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1. The nerd: Harry Potter Room
My name is Derrick Wang, and last month marked the beginning of my term as the Student Member of the Board of Visitors for the 2019-2020 academic year. If we haven’t met yet, I hope we have a chance to chat this year, but in the meantime here’s a short introduction. I am a fourth-year from Richmond, Virginia studying economics and math. I’m known for — among other things — running outreach for the Honor Committee, cooking elaborate recipes, wearing tasteful scarves and knowing a lot about how the University works. This year, my role will be to represent students on the BOV.
This past Saturday, the smell of spices wafted through Newcomb Hall, complemented by lively chatter. Beyond the open doors of the South Meeting Room and table with complimentary head coverings and flyers, people sat on the floor, enjoying a meal together as part of Langar on the Lawn. This event, co-hosted by UPC and the Sikh Students Association for the first time, celebrated the Sikh practice of Langar — a communal, vegetarian meal provided for free at the end of Sikh religious services.
Election season is my favorite time of the year because I get to see passionate, dedicated students spend hours campaigning for the privilege of committing their precious time to the betterment of this school and the experiences of the students here. However, last week, Opinion Columnist Milan Bharadwaj suggested in a column that Student Council is nothing more than a “bookkeeping club.” He could not be more wrong. The Council is an advocacy organization that works alongside both student organizations and the administration to achieve policy changes. This advocacy sometimes happens behind the scenes, and it is often for the benefit of marginalized students at the University.
The price of off-Grounds housing in Charlottesville is a large concern for students and Charlottesville residents alike. In fact, Charlottesville has one of the most expensive rental markets in Virginia, leading many to believe that the City is in the midst of its own housing crisis. Affordable housing in Charlottesville has become so scarce that there are nearly 1,600 people on waiting lists for rental assistance programs. This shortage makes it especially difficult for low-wage employees in the City to find cost-effective housing. While the City is able to intervene and help those in need of housing, the University must realize the impact of student housing on Charlottesville’s lack of affordable housing and take action.
Coffee — the elixir of college life. In order to function, I need at least one cup every morning, and judging by the traffic at the O’Hill coffee station, I would say the majority of students are in the same boat. Since grabbing a cup of joe is such an essential part of our daily routine, it is no surprise that people have strong opinions about which type of bean juice they prefer. Grit, Starbucks, Einstein’s and Greenberry’s all offer different blends to choose from, leaving room for debate over where is the best place to get your caffeine fix.
University President Jim Ryan was officially inaugurated as U.Va.’s ninth president Friday afternoon. The ceremony took place on the South Lawn in front of Old Cabell Hall and was attended by University staff, delegates from other universities and colleges and state officials. Ryan took office Aug. 1, succeeding former president Teresa Sullivan.
Third-year College student Kristen Barrett, the first black director in student theater group Shakespeare on the Lawn’s history, will be directing SOTL’s upcoming production of “Romeo and Juliet” this semester. Reimagined as an interracial love story set in the era of the Rodney King riots, Barrett hopes to contribute a fresh perspective on race relations through the use of such a well-known and powerful play.
From almost the moment they stepped onto Grounds, the Class of 2018 has been faced with adversity. During their past four years at the University, they have encountered tragedy and trauma to the extent that many college students never will. The unsettling events of 2014 and 2015 marked the class’s first year as one of the University’s most difficult in recent memory, and the lingering effects of Aug.11 and 12 cast a shadow over their fourth year.
Several hundred University students participated in a walkout on the Lawn Wednesday to demand action to end gun violence, one month after the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
Below are excerpts from interviews The Cavalier Daily conducted with this year’s Student Council Vice President for Administration candidates — third-year Curry student Al Ahmed and third-year College student Sydney Bradley. You can find their full interviews below. The excerpts have been edited for length and clarity.
Excerpts from interviews with the Student Council presidential candidates
The University’s Office of the Architect held a community listening session at Newcomb Hall Thursday afternoon to allow for students, faculty and community members to voice their concerns on the proposed construction of a softball stadium at Lambeth Field. The meeting room was almost at full capacity.
The University’s Advisory Committee on the Future of the Historic Landscape will hold a public input session Friday morning to receive and discuss opinions on the significance of visible historic symbols around Grounds.
It is probably no coincidence that I should come to write this piece just as it is beginning to truly feel like fall. Fall, of course, being the most aesthetically pleasing of the four seasons, has a way of bringing out the University’s beauty most spectacularly. The bright leaves settle on the lawn, and the cool, cloudless skies contrast brilliantly against the Rotunda. Admiring such things, however, comes with quite a bit of self-imposed baggage nowadays. One cannot take a tour of the University without learning of the central role of slavery in its construction. One cannot walk past the serpentine walls without imagining the forced laborers who once tended to the gardens. One cannot walk past the statue of Jefferson on the north side of the Rotunda without recalling how recently it was lit by the fire of tiki torches, or how Jefferson’s hands remain stained by a vandal’s red paint, as they have been for weeks now. There is a phrase which that I think well summarizes the palpable discomfort permeating every aspect of our University — “the personal is political.”
In the past few months, Charlottesville has experienced jarring juxtapositions between political turmoil and massive artistic responses. The city was subjected to fatal white nationalist rallies — and weeks later, a larger-than-life, star-studded benefit concert was performed in retaliation, along with the Virginia Film Festival’s announcement that Spike Lee, one of the leading black voices in entertainment, would be visiting Charlottesville.
More than 100 students crammed into the University’s Newcomb South Meeting Hall last month for a Student Council meeting that quickly devolved into volleys of shouts and anger.
University President Teresa Sullivan sat down with The Cavalier Daily Tuesday morning in Madison Hall for a 45-minute interview to discuss the agenda for the upcoming Board of Visitors meeting and the University’s response to President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
University President Teresa Sullivan sat down for 50-minute interview with The Cavalier Daily Tuesday morning to address questions and criticisms related to the University’s response to events in Charlottesville on Aug. 11 and 12.
On the evening of Aug. 21, the Black Student Alliance was joined by hundreds of students and community members in a peaceful march from the amphitheatre to the Thomas Jefferson statue north of the Rotunda to protest recent white nationalist events.