SAWAYA: The University should rethink finals period
By Naima Sawaya | August 27, 2023These reading days are not as generous as they seem — one occurs on the weekend and the other occurs after the majority of finals are completed.
These reading days are not as generous as they seem — one occurs on the weekend and the other occurs after the majority of finals are completed.
Now, more than ever before, counties and states must work to ease people’s minds about the validity of elections and the electoral process.
In the face of this public health concern for outdoor air, the University should take advantage of this summer to do what it can to update HVAC systems in first year dorms and make indoor air a priority.
It isn’t bad enough that Gov. Youngkin is crafting meaningless mandates, he is also forcing the University to act as the enforcement arm of his intrusive, big-government regime.
It is imperative that the government should work to guarantee more expansive employee benefits for all types of workers and raise the outdated minimum wage.
Thinking about which candidates align the most with your values is also critical in primaries because 90 percent of congressional races are decided in the primary election. That means roughly 391 out of 435 members of Congress are in their seats because of results in primary elections.
Removing the right to vote removes any chance for someone to meaningfully interact with the government representing them.
To be your true authentic self in a world that wants you to be someone else is an act of courage. We should honor transgender youth, rather than attempt to legislate their very beings out of existence.
Testing has benefits for both their health and the health of our community, and students should feel comfortable engaging not only in testing but in discourse about STIs.
Learning that authors we idealize were themselves employing marginalizing language disrupts their status as literary models. These are disruptions with which we must engage.
Simply put, a council that antagonizes meaningful attempts at undoing a horrific past of racism has no place on our Grounds. The Jefferson Council needs to go.
Undoubtedly, other schools see the necessity of naloxone for students — and our University should too.
The Board of Visitors cannot continue to allow any voices to go unheard or unrepresented, especially those voices most impacted by their actions
If lives are to be saved from practices like lacing and overconcentration, the General Assembly must move forward with regulation.
Limiting the number of requirements would provide the best of both worlds — students would still have the opportunity to branch out with some requirements while having the time to explore their own interests during the earlier years of their studies.
Each congressperson who continues to oppose gun control and funding that improves social determinants of health has American blood on their hands.
Because of the hoops one must jump through to get an IN request approved, the circumstances for students who receive an IN go beyond the superficial — they are dire.
No-technology policies not only facilitate genuine engagement and inhibit distraction, they also promote study habits conducive to deeper neurological processing and higher academic achievement.
With well over half of all University students living off-Grounds, it is past time for the University to extend the blue light phone system.
Treating conditions like depression and anxiety as an aesthetic sets a dangerous precedent and risks undermining the progress our society has made thus far towards recognizing the seriousness of mental illness