If we default on our responsibility to be careful stewards of the tradition of self-governance, we leave room for faculty and administrators to undercut the agency that students at the University have had for generations.
What was once a system steeped in the dogmatic pursuit of a narrowly conceived ideal will be a holistic process that confronts nuance to uplift a community, not punish individuals.
We are not fooled by these foundations’ attempts at misconstruing community reclamation into destruction as a means of preserving Confederate ideology.
The student body will not vote to ratify a constitution it had no hand in creating, and Honor has a lot of work to do to build trust and increase buy-in amongst students and relevant stakeholders.
Throneburg’s commitment to fixing the issues pertinent to District 5 are evident — and it is the reason he deserves our vote.
The University only has so much responsibility for your willing engagement in dangerous organizations.
Although it is crucial for citizens to research the candidates running in each election, it is also important to know the electoral processes specific to Virginia.
This is a blatant step backwards that overextends parental rights in public schools at the expense of transgender students’ rights.
Self-governance is something on which we pride ourselves, but it is an empty ideal without effort from both the institutions governing us and the students they represent.
In other words, the Committee’s advice fails to recognize that the Memorial as a whole — not just the inscription — continues to broadcast racist beliefs due to the circumstances of its original construction.
Mr. Youngkin, let us be perfectly clear — we will not be your political scapegoat.
Make this the first-year experience you never got — make new friends, new memories and probably a few new reasons to miss Grounds when you leave.
Future education about Charlottesville and University history should be two things — mandatory and continuous.
Youngkin’s appointment of Ellis only confirms what he has already demonstrated so far through his governorship — a blatant disregard for the University’s core values.
Let us be clear — abortion should be kept legal in Virginia.
As the institutional body with time, means and resources, the responsibility for reaching out is in UJC’s hands.
But today, we want to make one thing clear — we are proud of students for making it to the end of this semester.
While individuals should still engage in sustainable practices, at the end of the day, it is large institutions that are capable of making the changes we desperately need to see.
In the meantime, students — take initiative yourselves to better understand the Grounds you live on.
Those of you reading this article have lived through the pandemic — we cannot forget that many have not — at the very least we should learn something from the past two years.
