This environment of invective is unproductive and risks simplifying an issue of grave consequence for Virginia’s political influence.
Student voice is greater than the sum of its parts — do not let misrememberings say otherwise.
Conclusively, Virginia Democrats’ approach to gun policy is an arbitrary classification that is not grounded in safety — it is grounded in hysteria.
Senate Bill 494 not only responds to some of the specific causes of the crises felt over the last year, but it also holds the potential to clearly shift the culture at Virginia’s public educational institutions towards a model of shared governance.
Student and faculty representatives on the Board of Visitors must be given voting rights.
It is imperative that state governments push back against this federal invasion — like some of the measures Virginia has recently implemented regarding non-cooperation with ICE — to protect their citizens and end agents’ impunity.
This monument is not teaching anyone about history — the statue is not even depicting any particular soldier — but rather is a trite corruption of it.
When the Audit Committee conducts its review, it should prioritize addressing many unresolved concerns over the process.
The Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center is a prime example of a resource hub that the University and donors should continue to invest in, serving as a blueprint for how women within the University and in the greater Charlottesville community can be supported.
In the spirit of its need for community trust, UBE must publish a final, comprehensive decision on the Student Council presidential election with sincere consideration paid to all available evidence.
If Virginia is serious about equity, it should work on cultivating girls’ ambition in perhaps the most transformative location it has to offer — the classroom.
In light of continuing national and regional efforts to restrict reproductive rights of women, Student Council and U.Va. Health must continue to collaborate on ensuring safe and reliable access to reproductive health care.
By removing human guidance and encouraging engagement with AI, students are ultimately discouraged from engaging deeply with material and instead learn to outsource their thinking, mistaking efficiency for understanding.
UBE need only look to itself to solve its problems, but it remains unclear whether or not it has the motivation to do so.
In practice, however, the perplexing difficulties created by the Disciplines far outweigh any pedagogical benefit.
The abuse of these exemptions undermines herd immunity and in turn, creates serious health risks for everyone.
This switch can further ensure equity and accessibility for all students without large fiscal sacrifices.
Although it should not have to fall on the University, it would serve the community well to make sure the vital fields we value so much do not dwindle in our future.
Although there is no stadium at the University that makes students feel like Olympic athletes competing for gold, the major declaration process does.
Assuring property-owners and renters that the spaces owned by them are safe and free of health and environmental concerns should be a top priority of any governing body.
