LETTER: Racism in schools is not just a Charlottesville problem
By Elisha Rypkema | October 23, 2018The recent attention on the role of racism in Charlottesville schools should spark a national conversation.
The recent attention on the role of racism in Charlottesville schools should spark a national conversation.
There are four amazing Democrats running to take on and defeat Tom Garrett (R-Va.) in November, but Andrew Sneathern stands out.
We at Planned Parenthood Generation Action at the University of Virginia support a clean expansion of Medicaid here in our Commonwealth.
Listen First in Charlottesville reminds us that our nation was built upon the principle of robust and open dialogue.
The hypocrisy of the MRC's posture towards Hoos for Israel considering its historical embrace of Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine is not encouraging.
As readers, writers and editors, we must work together to keep student leaders accountable.
It is important to understand that there is a lot of misinformation and propaganda around Aramark and our service of food to the Corrections industry, as a result of a 2016 documentary and ongoing activism around the prison industrial complex.
Coming to terms with this part of my family’s past has been complicated.
We read with interest two recent opinion pieces in the Cavalier Daily, “High textbook prices hurt students” and “A new way to cut textbook costs.”
The letter merely questions the idea that his words can always be relied on to generate unity
While the Crystal Ball has a strong record of picking election winners, we can’t promise we’ll always be right, particularly in primaries when polling is often unhelpful.
Policy changes have been implemented at the University, legislative changes were passed by the Virginia General Assembly and prevention education efforts have been created and increased. Have these changes made a difference?
A generation later, students have again taken to yelling out at the same moment in the song, with most directing a profane slur toward another in-state school.
You now wear the honors of Honor and with the turn of a tassle you progress forward from students to alumni. As alumni we ask that you don’t forget your experiences at the University.
I see no problem in the rich paying more of the real cost of a University education, even if some of this payment is used to offset the fees for poor families of qualified students. But, please, show me some numbers and family situations so I can evaluate this new program.
We, the students of the University of Virginia, are the living. We are the blood that runs through the iron pipes of the University. We the picturesque, we the hideous, the marginalized, the spoiled, the idealistic, the good-hearted. We. When you walk through our Grounds, past each painful fissure that has blossomed forth like so many angry scars, remember.
In the United States we should always correct the damage we do, whether in a car accident or a social and legal train wreck such as this. Lawsuits with very large damages awarded to the parties that have been damaged are in order. Clearly Rolling Stone is going to be the primary object of litigation. However, University administrators who often hide behind pious shields and the fact that they woe for a "public" institution must not be let off the hook — no catch and release for them.
As awareness continues to remain at an all-time high, we will continue to recommit ourselves to making this University a safer community. We know from supporting our loved ones and listening to our peers that sexual assault harms far too many members of our community.
A compilation of community members' guest pieces and letters-to-the-editor.
In light of the arrest and injury of Martese Johnson, it is time for the laws to be enforced by traditional law enforcement officers and not ABC officers.