Book banning is a form of censorship used purely to preserve certain notions of what people — most often, children and imprisoned people — should think.
While students of community colleges are as diverse as they come in respects to their race, ethnicity, income, and general experience, one main throughline unites them all — only about 300-400 of them will matriculate to the University of Virginia.
I do not want to live in a world nor attend a university where people throw away new concepts out of comfort for old ones or abandon acknowledgement for the sake of tranquility.
Like Spanish colonization, the historical 122 years of U.S. colonial oppression have been parasitic and painful for Puerto Rico.
If the University eradicates all attendance mandates and policies from its teachers’ syllabi, students will feel less pressure to come to class with coughs, sniffles and sore throats, even if they aren’t caused by COVID-19.
The Downtown Mall's standing as the city's inclusive public square is diminished by its inconvenient lack of public benches.
A preventative ban on any University support will ensure our institution does its part to eliminate this dangerous research from ever again risking our public health.
The court must uphold the act and respect the sovereignty of Native American tribes to make decisions on behalf of their children.
When we raise someone onto a pedestal, we are effectively transforming them from a man into a myth.
In the spirit of striving toward the perfect union that Mayor Walker notes we are far from, some steps to grapple with the University’s role in Virginia’s eugenic program present themselves, such as renaming Alderman library.
So much time is lost in the process of suppressing our ailments — when we should be fixing the standard that keeps them hidden to begin with.
Virginia must codify Roe in its state constitution.
It is clear that the safety protocols in place are entirely inadequate.
Participating in diet culture, or even allowing it to perpetuate in society is destructive to not only your physical well-being but your mental one.
All in all, the Va. ABC is a vestige of the social conservatism of the 1930s.
The YAF banner episode, meant to portray the University as complicit as leftist students "cancel" conservative views, seems more like evidence to the contrary.
Strides in increasing cultural awareness and gender inequality have been made in all areas of education — however, more work must be done to create an inclusive and just society.
The dependence on building multi-family units within existing communities to protect rural areas from development has had a disparate impact on marginalized communities.
Now is the time for Virginia to mandate comprehensive, LGBTQ+ inclusive sex education in public schools to finally rectify significant health disparities.
Racial equity cannot just be met with diplomacy and speeches — rather it requires a change in ideology.
