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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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“The Greatest Threat to Academic Freedom and Integrity in UVa’s History”

Letter from Joel Gardner, author of “From Rebel Yell to Revolution,” to President Jim Ryan. Jim, First, I would like to thank you once again for being on the Zoom call last…
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“Where Did This Sudden Hate for the University Come From?”

Letter from Hooper Neale, Class of 2017… I would like to start this letter out by saying that I love the University of Virginia. I attended UVA from August 2013 – May…
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Oct. 12, 2020 Letter from Aubrey Daniel to Rector James B. Murray, Jr.

Letter from an alumnus… “We ought not to die before we have explained ourselves.”  –Thomas Jefferson I have read your response and the advice given to you by University Counsel, Timothy J.…
Jefferson

Profanity Proliferates on the Lawn

by James A. BaconAfter a resident of the Lawn at the University of Virginia posted signage saying, “Fuck UVa,” outraged alumni raised a stink in a series of letters to UVa President…

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UVa Counsel Opines on Free Speech

The “F— UVa” sign on the door of a University of Virginia resident of the Lawn violates no university policy and is protected by the First Amendment, concluded University Counsel Timothy J.…

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