While VERVE may shift student demand closer to Grounds, whether housing market effects will outweigh the harms of the University’s expanding presence is a gamble Charlottesville residents may not wish to take.
Resisting an unjust system should be at the forefront of university policy.
The unwilling departure of the FEI from Charlottesville represents the severing of a constructive accord between the government and the University.
In this uncertain environment, the University must act creatively and strategically to ensure it can maintain its commitment to affordability.
This has grown into a pattern of failing the rights of noncitizens to due process and overstepping judicial checks and balances on the executive branch.
Adding more stringent security measures will not solve the underlying issue, which is that schools must do more to invest in students’ mental health.
In this sense, neglecting to publicize the report itself further erodes public trust in U.Va. Health.
These materials are paramount to teaching civics in the state, and officials must take due care to ensure any funding cuts will not hamper access to them.
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.
Perhaps, it may seem as though the University is hosting a decent amount of events, and criticisms of its engagement or genuineness sound nitpicky.
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.
The bottom line is that an institutional shift has occurred. Today, DEI is done at the University — and we are all worse off because of it.
Although frustration at the timing and specificity of the police response to this situation is understandable, UPD’s response must be understood in the context of other safety challenges over the past few years.
Advocates saving AI a seat in the classroom are in desperate need of a reality check.
The Contemplative Commons stands as a testament to the value of spaces that transcend commercial imperatives, fostering interdisciplinary engagement and experiential learning.
