Opinion

OPINION: Ryan’s Statement Falls Flat

Heather Thomas

DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of WUVA's staff and management. Why President Jim Ryan’s recent statement was a complete slap in the face...

Addressing Displacement in Charlottesville

Elisa Maiolo

Charlottesville is often considered and even advertised as a ‘college town,’ specifically one of the Ten Best College Towns in America. Its businesses, health services, and real estate revolve around catering to the undergraduate...

A Message From ICE To International students: Go To Class Or Leave America

Deanna See

Overnight, international and domestic students alike were left scrambling to make sense of the new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announcement: international students taking online-only classes this fall must leave America. As we adjust to...

Milo Yiannopoulos Lecture at Berkeley Cancelled

Parissa Joukar

Milo Yiannopoulos Lecture at Berkeley Cancelled Milo Yiannopoulos of Breitbart News is currently on a nationwide tour of college campuses (which he calls ‘hotbeds’ for ‘bad ideas’ like progressive social justice, feminism, and the...

OPINION: Snapchat Misses the Target

Abby Diaz

This summer, I’ve had the pleasure of working at an ad agency and part of this experience landed me at Snapchat headquarters in Venice, California last week during what seems to be a minimal...

Prof Talk: Why You Shouldn’t Have Meme-ified “This Is America”

Quinn Chu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLuwqR2uG8g In this episode of "Prof Talk," Media Studies professor William Little tackles what's wrong with co-opting racial messages in music videos and films.

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