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(02/13/17 5:08am)
The Virginia House of Delegates voted on Tuesday to defund Planned Parenthood. The bill, which the governor has already promised to veto, would cut off federal Title X funding for Planned Parenthood and any other groups that perform abortions in the state. In voting to defund the organization, legislators are endangering the health of thousands of Virginians.
(02/09/17 5:01am)
Over 12 million people are arrested in the United States each year. While arrest has been a fundamental tool of the American criminal justice system, the detrimental impacts of an arrest on the suspect, their family and their community are not necessarily warranted by the severity of the crime. The Charlottesville and University police departments should work closely with community groups and service providers to use non-coercive measures and fewer arrests to deal with the kinds of disruptive behavior police are usually tasked with solving.
(02/07/17 5:01am)
The Board of Visitors announced last Friday the establishment of a search committee charged with recommending a candidate for the University’s ninth president. In an email to the University community, President Teresa Sullivan urged all stakeholders to participate in the search process, including students. Upcoming activities such as the bicentennial of the University’s charter and the launch of the Campaign for the University’s Third Century require strong transitional guidance. Therefore, students should make a concerted effort to engage with the presidential search committee and its proceedings.
(02/06/17 5:01am)
Three weeks ago, the University announced the authorization of the Cornerstone Grant, an initiative that will provide significant cost-of-attendance relief to qualifying undergraduate students from Virginia. The financial aid program, which costs $15 million over the next three years, will be provided by the Strategic Investment Fund. The Cornerstone Grant is part of a multi-year strategy aimed at enhancing access and affordability for in-state students mostly through private philanthropy, private revenue and private investment sources. The program serves to show the potential value of investing University funds in private companies — provided that they are socially responsible — and the opportunity for greater student access and affordability.
(02/02/17 7:45am)
In 1960, Wesley Harris and Virginius Thornton arrived at the University. Harris was a black undergraduate pursuing a degree in aeronautical engineering, and Thornton was the first black graduate student to enter the doctoral program at the University. The community, which maintained a culture of racism throughout the 1960s, was hostile to black students around Grounds — impeding many of them from either attending or completing their education at the University.
(01/31/17 5:00am)
379: Days Otto Warmbier has been in detention in North Korea
(01/30/17 5:04am)
President Trump signed an executive order last Friday banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States and suspending entry to all refugees — a fundamental violation of our nation’s founding principles. While its legalities and ramifications are still under scrutiny, the executive order has stirred confusion, disruption and worry among members of our University community who are citizens of the countries involved in the ban. The University administration should explicitly reject this executive order and prioritize the safety and security of its students by refusing to release immigration statuses.
(01/26/17 5:00am)
The Virginia Senate recently introduced two bills addressing the drastic rise in college tuition costs. At the University, students have seen an average rise in their tuition of at least 5.3 percent per year since 2009. The bills would require public colleges and universities to be more transparent about tuition increases. If passed, these new pieces of legislation would offer University students detailed explanations regarding tuition increases, as well as the maximum amount their tuition could rise in four years — rights which are long overdue.
(01/24/17 5:01am)
As 2016 came to an end, a group of concerned residents and two reputable advocacy groups sent a letter to the Charlottesville City Council asking them to slow down the planned redevelopment of the Strategic Investment Area. This area, immediately south of the Downtown Mall, contains IX Art Park and the Friendship Court subsidized housing complex as well as mixed income neighborhoods. The exclusivity and ambiguity which permeate both the redevelopment plan and its potential implementation has made people nervous — especially as the city seems eager to move it forward. City Council should ensure SIA residents have proper representation in the discussion of this plan.
(01/23/17 5:08am)
President Trump’s administration is gearing up to cut $10.5 trillion in government spending over the next 10 years, according to the Hill. The first wave of these cuts would include the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, two agencies of great value to communities around the nation. President Trump shouldn’t discontinue their funds from the federal budget, as the effects of doing so would hit close to home in many of these communities — including our own.
(01/19/17 5:21am)
With President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration one day away, congressional Republicans are setting in motion the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. One issue particularly relevant to us — which Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) spoke of last Friday at the Medical School — is whether we will continue to remain under our parents’ health insurance coverage plans until the age of 26, a key provision under the ACA.
(01/19/17 5:19am)
The upcoming Women’s March on Washington is expected to draw more than 200,000 attendees promoting women’s “shared humanity” and a “bold message of resistance and self-determination.” The protest is set to take place on Saturday, just one day after the presidential inauguration, and on the same day as the last formal round of Inter-Sorority Council chapter recruitment. After deliberating whether to accommodate those who wish to attend the march by moving one of its rounds, the ISC voted to maintain its existing schedule. This decision directly contradicts the organization’s claim to empower its members.
(12/06/16 5:03am)
2: The number of years the Rotunda was closed before reopening this semester
(12/05/16 6:58am)
The Board of Visitors is considering increasing enrollment by 400 students over four years. While enrollment increases may threaten our social climate — which is tight-knit for a state flagship school — the Board’s proposal offers a mild increase that, if accommodated appropriately, would allow the University to better serve itself and its students.
(12/01/16 5:18am)
A recent Cavalier Daily poll regarding administrators’ favorability found approximately 30 percent of students didn’t know enough about University President Teresa Sullivan to have an opinion of her, contrasted with approximately 13 percent of students who said the same for Dean of Students Allen Groves. The poll begs the question: How well should students know their president?
(11/29/16 5:30am)
Charlottesville Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy, best known for spearheading the campaign to remove the Robert E. Lee statue downtown, has made headlines for a series of reprehensible messages he publicly tweeted about women, gay people and white people from 2009 to 2014. The tweets are, most charitably, grossly unprofessional — there is no excuse for anyone, much less a public official, tweeting endorsements of rape or disparaging gay individuals. While Bellamy has since apologized, constituents who fall into these demographic groups have ample reason to question whether he can fairly represent them. If Bellamy wants to continue in the public sphere, he must prove to those groups that his policy objectives align with the sentiments expressed in his apology.
(11/28/16 5:47am)
Last Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump picked Betsy DeVos as his nominee for education secretary, further intensifying what was already a polarized debate about education policy. DeVos, a strong proponent of ‘school choice’ — especially in the form of vouchers — will enact policies that could harm our public education system. Many University students attended Virginia’s highly rated public schools, and we would hate to see them suffer under the coming administration.
(11/22/16 5:00am)
More than 750 students, faculty and alumni have signed a letter requesting the University affirm its commitment to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, thereby protecting current University students. The program offers students who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children relief from deportation if they have registered with the federal government. The two professors and members of the CIO DREAMers who sent the letter to University President Teresa Sullivan cite President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to undo the program as an impetus for action. While it may be premature to speculate on any changes made by the incoming administration, the University has an ethical obligation to protect current members of its community and reaffirm the policies in place that aid in the completion of their degrees.
(11/21/16 6:06am)
Honor has long received accusations of unfairly targeting international students. These criticisms — which focus on students and professors spotlighting such students — are well-founded, with adequate data demonstrating disproportionate reporting rates for these students. While the data are useful in confirming these suspicions, it’s difficult to understand how these inconsistencies actually play out for international students, since specific case details are generally unrevealed to the public. Saturday’s public honor trial, which resulted in a guilty verdict for a student from the United Kingdom, is a case study which illustrates just how the system disadvantages international students. Moreover, this case reveals just how problematic a single sanction system can be: in this instance, there was no room for the student jury to hand down a sentence that reflected the nature of the crime.
(11/17/16 6:49am)
A letter from 469 professors and students asking University President Teresa Sullivan not to quote Thomas Jefferson in emails has ignited fierce debate nationwide. The letter questioned the appropriateness of quoting Jefferson given his association with slavery. While quoting Jefferson is more appropriate on some occasions than others, it is unreasonable to ask administrators to refrain from quoting their school’s founder altogether.