Michael King is an opinion editor for the 137th term of The Cavalier Daily. He is a third-year College student, majoring in American politics. Michael is from Richmond, and he enjoys writing about the turbulent atmosphere of University administration and student self-governance. You can reach him at m.king@cavalierdaily.com.
Four opinion columnists write on upcoming ballot measures and key races for Virginia’s Nov. 3 general election.
There is still time to avert its current course — extend the time limit for submitting post-election complaints, open hearings to the public and honor the JRB's avenue of review.
The solution is two-fold — executives must recognize and understand the fear felt by new college graduates, and new college graduates must do their part to make AI a useful tool in the workplace.
UBE need only look to itself to solve its problems, but it remains unclear whether or not it has the motivation to do so.
For their part, student leaders such as Student Council President Clay Dickerson have done an admirable job of maturely standing up for students in a way that a select group of faculty cannot accept.
On search committees such as the one for a provost, it is imperative that all members feel equally qualified to debate the merits of candidates without undue influence, and it was this imperative that Wilkinson deliberately undermined.
The University’s agreement with the Trump administration reeks not only because of its terms, but also for the method in which it was composed.
While the Jefferson Council is right that this presidential search committee is the most inclusive in recent memory, that claim is blighted by the fact that the decision to form the committee in the first place was illegitimate.
With their calls for administrative consequences, the CRs thumb their noses at the Jeffersonian principles of free speech that this University was founded to defend.
The time has come for the Governor and Attorney General to stop abandoning their duty to defend Virginia.
