grounds, leading to an election season marked by a genuine enthusiasm for the future of student self-governance at the University. Though not perfect in all respects, this year’s elections should be lauded as a stepping stone to achieving greater student engagement in the future.
(02/05/26 4:28pm)
Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the Faculty Senate chair had not been looped into discussions with the University president. The Senate executive council does meet with the University president. The article has been updated to address this factual inaccuracy.
(12/20/25 3:57am)
Every February, a group of 54 students entering their final year of undergraduate studies are accepted to live on the Lawn. Living in one of these rooms is supposed to be a privilege due to the Lawn’s history and prominence in University life. Due to this prestige, the experience is offered to students who have demonstrated service to the University or Charlottesville, as well as academic achievement. However, the incompatibility between getting a Lawn room and undergoing the University housing process creates harm for students trying to determine their fourth-year accommodations — especially when considering the off-Grounds housing market.
(12/05/25 4:34pm)
The University Board of Visitors will convene at Boar’s Head Resort for all of its December meetings, instead of traditionally having the majority of meetings on Grounds in the Rotunda. The venue change — which is now about a 10 minute drive from Central Grounds — has sparked concern from a legal expert about accessibility and full compliance with Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act.
(03/13/24 4:17am)
This year, the Lawn Selection Committee received 177 applications from rising fourth-years hoping to live on the Lawn — granting Lawn rooms to 47 individuals. While 177 applications is an increase from last year, this relatively low number of interested students fits into a larger trend — application numbers have failed to surpass 230 since before the COVID-19 pandemic. In short, there seems to be decreased interest in living in Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village, the center of our university’s history and community. While the University intends for living on the Lawn to be a sort of reward for excellent service and a privilege obtained by impactful students, the structures surrounding this housing option have increasingly conspired to decrease the privilege of becoming a Lawnie.
(03/05/23 2:54pm)
The Board of Visitors addressed controversial text messages leaked from Bert Ellis, newly appointed Board member and College and Darden alumnus, along with gun violence concerns and safety strategies in their full Board meeting Friday. Members also upheld free speech rights extending from the classroom to everywhere on-Grounds.
(03/20/23 3:55am)
The best thing to do when it's not warm and sunny outside, in my humble opinion, is to take a trip to the AFC hot tub. I promise you — a spacious 16-person hot tub kept around 104 degrees — is much needed. It’s the perfect getaway from the temperamental temperatures Charlottesville has been hosting lately. I don’t know about you, but that sounds like an early summer vacation to me.
(10/09/22 4:00am)
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(08/29/22 4:00am)
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(08/18/22 4:00pm)
From May Days protests to disputes over former president Frank Hereford’s membership in the racially-exclusive country club Farmington to the occupation of Carr’s Hill, student activism at the University was alive and well during the 1970s.
(08/23/22 2:58am)
Tabling for Education Abroad at this year’s Days on the Lawn activity fair, I interacted with students exploring the University and its offerings. Many of these students came to Grounds with their parents — an understandable companion on a trip where many students decide upon their academic future. To my chagrin, though, parents dominated my conversations. Students speaking entirely for themselves — asking questions about Education Abroad, community-building and any other concerns an incoming student could have — made up the minority of conversations. Such interactions were less frequent than those in which the student hovered silently behind their parents. While some students may have just been shy, I was startled when a parent would be the only one to speak and declare the student’s interests. One mom abruptly ended our conversation after learning I was discussing a program that sends students abroad during their first college semester. She decided her child — who stood behind her and silently walked off after her refusal — would not participate in such a thing.
(07/26/22 4:36pm)
Last February, we criticized several unsolicited changes that Governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration implemented on Grounds. Today, we again speak out against the actions of state leaders and stand in staunch opposition to Youngkin’s appointment of Bert Ellis to the Board of Visitors. It is worth noting that the Board of Visitors governs not only the University’s long-term planning, but also the approval of a more than $4.5 billion annual budget, operations of the College at Wise and the U.Va. Health system. In short, Ellis’s appointment affects more people than the 30,000 students who go to class here every day. All the people who live, work and study here have entered the University knowing that its mission statement reads it is committed to supporting a “collaborative, diverse community bound together by distinctive foundational values of honor, integrity, trust and respect.” Bert Ellis is anything but that, and Youngkin’s appointment of him only confirms what he has already demonstrated so far throughout his governorship — a blatant disregard for the University’s core values.
(05/13/22 4:04pm)
I won the University’s great game. I drank the kool-aid and bought-in to the mysticism of student self-governance, secret societies, Lawn rooms and Thomas Jefferson. I excelled academically, locked-in the internships and won the leadership positions in student organizations — at times through less-than-admirable means. I’ve been “canceled” on Twitter — somehow from both the left and right — more times than I bother to remember. As a reward for all this, I got a Lawn room. So now, as a fourth-year in the twilight of my time on Grounds, what do I have to say?
(04/18/22 3:41am)
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(03/17/22 10:06pm)
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(03/14/22 4:19pm)
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(02/24/22 5:00am)
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(03/01/22 4:05am)
The University released demographic data on the 2022-23 cohort of Lawn residents Feb. 11. An annual tradition, this data is intended to demonstrate the diversity of academic knowledge, extracurricular achievement and lived experiences present in the incoming cohort. This year’s data has some high points. 68 percent of offers went to women, a historically marginalized group at the University that didn’t achieve full coeducation until the 1970s. Similarly, just under 47 percent of offers went to students of color, a decrease from last year’s 60 percent but still a vast increase compared to previous years. Still, this data also reveals concerning and disappointing statistics regarding the representation of academic disciplines and University schools on the Lawn.
(02/12/22 12:14am)
Black students often face a number of hurdles after enrolling at the University. Not the least of which is the odd — and often inexplicable — behavior of their white peers. Below is a list of some examples. After going through the first list, please see the second one for important contextualization, resources and friendly advice.
(02/01/22 11:33pm)
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