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Setting the Record Straight on the Presidential Search

‍The Cavalier Daily’s most recent op-ed critiquing the University’s presidential search process presents the same story of opacity, irregularity, and institutional dysfunction. However, such claims are either grossly overstated or just fundamentally inaccurate, and it is tiresome to see the worn-out narrative repeated over and over during the past few months. ‍The facts are that

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Rising TUITION AT UVA: YOUR VOICE MATTERS

The University of Virginia is proposing a 2026-2027 tuition increase of 3% to 4.5% as well as a fee increase of 3% – 4.5%. According to UVA, the increases will address “faculty and staff compensation; unavoidable increases; utilities and other infrastructure; and Commonwealth and University-identified priorities.” While fair compensation is important, passing additional costs onto students and their families should

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Radical UVA GROUP Attempts to Sabotage Speech by Jason Miyares

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

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191 UVA Faculty Materially Mislead the UVA Community

Prejudiced Professors Fail to Do Their Homework A letter signed by 191 University of Virginia faculty members accuses the Board of Visitors of running a “sham” process, engaging in “hasty” behavior, and conducting a  “secretive” search in selecting Scott Beardsley as UVA’s next President. These are serious charges leveled against serious people. They deserve serious

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Facts Over Fiction: It’s Time to End the Baseless Attacks on UVA’s Presidential Search

If you have listened to some of the continuous, repetitive commentary surrounding UVA’s recent presidential search, you might be led to believe it was some kind of rushed, politicized backroom maneuver. The facts and the truth tell a totally different story. In fact, the search committee was the broadest and most inclusive in UVA history

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Years of FOIA Stonewalling: How UVA Is Withholding the Public’s Right to Know

One of the greatest tragedies in the history of the University of Virginia occurred on November 13, 2022 when three UVA student athletes were brutally and senselessly murdered by another student. The facts and the truth surrounding the University’s investigation and actions regarding the perpetrator PRIOR to the murders has never been disclosed to the public.

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