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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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A Final Indoctrination for Final Exercises

by Walter SmithNext weekend is Finals (graduation in University of Virginia speak). The Class of 2021 class arrived at the University just after the traumatizing Unite the Right rally, lived through the…
Intellectual diversity

Memory Project Dismembers History

by Walter SmithUniversity of Virginia President Jim Ryan has repeatedly stated that the Thomas Jefferson statue in front of the Rotunda will not be removed on his watch. However, after reading UVA…
Accountability

Intellectual Diversity Scorecard: Left-of-Center 6, Right-of-Center 0

Your fortnightly review of topics deemed worthy of coverage by the administration’s house organ, UVA Today, by Ann Mclean.What Do We Choose to Remember? Q&A With Memory Project Director Jalane SchmidtThis story…
Intellectual diversity

Students Launch Conservative Publication

A dozen University of Virginia students have launched an online newspaper, The Jefferson Independent, to provide news and commentary from a conservative perspective on issues of interest to the UVa community.”In providing…

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Accountability

When “Words Are Violence,” Only One Side Gets to Speak

by James A. BaconVictoria Spiotto was brought up in a conservative, religious family of Italian descent in Loudoun County.  It was at the University of Virginia where she found her political identity…

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