LAUGHRIDGE: Why doesn’t U.Va. have a school of journalism?
By Thomas Laughridge | October 22, 2021In a world increasingly devoid of truthful reporting, the University is missing a golden opportunity to make its mark.
In a world increasingly devoid of truthful reporting, the University is missing a golden opportunity to make its mark.
If the University eradicates all attendance mandates and policies from its teachers’ syllabi, students will feel less pressure to come to class with coughs, sniffles and sore throats, even if they aren’t caused by COVID-19.
It is time for the University’s administration, particularly President Jim Ryan and the Board of Visitors, to issue a public call for UVIMCO to disclose and divest.
The Downtown Mall's standing as the city's inclusive public square is diminished by its inconvenient lack of public benches.
A preventative ban on any University support will ensure our institution does its part to eliminate this dangerous research from ever again risking our public health.
The investigative journalist should be able to overcome a fear of clashing with the status quo.
U.Va. should move immediately to build a long-term infrastructure that will allow for a complete transition to open textbooks.
At its core, racism is a system in which a dominant race directly benefits from the oppression of others whether they want to or not or whether they are conscious of it or not.
The court must uphold the act and respect the sovereignty of Native American tribes to make decisions on behalf of their children.
These restrictions were defensively adopted in response to a series of highly publicized incidents and are a direct threat to students’ right to free speech and free expression.
When we raise someone onto a pedestal, we are effectively transforming them from a man into a myth.
In the spirit of striving toward the perfect union that Mayor Walker notes we are far from, some steps to grapple with the University’s role in Virginia’s eugenic program present themselves, such as renaming Alderman library.
We have an opportunity and responsibility to promote COVID-19 awareness. This can start in Scott Stadium.
So much time is lost in the process of suppressing our ailments — when we should be fixing the standard that keeps them hidden to begin with.
Virginia must codify Roe in its state constitution.
It is clear that the safety protocols in place are entirely inadequate.
Instead of the University shrugging their shoulders and offering CAPS for the hundredth time, it must make decisions that prioritize mental support for students, faculty and staff.
Participating in diet culture, or even allowing it to perpetuate in society is destructive to not only your physical well-being but your mental one.
All in all, the Va. ABC is a vestige of the social conservatism of the 1930s.
The YAF banner episode, meant to portray the University as complicit as leftist students "cancel" conservative views, seems more like evidence to the contrary.