While I recognize that abortion is a highly emotional issue for legitimate reasons, this fact should not keep us from making honest and clear arguments.
We must ensure that the response moving forward is adequate in fighting this pandemic.
We must address the root of the problem and divest from the companies themselves — a crucial step in shifting the economy away from fossil fuel dependence and ultimately halting emissions.
Aramark stands in the way of what could be our biggest step towards climate-healthy practices.
Over the past legislative session, Virginia Democrats in the General Assembly and State Senate have worked to erode the personal freedom and dignity of ordinary Virginians.
Altogether, in enacting the VCEA, the Commonwealth becomes the first southern state to provide a clear framework for how it would build a clean electrical grid – an accomplishment that can neither be overstated nor overlooked.
Punishing women and children for the state’s lack of concern for mental health and drug addiction is absolutely revolting and demonstrates a clear and extensive need for change.
While the University already does a lot, streamlining the career fair process will significantly improve international recruiting, and increase their likelihood of finding gainful employment.
It is highly inequitable to offer students who are in a comfortable living situation an opportunity to gain an unfair advantage while leaving behind those who are not in the same position due to geographic or socio-economic factors beyond their control.
Normal release guidelines will not be sufficient due to the pandemic and the economic crisis it has caused.
As news continuously pours in, it is difficult to find a shred of optimism within the heap of despair and understandably so.
By denying the Chinese government’s culpability in this pandemic, we allow them to avoid making the changes that are needed to handle future outbreaks more effectively.
Without proper oversight, homeschooled children can be denied an adequate education and left unequipped for employment or higher education.
Our responsibility as a University community is to conjure up new ways of imagining inclusivity, solidarity, and infrastructural systems of support for all of its students, staff, and faculty, particularly those who are marginalized and face daily struggles because of it.
The responsibility to fight for workers should entirely be the University’s.
I hope the University dispels the notion that U.Va.’s mission is to simply be elite.
Student self-governance is being weaponized against students by outside forces — the Community of Trust is under threat, and Honor must defend it.
During this time of difficulty, the University that we have all come to love and cherish is silently robbing its students.
While many may try to frame this as an argument of human life versus economic wellbeing, in truth these two ideals are inexorably linked.
This betrayal of fair employee treatment should outrage University administration into finally ending their contract with Aramark.
