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(04/04/18 4:53am)
Alcohol undeniably drives the social lives of thousands of University students. Because of this, students flock to fraternity parties, which present an easy way to get alcohol. Fraternities benefit from this exchange — they hold a monopoly on easy-access alcohol, allowing them to accumulate unrivaled social power on Grounds. This forces both Greek women and many University women in general to attend fraternity-initiated parties to drink. Given this reality, the National Panhellenic Conference — the governing umbrella organization for sororities — should reverse its rule banning alcohol within sororities in order to restore power back to women to make their own decisions concerning when and where they can drink.
(03/21/18 5:20am)
The University Law School hosted a debate Tuesday in which panelists discussed the legality of abortion in the United States and the ethical implications of the practice. More than 100 attendees were present at the event. The Advocates for Life at Virginia Law and the University and the University Law School Federalist Society also co-sponsored the event.
(03/21/18 6:59am)
There’s no hiding the fact that we’re a generation of instant gratification. If you want to ruin a millennial’s day, slow down their Internet. Watch them stare at their loading Instagram feed with disgust, closing the app and then reopening it again in frustration.
(03/21/18 7:04am)
Seattle-based hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces — made up of Ishmael Butler, also known as Palaceer Lazaro, and Tendai "Baba" Maraire — headlined a concert last Friday at the University Chapel presented by WXTJ. The unique venue became the ideal location for a night of experimental jams.
(03/16/18 3:14am)
La Alianza de Estudiantes Afroamericanos y la sección de Theta Lambda de la Hermandad Sigma Gamma Rho organizaron juntos una discusión para la comunidad sobre la agresión sexual y la cultura de la violación en la comunidad afroamericana de la Universidad de Virginia durante una reunión general para los miembros de la Alianza de Estudiantes Afroamericanos el lunes. Taylor Lamb, una estudiante de cuarto año de la facultad de Artes y Ciencias y presidente de Sigma Gamma Rho, moderó la conversación con la ayuda de Ciara Blackston, una estudiante de tercer año de la facultad de Artes y Ciencias y presidente de la membresía de la Alianza de Estudiantes Afroamericanos.
(03/13/18 5:15am)
The Black Student Alliance and Theta Lambda Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority co-sponsored a community discussion on sexual assault and rape culture in the University’s black community during a BSA general body meeting Monday. Taylor Lamb, a fourth-year College student and Sigma Gamma Rho president, moderated the conversation with assistance from Ciara Blackston, a third-year College student and BSA membership chair.
(03/07/18 3:51am)
The Board of Visitors Academic and Student Life Committee met in the Rotunda last Friday to hear a presentation on the Honor Audit Commission report. The report included survey work that found, among other things, that most faculty respondents think other professors often decline to formally report student honor offenses and instead handle such matters themselves .
(03/02/18 1:20am)
College Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom co-hosted an event Wednesday featuring University alumna Kate Obenshain. Obenshain is a conservative speaker, author and commentator, and a regular guest on Fox News.
(02/16/18 4:32am)
“I think we have a uterus and a brain and they both work.” A young Gloria Allred made this statement on the talk show “Dinah!” in the year 1977, leaving the host and live audience speechless. This clip serves as the opening scene for the new Netflix documentary “Seeing Allred,” and for good reason. The image of an outspoken Allred standing confidently amid a sea of sexism-sympathizers and status quo acceptors is a powerful one, setting the tone for the film and symbolizing her career as a champion for equal rights.
(02/22/18 6:51am)
The Feb. 5 season four premiere of “Vanity Fair Confidential” — a television series on Investigation Discovery that delves into crime stories covered by the magazine — brought cases of sexual assault at the University once again into the national spotlight. The episode, titled “Shadows on the Lawn,” included voiced-over narratives and first-person interviews with University alumna Liz Seccuro, who was sexually assaulted during her first year at University in 1984 and received an apology from one of her attackers 21 years later. The episode also dealt with the repercussions of the now-retracted 2014 article in Rolling Stone Magazine that told the alleged story of a University student and the gang-rape she endured at a U.Va. fraternity.
(02/09/18 5:11am)
HB 1364 was passed unanimously by a block vote in the Virginia House of Delegates Feb. 2. The bill, introduced by Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), would restrict members of the public from entering preliminary hearings for certain child pornography cases.
(01/31/18 5:47am)
For the 60th Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy released a list of nominees that at last harmonized with audience expectations — only to present Bruno Mars with all of the highest honors Sunday night.
(01/31/18 5:00am)
No twist in this latest chapter of the sexual revolution has stirred such mixed emotions amongst sexual assault advocates and the #MeToo movement as “The Humiliation of Aziz Ansari.” The story is less straightforward than previous accounts, and some have claimed that it implicates both parties to a certain extent. The role of women in cases of sexual assault is often overlooked or brushed aside as totally insignificant in comparison to the role of men. This is often valid, and in many situations women are unquestionably victims of a crime. In the Ansari case as well as others, however, it is clear that women have a more complex part to play. Ansari’s story is complex, and is more characteristic of real world sexual interactions — contrasting with the black-and-white scenarios we are often presented with in the media. This sort of nuance ought to inform the policies we devise to deal with the issue of sexual assault, both as a University and as a country.
(01/30/18 5:34am)
The Charlottesville Democratic Party and the Albemarle County Democratic Party co-hosted a public forum with candidates for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District Democratic Party nomination in downtown Charlottesville Saturday morning. The event at The Haven featured four of the candidates in competition for the nomination — Roger Dean Huffstetler, Leslie Cockburn, Ben Cullop and Andrew Sneathern.
(01/25/18 7:54am)
Recently, the #MeToo movement has captivated the world, with women from diverse backgrounds and professions coming forward with stories of harassment and assault. This movement has shown the world that far too many women have been forced to endure unwanted sexual advances, not only professionally, but in their everyday lives. This trend is especially true at colleges where 23 percent of women and 11 percent of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force. Last week, the First Lady of New Jersey, Tammy Murphy, an alumni of the University and a member of the Board of Visitors, joined the movement when she shared her experience of being sexually assaulted during her time as a student. College women’s increased risk of sexual assault and Murphy’s story confirm what many University students and faculty members already know — that sexual assault is all around us and students must contribute to the progress that has yet to be made.
(01/25/18 6:09am)
When New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy attended the Women’s March in Morristown, N.J. last Saturday, she said she expected a few thousand people to be present. Instead, the crowd was reportedly as large as 15,000 people when the U.Va. Board of Visitors member shared that she was sexually assaulted during her second year at the University.
(01/25/18 6:08am)
The Solidarity Cards Project exhibition opened last weekend at The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative in Downtown Charlottesville. At around 5:30 p.m., visitors were first permitted to enter the building displaying the project.
(01/22/18 6:06am)
Tammy Murphy, New Jersey’s new first lady, said on Saturday that she was a victim of sexual assault while attending the University of Virginia as an undergraduate student.
(12/29/17 3:54am)
An attempted burglary on Virginia Avenue was reported to University Police early Thursday morning. In a University wide email alert issued by University Chief of Police Michael Gibson, the incident took place between 2 a.m. and 2:50 a.m.
(12/26/17 11:27pm)
As I sit in my childhood bedroom and gaze pensively out the window, I reflect on all the things that 2017 brought with it, and I struggle to put my feelings into words. And as I open my mouth to verbally express my confusion to a line of stuffed animals sitting on the bookshelf, reality television icon and beauty guru Kylie Jenner’s sage words of wisdom escape my suddenly perfectly-painted lips, “I feel like this year is really about, like, the year of just realizing stuff.”
