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In an unsurprising turn of events, Youngkin has used the moment to weaponize the attorney general’s office for his own political gain.

ONIBUDO: There may be a war, but it is not on merit

By Nathan Onibudo | January 29, 2023

For years, conservative activists have been trying to paint the picture that Thomas Jefferson High School’s focus on equity means its leadership is actively trying to destroy the concepts of hard work and merit.

ONIBUDO: Honor, the silence is deafening

By Nathan Onibudo | November 2, 2022

The Committee has proven it is comfortable allowing alumni to define Honor for us — the current student body that the system is supposed to support.

Honor cannot truly exist within the context of an institution that has yet to fully transcend its legacy of white supremacy and institutionalized oppression.

ONIBUDO: There is no Honor without institutional change

By Nathan Onibudo | October 13, 2022

The ghosts of white supremacy still haunt the community of trust in ways that we cannot ignore

ONIBUDO: Virginia’s very own “Don’t Say Gay”

By Nathan Onibudo | August 21, 2022

At the heart of this injustice is the notion that heterosexual relationships are permitted, but relationships involving same-sex partners are inherently explicit.

These revised by-laws — built upon the Committee's flawed conception of what it means to be an honorable student — will do much more harm than good.

ONIBUDO: Honor should let the Informed Retraction die

By Nathan Onibudo | June 14, 2022

Every accused student at the University has the right to a trial.

When University administrators fail to support the new referenda — and along with it, a more rehabilitative Honor system — they discourage students from making the changes necessary to supplement the referenda — by laws and updated critical case documents, for instance.

ONIBUDO: To truly change Honor, we all must change our perception of it

By Nathan Onibudo | March 17, 2022

But the reality is we can never create a community where no one is going to lie, steal or cheat by simply banishing those who we catch lying, stealing or cheating.

Nathan Onibudo

ONIBUDO: There may be a war, but it is not on merit

ONIBUDO: Honor, the silence is deafening

ONIBUDO: There is no Honor without institutional change

ONIBUDO: Virginia’s very own “Don’t Say Gay”

ONIBUDO: Honor should let the Informed Retraction die

ONIBUDO: To truly change Honor, we all must change our perception of it

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