The Muslim Student Association at the University has been putting on events in honor of Islam Awareness Month.
We urge members of the community to embody the Jeffersonian model of challenging their beliefs and broadening their perspectives through sincere discussion and productive debate.
This November, Virginians will have the opportunity to elect a new governor. While there is no way to tell who will be victorious in the hotly contested Democratic primary, Ed Gillespie has emerged as the frontrunner on the Republican side.
President Trump claims ordinary people “don’t care at all” that he’s the first chief executive in more than 40 years not to release his tax returns.
Easter is drawing near, which signals the end of lent. Lent is a 40 day period in the Christian calendar where people can take time to reflect and assume certain disciplines to prepare for Easter.
On Tuesday, April 4th, reports emerged that the Assad regime hit the village of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria’s Idlib province with sarin gas, killing at least 85 people and wounding hundreds more.
Students at the University and around Virginia can look to Johns as a reminder of their own ability to make change.
The nomination process for Supreme Court Justices has been in a downward spiral.
When we graduate from the University, we will foray into many domains of professional work — some will migrate to spheres of economics while others will flock to teaching while still others will migrate to health care, not to mention all the disciplines in between.
Much of the talk around climate change focuses on the problems of rising sea levels, affected wildlife and carbon dioxide emissions.
By refusing to gather information about wages paid to contracted workers, the University turns a blind eye to contracted companies’ potentially exploitative compensatory practices.
When one considers the most underrated professions in the United States, of the many that come to mind, few are so vital to the American public as that of the family farmer.
Articles should engage readers and encourage an open discussion about a worthwhile topic.
In the end, the arguments against online comment sections ignore the purpose of a newspaper and raise more questions than they do answers.
Symbolism and memorials are nice, but the University has the financial means to make proper amends by paying reparations.
Virginia’s current marijuana policies have a disparate effect on minorities, and the costs of convicting Virginians for marijuana outweigh the harm of minor possession.
According to a 2016 study by the Pew Research Center, about six in 10 Americans now get their news from social media.
To criticize admissions or the University for occasionally factoring donor relations into their decisions is unreasonable.
The case for reparations lies on a mountain of historical evidence, data or personal experience that the majority of Americans must be receptive to absorbing.
Coming to terms with this part of my family’s past has been complicated.
