The Path to Prosperity walks a difficult line between idealism and realism, but in all fairness, there is no easy path.
The University of Virginia is the number-one party school in the country, according to a ranking that Playboy Magazine published in September 2012. But regardless of who published it, Playboy was just confirming what we already knew, right? I am not so sure.
Human understanding of neuroscience has grown exponentially in the past few decades, particularly when it comes to the connection between our emotions and physical health. Such findings have widespread applications, especially in the field of medicine. Chronically negative emotions slow patient recovery from illness, make us susceptible to new diseases and even shorter our life span.
Like adults speaking with hushed voices at the dinner table, some University leaders have moved to bar what they euphemistically call “the summer’s unpleasantness” — the Board of Visitors’ attempted ouster of University President Teresa Sullivan — from polite conversation.
Recently, I walked past a gathering of hundreds of motorcyclists with American flags in Washington, D.C.
Crime in Charlottesville should serve to remind us that the community we live in is not always a safe one.
Informed retraction. Wait, I’m not talking about the honor system. Surprised? I know; it’s a phrase you’re tired of hearing.
College students are often looking to make a statement. Sometimes, such statements are political and manifest themselves through a boycott of a company or product.
Gun violence in Charlottesville is not a new phenomenon. If shootings occur far enough from the University’s bubble, students may never hear about them.
The managing board’s occasional survey of notable numerals
Clumsy authors often use weather to bombastically set a scene’s mood or signify a character’s emotions.
The Board of Visitors recently approved updated enrollment projections through the year 2020. The plan is for the undergraduate student body to increase by about 1300 students while maintaining the current in-state to out-of-state ratio.
When the recent University-wide election results came in, I noticed one number in particular: the voter participation rate.
I recall the days when I was studying for the SAT (yes, I actually studied for the SAT). I remember memorizing random vocabulary and wondering if colleges really expected us to use those words.
A disturbing account of inaction has recently come to light. Even more disturbing is the fact that the inaction was during a life-or-death situation.
Though the Princeton Review last month named the University the No. 1 “best value” public institution, not all higher-education rankings are as celebratory of Virginia’s flagship school. In the 2012-13 Times Higher Education world university rankings, published October 2012, the University came in not first but 118th.
Mental illness transports loved ones away: sometimes temporarily, as we struggle to recognize a friend in the grips of a manic episode; and sometimes irrevocably — the recent death of first-year College student Jake Cusano, whose mental-health status was unknown, is one such irreversible loss.
One year after he founded the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson pronounced, “This institution of my native state, the hobby of my old age, will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind, to explore and to expose every subject susceptible of it’s contemplation.” With this quote in mind, I pose the following questions to my peers here at U.Va.: How many rocks have you left unturned?
One of the few upshots of not finding a job immediately after graduating last May — and there weren’t many — was that I was able to witness firsthand and take part in the community’s response in Charlottesville to the attempted ouster of University President Teresa Sullivan in June. As a graduate from the University’s politics and philosophy departments, I was inspired to see the droves of concerned students, faculty, alumni, and proponents of the public higher education system more broadly, who responded not only through powerful editorials and statements on social media and other outlets, but more impressively, through gathering in demonstrations and rallies on Grounds.
How many times have you found yourself stuck in the class-transition time crowd, moving slower than students leaving the Corner at 2 a.m.
