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by Walter Smith The Washington Post recently featured an opinion piece, “Why the University of Virginia is becoming a battleground for speech,” which portrayed members of The Jefferson Council as a group of old white guys desiring to preserve their hegemony of white privilege while skirting around the actual facts of the free-speech debate. In […]

This essay about the evolution of the honor system at Washington & Lee University was published by The General\’s Redoubt and is republished here with permission. — JABby M. Neely YoungHonor systems in higher education are difficult to trace as they are usually unwritten and based upon tradition. The concept of honor, itself, is difficult

Dishonesty is the root cause of all human evil. The Honor System at the University Of Virginia attempts to get to the very heart of our problem. Honor is your adherence to the truth.Dishonesty starts with your being dishonest with yourself about yourself, and your being dishonest with yourself about Reality. Living in a world

by James A. BaconFormer Vice President Mike Pence came to the University of Virginia last night, attended two receptions, and delivered his speech, billed as \”How to Save America from the Woke Left,\” without a hitch.The Pence event created a national stir when the editorial board of The Cavalier Daily student newspaper said that Pence

Letter to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors from Walter Smith.Ladies and Gentlemen:I expect you will ignore me, as usual, but, for purposes of establishing a record when the time for your contextualization comes, I must document your many failures and refusal to do your fiduciary duties, because I believe, if you had any

The Jefferson Council President Bert Ellis took to the radio waves this morning to address the decline of the University of Virginia\’s honor code. Listen to his remarks on WRVA\’s John Reid Show.

Open letter from Bert Ellis, president of The Jefferson Council, to members of the University of Virginia community.Last week will go down as one of the worst weeks in the history of UVA.The Honor Code is Effectively DeadBy a margin of over 4 to 1, UVA students voted in a referendum to permanently change the

In elections this week, University of Virginia students will vote on a measure to reduce the punishment for honor-code violations (lying, cheating, stealing) from expulsion to a two-semester suspension. At least 10% of the student body must participate in the referendum, and of those who vote 60% must vote in favor. The honor code is

by James A. BaconCollege alumni, to borrow the classic phrase from the 1976 movie Network, are mad as hell and aren\’t going to take it anymore. Unlike the fictional TV newsman played by Peter Finch, who had no idea how to channel his frustration, alumni groups around the country are organizing to push back against