Did UVA eliminate DEI, or merely rebrand it? For over a decade, successive UVA administrations spent millions of dollars building one of the most extensive Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) bureaucracies in American higher education. A 2021 survey ranked UVA second among major universities in the number of DEI employees, and by 2024 was spending $20M […]
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At last month’s UVA graduation ceremony, Vice President of Student Affairs Kenyon Bonner impugned Thomas Jefferson’s character and intelligence, chastising him for “ignorance and hubris.” The charge is empirically unfounded and displays both a profound lack of historical knowledge by the speaker–and considering the time and place of the speech, a profound lack of professional
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A bombshell disclosure in a recent FOIA proceeding reveals that UVA’s Board of Visitors, led by Robert Hardie, quietly retained Williams & Connolly (W&C) as “special counsel to the BOV and the Audit, Compliance, and Risk Committee of the BOV” regarding issues with UVA Health on May 23, 2024 — four months before the September
Slowly But Surely FOIA Requests Reveal Obfuscation Surrounding Healthcare Scandal Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Charlottesville, VA – The Jefferson Council strongly condemns Kenyon Bonner’s denigration and marginalization of Thomas Jefferson during his address at UVA’s final exercises. His remarks were incongruous, unseemly, and incorrect– and perhaps more than anything, they were an example of psychological projection. Most egregiously, Bonner proclaimed, “For all his brilliance, his unfounded
There is an old saying that “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Well, there have been a number of trees falling in the UVA forest and UVA’s student newspaper of record has intentionally had its hands over its ears. First, we
The Cavalier Daily: All the News that Fits, We Print Read More »
What a FOIA request text-exchange reveals about the improper faculty manipulation of student self-governance, and the leader of the Faculty Senate’s misfeasance and hypocrisy. UVA\’s Faculty Senate has spent the better part of the last year delivering lectures on transparency, trust, and institutional integrity. Resolutions were passed. Statements were issued. The language was always lofty
The Texts Don’t Lie: Jeri Seidman Must Resign Read More »
The second quarterly compliance report from the October 22, 2025 agreement between the Department of Justice and UVA is the first certification done by President Scott Beardsley, signed on March 31, 2026. It’s worth noting what’s new and what’s not in this installment. What\’s the Same This new report covers the same three areas of
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Yesterday, UVA Dissenters, a self-proclaimed “collective of anti-imperialist organizers” brazenly and publicly urged its members to \”spam\” register for a Center for Politics event featuring former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares with no intention of actually attending. The stated goal was to \”screw up their numbers,\” flooding the registration system with fake sign-ups in order
Radical UVA GROUP Attempts to Sabotage Speech by Jason Miyares Read More »
A number of recent mysterious events have brought into the open serious concerns involving the issues of transparency and accountability—two topics that have been subjects of repeated controversy by various elements of the University community.
Two Intrigues of the Utmost Importance to the UVA Community Read More »