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WHISNANT: The United States of oligarchy

Because preferences of elites and average voters sometimes line up, the bias of the political process towards the rich is often masked, but given a divergence in opinion across the income distribution, elites win the debate with precious few exceptions.


Opinion

YAHANDA: Mind over medicine

The healthcare system should place patients’ well-being above all else. Sadly, when it comes to drug manufacturers, trying to reap additional profits can often supersede patient interests.


Opinion

ALJASSAR: The second-year summer

I propose that the University adopt a similar academic framework — a “second-year summer” in which students remain in Charlottesville for the summer after their second year and take a semester off in their second or third years.


Opinion

RUDGLEY: Repeal the single sanction

The single sanction should be repealed. It is the principal reason for the Honor system’s most pressing problems — namely, staggeringly low reporting rates, wildly inconsistent verdicts and widespread distrust of the system from faculty.


Opinion

BARROW: A better definition of honor

Does it make sense that — at a University where this policy has led to the so-called “Community of Trust” that grants students the peace of mind to leave their laptops unwatched in our libraries — the Honor system does not extend to the personal safety of walking home alone after dark?


Opinion

WHISNANT: Take back the process

Given that it is highly unlikely repeat perpetrators of sexual violence are reachable through more outreach, raising awareness of rape culture must be coupled with policy changes that target perpetrators and effectively remove them from the community.


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Latest Podcast

In this episode of On Record, Professor Ran Zhao, a Chinese professor and director of U.Va. in Shanghai, highlights how the program empowers students to immerse themselves in Chinese language and culture with intensive instruction and fun opportunities to explore the city. After all, learning a language means experiencing its culture firsthand.