Harriet Tubman to Become Face of the $20 Bill: A Fitting Tribute
This past Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew announced that Harriet Tubman would adorn the $20 bill, bumping former U.S. President Andrew Jackson to the back of the bill. Tubman will be the first...
Take Back The Night Hosts Open Mic
Take Back the Night hosted its annual campaign this week on Grounds in efforts to “shatter the silence, and stop the violence” regarding sexual assault. Student leaders planned this week of events to help...
Semester at Sea Students Visit Morocco, Their Final Port of Call
A long line of Semester at Sea students stood in line at the dock, waiting to climb up the gangway onto the MV World Odyssey for the last time. Many students were brushing tears from their...
Putting our Spring Breaks to Shame: Alisha Gupta’s Mission to Morocco for Operation Smile
While many students were relaxing at home and on beaches over spring break, Alisha Gupta was flying half way across the world to take part in an Operation Smile mission in Ouarzazate, Morocco.
Operation Smile...
Despite Nearby Terrorism, SAS Sails On to Ghana
A group of students on the MV World Odyssey sat in the dining room, hunched over their lunches and chattering casually. It was a pretty normal afternoon, and the air was generally
pleasant. But the mood shifted...
“Jackie” Ordered to Testify in Dean Eramo Defamation Suit
On Tuesday, a judge formally ruled that Jackie, the former UVa student at the center of the now-redacted Rolling Stone article “A Rape on Campus,” must testify in a defamation suit against the magazine.
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