Matan Goldstein, the Jewish student who was subjected to repeated antisemitic treatment at the University of Virginia, has settled his lawsuit against the University. Terms of the settlement were not revealed.While the public cannot know how much UVA paid, if...
Bert Ellis was mad as hell and wasn’t going to take it anymore. He didn’t reenact Peter Finch playing Howard Beale in his famous rant in the movie “Network.” In fact, he was very calm and deliberate. But he made it clear to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors...
I’ve written a lot about what’s wrong with “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion”: how it classifies people as oppressed or oppressors, feeds feelings of victimhood and grievance, pits groups against one another, and leaves people, especially minorities, feeling isolated...
Letter from Senior Faculty MemberA Note from The Jefferson Council President Joel GardnerNovember 18, 2024Dear Members of the Board of Visitors,I am in receipt of a letter written by a senior tenured faculty member expressing concerns about various circumstances...
Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., has plead guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection with the mass shooting at the University of Virginia...
Since retiring from the University, several people have asked if I miss it. I tell them I miss what it was, but not what it has become. Higher education in America has gone from being the best in the world to one of the most pathetic. Why? It’s hard to describe...
We couldn’t help but notice what gets defended as free speech — and what doesn’t — at UVA. Simon Goldstein certainly knows.
More than 60 employers showed up to the University of Virginia’s 2024 job fair on Oct. 23 to offer job and internship opportunities to UVA students. They were greeted civilly by most — but not by everyone. The Dissenters, a militant pro-Palestinian student...
Once again the University of Virginia Board of Visitors is conducting the ritual of pretending to be involved in setting rates for tuition, fees, room and board, this time for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The board’s Finance Committee met earlier this month for an hour...
The Jefferson Council has received a letter from a senior University of Virginia faculty member who, for fear of retaliation, asks to remain anonymous. He outlines what he calls “generic” concerns of the UVA faculty — generic in the sense that they are broadly held...
