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UVA’s Honor System is student-run and nearly two centuries old. It has been rewritten, worked around, and in places abandoned. We follow what is left of it.

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A Virginia-Centric History of the Honor Code

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…
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In Defense of an Inviolable Honor Code

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…
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Asleep at the Wheel

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…
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Honor Code in Deep Trouble

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…

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A Disastrous Week for UVa

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…

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