PARTING SHOT: Ditching the roadmap
By Catherine Orescan | May 19, 2023Fascination with life isn’t interested in what should be.
Fascination with life isn’t interested in what should be.
I am so much more than one job, one story, one mistake or one accomplishment.
The consequences of Mr. Nelson’s actions means that the egregious Indigenous legacy of Thomas Jefferson will be sheltered from public view.
An ideal candidate for this position is a graduate student with a background in media or journalism, though this is not a requirement.
To be your true authentic self in a world that wants you to be someone else is an act of courage. We should honor transgender youth, rather than attempt to legislate their very beings out of existence.
Testing has benefits for both their health and the health of our community, and students should feel comfortable engaging not only in testing but in discourse about STIs.
Learning that authors we idealize were themselves employing marginalizing language disrupts their status as literary models. These are disruptions with which we must engage.
Simply put, a council that antagonizes meaningful attempts at undoing a horrific past of racism has no place on our Grounds. The Jefferson Council needs to go.
Undoubtedly, other schools see the necessity of naloxone for students — and our University should too.
The Board of Visitors cannot continue to allow any voices to go unheard or unrepresented, especially those voices most impacted by their actions
The University has already made good progress towards a cleaner future with its plan — great progress, however, requires visible action.
If lives are to be saved from practices like lacing and overconcentration, the General Assembly must move forward with regulation.
Limiting the number of requirements would provide the best of both worlds — students would still have the opportunity to branch out with some requirements while having the time to explore their own interests during the earlier years of their studies.
Each congressperson who continues to oppose gun control and funding that improves social determinants of health has American blood on their hands.
For better or for worse, AI is here. The University should utilize it to ensure that students are learning the most relevant skills in the most applicable way.
Because of the hoops one must jump through to get an IN request approved, the circumstances for students who receive an IN go beyond the superficial — they are dire.
No-technology policies not only facilitate genuine engagement and inhibit distraction, they also promote study habits conducive to deeper neurological processing and higher academic achievement.
With well over half of all University students living off-Grounds, it is past time for the University to extend the blue light phone system.
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.
This New Academic Year The P.U.M.P.K.I.N. Society Chose To Recognize Eight Fourth Year Students Who Went Above And Beyond For Their Communities And Lead Lives Of Silent And Selfless Service.