We want to reshape this community into one we can be proud of again, but this will not be possible if people are resorting to vandalism as a response to this incident.
There is no easy solution. This will not be solved overnight. Yet, if we come together, we can improve our community’s treatment and awareness of this issue.
Frankly speaking, the desks currently being used in large lecture halls like Wilson and Chem 402 provide inadequate space for students to learn and test.
While it may have been a cute idea to put a Jefferson quote in the lobby of each gymnasium, the words irresponsibly advocate that a true Virginia student should “do it all,” rather than encouraging moderation.
A survivor's decision not to report must always be respected, but we hope a survivor is not discouraged from reporting because of any mistrust and demonization of the University which results from sweeping negative portrayals such as this one.
We should be wary of potentially sacrificing quality of leadership for age diversity.
So we see the problem is not a lack of effort from the student body, but rather a lack of response from the administration, an area where Erdely and I agree.
I wasn’t known as a garbage girl until my personality and myriad questionable personal habits were juxtaposed with that of the world’s cleanest boy.
Imagine a hellscape in which the rigid borders of open suitcases lie like vipers under a quilt of laundry.
We cannot help asking the question: would Sage Smith still be missing if she were a white cis-gendered University student?
Because the mainstream left has failed to provide a coherent narrative of the crisis and a real alternative path forward, the confused and overwhelmed white working class is naturally drawn to the cohesive narratives propagated by figures like Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck.
In other words, the values driving many Democratic policy makers to favor a strong mitigative and adaptive response to climate threats clash with those of their Republican counterparts.
This discrepancy is at the heart of the friction between students and the University because we feel as the providers of the plurality of budget dollars, we have little say in how they are spent.
Many of us personally experience the impacts of economic hardship or identity-based discrimination, but we do not see, first hand, the consequences when another plastic water bottle is thrown into a landfill.
Humans have a rather complicated relationship with running: there’s the hellacious elementary school Presidential fitness test in which ten-year-olds are required to sprint back and forth across an un-airconditioned basketball court, slapping the out-of-bounds line as they scramble to beat an ever quickening, loud beep of elimination.
While all politicians intermittently wave the flag of family values, however, research has steadily shown that women who take maternity leave experience positive health benefits.
Our relationships within the University community are important, but it is also important that we immerse ourselves in the surrounding area.
The majority of people in a community do not commit acts of violence, but merely being non-violent is not enough to counteract all of the acts of violence — all the red dots.
The question then remains: Do Nepal and Tibet really have jurisdiction over determining the age at which people can climb Mt. Everest, a natural wonder of the world?
Even if one has kept a journal or a blog, it is a different level to work within a newspaper editorial structure and try to craft a column. The writers are finding and honing their voices.
