More important than just taking on important issues, sentencing reform is the one change that can be made relatively quickly and unilaterally.
As Americans, in order to make sense of our realities, we have been telling ourselves the narrative “if you work hard, then you will succeed.” This aphorism is dishonest because it ignores the cumulative factors that result in a person’s success.
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?
Charlottesville has the unique potential to establish itself as a national hub for cultivating elite-caliber soccer talent and offer robust infrastructure for supporting the sport.
A desire to maintain — or perhaps, not further damage — U.Va.’s reputation likely fueled these attempts to intervene as well, especially in light of the three high-profile controversies of the last academic school year.
The University has not addressed a crucial factor for sexual assault victims: their post-attack emotional and psychological conditions within the learning environment.
By their nature, institutions of higher learning are incentivized to restrict the “free speech” rights of their students over the Internet, as negative or unfavorable posts can certainly tarnish their reputations.
The University has demonstrated its leadership on an issue that is not only just a few years old but also going through the legal chaos that comes with new initiatives.
Some readers believe there’s a clear line between gossip and serious coverage; I don’t.
While the career fair serves as an excellent opportunity for both students and employers alike to reach out to one another, the event would be greatly enhanced by a more diverse set of participating employers, as it would appeal to a wider portion of the student body.
Competition is not just a part of education, it is a part of life, and if college is meant to prepare us as best as possible, then monitoring it could result in the University less effectively fulfilling that purpose (especially given today’s tougher job market as compared to many years ago).
For years, U.C. Berkeley Astronomer Geoffrey Marcy made headlines with his extraordinary ability to hunt exoplanets. This month, though, he’s making headlines for a different reason: violating U.C. Berkeley’s sexual harassment policies.
Having a presence in Shea House would give the American Sign Language community the opportunity to hold a wider range of cultural events. To be clear, the program directors already do so.
While liberal arts degrees have inherent value for many students, they are not proving particularly useful for all who hold a bachelor of arts degree. Some students are discovering that, in order to gain employment, they need to supplement their BA with a skills-based education.
The University should minimize academic requirements for fourth-year students in order to alleviate stress and allot students more time to pursue job opportunities. Of course, the most fundamental purpose of school is to provide an education, and this pillar must remain, but the system can be tweaked to accommodate both education and transitional (post-graduation) help.
Our obsession with productivity is exacerbated by the advent of digital technology and the mechanization of menial labor, which ostensibly allows for more time to produce important things but really just makes products of human labor intangible and therefore unsatisfying.
Making necessary standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT more accessible may encourage high schoolers who may not otherwise apply to college to do so.
The school has had eight suicides in the last five years and four suicides within this last year alone. This rate is well above the national average for suicides in colleges and has led William and Mary to face stigmatization as a depressing school.
Despite the seldom appearance of a nuanced argument, the debate is most often predicated upon the notion of black superiority or inferiority based on the decision to attend either an HBCU or a PWI. Beyond the core argument the most important issue is why do we, as black people, engage in such a debate?
Western nations should not choose to ban the veil in all public places, as this implies a defined set of legally enforced “national morals” that go against the fundamental Western ideas of judicial impartiality and constitutional liberalism. Rather, we should discourage its wearing, without making the veil illegal.
