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Good intuition

Education is a business, especially in the Commerce School. Or is it vice-versa? The bottom-line is: Commerce students pay $3,000 above standard undergraduate University tuition.


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Broken leadership

The Living Wage protesters are now entering day five of their hunger strike. These protesters are demanding equitable pay for our least paid workers.


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Hunger artists

Some might say climbing the steps to the president's office requires turning your back on the Living Wage Campaign, which starves and strikes on steps across the street at the Rotunda.


Opinion

Who is a person?

The Virginia legislature's House Bill 1 would define a fertilized egg as a person and House Bill 462 will force women to submit to an invasive, transvaginal ultrasound without their consent before seeking an abortion.


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Hoo cares

If a Student Council meeting happens, and no one is in attendance, does anything get done? The harder question: If the person who takes attendance doesn't show - well, where do we go from here? Student government elections are accompanied by paradoxes of apathy.


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The poor and the Richmond

We have some demands to make of the Living Wage Campaign. Today marks the deadline which the campaign has set for the University administration to meet its demands, lest action be taken.


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The University’s Orientation and Transition programs are vital to supporting first year and transfer students throughout their entire transition to college. But much of their work goes into planning summer orientation sessions. Funlola Fagbohun, associate director of the first year experience, describes her experience working with OTP and how she strives to create a welcoming environment for first-years during orientation and beyond. Along with her role as associate director, summer Orientation leaders and OTP staff work continually to provide a safe and memorable experience for incoming students.