A pamphlet found at the cemetery that serves as a walking tour guide of its grounds reads, “This peaceful glen holds the remains of 1,097 Confederate soldiers from regiments representing 11 Southern states, most of whom died during the [Civil] War at the Charlottesville General Hospital."
At the University, only 108 faculty members are Black — comprising just 3.7 percent of the University’s 2,920-person faculty. People of color, more broadly, make up 26 percent of tenure-track or tenured professors.
Addressed to University administration, Title IX, and the Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, the list of demands calls for “immediate, structural, and transformative change of the University of Virginia’s policies and resource allocation for sexual violence, sexual harassment, and intimate-partner violence prevention and support services.”
Now, as the push for police reform, defunding and abolition gains traction amid nationwide protests, the Student Police Advisory Board has decided that it needs to resolve the tension amongst UPD and students by asking students directly for their advice on how to facilitate engagement between them.
While student-athletes share a background in athletics, their future lives may go in a number of different directions.
While stay-at-home orders were originally adopted to slow the spread of the virus, these orders overlook their original purpose, and will ultimately cause more death and hardship than the virus itself.
Furukawa’s robot is equipped with UV lamps to sweep all surfaces of the room and camera with the necessary software to build a 3D map of the room.
While it can be hard to see through the cloud of uncertainty, we must remain strong as a community.
Activism means nothing if it is not backed up by action. When protests die down, artists cannot resume business as usual.
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