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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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Strengthening Free Speech at UVa: Part II

Here follows the second part of a speech delivered by Professor Mary Kate Cary to the Colonnade Club Oct. 12. Part I recounted the state of free speech at the University of…
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Jefferson Council Resolution on the Safety and Rights of Jews at UVa

Jefferson Council President Tom Neale has delivered the following resolution of the Council to University of Virginia president Jim Ryan and the Board of Visitors. — JAB The Jefferson Council, by unanimous…
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Strengthening Free Speech at UVa: Part I

Mary Kate Cary, a former presidential speech writer, teaches politics at the University of Virginia and is director of Think Again, a program promoting free speech and viewpoint diversity. Addressing the Colonnade…
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The Facts of the Matter

“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan:  Dear President Ryan, Provost Baucom, and the Board of Visitors,The former New York…

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“Hate” Speech Does Not Make Students “Unsafe”

by James A. BaconThere is a widespread notion among militant leftists at the University of Virginia, as there is in universities across the Commonwealth, that exposure to objectionable ideas causes “harm” to…

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