Penicillin was discovered in a moldy petri dish — this government would have it thrown out because it was wasting space on the counter.
By attempting to contain, or even eliminate uncomfortable narratives, the administration incrementally consolidates power and frays communal trust.
Ramadan at the University should not be a time in which students must choose between academic success and religious observance.
The combination of poor staffing and high incarceration rates is no coincidence — incarceration in Virginia is a profit-driven business.
As we engage with the rest of this beautiful month, we and our University must find a way to rectify such a damning legacy these Grounds hold.
Virginia would do well to embrace, not shun, sanctuary city laws in knee-jerk reactions to popular notions of sanctuary cities.
Instead of relying on the expected benevolence of civilians, the City should take full responsibility for the clearing of sidewalks throughout the City.
The Supreme Court must prioritize protecting the litigating power of the people against potentially tyrannical laws by their government.
Unfortunately, this negative press is fully the fault of U.Va. Health — it failed to address significant stakeholder concerns when crafting its justification.
Instead of continuing to demand decreased automation, the union should work with the legislature in the hopes of driving investment into the reorganization of the current workforce.
Now is the time to act, proving our commitment by protecting and expanding programs that keep the University open and accessible to all.
Instead of improving the dire state of existing infrastructure, however, the University has shifted attention away from it and chosen to expand.
By pigeonholing students into commerce so early, the University violates its own mission of providing a holistic education that produces students capable of succeeding in a variety of fields.
The decisions of HRL neither reflect the preferences of residents nor appear to be made of sound reasoning.
Housing and a meal plan are not payments so much as the bare minimum for RAs to exist at all.
To be sure, this is not a problem of the University’s making. Nevertheless, understanding the uncertainty of financial accessibility in education, the University must step up to the plate.
The University must rethink its approach to education beyond traditional major-specific requirements and mandate personal development courses.
Every student at the University, regardless of their primary field of study, can professionally and academically benefit from engaging with the English department.
The most obvious and necessary remedy for HRL going forward is coincidentally one of the greatest tools on any Resident Staff across Grounds — communication.
Standardization is an important idea in a school to make grading as fair as possible — all inconsistencies in teaching assistants or exam writing are ironed out.
