Like many other University of Virginia alumni, I was taken aback to hear that the Board of Visitors had granted President Jim Ryan a $200,000 bonus for the great job UVa had done in addressing the COVID-19 epidemic.
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It’s Baaaack!
To prevent the ugly proliferation of leaflets and profanely expressed political sentiments in an architectural gem that attracts many visitors, UVa officials are requiring Lawn residents to confine their verbiage to message boards fitting in the door panels.
Media In Covid Feeding Frenzy
Do newspapers run front-page stories when a stomach flu hits a sleep-away camp? How about poison ivy? Athlete’s foot?
A Volatile Mix: Sex, Obsession, Microaggressions and Mental Health at UVa
Kieran Bhattacharya, a University of Virginia School of Medicine student who claims he was expelled for challenging left-wing political orthodoxy at the school, has filed new papers expanding upon his allegations.
Would Someone Please Explain the “Science”?
Let me get this straight. The University of Virginia has just announced that all students returning to the university starting July 1 must be fully vaccinated, or they will be barred from entering the grounds. But employees, while urged to get vaccinated, are under no such mandate.
W&L’s New College Dean is the F*ck Quilt Lady
The University of Virginia had its “F*ck UVa” sign controversy. Brace yourself for Washington & Lee University’s “F*ck quilt” brouhaha.
Hate, Hostility and Harassment at UVa
It wouldn’t be long before Cabrera received his baptism under fire as the sole conservative representative in a student council populated entirely by representatives on the blue end of the political spectrum.
When “Words Are Violence,” Only One Side Gets to Speak
Conservatives are mostly invisible at UVa, and they have few means of connecting.
The Resistance Gathers: UVa Edition
We need alumni and parents to push back against the irrational, and frankly intolerable, guidelines which are currently tarnishing the culture and reputation of this University, while imposing enduring damage on every one of its students.
Envision This: a Lawn with No Signage
Criticism has focused on a student’s use of profanity in a sign on the door of her Lawn residence. Although the university has rules against the indiscriminate display of signage, it has not enforced them in recent years.
Profanity Proliferates on the Lawn
After a resident of the Lawn at the University of Virginia posted signage saying, “Fuck UVa,” outraged alumni raised a stink in a series of letters to UVa President Jim Ryan.
A Backlash at Last
I walked around the entire Lawn and was rather dumbfounded to see how many very radical liberal signs were posted on doors albeit this was the only one with such profanity.
Hey, College Kids: Take A Gap Year
Why would any parent pay tuition for their kid to take online classes from a dorm room or from an off-campus apartment?
Look, Over There, a Squirrel!
Ever alert to signs of racism so subtle that most people can’t see them, the University of Virginia has altered its new V-Sabre logo to remove curves that had been added to the sword handles.
Modern Book Burners: Gunning For The Founding Fathers
Instead of tearing down their statues and erasing their names from public buildings, we should work together as Americans to finish what these great men began.
More than $1 Billion in Out-of-State Tuition Dollars at Risk
fter U.S. higher-ed institutions sent students home during the COVID-19 epidemic this spring, families were having second thoughts about sending their children back to college this fall — and paying big dollars for the privilege of possibly seeing them sent home again.
Coronavirus: New Rules of Non-Engagement
Great, I thought Wednesday afternoon. I just spent two hours in a room with about 1,000 people. What are the chances no one there was infected?
Time To Act Like Americans Again
This virus is too damned serious to be swamped by petty politics.
Idiocy At UVA
You know who’s frightened of 21 guns firing blanks? Small dogs and babies.