WARTEL: We need to fight for affordable housing
By Jacob Wartel | March 6, 2020In Charlottesville, the apparent issue of single-family zoning has been front and center in housing policy.
In Charlottesville, the apparent issue of single-family zoning has been front and center in housing policy.
The honor of the many does not depend on the expulsion of a few.
As convenient and exciting as renting an e-scooter may be, they are fundamentally a danger both to their users and pedestrians — the city of Charlottesville should seek to ban them.
The administration has time and time again caved into pressures to conform to progressive dogma.
In order to produce more capable and well-rounded students, the University should expand its general education requirements in all of its schools.
Students and faculty stand to benefit from the application of drill requirements to public higher education institutions.
D.C. statehood would allow for District residents to finally enjoy rights to adequate political representation without undermining the articles of the Constitution.
While Riggleman presents himself as a moderate Republican and working man in favor of bipartisan cooperation and against corporate money in politics, he consistently votes with the most extreme fringes of the party and decries any form of bipartisan work.
While the youth vote had a huge impact, it could have been even bigger.
America would be well served by following Nordic welfare models and beginning to substantially increase government intervention in the economy.
Unfortunately, the University is missing out by not taking on more out-of-state students, and ought to increase the number of seats it offers them.
It is possible — in fact, necessary — to love something deeply while also recognizing its flaws and refusing to ignore or justify them.
The University still has substantial work to do in making building names more inclusive
The University must take actions to make sure it protects its vulnerable LGBTQ+ students while it plans to make them visible.
People in developed nations are having fewer children, and while the circumstances that brought about this shift may be positive, there are also several negative ramifications that come along with it.
We must think about why a holiday embedded in dating rituals that have existed since before women had the right to vote shares a date with a day meant to raise awareness about violence against women.
The argument for maintaining a traditional architectural style on Grounds has two parts — philosophical and practical.
With the legal battles won in the past 50 years, an amendment like the ERA has become redundant.
The Jan. 20 rally was an explicit rejection of government intrusion into the human right of self-defense.
Student self-governance has stopped short of using disruption and civil disobedience as tactics to achieve goals, and it’s time we bring them back into the equation.