Wartel: Bernie or bust By Jake Wartel | 08/15/2019 Only Bernie Sanders is running a campaign with the explicit goal of creating a movement that can last far beyond him. READ MORE
BATSUKH: Founder’s Day must not be forgotten By Bilge Batsukh | 8/9/2019 6:57pm Eliminating Jefferson's birthday as a holiday is nothing more than virtue signaling.
BHARADWAJ: Affirmative action is a discriminatory institution By Milan Bharadwaj | 07/26/2019 The affirmative action policies employed by many of these colleges in fact have a destructive, oft-overlooked countereffect when it comes to a certain minority demographic: Asian-Americans. READ MORE
HESS: Joe Biden, you need to calm down By Hunter Hess | 07/23/2019 Joe Biden is a figure of the past and he does not hold the vision nor the values that today’s party is looking for in a presidential candidate. READ MORE
YOWELL: Call out the racism in America By Hailey Yowell | 07/23/2019 Several white officers demonstrated blatant disrespect and excessive brutality to an all black family, and that should not be downplayed. READ MORE
VITI: Virginia must act now on prison reform By Katherine Viti | 07/12/2019 The callous mismanagement of life-and-death conditions for inmates should be the source of far greater public outcry and pushes for change. READ MORE
HESS: LGBTQ+ outreach on Grounds needs to improve By Hunter Hess | 07/12/2019 Pride month serves as a time to celebrate love and the LGBTQ+ community, but it also serves as an important time to highlight the problems impacting LGBTQ+ people. READ MORE
FAHLBERG: Stand apart from the mob By Audrey Fahlberg | 07/05/2019 The rise of social media echo-chambers has created a culture in which students are afraid to stand apart from the mob in their day-to-day lives. READ MORE
ASCH: Use college as an opportunity to expand, not limit, your worldview By Jacob Asch | 06/29/2019 Young adulthood is a time to explore and challenge yourself, and there is no other place better than a university to do so. READ MORE
MCKELVEY: Admissions should be for the students, not the University By Victoria McKelvey | 06/27/2019 The implementation of early decision is just another failure of the University to accommodate low-income students. READ MORE
BHARADWAJ: The resistance against reinstating early decision is overblown By Milan Bharadwaj | 06/27/2019 If implemented properly and in conjunction with programs specifically targeting low-income students, the early decision process could actually increase the proportion of these individuals admitted. READ MORE
PASCIAK: A case against the electoral college By Zachary Pasciak | 06/25/2019 The electoral college system only serves as an impediment to democracy by disenfranchising voters and improperly representing the true opinions of the country. READ MORE
YOWELL: U.Va. should not sell blue books By Hailey Yowell | 06/21/2019 In consideration of the environmental implications of each book, the University should no longer order, carry or sell the un-recycled exam booklets. READ MORE
FAHLBERG: Post-Liberalism won’t win the culture war By Audrey Fahlberg | 06/21/2019 Since the election of Donald Trump, a new faction within the conservative movement has spoken out about the failure of classical liberalism in America. READ MORE
VITI: It matters who writes our films By Katherine Viti | 06/14/2019 Diverse creators are important in both ensuring the quality of minority representation and making the elite circles of our world more diverse and welcoming. READ MORE
FERGUSON: Build the wall By Thomas Ferguson | 06/14/2019 Securing the southern border remains one of the most effective and necessary policies that the federal government must implement. READ MORE
MCKELVEY: There’s hope for the Equality Act By Victoria McKelvey | 06/02/2019 While religious liberty is a foremost right for the American people, it does not serve as an effective justification for the discrimination of others. READ MORE
KUKOSKI: Changes in abortion laws do not reflect majority opinion By Mary Alice Kukoski | 05/29/2019 These abortion bans highlight greater issues with our democratic system, where legislators are ignoring the opinions of their constituents and precedent laid out by the Supreme Court. READ MORE
PUBLIC EDITOR: Paper’s editing chain should be more adamant about enforcing baseline rules By Anna Higgins | 05/21/2019 The entire paper's staff should be far more stringent in enforcing basic rules in order to maintain its respectability among its readership. READ MORE
HESS: Elizabeth Warren is the progressive the nation needs By Hunter Hess | 05/21/2019 Warren has always embraced progressive populism throughout her political career in her own unique way that allows her to act as the perfect foil to Donald Trump. READ MORE
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