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(03/31/22 5:54pm)
Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we are in the final stages of the pandemic. Reflecting CDC guidelines, the University recently updated its public health guidelines on March 18 and March 25. What likely caught most students’ eye was the change to the masking policy and testing requirements. Masks are now optional in classrooms and non-clinical U.Va. Health facilities, while saliva testing for unvaccinated students ended and prevalence testing is no longer available in the basement of Newcomb Hall. However, symptomatic students can still get tested through an appointment at Student Health and Wellness and asymptomatic students have access to a limited number of free at-home tests through the University — in addition to testing available at retail pharmacies, online and through the federal government. We commend the University for following the CDC’s updated guidelines. However, there are still policies that should stay in place to ensure everyone’s safety until we complete this final stretch.
(03/23/22 9:06pm)
The University’s student body overwhelmingly voted to pass a historic amendment to the Honor Committee’s single sanction policy this year. Marking the biggest change to Honor since its inception, students unequivocally proved the impact we can have on student self-governance. Throughout this term, Honor has dealt with a host of internal problems — particularly, a lack of transparency and accountability. However, we believe that this amendment’s passage proves change is always possible. A new term means Honor’s practices and norms moving forward are a decision for newly-elected representatives to make — for better or for worse, this is a new start. New representatives — dedicate yourselves to transparency and accountability this year. Here are a few suggestions.
(03/17/22 10:06pm)
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(03/02/22 3:03am)
This year, The Cavalier Daily Editorial Board endorses two candidates running for Honor College of Arts and Sciences representative — second-year College student Hamza Aziz and first-year College student Alp Ekmekcioglu. These candidates have both expressed a commitment to a rehabilitative Honor system that will also take active steps to remedy the Honor Committee’s recent disproportionate targeting rates.
(03/01/22 4:09pm)
This week, students must make a decision between two candidates for Student Council President — third-year College student David Alari and fourth-year College student Ceci Cain. If the past year has shown us anything, it is that Student Council has the power to enact substantive change — from wealth redistribution to policing reform, the organization has entered a new era of student self-governance. As such, it is incumbent upon us to take this year’s election seriously. The Cavalier Daily’s Editorial Board endorses Cain, along with third-year College students Jaden Evans for vice-president for administration and Riley Reynolds for vice-president for organizations. We implore students to join the Collective — advocate, organize and reclaim this vision of student self-governance.
(02/24/22 5:00pm)
This year, The Cavalier Daily Editorial Board endorses three candidates running for Student Council College of Arts and Sciences representative — third-year College student Gabriela Hernandez, second-year College student Lillian Rojas and first-year College student Princess Olubuse-Omisore. Compared to recent years, this is a low number of endorsements. We attribute this to our firm commitment to endorsing representatives that have displayed dedication to Student Council and to the betterment of students’ lives on Grounds. Each of these three candidates expressed a clear vision of their ideal Student Council and tangible steps they intend to take. In particular, each candidate intends to support programs that enable low-income, diverse and marginalized students to gain full access to the University community and all of its resources.
(02/24/22 5:00pm)
This year, The Cavalier Daily Editorial Board endorses four candidates running for University Judiciary Committee representative. We endorse third-year College student Peyton Hamlett, third-year College student Nabeel Raza, second-year College student Ronith Ranjan and first-year College student Lisa Kopelnik. All of these candidates demonstrated a vision of UJC as a rehabilitative and transparent system that should serve the entirety of the diverse student body.
(02/24/22 7:17am)
The elections for Student Council, the Honor Committee and the University Judiciary Committee are fast approaching — voting begins March 2 and ends March 4. These elections should remain salient in the minds of the student body. Voting every election cycle is crucial to the preservation of the University’s student self-governance. However, this voting period is especially important. This spring’s ballot addresses a multitude of pertinent issues. We applaud students for last year’s high voting turnout of 41.6 percent, which was a vast improvement from the 10.03 percent the previous year. Nevertheless, this number still only accounts for less than half of the student population. This year, we must dedicate ourselves to doing better. Students, ensure your voice is heard — vote.
(02/03/22 1:42am)
Republican Jason Miyares took office Jan. 15 as Virginia's attorney general, replacing Democrat Mark Herring. Since then, he has quickly set about making changes. In less than two weeks of being in office, he has fired University counsel Tim Heaphy — an abnormal move — and issued a legal opinion that could rollback vaccine mandates for all Virginia public universities. Indeed, the University has done just that. Currently, neither students nor faculty are required to be vaccinated at U.Va. It is clear that Miyares is likely to continue making unsolicited changes that actively harm the University community. Mr. Miyares — stop making decisions that fundamentally affect our lives without first consulting us.
(01/28/22 6:37pm)
Over the past few days, the Inter-Fraternity Council and Inter-Sorority Council have made a number of changes to recruitment to provide additional protection to those who live and work in and around Grounds. These changes are welcome — they will lead to everyone’s increased safety. That being said, these adjustments will be futile if regulations are not enforced and fraternity and sorority members are not held accountable, should they choose to break rules.
(01/25/22 8:33pm)
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(01/22/22 9:56pm)
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(01/21/22 12:36am)
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(12/13/21 3:51am)
The past year at the University has been an unusual one to say the least. At the beginning of the year, we were still living in a mainly virtual world — classes were online, gathering limits were imposed and we watched as new COVID-19 cases reached peak highs. As we returned to Grounds for the fall, we jumped immediately back to in-person life. After completely adjusting our academic lives, we were required to largely forget about Zoom and revert back to the life we had before the onset of the pandemic.
(11/12/21 12:22am)
For decades, Asian and Asian American students at the University have been calling for an Asian/Asian American Student Center. To this day, the University has failed to fulfill their demands. Dismantling institutional racism requires a committed effort. One step the University can take towards the dissolution of all forms of racism is changing the physical environment around Grounds. Further, this call is particularly relevant in contemporary times with the dramatic increase in anti-Asian violence. The University should embrace these calls and construct an Asian/Asian American Student Center on Grounds.
(11/01/21 2:57am)
Since Virginia’s last gubernatorial election four years ago, the Commonwealth and the country itself have witnessed unprecedented change. From responding to COVID-19 to finally grappling with Virginia's deep and oftentimes painful history, lawmakers in Richmond certainly had plenty on their plates. In 2019, Democrats gained control of both chambers of the General Assembly for the first time since 1993, marking a fundamental shift in the political direction of the Commonwealth. However, as Virginia is the only state in the country which bars its governors from serving more than one consecutive term, the time has come for incumbent Ralph Northam to pass the torch.
(10/22/21 9:57pm)
This fall semester, University students across a variety of organizations — largely the History of Enslaved African American Laborers and the University Guide Service — organized historical tours and info-sessions about the University’s history of enslaved labor for the Class of 2025 and onward. This is an admirable display of students self-governing by encouraging first years to understand and contextualize the University’s history of white supremacy and its enslavement of African Americans. Tours are administered by members of the University Guide Service, who lead groups of 30 people every day of the week. The student organized tours are mapped by the History of Enslaved African American Laborers, a group of seven BIPOC third-year women inspired to increase awareness of the University's racist history. Following the historical tours, students can engage with Bringing Race Into Dialogue with Group Engagement, an organization trained in having conversations regarding race.
(09/29/21 9:05pm)
Over the past year, Lawn room doors have been a site of heavy tension on Grounds. Last fall, several Lawn residents put up signs criticizing the University. Since then, the University has imposed stringent regulations. Now, Lawn residents are limited to signage within the four corners of the boards on their Lawn doors, which is sometimes smaller than the size of a standard piece of paper. These restrictions were defensively adopted in response to a series of highly publicized incidents and are a direct threat to students’ right to free speech and free expression. The restrictions introduced have the potential to deter students from criticizing the University at all, for fear of increased sanctioning. For this reason, the administration must reconsider the current excessive Lawn signage restrictions.
(09/22/21 11:06pm)
Weekends in Charlottesville are starting to resemble a time before COVID-19 — students are taking beloved trips to Carter’s Mountain Orchard, the Corner is packed with business and Scott Stadium is filling the hill with hardly a mask in sight. The caveat, of course, is we are not back to a time without COVID-19 — the University’s case numbers and hospital admissions this semester clearly demonstrate the threat of the pandemic is not over. Even without universal testing and a near fully vaccinated student body, the University has seen 522 COVID-19 cases this semester. More alarming, though, is the University’s hospital admissions data — less than two weeks ago, we saw 16 hospital admissions related to COVID-19, a number equal to the peak we saw at the beginning of this year. Still, the University seems to be operating under the idea that COVID-19 will not spread at large gatherings in Scott Stadium.
(09/16/21 4:03am)
Over the past few weeks, University students have become grimly familiar with the multitude of community alert emails indicating a crime or potential crime on or around Grounds has occurred. We’ve been alerted of three incidents in the past week alone and six since the start of the semester. Less than two weeks ago, a University student was shot at Boylan Heights — one of the many incidents of shots fired around Grounds this year alone. While this incident was unintentional, the fact remains that this individual was able to bring a gun into a bar filled with students and community members. It is clear that safety protocols in place are entirely inadequate.