However, this voting period is especially important — the spring 2022 ballot addresses a multitude of pertinent issues for students.
I sincerely hope the Youngkin administration reevaluates its early decisions and changes course.
An effective solution to the issue of Veoride scooters scattered across the streets of Charlottesville would be to install proper docks — doubling as recharging stations — for the scooters.
The existence of grades themselves is inefficient and does nothing but create universal, unrealistic standards that students are expected to meet.
Investment in companies like Shell that are moving to renewables are tethered to less risk and have a steady return compared to oil companies who are idle in green technology and asset dry startups within the energy industry.
The problem that most of America is facing is that these initial reservations for the vaccine are not changing, no matter how much information is gathered or myths debunked.
First-year students tend to segregate by race, geography and socioeconomic background — a trend that, for the most part, continues throughout their remaining years.
All this is to say that the culture of poverty is a myth that both excuses and obscures injustices endured by impoverished individuals.
If we are to remain in-person for the rest of the semester, it logically follows that we should have a backup plan for when students inevitably contract COVID-19.
Toxic masculinity is just one of the ways men get restricted to the confines of mental health standards.
Everyone must now ask themselves where their beliefs lie — in their own hands and the values they believe in or in the thoughts and opinions of those who only see you as a means to power.
Self-governance without our input, or even the input of other student officials is just governance, and it is governance gone awry.
It should not have taken until a global pandemic for the University to recognize and prioritize the health of some of its most vulnerable students.
Having to defend and explain ourselves on what should be the simplest topics to grasp — such as the existence of racial prejudice on Grounds — is never surprising.
While it gives me no pleasure to beat the drum of war, it is clear that there is a real chance that the only thing the Russians will respond to is violence.
Moreover, we should all be inspired by BSA — it is an organization that has successfully built a community.
Today, Black History Month is often used to avoid institutional change by substituting 28-days of socially progressive spotlights.
Paywalls widen the gap between what people are able to access based on their income.
Much of the gun violence that occurs in Charlottesville unfortunately happens very close to University property — in popular bars, off campus apartments and nearby streets.
Let’s extend this same open-mindedness to watching new sports and supporting teams we haven’t focused on before.
