Limiting or eliminating safe abortion services is indeed harmful, resulting in an increase in pregnancy-related complications, maternal deaths and the untoward effects of unwanted pregnancy.

HEALTH PROFESSORS: “First Do No Harm” and reproductive women’s health

By Health Professors | November 4, 2022

Quality and equitable healthcare can only continue to exist with the unobstructed access to legal and safe abortion.

I ask that we, the students and faculty of the University, stand against the inhumane treatment of the men and women of Iran and that we speak up and elevate their voices.

PANAH: Pay attention to the revolution

By Neikey Panah | October 31, 2022

As the U.Va. Darden Executive MBA Class of '24, we are committed to reaching out to each other, making a genuine effort to learn from this moment and leading by example to effect necessary change.

DARDEN: Open Letter from 2024 Darden Executive MBA Class to the U.Va. community

By U.Va. Darden EMBA Class of 2024 | September 25, 2022

We, the Black students of the University of Virginia, do not trust you.

BLACK STUDENTS: An Open Letter from Black U.Va.

By The Black Student Body | September 17, 2022

Dream big and be diligent, but hold to no vision of the future too tightly.

ARAKAKY: What good is a U.Va. education — from B.A. to Ph.D.

By Matt Arakaky | September 5, 2022

P.U.M.P.K.I.N. SOCIETY: Spooky Spring 2022

By P.U.M.P.K.I.N. Society | May 23, 2022

STUDENT-FACULTY SAFETY COLLAB : More police won’t make all students feel safer

By Student-Faculty Safety Collaborative | May 13, 2022

These results were not surprising to us and the other sociology students who gathered and analyzed this data, but another finding might surprise University administration — more police is not the answer.

On this day, the 279th birthday of Thomas Jefferson, we hope for this visual to serve as a stark reminder of who he truly was — a virulent eugenicist and racist who was a constant threat to the lives and wellbeing of Black people throughout his lifetime.

Opinion

SABLE SOCIETY: 15 Notes on the State of U.Va.

By SABLE Society | April 13, 2022

We seek to move away from these attempts at rehabilitation and, instead, would like to honor the legacies of the true founders of this University — the enslaved laborers who built the Grounds on which we walk.

THE SOCIETY supports the University’s mission to empower students to become informed, engaged and ethical citizens.

Opinion

PURPLE SHADOWS: founders day, 2022

By The Society of the Purple Shadows | April 13, 2022

we affirm, unequivocally, the reform made to the single sanction of Honor.

In a community as diverse and thoughtful as ours, sometimes the most important work of education happens not in the classroom.

Opinion

RYAN AND BAUCOM: Conversations around Pence show free expression is ‘alive and well’ on Grounds

By Jim Ryan and Ian Baucom | March 25, 2022

One of our tasks as a university is to give our students the tools to evaluate these ideas, alongside many others.

And a university is not the place to hide things under a blanket — it’s a place to stare unflinchingly at the world, however bigoted and broken and hateful, and to change it.

Opinion

MEHTA: The payoff of rhetorical platforms — and the cost of their denial

By Sarita Mehta | March 22, 2022

Ultimately, a university does not serve to make judgements and reasonings about what values we ought to uphold and what speech and thought is acceptable, as students pursuing an education the duty is rightfully ours.

To further racial progress and foster cultural understanding between minority groups, it is essential to deconstruct this myth that continues to plague Asian Americans today.

Opinion

MANALASTAS AND HOANG: We are not your model minority

By Mira Manalastas and Richard Hoang | March 16, 2022

To further racial progress and foster cultural understanding between minority groups, it is essential to deconstruct this myth that continues to plague Asian Americans today.

Opinion

SARDESAI: Silencing happens — just not to who you think

By Ria Sardesai | March 14, 2022

Although Camp feels as though she must stay silent, she has every opportunity to speak as a white woman at the University — it is her choice whether or not to use it.

Pence’s presence should not be welcomed, nor should the University allow speakers on Grounds who deny the full humanity of all students.

Opinion

BASS: Rescind Mike Pence’s speaking offer

By Elisabeth Bass | March 13, 2022

Trigger Warning: this column discusses suicidal thoughts.

Above all, this reform proves that stories matter.

Opinion

BENOS: Democracy won — together, change is possible

By Christopher Benos | March 6, 2022

This March, University students answered a call to action by voting — for the first time ever — to reduce the Single Sanction from expulsion to a two-semester leave of absence.

I have made every effort to engage with and rally for Black students in my time here.

Opinion

CAIN: To the University community

By Ceci Cain | March 2, 2022

I am sick and tired of students who don’t do the work criticizing the way Black students — especially Black women — move and try to survive at this University.

The Academical Village is meant to represent the entire University — all of its schools and disciplines, a wide range of extracurricular organizations and a collection of lived experiences.

Opinion

STRIKE: Lawn demographic data paints an unrepresentative picture

By Noah Strike | February 28, 2022

The Academical Village is meant to represent the entire University — all of its schools and disciplines, a wide range of extracurricular organizations and a collection of lived experiences.

Opinion

CHAMBERS: Demand more from your Honor Committee

By Andrew Chambers | February 28, 2022

Demand something more from your Committee and vote on representatives who will bring you meaningful change next year.

15 years ago, I was expelled from U.Va. for plagiarism.

Opinion

ANONYMOUS: The human cost of expulsion

By Jane Doe | February 27, 2022

Trigger Warning — this column discusses suicidal thoughts.

Opinion

HONOR COMMITTEE MAJORITY: U.Va. — vote yes

By Honor Committee Majority | February 25, 2022

Expulsion also fails the practical needs of our community by disincentivizing reporting and affecting juries.

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PANAH: Pay attention to the revolution

DARDEN: Open Letter from 2024 Darden Executive MBA Class to the U.Va. community

BLACK STUDENTS: An Open Letter from Black U.Va.

ARAKAKY: What good is a U.Va. education — from B.A. to Ph.D.

P.U.M.P.K.I.N. SOCIETY: Spooky Spring 2022

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