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(06/15/21 3:10pm)
The Board of Visitors governs the University, in everything from financial budgeting to infrastructure to long-term planning. While we may accept this as just a regular University operation, it’s truly quite a bizarre one. The state government mandates the Board’s existence — indeed, Boards exist across public universities in Virginia. The Governor appoints its members, and the General Assembly must approve before they go on to serve four-year terms.
(04/12/21 6:59am)
Time and time again, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought us new academic challenges and flexibilities. With courses during both January Term and Summer Session I included in our tuition this year, eligible students have had the chance to take lighter course loads during the regular term. I can personally speak to the benefits of this option. This semester, I’ve been able to drop one of my courses in order to work, while I intend to make up for that dropped course during one of this summer’s free classes. Moreover, I was able to fulfill an extra major requirement during J-Term — and I had friends who were able to explore courses during J-Term that they couldn’t fit into their regular schedule. I was excited to hear about these summer courses.
(04/04/21 7:50pm)
Nothing occurs more regularly in my Zoom courses than one dreaded disruption — the lag. My laptop and Zoom don’t get along, and I often find that the feeds of professors, teaching assistants and other students reach my screen a few seconds behind real time. It’s not that big of a deal when I’m in a large lecture where students are relatively quiet and often ask their questions in the chat box. However, when it comes to smaller classes and discussion sections where we’re expected to speak, the lag on my laptop becomes an issue many teachers overlook by default. They frequently ask students to speak openly, avoiding the inconvenience of having to call on students whose virtual hands are raised.
(02/22/21 2:56pm)
High school and college seniors faced disappointing ends to their respective academic levels in 2020. University and local high school seniors both saw reorganized graduations. The former’s ceremony was delayed to an unlikely May 2021 event, given we will not soon emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. That bleak projection most likely means schools and colleges across the nation will see similar closures for 2021’s graduating class. The fact that they had a few extra months adjusting to the pandemic prior to the start of their senior year should not undermine how difficult this past year has been.
(01/29/21 2:19am)
We recently wrapped up a difficult semester. Before I delve into next semester and the policy changes that the University should enact, I want to recognize an important achievement for University students — long story short, we survived. Let us take a moment to breathe and temporarily discard an academic environment that has us believe we must be on the grind every night and day. I’m proud of us. We pulled through — maybe not unscathed — but alive. We must now ensure the University meets our needs as we enter another difficult semester.
(02/16/21 4:26pm)
A large group of domestic terrorists broke into the United States Capitol Building Jan. 6., disrupting the democratic process of certifying then President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s electoral victory. Unsurprisingly, the nation was shocked and horrified at this attempted insurrection — one driven by a sitting president’s support.
(01/20/21 3:30am)
Last semester, the University’s chapter of the Young America’s Foundation constructed a tiny wall in front of the amphitheater with spray-painted phrases like Black Lives Matter, CNN, Dr. Fauci, lockdowns, the 1619 Project and critical race theory. Somehow attempting to celebrate the demolition of the Berlin Wall through this bizarre demonstration, members of YAF at U.Va. proceeded to literally sledgehammer the wall to pieces.
(11/04/20 6:03pm)
You’ve voted. Maybe on Election Day, maybe a month ago. You’re eagerly awaiting election results with fear, with excitement or with hope. You feel as though you’ve carried out your civic duty by voting, so often deemed an essential pillar of civic participation.
(11/12/20 11:46pm)
The United States is an incredibly heteronormative and cisnormative nation. From birth, we are each assigned a gender, based off of our physical genitalia. We are then assumed to be heterosexual. These two assumed identities are rooted in anti-queer and trans discrimination. This false notion that everyone is cisgender and heterosexual is what causes outrage when people identify as something else. To challenge the assumption is to somehow prove your inferiority. At least, that’s the train of thought that drives queerphobia and transphobia.
(09/17/20 5:45am)
The University’s COVID-19 response uniquely challenges students’ mental health — we are now faced with uncertain housing situations, inflexible grading policies and poor administrative responses. This necessitates a new plan that recognizes students are battling increased stress, anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts, during this semester and beyond our academic lives. As National Suicide Prevention Week closes, we should remember that mental health is a discussion that carries on year-round, not solely for seven days in September.
(08/25/20 2:33am)
This upcoming academic year, many students across the University have made the decision to stay on Grounds for the fall semester. With this comes numerous subsets of mandatory student fees in addition to tuition costs. While many of these fees were already superfluous entering the new year, they now gain a newly resounding reminder of the University’s disregard for student interests.