EDITORIAL: Mandate vaccines and ensure a safe fall semester
By Editorial Board | May 6, 2021There remain a number of other steps that the administration ought to take if the University is to see a "normal" semester in the fall.
There remain a number of other steps that the administration ought to take if the University is to see a "normal" semester in the fall.
The University cannot continue to perpetuate and hide its racist history.
The issue at hand is oft-delayed by bureaucratic processes of legislative officials and University administration. Nevertheless, local activists keep these conversations alive.
We as students should also shift away from the men-centric focus we often place on athletics.
We encourage all students at the University to vote for a New Era of Student Council this week.
The Editorial Board endorses Gabriela Hernandez, Ryan Alcorn, Violette Cadet, Nina Santana, Lillian Rojas, Booker Johnson, Ella Tynch, Amelia Delphos, Noah Strike and Rand Perry.
The Editorial Board is endorsing Madeleine Frank, Lauren Kim, Slade Sinak and Adam Younger.
The Editorial Board has is endorsing Gabrielle Bray, Christian Smith, Andy Chambers, Charlotte Paulussen, Jack Stone and Maggie Regnery.
The only reasonable — and moral — decision for the University is to freeze tuition.
To some of these students who spent their weekends disregarding COVID guidelines, the pandemic is a joke. To the 40 patients currently in-house at U.Va. Hospital, this is a matter of life or death.
Those who continue to party and gather in large crowds are willfully ignorant, putting both the University and Charlottesville communities in danger.
This semester, with a tighter margin for error, we cannot grow complacent.
While the removal of unfit politicians from our government may not prevent further insurgence of extremism, it is a necessary step in the right direction.
The twists and turns of the fall’s horror movie are fading — we can’t let there be a sequel.
Your vote and your voice deserve to make a difference. Shout it from the rooftops until you know it was heard.
Webb’s campaign missions demonstrate a commitment to equity and justice.
We can't afford to sit this election out. And the University shouldn’t make us.
The Cavalier Daily Editorial Board has compiled a list of resources that may assist you in participating in November’s election.
We knew these outbreaks were coming, yet the University carried on. It was disingenuous for administration to pretend otherwise, and it is nothing short of overtly dangerous for them to keep up the facade.
Moving forward, we must hold the Board to this higher standard of committing to and fulfilling the values of accessibility and diversity on Grounds.