FREED: U.Va. is ahead of the AI game
By Dan Freed | January 26, 2024At the University, considerable time and resources have been poured into ensuring that each move our school makes in relation to AI is properly informed.
At the University, considerable time and resources have been poured into ensuring that each move our school makes in relation to AI is properly informed.
The meal plan system must be restructured to accommodate a diverse student body by permitting more flexibility for students.
Virginians should applaud this new project which ensures greater transit equity and improves Virginia's overall train infrastructure.
This endowment presents an opportunity to promote equity and improve Student Council’s flexibility — but it needs to be implemented right.
Especially in a university such as our own which proudly lauds our tradition of student self-governance, explicit statements from institutional representatives on contemporary issues can dangerously limit discourses.
The failure to support the men and women dedicating their lives to helping others is a failure which must be addressed.
Our House of Representatives has continually demonstrated that they are not willing to put the needs of those they represent first.
With education being directly linked to economic growth, the University should waste no time and spare no resources to uplift rural students.
The government is not only guilty of legalizing prison labor abuse, but also creating incentives for prison labor abuses.
The adoption of peer-based solutions growing throughout the University stresses the effectiveness of addressing mental health among students and the need to perpetually support these programs on Grounds.
Change state law to allow the student member of the Board of Visitors the power to vote in its decisions.
For those who missed it, here’s a recap of what the Editorial Board wrote about during the year.
Importantly, holding the debate at VSU draws attention to the Black community, Black students in particular, and the crucial legacy of HBCUs in America at a time when politicians increasingly push marginalized voices further to the sidelines.
Charlottesville City Council must reevaluate its solution to trolling in order to avoid endangering an essential platform vital to Charlottesville constituents’ voices.
When corporation contributions are permitted to proceed without limit, the importance and rights of Virginia voters to Virginia politics are ceded to towering corporations, preventing this representative democracy from being truly legitimate.
In practice, however, this decentralized decision-making process results in an ad hoc system that can be unnecessarily prohibitive to students who wish to have a formative study abroad.
We must begin to consider that the current culture of affluence on Grounds may be equally as prohibitive to FGLI students as inaccessible application processes.
The University has a responsibility to repurpose its property on the Corner, such as the multipurpose space 1515, to help uplift the charm of small businesses so that future students can truly experience the town we have all come to love.
The University was wrong to denounce this proposal, and must support housing initiatives that provide students more housing options without impacting marginalized communities.
As a public institution that claims to promote and serve citizens of Virginia, the University should abandon the early decision round to expand opportunities for those of lower socio-economic statuses and embrace diversity in admitted classes.