WILKINS: End cash bail
By Jack Wilkins | October 18, 2018In the midst of a criminal justice system imbued with racial and economic inequalities, our deeply flawed cash bail system must go.
In the midst of a criminal justice system imbued with racial and economic inequalities, our deeply flawed cash bail system must go.
In spite of the lack of evidence for the allegations, Kavanaugh’s performance during the hearings showed a temperament that does not deserve to be on the Court.
As the student body, it is our responsibility to help shape our community to be as diverse and accessible as possible.
If U.Va. were to provide free menstrual hygiene on our Grounds, it would diminish the chances that students may find themselves in difficult or uncomfortable situations.
U.Va. should create a consolidated on-Grounds housing option specifically for transfers.
Charlottesvillians have the opportunity to send a powerful message by flipping the Fifth District and electing Leslie Cockburn as their congressional representative.
The framework and ideology behind large into-level classes affects students who do not come from a privileged background, and targets students who have intellectual aptitudes that are not based in traditional areas.
Just as with Anita Hill, despite Ford's allegations, Kavanaugh was still confirmed and has become a member of the highest court in the land.
Riggleman offers the leadership that the University community, Charlottesville and the Fifth District need.
Until the discrepancy between these competing figures can be reconciled, University and community members should be alarmed by the potential loss to our intellectual capacities.
Ambassadors aren’t enough — popular off-Grounds areas need more effective safety measures in cases of emergency.
We don’t like shying away from academic challenges, but we know that the course of our lives seems to hinge on the impersonal and arbitrary metric of GPA.
Over and over again, our universities have ignored graduate students and post-doctorates from inclusion in these policies — these students should not have to choose between their child and job just the same.
If the University wants to protect the health of students during flu season, a program that is more accessible for students would surely help achieve this goal.
The University’s rate for housing for all first years is $6,240, regardless of which dorm you are assigned to, or if you are assigned to a single, double, or triple.
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After experiencing a violating assault, survivors deserve to have their right to both bodily autonomy and agency reaffirmed.
When states underfund the public defense system they unfairly disparage the most vulnerable Americans.