Opinion

Opinion

HESS: Protect the Supreme Court

By Hunter Hess | October 4, 2020

Everyone should call their Senators and push for a nomination hearing after the next president is elected.

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CAMP: The University should go test-optional permanently

By Emma Camp | October 3, 2020

The fundamental issue with standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT is not just that they sharply correlate with race and wealth, but that they do not correlate to college success that much either.

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EDITORIAL: The University’s closed-door decisions do not benefit us

By Editorial Board | October 1, 2020

We knew these outbreaks were coming, yet the University carried on. It was disingenuous for administration to pretend otherwise, and it is nothing short of overtly dangerous for them to keep up the facade. 

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CAMP: The University must protect free expression

By Emma Camp | October 1, 2020

The first amendment does not exist to protect reasonable opinions — it exists to protect the unreasonable, the offensive and the unpopular.

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STRIKE: Reform the Lawn Selection process

By Noah Strike | September 30, 2020

The University must ensure an equal playing field for all students, ensure a diverse applicant pool, and ensure a Lawn cohort which reflects the contemporary community

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DRISCOLL: U.Va. should not shutter its doors this fall

By Thomas Driscoll | September 29, 2020

The University not only has a responsibility to protect the health and safety of its students, faculty and staff but also that of their families and respective communities.

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Lifting the veil of silence: Rape persists at U.Va.

By Anonymous | September 28, 2020

This was previously submitted as an impact statement for a sanctioning hearing this fall in a recent Title IX matter at the University. The author's name was omitted to protect their identity.

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GRIM: Jefferson Scholarships should consider need

By Adam Grim | September 25, 2020

The problem with merit scholarships is systemic — creating a bidding war between universities for affluent students.

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HELLER: American students do not need propaganda

By Matt Heller | September 24, 2020

No matter how much we love our country, we do it and ourselves a disservice when we elect to overlook its misdeeds.

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CHEBILI: Don’t turn on your fellow first years

By Nicole Chebili | September 24, 2020

Wear your mask, socially distance and above all — treat one another as you would like to be treated, for we are all part of the Virginia community.

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WHITE: The University can never do enough to make up for its past

By Aliyah D. White | September 18, 2020

Memorials mean nothing when change is not being actively and appropriately sought out. Empty gestures mean nothing in a country built on the backs of others.

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CHEBILI: U.Va.’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ homophobic beliefs violate University values

By Nicole Chebili | September 17, 2020

We should expect the students, staff and faculty leaders of FCA to give everyone the respect they deserve.

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WARTEL: There are too many parallels between the U.Va. and Trump Administration's handling of COVID-19

By Jacob Wartel | September 17, 2020

At the core of both the Trump administration and Jim Ryan’s administration is the claim that reopening the economy or school is “worth it” despite the expectation that people will die and get sick.

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WYLES: The University must take greater initiative in protecting student mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Bryce Wyles | September 17, 2020

The University must act with brevity in unrolling new lanes of communication between Student Health’s Psychological Services and students. 

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EDITORIAL: On the right track, yet far from finished

By Editorial Board | September 17, 2020

Moving forward, we must hold the Board to this higher standard of committing to and fulfilling the values of accessibility and diversity on Grounds.

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BATSUKH: Stop doomsaying for the fall semester

By Bilge Batsukh | September 13, 2020

By consigning the fall semester to failure, these prophets of doom have failed to realize the impact of their statements on the wider student body.

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EDITORIAL: Resident Advisors deserve better

By Editorial Board | September 10, 2020

The University administration’s negligence is directly putting student workers’ lives at risk by actively ignoring the demands of residence staff, and not providing adequate protective gear, food allowances or financial security. A safe reopening cannot exist if the lives of countless student workers are being ignored.

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WHITE: Policing still functions as slave patrolling

By Aliyah D. White | September 10, 2020

Black people may no longer be slaves in America in the most literal sense, but we remain slaves to the racist systems the country has in place — including policing. 

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CHEBILI: Cease unconstitutional exemptions for religious gatherings

By Nicole Chebili | September 10, 2020

Exemptions for certain gathering restrictions place undue strain on Charlottesville, and undermine the responsibility that places of worship have to their community.

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SMITH: Positive for COVID, negative for assistance from U.Va.

By Megan Smith | September 7, 2020

It’s ridiculous and completely unacceptable that the University would begin allowing students to move back to Charlottesville — even if they live off-Grounds — without having clear and effective protocols at Student Health to give information to students who test positive or who may have been exposed.