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(09/07/20 4:56pm)
It turns out that a few so-called “educated” people and “public health experts” and “the Charlottesville mayor” and “doctors” and “people who passed third grade and can read a graph” seem to think that having a bunch of horny, socially starved, arrogant, 20-somethings from across the globe back on Grounds would be a complete disaster. They even suggest that UNC Chapel Hill and Notre Dame and Northeastern have shown how quickly outbreaks happen in a college setting. But what these experts conveniently ignore is the sanctity of the University’s oldest tradition — the honor code.
(10/06/20 5:31am)
In recent months, movements to abolish Greek Life organizations on college campuses have sprung up across the country. Students at Vanderbilt University are dropping out of their Greek organizations by the hundreds and demanding chapters disaffiliate from their national offices. Some chapters at American University are voting to voluntarily disband, and the entire executive board of the University of Richmond Panhellenic Council has recently resigned. Even at the University, which has one of the oldest Greek Life systems in the country, abolishing both IFC and ISC Greek Life has begun to gain traction on social media. This movement is the culmination of decades of harm caused by Greek organizations.
(08/03/20 5:56am)
On a late night in the fall of 2018, just as the semester was wrapping up, a Black first-year student was studying for final exams at Alderman Library when he decided to walk back to his Alderman Road dorm as the library was about to close. For no particular reason, he decided to traverse the full length of adjacent McCormick Road rather than taking a shortcut through the McCormick Road residence halls commonly used by students. Not long after he started walking, the student — who asked to be identified only as Publius for this story — said something didn't feel quite right.
(07/25/20 4:13pm)
In the past few months, debates about the honor system have echoed across the University community. From rent payments to Title IX-related offenses, the honor system has continued to change its role and scope in University life. However, many of these conversations fail to discuss the core problem with the honor system — single sanction.
(07/07/20 12:54am)
The Student Police Advisory Board, established by Student Council in 2018, is currently collecting student input to help guide future meetings with the University Police Department in order to reconcile with growing dissatisfaction of police departments. The advisory board plans to meet with UPD at the end of the summer.
(06/23/20 12:05am)
A list of demands written by U.Va. Survivors in collaboration with Mason for Survivors at George Mason University and Culture of Respect Educators — all groups dedicated to sexual assault prevention — is quickly gaining traction after a series of sexual assault allegations posted by an anonymous Twitter account brought heightened scrutiny to sexual violence on Grounds.
(06/17/20 7:37am)
As protests against racism and police brutality continue across the country, many students and University organizations have been contributing to the Black Lives Matter movement by organizing fundraisers for both local and national bail funds, as well as general funds and collectives regarding travel, disaster and relief, business and legal assistance. There have been at least five protests in Charlottesville following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25, the most recent of which occurred Saturday.
(05/14/20 7:50pm)
I used to imagine what I’d say if I ever wrote a parting shot.
(05/03/20 7:19pm)
Now that classes are over and a difficult, half-online semester has come to a close, it’s a good time to read whatever you want. Maybe you did the hundreds of pages of reading for your politics class, maybe you skimmed a few pages or maybe you didn’t even buy the book — the fact of the matter is, it’s summer now. And instead of feeling pressured to feel any sort of way, Arts and Entertainment is bringing you three books with three very different moods, united by their compelling writing and just waiting for you to take them under your wing.
(04/06/20 7:08pm)
You know what they say — April showers bring May flowers, and even though we will have to admire those eventual flowers from a safe distance while self-isolating, we can outlast April showers by curling up with a good book and a hot drink. Or maybe a stiff drink, if that’s the kind of mood quarantine has put you in — either will work for this scenario! These three books are page-turners, easy to get lost in and hard to forget. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll gasp — though these books are all profoundly different from each other, they all get at the most vulnerable, human parts of ourselves, all while providing distraction for a few socially distant afternoons.
(03/26/20 4:38am)
Almost ten years ago, a Charlottesville middle school suspended three students for exchanging nude photos of themselves digitally. The Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office charged the children with possession of child pornography — a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. When questioned about the legal punishment for the children involved, then-Commonwealth’s attorney Gary Close stated, “I’m not interested in giving stupid teenagers a felony record over something like this.” Oftentimes, local law enforcement will choose not to press charges against children involved in such sexting scandals. In 2014, in a case involving more than 100 central Virginia teenagers, Maj. Donald A. Lowe, chief deputy for the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office, stated that “authorities are using the case more for teaching parents and teens about sexting than for law enforcement … There’s no reason to destroy people’s lives and careers over this.” I’m thankful that both Major Lowe and Close recognize the distinction between exploitative child pornography and teenagers exchanging nude photos as a form of sexual interaction. What is troubling however, is that, although Lowe chose not to press charges, hypothetically, he could have. And sometimes, law enforcement will — a decision with devastating consequences.
(03/15/20 11:47pm)
The media today often takes great care to approach any given issue from an “objective” standpoint. Both sides get an equal say to frame the issue from a non-biased viewpoint. However, when one side of an issue relies on misinformation and a lack of empirical evidence, the media contributes to creating false equivalencies, which are inherent logical fallacies with no true factual merit. False equivalencies rely on slight similarities between two different items to declare them the same. They occur by giving equal footing and time to two different sides, even when there is only one supported by fact. For example, this type of false equivalency occurs if CNN hosted a debate between a flat-earther and a geologist. Often, the media fails to convey the truth of any given story because they give so much time to such logical fallacies. Instead, the media must present the real truth of stories and not give fuel to the fire that is misinformation.
(03/06/20 7:51pm)
In the past three and a half years the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center has been able to almost double its counseling staff thanks to a grant from the University Provost Office. Although this grant allowed the center to add another three full-time physicians to its team, they will no longer be able to take on new clients for the time being. In fact, for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, the Women’s Center will no longer accept students to its waitlist for professional counseling. This ongoing demonstrated need for women’s center counseling makes it undoubtedly clear that it is time for an increase in funding to the Women’s Center.
(03/03/20 4:51am)
The University Judiciary Committee summarized the University Board of Elections results and heard from Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Marsh Pattie at its general body meeting Sunday. Pattie, who served as a UJC representative during his time in the Curry Graduate School of Education from 2002 to 2003, discussed how UJC has changed in the last 20 years.
(02/12/20 9:29pm)
University Police responded Tuesday night to a report of a suspicious person with a weapon near the Tuttle-Dunnington dormitory on Alderman Road. Police located a BB gun, drugs and drug paraphernalia on the subject’s person.
(02/05/20 9:16pm)
The Honor Committee decided Sunday on an official policy that dictates how the Committee will handle Honor violations — cases of lying, cheating and stealing — that arise out of Title IX investigations of sexual and gender-based harassment. Under the new policy, the Honor Committee will dismiss any report of an alleged Honor offense if the University’s Title IX Coordinator determines the conduct alleged in the Honor report was previously adjudicated, requiring Honor to consult with Title IX prior to investigating.
(02/04/20 6:09pm)
In just this past weekend alone, two sexual assaults were reported to University authorities.
(02/06/20 4:42am)
Two months ago, C-ville Weekly published a review of the University’s years-long response to the now-infamous Rolling Stone article of 2014. The article detailed the original Rolling Stone piece, the University’s short- and long-term responses, the cultural shifts on Grounds and current student concerns over work that has yet to be done. C-ville Weekly asks the question, “What has (or hasn’t) changed at UVA since Rolling Stone?” I have an answer — not enough.
(02/03/20 12:39am)
University staff received report of a sexual assault Sunday afternoon, according to a timely warning email issued to the University community by Tim Longo, interim chief of University police and associate vice president for safety and security. The reported incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. Saturday in an on-Grounds residence hall.
(02/04/20 5:00am)
Throughout her entire career, Taylor Swift has presented herself as the relatable girl next door. As a country star, she wrote songs every highschooler could relate to, she had celebrity crushes — see the song “Superstar” — and she loves cats and baking. To be one of the biggest stars in the world, Swift has managed to feel more down to earth than most, but her relatability was superficial. With her new documentary — “Miss Americana” — she lets the world in on what makes her tick, her fears and her insecurities.
