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After a summer of working, rekindling with hometown friends or perhaps traveling, you may find yourself falling victim to the seemingly universal beginning-of-semester trope — the fitness era. So, you decide to grab the bull by its horns and venture to the ever-daunting AFC.
After seven years serving in the position, University President Jim Ryan publicly announced his resignation Friday following demands from the Department of Justice for him to step down from the role. The Cavalier Daily invited University alumni to share their thoughts on the situation via email, and many who responded expressed negative feelings about the news.
Former Athletic Director Craig Littlepage is a Virginia legend.
Editor’s note: This article is a humor column.
Between April 11 and June 17, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division sent seven letters to University officials, according to documents obtained by The Cavalier Daily through a Freedom of information Act request.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced the appointment of four new members to the Board of Visitors June 20 — James Donovan, Class of 1982 alumnus John F. Harris, Class of 1972 and 1974 alumnus H. Eugene Lockhart and Class of 1990 alumna Calvert Saunders Moore. The appointees began their terms Tuesday, officially marking the beginning of an entirely Youngkin-appointed Board.
Faculty members across the University expressed their shock and concern after the resignation of University President Jim Ryan last Friday, pressured by Trump’s Department of Justice. At the time of publication, around 160 faculty members have signed an open letter condemning political interference and urging the Board of Visitors, the University’s highest governing body, to resist pressure from the federal government.
Robert Hardie and Rachel Sheridan, outgoing and incoming Rectors of the Board of Visitors, announced Monday that Jennifer Wagner Davis, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will serve as acting University President effective on the date when President Jim Ryan formally leaves his position and until an interim President is appointed.
With Pride month officially over, widespread rainbow merchandise has been replaced by hot July sun. However, the celebration of the LGBTQ+ community isn’t confined to a single month at the University. The oldest and largest Queer organization on Grounds, the Queer Student Union hosts year-round activities to bring the LGBTQ+ students together, collaborate with other student organizations and engage in student activism.
Nota de la editora: Este artículo fue escrito originalmente por Cecilia Mould y Naima Sawaya el 27 de junio de 2025. Trabajamos para preservar el significado original en la traducción, pero no podemos garantizarlo.
Editor’s Note: The student responses below were collected via a Microsoft Form posted to The Cavalier Daily’s Instagram account Friday in the wake of University President Jim Ryan’s resignation. They have been edited for grammar, style and length. We have only included responses from current students. Some students requested to be anonymous, and in those cases, we have identified them by their school and year.
It is not unusual when graduate students suit up for a school’s athletic programs. In an era of college sports defined by the “COVID year,” multiple categories of redshirts and a seemingly bottomless void of eligibility at the disposal of NCAA players, graduate students are on rosters now more than ever.
Picking classes every semester can feel like a lottery. But whether you are a first-year student looking to explore your options or a fourth-year wanting to take a fun elective, the good news is that the University offers a myriad of arts courses to take that are engaging and enlightening. No matter your major, arts classes can provide a creative outlet and introduce you to valuable new skills.
Hundreds of University and Charlottesville community members joined University President Jim Ryan outside Madison House Saturday morning to participate in a final Run With Jim. The Fourth-Year Trustees planned the event on a whim just a few hours after the announcement of Ryan’s resignation Friday morning with volunteer support from the younger councils.
University President Jim Ryan resigned June 27 under pressure from President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, having been accused of misrepresenting his efforts to dismantle the University’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs. As students, we first learned of his resignation not from our own University, but from The New York Times. This failure of transparency by the University’s Board of Visitors is deeply troubling and reflective of the Trump Administration’s brazen campaign against higher education and academic freedom. This failure is compounded by a serious conflict of interest — the Board is largely appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and the University Counsel is unable to take legal action due to control exerted over them by the Virginia Attorney General’s office. To yield in the face of federal pressure does more than betray the University’s core values — it encourages future attacks on academia.
The news sent shockwaves throughout the University and higher education nationwide.
The news of President Jim Ryan’s resignation has hit Grounds like a slap across the face, placing the spotlight on the University in ways not seen since the dark days of 2017, when hundreds of white nationalists descended on Charlottesville and enacted violence on our community. The irony is that many other University community members and I have had our own frustrations and critiques of Ryan’s leadership throughout his seven-year tenure at the University. His administration too often engaged in civility politics, evaded responsibility on difficult questions, put forth half-measures in moments of crisis and resorted to heavy-handed tactics against the safety and wishes of students and faculty.
University President Jim Ryan’s resignation means that the Board of Visitors are poised to select the next president of the University. A president selected by this Board — which has already demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the goals of the Trump administration — will be quick to capitulate to the demands of President Donald Trump. This prospect poses an existential threat to the intellectual life of our University. As a student, it worries me more than anything else, and it should worry you too.
Editor’s note: University President Jim Ryan resigned June 27 following pressure from the Department of Justice to leave his post or risk the University losing research funding. Following this event, The Cavalier Daily has received letters from University community members. This page was originally published June 28 and has been updated as more letters are received. The opinions expressed in these letters are not necessarily those of The Cavalier Daily. Letters represent the views of the authors alone.