To yield in the face of federal pressure does more than betray the University’s core values — it encourages future attacks on academia.
This University belongs to the people of Virginia — not to Washington, not to unelected federal appointees and certainly not to political donors with an agenda. This is our University. And we will fight for it.
It is essential that each and every one of us are vocal in our opposition towards any president who is unwilling to stand up for us and the integrity of the University.
The University is the first institution to lose their president as a result of dramatic and unprecedented federal intervention. But we will not be the last.
Youngkin cannot be held responsible for the attacks like that in Culpeper, but he can play a powerful role in preventing this disease of hatred from spreading.
Though these resources are a step in the right direction, the consistent difficulties in attaining work experience for many students serves to show that the Career Center must continue to expand its offerings to students.
Instead of focusing on outward expansion, the University should focus on internal expansion, specifically by working to utilize existing classroom infrastructure as much as possible.
Political contributions are likely a weak proxy for the presence of diverse perspectives in the classroom environment.
The failure to consider Resident Staff, namely SRs, as an integral stakeholder while its system falsely advertises itself as a proponent of student self-governance.
Should the raucous Jefferson Council and related conservative groups succeed in their effort to oust President Ryan, the University will enter a new phase that will be unrecognizable to most of its current students and staff.
A better method of controlling AI use in classrooms comes with collaboration and communication — the University should set a clear policy-making process for professors.
The Department of Education rescinded its award to CCS and gave the FEI property to the University instead.
The city has made several past efforts to reduce homelessness, but the growing number of unhoused people suggests that these temporary solutions are simply not enough.
Hence, voters must make it their top priority to think critically and closely as they decide who their ballot will support this fall.
Student journalism, and maybe even life more generally, is about holding space for multiple conflicting truths.
While I can’t point to one specific “aha” moment where I finally started to dispel my self-consciousness and claim my pride for the paper, I got there gradually over the course of my term as managing editor.
Looking back, the answer has been abundantly clear all along. I did it for the people.
The college newspaper was nowhere on my radar, and I had no previous experience with journalism.
Me, my staffers, we were there. And it happened. And I think that is important enough.
Even among people who value the arts, carving out space for critical engagement with — rather than just passive consumption of — art has been an endeavor I have treasured.
