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The Lawn is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the physical argument for what Jefferson thought a university was. How UVA treats it, and how it talks about him, is not a side issue.

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So Much for Empathetic Listening

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Students and faculty at the University of Virginia often talk about having "hard conversations" about the tragic realities. But do they have any interest in confronting discomfiting truths themselves? TJC contributing editor Jim Bacon writes.</p>
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The Revolution Consumes Its Own

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Like the Bolsheviks of yore, UVA militants have turned upon Ryan and Baucom with a vengeance. TJC contributing editor Jim Bacon weighs in.</p>
Free expression

UVA Soft on Nazis but Brutal to Students?

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The 2017 Unite the Right tragedy forced the University to think through issues it had not confronted in its recent history. The reforms created processes and protocols that were applied in 2024, TJC contributing editor Jim Back writes.</p>
Free expression

Critics Don’t Buy Ryan’s Tent-Takedown Rationale

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">From professors to Lawn residents, members of the University of Virginia community continue to criticize senior UVA leadership for shutting down the UVA Encampment for Gaza "liberated zone."</p>

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With the Tents Down, the Blowback Begins

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">“It is good to know that the University of Virginia set boundaries and enforced them, unlike other universities and states.“</p>

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