However, students should have the option to enjoy off-Grounds freedom while still benefitting from the support of an objective peer advisor.
Although not a perfect city, Boston has what it takes to make a compelling bid for an Olympic host city.
Forcing a student to take a medical leave of absence upon seeking treatment for any of kind mental illness could discourage other students from coming forward, for fear they will also be forced to leave.
Much has changed since 1965, but the film makes a compelling case that liberals and conservatives alike are well past due for an honest reckoning with their history.
Although the 180-day school year is by and large the norm in the United States, it is much shorter than in most other industrialized countries, where the school year usually lasts for 200 days or more and where students regularly outperform American students in most academic categories.
After the film’s release, the true power of India’s conservative religious groups was revealed. Both religious leaders and fringe groups condemned the movie.
Intel calculated that there would be a 48 percent increase of black employees represented in the company if the black population with the necessary qualifications was fully represented at Intel.
The fundamental importance of due process and the growing support for sexual assault survivors are not mutually exclusive, as many suggest. Improvement on both fronts is possible.
Those who wish to drink will find a way to drink, and in the case of first-years, they will either return to drink in their dorms or take to the streets and bars, using fake IDs in the process.
So in addition to any reasonable regulations it is possible for the University to implement, constant education programs are necessary to change attitudes as well as behavior.
The Michigan state government gives tax credits or subsidizes many groups, including schools and public works; by only requiring drug screenings for welfare recipients, the government will effectively be discriminating against those individuals.
What are those changes, why do people want them and why haven’t they changed before? These are stories and answers I’d like to see explored so we might all learn more about our community and our culture.
While student social life is fundamental to our University culture, the traditional fraternal experience does not truly complement our University’s core purpose.
I fully support Jackie, and I believe wholeheartedly that she went through a traumatizing sexual assault. I remember my first semester here, and I remember Jackie’s. Jackie came to UVA bright, happy and bubbly. She was kind, funny, outgoing, friendly, and a pleasant person to be around. That all notably changed by December 2012, and I wasn’t the only one who noticed.
We don’t want to live in a world where rape survivors are resistant to coming forward because they fear they will be dismissed. Because if they never come forward, we never even have a chance to investigate and punish the perpetrators who have wronged them, and who have wronged our community.
Many of the solutions proposed in the discussions we have had in the Law School this semester are equally applicable to the greater University, yet our voices are rarely sought and seldom heard in discussions there.
Wednesday night, two events were held on Grounds that related to the Black community. The first was a protest in response to a New York grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer for Eric Garner’s death.
17,727 – number of votes Mark Warner won by in the Virginia Senate race against Ed Gillespie 35 – number of days Beta Bridge was painted with the message “Bring Hannah Home” 2 – number of years Sage Smith has been missing 10 – percentage of College students who went into consulting in 2013 89 – percentage of students in the Commerce School who have accepted full time employment, as of the November release of University Career Service’s “First Destinations’ Report” 2 million – amount of money, in dollars, Gov.
Likewise, I can assume the men living in my dorm did not know what it was like to be a woman at the University, and the challenges we face.
We believe that the self-governance of the University and the joint effort of the students and faculty can accomplish many amazing goals. However, proper treatment of sexual assault reports is not one of them.
