Overall, a stipend is the least that the University can do to ensure that RAs — who take care of us — can take care of themselves.
We write this editorial not to minimize or disparage its efforts but rather to call on our representatives to adequately harness the wide range of opportunities this new system affords to them.
As we see the coronavirus step back into the limelight — for what feels like the one-thousandth time — the University must take the necessary steps to ensure that all students have access to the resources they need to succeed.
Rather than shout policy recommendations into a void, we are taking a second to stand in solidarity with the Chapel Hill community
It isn’t bad enough that Gov. Youngkin is crafting meaningless mandates, he is also forcing the University to act as the enforcement arm of his intrusive, big-government regime.
It is incumbent upon our administrators to do everything in their power to ensure that the University continues to look and feel like the Commonwealth that it was designed to serve.
Instead of mincing words, we should be taking action.
The University has already made good progress towards a cleaner future with its plan — great progress, however, requires visible action.
For better or for worse, AI is here. The University should utilize it to ensure that students are learning the most relevant skills in the most applicable way.
If we default on our responsibility to be careful stewards of the tradition of self-governance, we leave room for faculty and administrators to undercut the agency that students at the University have had for generations.
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