It is long overdue for the University and national government to recognize and help mitigate instead of contributing to the crushing burden of medical debt.
Still, all of us who drive in Charlottesville can start making immediate changes too.
To label the MEL merely as “Instaworthy” and reduce it to an aesthetic object positioned to garner likes entirely ignores the deep history and meaning behind the memorial.
We are well-versed in the reality that opposition to DEI efforts and "woke" culture — as Ellis refers to it — is today's methodology for upholding structural racism.
Having a tour for students to learn about the hidden history of the University is undoubtedly great progress, but ultimately is just a one hour window into what is the most complex issue facing the country at large.
Simply put, college needs to be more affordable.
The University should work more on collaborating with the likes of Morven Kitchen Garden — an organic garden run on volunteer support in the Charlottesville area.
One person alone may not be able to make a difference, but together, we have the power to start a movement.
Incoming Black students deserve to know that they belong here and that the organizations that exist to support them are valued on Grounds.
Parents cannot dictate the life of their college student.
At the heart of this injustice is the notion that heterosexual relationships are permitted, but relationships involving same-sex partners are inherently explicit.
We are entering the seventh year of UPC failing to bring a headlining woman to Grounds, and the ninth year of no solo headlining woman.
Increasing diversity in body shapes and sizes in the medical industry would likely do a lot of good in decreasing fatphobia in healthcare.
With the added knowledge we now have since Black Lives Matter has become mainstream, it is necessary to take a more critical look into policing in the summer of 2017.
Charlottesville is no stranger to providing a space for hatred to preside.
People have value outside of their ability to work, and yet, the American employer-sponsored health system does not reflect that.
Grounds are perhaps pretty when there’s no construction, but what current student knows a University free of construction?
Most importantly, however, the adoption of this policy serves as an example of the Participatory Action Research method, which is not only highly effective but also unique.
Every accused student at the University has the right to a trial.
Strict gun control is needed in this country. Without it, these horrors will continue.
