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BERNSTEIN: Let’s integrate

While the goal of the dorm is, according to Timko, to give first-year honors students the chance to live with like-minded people, this can also funnel students into the same extracurricular activities despite whatever independent interests they may have.


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The devil is in the details

Because we want change immediately, it is tempting to pinpoint a single figure as the cause of violence and fight to tear it down. But such an approach is self-defeating.


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The pillar of Support

While the ISC's name does not overtly appear on many first semester events meant to educate and increase awareness among first­-years about the risk of sexual assault, we still play an active role in these events.


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Patience, persistence

We want to reshape this community into one we can be proud of again, but this will not be possible if people are resorting to vandalism as a response to this incident.


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Struggle today, strength tomorrow

A survivor's decision not to report must always be respected, but we hope a survivor is not discouraged from reporting because of any mistrust and demonization of the University which results from sweeping negative portrayals such as this one.


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WHISNANT: Forging a new path

Because the mainstream left has failed to provide a coherent narrative of the crisis and a real alternative path forward, the confused and overwhelmed white working class is naturally drawn to the cohesive narratives propagated by figures like Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck.


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EVANS: Willing suspension of belief

In other words, the values driving many Democratic policy makers to favor a strong mitigative and adaptive response to climate threats clash with those of their Republican counterparts.


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PATEL: Students of UVa, unite

This discrepancy is at the heart of the friction between students and the University because we feel as the providers of the plurality of budget dollars, we have little say in how they are spent.


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We all scream for green

Many of us personally experience the impacts of economic hardship or identity-based discrimination, but we do not see, first hand, the consequences when another plastic water bottle is thrown into a landfill.

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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.