PARTING SHOT: Telling a story
By Dani Bernstein | April 17, 2017My grandparents were expert storytellers. I must have heard some of their anecdotes thousands of times and even now I still want to hear them over again.
My grandparents were expert storytellers. I must have heard some of their anecdotes thousands of times and even now I still want to hear them over again.
“All we conclude — Mrs. Khan and I — is that we were blessed to have him for 27 years,” Khizr Khan said of his son, late Army Capt. Humayun Khan.
Douglas Muir, an executive lecturer in the Engineering School and the Darden School who recently commented on Facebook that the Black Lives Matter movement “is the biggest rasist organisation [sic] since the clan [sic],” has “agreed to take leave” from the Engineering School, according to a letter from Engineering Dean Craig H.
“Black lives matter is the biggest rasist organisation [sic] since the clan [sic]. Are you kidding me. Disgusting!!!” Muir wrote.
Three individuals were injured in a shooting on the Corner Saturday. Charlottesville Police have made one arrest in connection with the incident.
The University of Virginia was named the No. 2 public university in the country — up one spot from last year — in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 college rankings.
Warmbier traveled to North Korea with Young Pioneer Tours, a group which markets itself as providing “budget tours to destinations your mother would rather you stayed away from."
During and after the hearing, the families of the affected parties — the Grahams, Harringtons and Matthews — reflected on their personal experiences.
This is the first public statement from Warmbier’s family since his detainment on Jan. 2 at Pyongyang Airport.
For many of us, Hannah’s disappearance is too close to home to allow us to address this issue. But because it is so close to home, we should feel empowered to address these questions head on and, ultimately, follow a moral path.