The Snowflake Factory

The Snowflake Factory

On February 15, 2022, the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Virginia instructed its pledges to show up blindfolded at the frat house at precisely 10:28 PM After being led to the basement, the newbies were ordered to race one another in consuming various...
Furman Needs to Walk Its Talk on Free Speech

Furman Needs to Walk Its Talk on Free Speech

Furman alumnus Evan Myers writes a guest commentary in The Post and Currier, highlighting the need for alumni to hold their administration accountable for protecting and promoting free speech on campus. What can we glean for UVA?—EXCERPTMore and more Furman alumni...
Remembering Adam Andrzejewski, the Happy Warrior

Remembering Adam Andrzejewski, the Happy Warrior

One month has passed since the death of openthebooks.com founder and CEO Adam Andrzejewski. If you never had the opportunity to meet Adam, he was the very definition of William Wordsworth’s Happy Warrior. Adam was always fighting on multiple fronts and pursuing...
UVA Admin Has Lost Control of the Med School Abuses Narrative

UVA Admin Has Lost Control of the Med School Abuses Narrative

The controversy over an allegedly toxic work environment at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and UVA Health System reached escape velocity last week.On Thursday, President Jim Ryan and the Board of Visitors hired an outside law firm to conduct an...
How UVA Holds Students “Accountable”

How UVA Holds Students “Accountable”

In the recent past, the University of Virginia Division of Student Affairs has dealt with two very different kinds of student-conduct cases. In one, the division probed charges against pro-Palestinian protesters who were arrested for trespassing during the...