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But one place where applications don’t belong is in the College, where many majors have a limited capacity, and thus, a strict application process.

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CHEBILI: Major applications create a toxic culture at the University

By Nicole Chebili | March 10, 2021

The first year of college should be about exploration and adjusting to college, yet scores of students have to worry about planning for future applications, back-up plans and which prerequisite courses to commit to.

If the internship opportunities we're presented with are accurate, we are worth nothing.

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SIEGEL: Ban unpaid internships

By Jeremy Siegel | March 10, 2021

The costs of taking an unpaid role are multiplied with low-income students who also incur the opportunity cost of not taking other roles.

Amnesty International at UVA’s mission is to “fight injustice and promote human rights.”

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL at UVA: Why we still need International Women’s Day

By Amnesty International at UVA | March 8, 2021

We must join women’s rights activists in continuing the conversation and demanding further action towards gender equality.

The General Assembly must meet year-round so that legislators can quickly address issues critical to the Commonwealth.

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STRIKE: Virginia’s General Assembly should meet full-time

By Noah Strike | March 7, 2021

Despite the unprecedented context and dire issues at hand, Virginia's government sprinted toward the end of the session Feb. 27 — just 46 days after it began.

Based on my experience, I am content with the University’s resources for quarantined students.

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MOORE: U.Va. fulfilled their responsibilities during my time in quarantine

By Jessica Moore | March 7, 2021

Not long after I officially entered the quarantine, I was emailed by a member of the University’s Isolation and Quarantine Care Team who offered their personal support during my quarantine period.

The neurodiversity movement argues that Autistic people need access to support, accommodation and acceptance, not the eradication of their disability

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CAMP: Stop fighting for an Autism cure — sincerely, an Autistic person

By Emma Camp | March 6, 2021

Autistic people need access to support, accommodation and acceptance, not the eradication of their disability.

To fully understand the Black community's hesitancy in accepting a vaccine, you must understand the country's vast history of medical racism.

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WHITE: Black hesitancy against the COVID-19 vaccine is valid

By Aliyah D. White | March 4, 2021

The legacy set forth by generations of medical mistreatment of Black Americans has casted an enormous shadow over their minds when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine.

American exceptionalism is the greatest obstacle to America actually being exceptional.

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MATTINGLY: American exceptionalism is a harmful myth

By Sam Mattingly | March 4, 2021

If patriotism is loving one’s country, then caring about one’s country enough to try to improve it is the most patriotic thing one can do.

If Biden’s respect for human rights is genuine, he has a broad set of policy options at his disposal.

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BRESTICKER: The Biden administration must recommit the U.S. to advancing human rights abroad

By Max Bresticker | March 2, 2021

It is incumbent upon President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to demonstrate to the global community that the United States still values human rights.

The Board of Visitors will vote on the tuition increase at their upcoming meeting this week.

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Students cannot afford another tuition hike

By Editorial Board | February 28, 2021

The only reasonable — and moral — decision for the University is to freeze tuition.

"To characterize the leftist desire to deplatform hateful speech as an authoritarian fear of disagreement, however, is to miss the point entirely," the author writes in response to Camp's column.

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LETTER: In response to Camp’s ‘The left should embrace free-speech again’

By Logan Romberger | February 27, 2021

A third-year College student responds to an Opinion Columnist's argument that college leftists are "gaining an authoritarian streak" in regards to their interpretation of the First Amendment.

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DUROSS: U.Va. can no longer ignore eating disorders

By Evelyn Duross | February 25, 2021

The atmosphere and habits created by college life have made colleges campuses a breeding ground for the development of eating disorders.

Although denouncing what he labeled an “attack on our democracy,” President Ryan’s condemnation of the violence ended there.

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STOKES: The University owed its community a condemnation of the Capitol insurrection

By Maddie Stokes | February 23, 2021

University leadership must reassert its commitment to combating widespread prejudice and systemic inequity in and beyond the University community.

There’s  nothing wrong with students taking the time to explore their interests without University requisites.

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WYLES: General education requirements should be made optional for the class of 2025

By Bryce Wyles | February 22, 2021

Every student should have full reign over what path of study they partake in.

The routine testing is necessary for essential activities, not as a way for students to ignore guidelines because they recently tested negative.

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HASZARD: U.Va.’s weekly COVID-19 tests are only one part of containing the spread

By Allison Haszard | February 22, 2021

While the weekly testing certainly provides peace of mind for many vigilant students, it is necessary that students do not use them as a reason to disregard current guidelines and regulations.

Students, frustrated by the huge spike in COVID-19 cases amongst students, took to social media this past week to express their anger with those continuing to gather in large crowds.

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EDITORIAL: Hindsight isn’t good enough. Hold them accountable.

By Editorial Board | February 20, 2021

To some of these students who spent their weekends disregarding COVID guidelines, the pandemic is a joke. To the 40 patients currently in-house at U.Va. Hospital, this is a matter of life or death.

A world without the freedom to say controversial things — even objectively terrible things — is a world without free expression.

Opinion

CAMP: The left should embrace free-speech again

By Emma Camp | February 17, 2021

The First Amendment protects racist speech, bigoted speech and other hate speech — however, this is not a flaw in our free-speech laws, but a deep strength.

The official Republican Party platform expresses “unanimous” and “enthusiastic” support for the man who caused the Capitol riots, to name one event that has weighed on our minds recently.

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WYLES: Republicans don’t deserve forgiveness

By Bryce Wyles | February 16, 2021

Our focus as a nation, particularly amongst liberals, must now shift from giving attention to conservatism to holding liberalism accountable.

The cancellation of student debt through executive action will further expand the power of the president, potentially causing issues in future administrations.

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HELLER: Joe Biden should not cancel student debt

By Matt Heller | February 15, 2021

At a time when our democracy has been tested and strained like never before, it is more important than ever that President Biden refrain from expanding the imperial presidency.

The election of Sen. Jon Ossoff and Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia should be viewed as a roadmap of what Democrats need to do moving forward to continue the electoral momentum.

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DUROSS: The Democratic victory in Georgia was not a surprise

By Evelyn Duross | February 15, 2021

This victory should be viewed as a hard-earned outcome by the Black organizers and voters of Georgia.

CHEBILI: Major applications create a toxic culture at the University

SIEGEL: Ban unpaid internships

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL at UVA: Why we still need International Women’s Day

STRIKE: Virginia’s General Assembly should meet full-time

MOORE: U.Va. fulfilled their responsibilities during my time in quarantine

CAMP: Stop fighting for an Autism cure — sincerely, an Autistic person

WHITE: Black hesitancy against the COVID-19 vaccine is valid

MATTINGLY: American exceptionalism is a harmful myth

BRESTICKER: The Biden administration must recommit the U.S. to advancing human rights abroad

EDITORIAL: Students cannot afford another tuition hike

LETTER: In response to Camp’s ‘The left should embrace free-speech again’

DUROSS: U.Va. can no longer ignore eating disorders

STOKES: The University owed its community a condemnation of the Capitol insurrection

WYLES: General education requirements should be made optional for the class of 2025

HASZARD: U.Va.’s weekly COVID-19 tests are only one part of containing the spread

EDITORIAL: Hindsight isn’t good enough. Hold them accountable.

CAMP: The left should embrace free-speech again

WYLES: Republicans don’t deserve forgiveness

HELLER: Joe Biden should not cancel student debt

DUROSS: The Democratic victory in Georgia was not a surprise

Top 10 underrated summer must-dos in Virginia

PARTING SHOT: Love doctor, matchmaker, unlicensed therapist and quasi astrologist

NIGRO: Build a good a legacy with an intentionally diverse Montessori early education center

Class of 2023 celebrates graduation with Final Exercises

Book bans through the eyes of local educators

President Ryan says U.Va. remains committed to racial diversity ahead of Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

Judge removes plaintiff from Lee Statue lawsuit

Virginia men’s tennis rallies to earn second straight championship, smashing its way back to the top

Parting Shot: Más agradecida que crítica

PARTING SHOT: Learn something, would ya?

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