LETTER: When everything is labeled hazing, nothing is
By Scott Gleason | 4 days agoWorse still, over-policing benign practices risks driving genuinely harmful behavior underground.
Worse still, over-policing benign practices risks driving genuinely harmful behavior underground.
The critiques of Mahoney and the Board of Visitors are egregious double standards that I believe are motivated by political differences with Mahoney and the Board.
Continuing the search now would be all the proof needed to conclude that the Board and Mahoney are acting not in the University’s best interests but pursuant to some other agenda, if further proof were needed.
We Would Like To Recognize The Volunteers, Pavilion Residents And Residents Of The Lawn And Range For Their Efforts To Ensure A Safe And Fun Trick-Or-Treating On The Lawn Event This Year
That is factually inaccurate. In fact, faculty did protest.
As members of the faculty, we remind the Board that, at the end of the day, an academic community is an exercise in shared governance for the good of the whole.
I do love the gardens around the Lawn, which feature small smatterings of herbs, but something more extensive and scientific would be of great benefit to Grounds.
Following this resignation, The Cavalier Daily has received letters from the University community which provide various perspectives on what this moment means to them and to the University’s future.
Political contributions are likely a weak proxy for the presence of diverse perspectives in the classroom environment.
Should the raucous Jefferson Council and related conservative groups succeed in their effort to oust President Ryan, the University will enter a new phase that will be unrecognizable to most of its current students and staff.
By withdrawing its competing bid and endorsing the Charlottesville City Schools’ bid, the University has a high-profile opportunity to strengthen its partnership with Charlottesville City Schools.
This appearance gives a fooling impression that Inclusive Access is the cheapest, best option for students, when in reality, the program is misleading in cost, accessibility and privacy.
Casteen may be best remembered as the founder of AccessUVA, a scholarship program to support undergraduate students whose qualifications were excellent, but whose families would be hard pressed to afford college tuition.
Each student, employee, faculty member and University and Charlottesville community member deserves to feel safe, a feeling that has been uprooted in the past few weeks.
As future physicians, we cannot remain silent, especially since U.Va. Health is one of the most comprehensive gender health centers in the country.
I understand this event could be seen as “breaking news,” but your reporting left out relevant, easy-to-find, publicly available data to give it proper context.
We are grateful to the leaders of the Guide Service for being open to working with us to improve the reliability and consistency of their tours.
But while education is absolutely integral to hazing prevention, we must also hold individuals accountable for their hazing behavior.
We recognize that the Honor process can be stressful and that any student may benefit from support, regardless of an underlying health condition.
We should not address this war with blind idealism. We should address it, instead, with nuance and care.