Though not perfect in all respects, this year’s elections should be lauded as a stepping stone to achieving greater student engagement in the future.
Open dialogue challenges students to defend their ideas under scrutiny and forces robust exposure to new and diverse ideas.
Struggles to keep up with these everyday items have become even more relevant amidst federal actions that raise the costs of University education.
A truly unbiased presidential appointment process is something of a catch-22 in that there will always be political values in play from one side or another.
For their part, student leaders such as Student Council President Clay Dickerson have done an admirable job of maturely standing up for students in a way that a select group of faculty cannot accept.
The power to avoid student unaffordability lies with the University, no one else.
We must all stand up for undocumented students’ right to take part in higher education, acknowledging the significant good they do for our University, as well as their basic dignity.
While there is a lot more work to do in repairing community ties, Beardsley’s unconventional background stands to be an asset in the healing process.
Much like Roebuck, Andrews recognizes the enormously important role Student Council can play during moments in which students safety is threatened — that of a megaphone which forces those in power to actually listen to students.
Scott C. Beardsley was named U.Va.’s 10th president Dec. 19, 2025. We would like to question this appointment on two grounds — that the process of selection was illegitimate and that Mr. Beardsley’s credentials are less than adequate to the position.
Critical questions of process regarding the appointment of Beardsley remain unanswered.
For these reasons, we endorse Michael Mitchell for President, Saehee Perez for Vice President for Administration and Harper Tran for Vice President for Organizations.
While adding monetary components to college sports is necessary, without guardrails, we risk transforming our athletic programs into commercial sports franchises that value profit over purpose.
At a time when UJC continues to see an influx of complicated and severe cases, each of the four candidates expressed their eagerness to reform the body’s internal processes to meet its demanding burden.
As the University transitions to a new president after a year of stakeholder disempowerment, we are confident both candidates possess the experience, judgement and institutional awareness to advocate for students and hold leadership accountable
We are confident in these three candidates’ ability to creatively expand the reach of Honor, restoring genuine buy-in to Honor by grounding it as a universal value, rather than a distant ideal.
The loss of valuable contributions from noncitizen students will hinder student journalism’s ability to accurately and holistically capture the fullness of the student experience on Grounds.
Far from a mere ideology, gender studies provides a critical framework for engaging with a variety of real-world issues.
A growing pattern of political interference and upheaval is quietly destabilizing the foundations of both academia and the University itself.
The Board continued their search without pause in the face of these checks on their operations, demonstrating the detachment of its agenda from community wishes and concerns — and providing clear justification for Spanberger’s actions.
