Students at the University of Virginia overwhelmingly voted in favor of their university divesting from the state of Israel in a campus-wide referendum on Wednesday amid accusations of anti-Semitic discrimination against Jewish students at the school.
The referendum, sponsored by seven student groups, passed by a margin of 67 percent to 32 percent, with 30 percent of the student body participating.
The <a href="https://studentelections.virginia.edu/form/uva-apartheid-divest-2024">referendum</a> calls for the university’s administration to undergo an audit to determine if endowment funds are used to invest in companies “engaging in or profiting from the State of Israel’s apartheid regime.” It demands the school divest any funds identified.
It also condemns the UVA administration for its failure to attack Israel in its statement that condemned Hamas days after the terror group committed the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. 
“The University released an initial statement on October 11, 2023, recognizing the ‘brutal terrorist attacks on Israel’ and ‘the actions of Hamas and the horrific violence that has taken place against civilians,’” the referendum reads. “This message failed to address the crimes committed by the Israeli government and the ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”
It added that “entire student populations” felt “unseen and otherized” because the statement did not use the words “Palestine” or “Gaza.”
On October 9, UVA’s Students for Justice in Palestine group — one of the groups behind the referendum — posted a photo on Instagram of a bulldozer destroying the fence between Gaza and Israel during Hamas’ attack, along with the text, “Decolonization is not a metaphor.” In the caption, the group encourages their peers to attend a demonstration where they can learn how to “be in solidarity with Palestinians resisting occupation.”
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The other sponsors of the referendum include Asian Students Union, Dissenters at UVA, DivestUVA, Minority Rights Coalition, Muslim Students Association, and Muslims United.
The executive committee at UVA’s Hillel, a Jewish student organization, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brodyjewishcenter/posts/pfbid02bXuAFFqeFkRef8Rn3CJSzeUL5Xbyx5Zrws24hJBqDuao7gLXNBhRMFAbVjjWLynyl">said</a> the group was “deeply saddened” that the referendum passed, and that it &#8220;levels inaccurate and delegitimizing accusations about Israel.&#8221;
The Jewish group also attacked the referendum for delegitimizing the only Jewish state in the world by accusing Israel of “apartheid” and “settler colonialism” and stating that Israel has been an occupier for seven decades.
“This erasure of history and denial of self-determination harms many of the Jewish students on Grounds, making them feel unwelcome and ostracized by their peers,” the Hillel board wrote. 
Jewish students met with the UVA administration to allege multiple anti-Semitic incidents have taken place, including being spat on, shoved, and called anti-Semitic slurs, <a href="https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/university-of-virginia-uva-jewish-students-parents-antisemitism-islamophobia-divest-students-protest-discrimination-october-7-us-department-of-education-pro-palestine-groups-israel-gaza-hamas-war">reported NBC 15 News</a>.
“Tragically there’s one kid that has been so intimidated by students in his dorm, for peace of mind he has to move off campus and sleep elsewhere and stop wearing his Yamika,” said lawyer Joel Nied, who accompanied the students during their meeting. 
“Other kids when they walk by these protests, they feel they need to tuck their jewelry, their Jewish stars into their sweaters and shirts so no one sees them.”
“They’re hiding their identity,” he added. 
Nied said classes have also been canceled by professors in support of anti-Israel activism.
In response, the school created a <a href="https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-task-force-will-examine-religious-diversity-and-belonging-grounds">religious diversity task force</a> with two of its 11 members — professors Nichole Flores and Oludamini Ogunnaike — also being signatories on an <a href="https://fjpuva.com/home/openletteroct23/">open faculty letter</a> on October 27, that said they are alarmed by the lack of mention of the “context in which Oct 7 occurred.”
“I don’t know how anybody can try to contextualize what happened on Oct. 7 other than looking at it for what it was,” Nied said. “It was a barbaric horrible attack. There’s no justification.”
UVA is currently under a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for “national origin discrimination involving religion.” A spokesman for UVA told The Daily Wire that it does not take positions on student referenda.
&#8220;VA has a tradition of student self-governance, which means students are responsible for running elections like this,&#8221; Brian Coy said. &#8220;The referendum was an expression of the opinion of the students who voted for it, it is not the University’s position and it is not binding on the University in any way.&#8221;
The referendum also states that the school’s November 6th statement mentioning the “terrible toll the ensuing war has taken on both the Palestinian and Israeli people,” was an issue because it failed to “condemn any of Israel’s human rights violations since October 7th.”
“[A]t a minimum, acknowledging Israel as a victim of violence should not be separated from acknowledging Palestine as a victim of settler colonialism and apartheid,” the referendum states.
It also calls for the school to act on its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by “not further ignoring the pain and existence of Palestinian students and community members.”
According to Hillel, the student organizations backing the referendum violated election rules by submitting it under a “UVA Apartheid Divest” coalition that has “no official standing with the University and is in violation of its rules for student-led organization.”
Hillel also accuses the pro-divesting side of violating rules regarding pushing their campaign in classrooms, on UVA listservs, and with the help of employees. The school administration failed to take meaningful actions, according to the statement.
“We are extremely proud of our students and grateful for their leadership,” the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brodyjewishcenter/posts/pfbid02bXuAFFqeFkRef8Rn3CJSzeUL5Xbyx5Zrws24hJBqDuao7gLXNBhRMFAbVjjWLynyl">statement</a> read. “They ran a passionate, principled, and inspiring campaign encouraging their peers to vote NO on this deeply flawed and biased referendum.”

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Dove is facing backlash, including from X owner Elon Musk, after it was revealed that the company was <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12516377/zyahna-bryant-dove-morgan-bettinger-charlottesville.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partnering</a> in a “fat liberation” campaign with a Black Lives Matter Activist accused of wrecking a white female student’s life with uncorroborated accusations.
Zyahna Bryant, who celebrated on Instagram last week she was a Dove ambassador and spoke of “fat liberation,” accused fellow University of Virginia student Morgan Bettinger — a first-generation college student and the daughter of a police officer who had died six years before — of  saying that George Floyd protesters would make “good speed bumps” at a 2020 Charlottesville rally. Bryant later admitted she might not have heard the remarks at all, according to a report.
Responding to a tweet stating, “Zyahna Bryant ruined a white girl’s life over a non-existent remark. Dove just did a brand partnership with her to support ‘fat liberation,” Musk tweeted bluntly, “Messed up.”
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Other social media users chimed in, as The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12521083/dove-boycott-zyahna-bryant-BLM-morgan-bettinger.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported.</a> Sample comments included these:
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“After hearing that Dove Beauty chose Zyahna Bryant — who ruined Morgan Bettinger&#8217;s life — for their ‘fat acceptance ambassador,’ THIS lifelong large lady &amp; now former Dove customer tossed out the last three bars of Dove product she will EVER buy. I have written to Unilever too.”
“@Dove. Do you want to get  @budlight bud lighted? Because, this is how you get bud lighted.”
“Shame on Dove, never bought the product anyway. There goes their reputation!”
“Guess I&#8217;ve bought my last bar of Dove soap.” 
“I&#8217;ve stopped buying their products. Never again!”
“I&#8217;ll have to toss my Dove products and never buy them again!”
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Bettinger was accused by Bryant and others of making threatening remarks about George Floyd protesters in Charlottesville in 2020.
“The woman in this truck approached protesters in #Charlottesville, and told us that we would make ‘good speedbumps,’” Bryant, then 19, wrote of Bettinger. “She then called the police and started crying saying we were attacking her.” Bryant followed with a series of videos, but they did not show the alleged remarks, as <a href="https://reason.com/2023/04/24/the-most-hated-person-on-campus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reason</a> noted in a detailed article on the incident.
The group that organized the protest, Charlottesville Beyond Policing, followed by writing on <a href="https://medium.com/@defundcvillepolice/defund-cpds-statement-call-to-action-regarding-threats-made-at-friday-s-black-women-matter-rally-2e642062da4d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Medium</a>:
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… this rally and march was disturbed by a UVA student, Morgan Bettinger. Morgan drove around the public works truck blocking the street that demonstrators were convened on, and felt compelled to say, not just once, but twice, that protesters would “make good speed bumps.” The second time she repeated it loudly to a Black protester and added “good f***ing speed bumps.”
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The story was amplified by local media with Bryant starting a campaign demanding Bettinger’s expulsion.
An inquiry by professional investigators at the university’s Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights (EOCR) found that three of Bryant’s four allegations that she said happened before a large crowd could not be corroborated by other witnesses, Reason reported, and the fourth, that Bettinger yelled protesters would make “good speed bumps,” had one witness claiming it happened, but that witness contradicted Bryant and herself when interviewed. Additionally, Bryant later altered her story on that claim, acknowledging she wasn’t certain she heard Bettinger make that statement at all, according to a report from the EOCR.

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Dove is now <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12516377/zyahna-bryant-dove-morgan-bettinger-charlottesville.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partnering</a> in a “fat liberation” campaign with a Black Lives Matter Activist accused of wrecking a white female student’s life by accusing her of making threatening remarks — later admitting she may not have heard the remarks at all, according to a new report.
Zyahna Bryant, who celebrated on Instagram last week she was a Dove ambassador and spoke of “fat liberation,” accused fellow University of Virginia student Morgan Bettinger — a first-generation college student and the daughter of a police officer who had died six years before — of  saying that George Floyd protesters would make “good speed bumps” at a 2020 Charlottesville rally.
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Zyahna Bryant is hired by Dove to promote &#39;FAT liberation&#39; despite ruining white student&#39;s live over &#39;misheard&#39; remark at BLM protest <a href="https://t.co/BvpVLWaiev">https://t.co/BvpVLWaiev</a> <a href="https://t.co/GEb2n9pNbL">pic.twitter.com/GEb2n9pNbL</a>
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“The woman in this truck approached protesters in #Charlottesville, and told us that we would make ‘good speedbumps,’” Bryant, then 19, wrote. “She then called the police and started crying saying we were attacking her.” Bryant followed with a series of videos, but they did not show the alleged remarks, as <a href="https://reason.com/2023/04/24/the-most-hated-person-on-campus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reason</a> noted in a detailed article on the incident.
The group that organized the protest, Charlottesville Beyond Policing, followed by writing on <a href="https://medium.com/@defundcvillepolice/defund-cpds-statement-call-to-action-regarding-threats-made-at-friday-s-black-women-matter-rally-2e642062da4d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Medium</a>:
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&#8230; this rally and march was disturbed by a UVA student, Morgan Bettinger. Morgan drove around the public works truck blocking the street that demonstrators were convened on, and felt compelled to say, not just once, but twice, that protesters would “make good speed bumps.” The second time she repeated it loudly to a Black protester and added “good f***ing speed bumps.”
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The story was amplified by local media; Bryant started a campaign demanding Bettinger&#8217;s expulsion.
Bettinger said she had been driving home from work when she saw a dump truck blocking the road. She added that the truck didn’t appear to be completely blocking the intersection, so she passed it, only later realizing the road was blocked ahead. She added that she exited her car and the truck driver began a conversation with her, during which she stated something like, “It&#8217;s a good thing that you are here, because otherwise these people would have been speed bumps.” She said what she said had intended to thank the truck driver for protecting the protesters, some of whom were sitting in the street.
An inquiry by professional investigators at the university&#8217;s Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights (EOCR) found that three of Bryant&#8217;s four allegations that she said happened before a large crowd could not be corroborated by other witnesses, Reason reported, and the fourth, that Bettinger yelled protesters would make “good speed bumps,” had one witness claiming it happened, but that witness contradicted Bryant and herself when interviewed. Additionally, Bryant later altered her story on that claim, acknowledging she wasn’t certain she heard Bettinger make that statement at all, according to a report from the EOCR.
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“While Bettinger eventually graduated from the university, she did so with a permanent mark on her record and a destroyed reputation,” Reason reported. “But despite two separate investigations, there&#8217;s no evidence beyond Bryant&#8217;s allegations that Bettinger said protestors would make ‘good f***ing speed bumps’ or that she threatened the protesters at all.”
Bryant wrote on Instagram, “#DovePartner Fat liberation is something we should all be talking about! That&#8217;s why I am partnering with Dove, to support the work of @naafaofficial, @flareforjustice in the Campaign for Size Freedom. Tell us what Fat Liberation means to you using the hashtag #sizefreedom and tagging @dove to share your story.”

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Dove Partners With BLM Activist In ‘Fat Liberation’ Campaign. Activist Wrecked White Student With Uncorroborated Accusations.

A judge has reversed a decision from the University of Virginia Health System to fire a woman after she chose not to take the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19-vaccine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID vaccine</a> and applied for a religious exemption. 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia</a> District Judge Claude V. Worrell ruled last week that the UVA Health System had wrongfully terminated Kaycee McCoy, a cytotechnologist there for more than ten years, <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23891516/mccoy-case-ruling.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to court documents. 
“Because UVA acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner, this court reverses their decision to fire Plaintiff for failing to be vaccinated from Covid-19. They are hereby enjoined from preventing her employment on the basis of vaccination as long as she continues to qualify for a religious accommodation properly applied,” the judge ruled, a decision first <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/worker-fired-over-refusal-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-wins-job-back-5433907" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by the Epoch Times. 
Worrell ruled that McCoy should be given back pay with interest from the time she was fired to the time of his decision. 
McCoy, who aided in screening cancer cells and other pathological conditions, was fired in November 2021 after she applied for a religious exception to the COVID vaccine with a letter from her pastor. Her application was denied, and she was given no opportunity to appeal, according to Worrell’s decision. 
Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin <a href="https://www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/gov-youngkin-to-sign-executive-actions-banning-critical-race-theory-ending-school-mask-mandate-and-rescinding-vaccine-mandate-for-state-employees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">removed</a> the vaccine mandate for state employees, but some federal vaccine requirements still applied for entities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding. Worrell noted that these mandates are still subject to religious and medical exemptions. 
While Biden&#8217;s vaccine mandate for workers was overturned by the Supreme Court after a suit from a number of groups, including The Daily Wire, the end of the mandate for healthcare workers was only <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-06-05/pdf/2023-11449.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in June 2023.
While the judge said that religious rights were not absolute, the health system should have allowed a religious exemption in this case because she had shown evidence of her “sincerely held religious beliefs that allowed her to seek an exception.” 
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The judge’s decision was praised by the religious liberty advocacy group First Liberty Counsel. 
“This is an important victory for religious liberty and for those who have not caved into these unlawful shot mandates. Forcing an employee to choose between their sincerely held religious beliefs and their job is highly unconstitutional. Applying for a religious exemption is a legal right and cannot be arbitrarily denied,” Liberty Counsel founder and chairman Mat Staver said.

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Advocates of so-called &#8220;gender affirming care&#8221; for children have sought to lower the minimum age for cross-sex hormone therapy, but waivers at a top Virginia clinic require parents to acknowledge a frightening list of potential permanent side effects.
The waivers from the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center, obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire, list the potentially harmful side effects of testosterone treatment and puberty blocker usage. The UVA Children’s Hospital <a href="https://childrens.uvahealth.com/services/transgender-youth-health">Transgender Youth Health</a> clinic offers “transgender youth health services for ages 11 to 25.”
“Testosterone therapy may cause transient infertility due to loss of ovulation or irreversible infertility due to ovarian tissue damage,” one warning from a document titled “Consent For Testosterone Therapy&#8221; reads. It goes on to suggest “banking eggs.”
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The form also states “I authorize Dr. __________, based upon my child’s treatment goals, to treat me/my child with testosterone for the purpose of gender transition.” 
The list of side effects points out that “this is an ‘off-label’ use of this medication &#8211; it has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.” Other potential side effects include high cholesterol, sleep apnea, and “increased risk of … yeast infections.” 
Another UVA Health consent form lists potential side effects for puberty blockers. “Bone density may be compromised if puberty blockers are used on a long-term basis,” it reads. The form also notes that, like cross-sex hormone therapy, puberty blockers are also used off-label for a non-FDA approved purpose.
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It also addresses fertility concerns, stating, “Although puberty blockers do not appear to have long-term effects on fertility, if someone intends to proceed directly to cross-sex hormones in the future … there may not be an opportunity to explore fertility preservation options.”
But despite the potential for permanent infertility and other side effects, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) announced <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gender-transition-treatment-guidelines-9dbe54f670a3a0f5f2831c2bf14f9bbb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new guidelines</a> last year, which recommend that children as young as 14 should be able to receive cross-sex hormone treatments before <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/09/22/new-standards-of-transgender-health-care-raise-eyebrows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ditching the age limits</a> altogether just hours later in a &#8220;correction.&#8221;
Detransitioner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/detransitioner-chloe-cole-gives-powerful-testimony-against-gender-affirming-care-at-white-house">Chloe Cole,</a> who began medically transitioning in California at just 13 years old, told The Daily Wire that the process to get puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones &#8220;was not very rigorous at all.&#8221;
&#8220;The diagnostic process and treatment were effectively led by me as the patient and I was never told to wait by my psychologists,&#8221; she noted.
&#8220;I began puberty blockers only about half a year after my dysphoria diagnosis. A month or so afterward, I was administered my first testosterone shot,&#8221; Cole, now 18, said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think fertility preservation options like IVF, egg storage etc. were presented to me, ever.&#8221;
&#8220;Many of the side effects listed in my forms were written in vague terms and most of the ones I&#8217;m experiencing today were not disclosed,&#8221; Cole stated.
Cole also explained that, after being told she was too young to be put on hormones by one endocrinologist, she was referred to a different endocrinologist who expressed no such concerns. She still deals with adverse effects of cross-sex hormone therapy, experiencing &#8220;difficulties with my libido, physiological arousal, sensation, and achieving orgasm,&#8221; as well as joint pain and urinary tract issues.
&#8220;It DEEPLY disgusts me that anybody under 18 is being allowed to pursue something so trivial that potentially could and WILL result in these things, and that the age of recommendation for these procedures is only being lowered.&#8221;
Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, the board chair of <a href="https://donoharmmedicine.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Do No Harm</a>, explained that many parents are coerced into signing waivers for so-called &#8220;gender affirming&#8221; medical interventions.
&#8220;Have they been told for example, that their children are at risk of suicide, if they don’t comply with his protocol?&#8221; Goldfarb said in a statement to The Daily Wire. &#8220;This form of coercion often underlies parents ‘willingness to pursue these treatments, even though the literature suggests that suicide is not a risk in these children above and beyond that associated with their underlying psychological disorders of depression, autism, or a history of sexual or other forms of abuse.&#8221;
He also addressed the approval process, noting, &#8220;I have encountered at least one gender clinic in Southern California that reports that they do not even require a letter from a therapist who asserts that the child is able to make a decision about gender transition in the absence of other substantial, psychological disorders.&#8221;
January Littlejohn, a parent advocate at Do No Harm, told The Daily Wire that &#8220;children and adolescents do not have the cognitive maturity to consent to cross sex cross hormones and their longterm consequences, yet all treatments are based on a child’s self-ID as &#8216;transgender.'&#8221;
&#8220;Where else in medicine do we &#8216;follow the child’s lead&#8217; toward irreversible medical treatments?&#8221; she added.
&#8220;Thorough assessments are not often occurring, and adolescents are being fast-tracked to a life-long medical pathway that will ultimately lead to sterilization and destruction of their future sexual functioning,&#8221; Littlejohn warned.
&#8220;Adolescents must be protected from the irreversible harms we are seeing from these dangerous experimental interventions,&#8221; she asserted.
Psychologist Erica Anderson <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gender-transition-treatment-guidelines-9dbe54f670a3a0f5f2831c2bf14f9bbb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> from her role as a board member of WPATH after witnessing “horror stories,” with families telling her “our child had 20 minutes with the doctor” before being offered cross-sex hormone therapy.
Meanwhile, detransitioners like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/detransitioner-chloe-cole-announces-official-lawsuit-against-kaiser-permanente-for-medical-negligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chloe Cole </a>and <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/16/they-were-experimenting-her-teen-detransitioner-sues-doctors-child-gender-transition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kayla Lovdahl</a> are in the process of suing medical institutions that provided them with hormonal and surgical treatments intended to change their genders.
UVA Health did not respond to a request for comment.

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In the summer of 2020, amidst the COVID lockdowns and Black Lives Matter protests, a white student at the University of Virginia was accused of threatening black protesters and was punished.
But the account given by the black protester who accused the student wasn’t backed up by evidence or witnesses, according to <a href="https://reason.com/2023/04/24/the-most-hated-person-on-campus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a report</a> from Reason magazine. In fact, the university’s student judicial system apparently accepted the white girl’s version of events, yet punished her anyway.
It all began on the evening of July 17, 2020. Then-19-year-old Zyahna Bryant, one of the Black Women Matter protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, that evening, claimed on social media that a white woman in a vehicle approached protesters and told them they would make “good speed bumps.”
&#8220;She then called the police and started crying saying we were attacking her,&#8221; Bryant claimed, according to Reason.
To support her claims, Bryant posted several videos showing an SUV reversing down a street as she and other protesters followed it. Bryant can be heard saying “It’s a Karen, it’s a Karen.” The videos don’t show the vehicle’s driver saying anything about speed bumps, Reason reported.
In a Medium post shortly after the incident, the group behind the protest, Charlottesville Beyond Policing, claimed that the woman &#8220;drove around the public works truck blocking the street that demonstrators were convened on, and felt compelled to say, not just once, but twice, that protesters would &#8216;make good speed bumps.'&#8221;
&#8220;The second time she repeated it loudly to a Black protester and added &#8216;good f***ing speed bumps,'&#8221; the group claimed, according to Reason.
One local news outlet appeared to believe the claim, commenting, &#8220;The threat is especially chilling and violent given that Heather Heyer was murdered by a driver just a few blocks from where the protest took place.&#8221;
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A student-run website also said it could “confirm” that the white woman “refused to leave the scene even though protesters were asking her to, and at no point were protesters blocking her car.&#8221;
Because the vehicle’s license plate was featured in Bryant’s videos, people quickly identified the driver as Morgan Bettinger, a senior at UVA.
Bryant started a campaign to get mass complaints sent to UVA administrators in an effort to get Bettinger expelled, according to Reason. Bryant also filed her own complaint with the University Judiciary Committee (UJC), a student-run disciplinary system that took up the case. The university also said it would investigate the matter.
Bettinger’s version of events is much different than Bryant’s. Bettinger told Reason that she was returning home from work when she saw a dump truck partially blocking the road ahead. She kept driving toward it before realizing that the road was completely blocked. She claimed she had no room to turn around, so she parked her car and stepped out to see why the road was blocked.
She said that when she did so, the driver of the dump truck started a conversation with her. It was brief and casual, Bettinger claimed, and at some point, she said she told the driver something like, “It’s a good thing that you are here, because otherwise these people would have been speed bumps,&#8221; Reason reported.
Bettinger told the outlet that, after speaking to the truck driver, she walked around the truck to see the protest, took a photo, and went back to her car. She said some protesters then started recording and following her, so she jumped back in her car and called her mom. She claimed the crowd became aggressive and some started shouting at her, with one pounding on her windows.
&#8220;With the one woman hitting on my car and other people shouting and starting to threaten me, I didn&#8217;t know what was going to happen,&#8221; Bettinger told Reason.
At her trial before the UJC, Bettinger faced Bryant for the first time. After each woman told her story, the UJC found Bettinger guilty, even though it seemed to accept that her version of events was the truth. Reason Magazine reported it could not find any rationale behind the panel’s decision, except for a paragraph that was read to Bettinger after she was found guilty.
&#8220;We the judges of this trial panel find that your actions on July 17th were shameful and put members of the community at risk,&#8221; the jury read, according to Reason. &#8220;You yourself acknowledged saying &#8216;it&#8217;s a good thing you are here because, otherwise, these people would have been speed bumps.&#8217; Given the tragic events of August 12 and the context in which you uttered these words, you disregarded Charlottesville&#8217;s violent history. A history you should have been cognizant of as a UVA student and resident of Charlottesville. During these proceedings you have shown no understanding of the risk this statement posed.&#8221;
The panel referenced the August 12, 2017, Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, which involved white supremacists and the death of a white counter-protester, Heather Heyer.
Bettinger was sentenced on September 28, 2020, to 50 hours of community service at a social justice organization, three meetings with a professor to teach her about “police community relations,” an apology letter to Bryant, and she was expelled in abeyance, meaning she would be expelled if she committed a second offense similar to this one.
Bettinger graduated but had a mark on her record preventing her from moving on with her life, as well as the notoriety that came from the assault on her reputation.
A year later, UVA’s Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights (EOCR) completed its own investigation based on a separate complaint filed by Bryant, which claimed Bettinger harassed her based on her race.
The EOCR investigation, completed in June 2021, found that Bettinger didn’t legally harass Bryant and provided more detail on Bryant&#8217;s original complaint, according to Reason.
Reason obtained a copy of the EOCR report, which it said showed that individuals interviewed by the office claimed Bettinger made the “speed bumps” remark five times, but only one had actual evidence supporting it: The same one Bettinger admitted to making and said wasn&#8217;t a threat.
This was also the only allegation made by other witnesses and not by Bryant.
Three of Bryant’s four allegations weren’t corroborated by other witnesses, even though they occurred in front of a large crowd, according to Reason&#8217;s review of the report. In two of her allegations, Bryant changed her story, Reason reported. The fourth allegation – that Bettinger allegedly made a “speed bump” threat over the top of her car – had a witness to back up Bryant’s claim, but that witness contradicted themselves and Bryant when interviewed. Bryant also later told investigators she wasn’t sure if she heard Bettinger make this particular threat, according to Reason.
Video evidence also supported the idea that Bryant never heard Bettinger say anything about “speed bumps.” Instead, another protester makes the claim while Bryant is filming, to which Bryant responded with surprise, the EOCR report said.
&#8220;Based on Bryant&#8217;s immediate and surprised tone following the second third party&#8217;s reply, EOCR finds it more likely than not that it was at that moment Bryant first learned that [Bettinger] made a statement about protestors making speed bumps,&#8221; the report said according to Reason.
Even though Bettinger&#8217;s outside lawyer argued that the EOCR report exonerated Bettinger, UVA’s president refused to overturn her sanction, saying it had been “properly adjudicated,” Reason reported.
Since the ordeal, Bryant has continued to participate as a social justice activist, while Bettinger reportedly lives in a state of limbo, unable to move forward.
&#8220;This whole situation has had a huge impact on my life,&#8221; Bettinger told Reason. &#8220;The university has never had to answer for what their actions have done.&#8221;

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A Black Woman Accused A White Woman Of Threatening Protesters. That’s Not What Happened, Report Says.

A Black Woman Accused A White Woman Of Threatening Protesters. That's Not What Happened, Report Says.

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Former Congresswoman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/liz-cheney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Liz Cheney</a> has landed on her feet with a new job as a professor of politics at the University of Virginia.
The UVA Center for Politics announced the hire Wednesday. Cheney will become a professor of practice at the school and participate in both seminars and research. Cheney was one of the ten Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in 2021. She was primaried out of her seat in the 2022 midterms.
“Preserving our constitutional republic is the most important work of our time, and our nation’s young people will play a crucial role in this effort,” Cheney said in the university&#8217;s <a href="https://news.virginia.edu/content/liz-cheney-serve-professor-practice-uva-center-politics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>. “I look forward to working with students and colleagues at the center to advance the important work they and others at the University of Virginia are doing to improve the health of democracy here and around the world. I hope my work with the Center for Politics and the broader community at the University of Virginia will contribute to finding lasting solutions that not only preserve, but strengthen our democracy.&#8221;
As a professor, Cheney will give University-wide lectures, and serve as a guest lecturer in seminars with Center for Politics director Larry J. Sabato and other faculty. She will also contribute to the center&#8217;s research, and participate in university and community events. She will retain her position through the end of the fall 2023 semester, with an option to renew.
“With democracy under fire in this country and elsewhere around the world, Liz Cheney serves as a model of political courage and leadership,” Sabato added in the news release. “Liz will send a compelling message to students about integrity. She’s a true profile in courage, and she was willing to pay the price for her principles and democracy itself.”
“Our students will have an incredible opportunity to learn from Liz Cheney, who has fiercely defended democracy as part of a distinguished career,&#8221; University of Virginia President Jim Ryan added. &#8220;I’m delighted that she has chosen the University of Virginia and the Center for Politics as a next step, and I very much look forward to working with her.&#8221;
Cheney was one of the ten Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump. That vote, along with repeated criticisms of her own party, cost Cheney her position as the House Republican Conference Chair. After that, she was nominated to the January 6th Committee. Cheney lost her seat in the 2022 Republican primary to a Trump-backed challenger, natural resources lawyer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-liz-cheney-destroyed-in-wyoming-gop-primary-trump-responds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Hageman</a>, in a 66%-29% blowout. Hageman went on to win the general election.
Cheney has already had some experience as a lecturer. In October, she gave a series of lectures at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWZ8PI7eEYg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Syracuse University</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Cs82o9WOk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvard University</a>, and the <a href="https://constudies.nd.edu/events-news/events/2022/10/14/congresswoman-liz-cheney-saving-democracy-by-revering-the-constitution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Notre Dame</a>.
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Last year, former New York Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/de-blasios-new-gig-former-nyc-mayor-to-teach-public-health-course-at-harvard-this-fall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill de Blasio</a> had a similar stroke of luck after he was term-limited as mayor. The former Big Apple mayor joined the faculty of Harvard in August as a visiting fellow at both the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School, as well as a Senior Leadership Fellow at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, teaching courses in public health leadership.

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Liz Cheney Lands On Her Feet With Gig At University Of Virginia

Former Rep. Liz Cheney Lands Gig At University Of Virginia's Center For Politics

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The University of Virginia has awarded posthumous degrees to three football players killed last month in a shooting on campus.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs Rachel Most made the request on behalf of Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D&#8217;Sean Perry.
The degrees were presented to each player&#8217;s family by Director of Athletics Carla Williams, who delivered them along with President Jim Ryan and other university officials.
“It was a great honor to be a part of presenting these diplomas to the families of Devin, Lavel and D’Sean,&#8221; Williams <a href="https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-approves-posthumous-degrees-davis-jr-chandler-perry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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Davis was a third-year student from Ridgeville, South Carolina, who majored in African American and African studies. His teammate Chandler was a sophomore from Huntersville, North Carolina, pursuing a degree in American studies.
Perry, a six-foot, three-inch, 230-pound linebacker from Miami, Florida, was a double major in studio art and in African American and African studies, according to the university.
The three players were killed during a shooting on November 13 while on board a bus returning from a field trip. One other football player, Mike Hollins, and a student, Marlee Morgan, were wounded during the shooting and hospitalized. Both have since been released.
A former player has been arrested. The Daily Wire is not naming the suspected shooter due to a policy against giving notoriety to mass shooters.
The Cavaliers canceled their game against Coastal Carolina University following the shooting. The school instead held a memorial service attended by thousands of students, staffers, and community members that was broadcast on the ACC Network.
&#8220;To everyone here I say, we will turn today&#8217;s tragedy into tomorrow&#8217;s triumph,&#8221; Cavaliers head coach Tony Elliott <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35062280/virginia-football-players-honored-memorial-service" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during the service. &#8220;We have a mission going forward and that mission requires a tremendous amount of responsibility amidst the pain and suffering there is hope. Weeping is going to last for the night but great joy is coming in the morning. Because of 1, 15, 41, we have the responsibility to rebuild this community and program on the legacy of their stars, and do so in such a way as to bring light unto the world.&#8221;
&#8220;Lavel, Devin, D&#8217;Sean, I&#8217;m so looking forward to the strength, motivation, courage and love that you all will provide as we triumph in the days ahead. My young kings, may you celebrate in paradise, and we will celebrate on this side each and every day with the light of your stars,&#8221; he added.
Some students at the university&#8217;s School of Architecture also sought to pay tribute to the players through physical memorials displayed outside of the ceremony honoring the lives of the three student-athletes.
“We are makers, and we knew we had to make,” <a href="https://www.arch.virginia.edu/news/a-school-remembers-devin-chandler-lavel-davis-jr-dsean-perry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> one of the students involved in the effort. “These memorials gave me something meaningful to do when work, life, and existence seemed meaningless.”
Hollins, one of the hospitalized players who was shot, is graduating in December.

University Of Virginia Awards Posthumous Degrees To Three Murdered Football Players

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Three current members of the University of Virginia’s football team <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-active-shooter-ex-college-football-player-hunted-on-uva-campus-after-3-killed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were killed Sunday night</a> on a bus returning from a field trip, according to authorities, who announced a former player has been arrested in the mass shooting.
The slain players were identified by school President Jim Ryan as Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., both wide receivers, and D&#8217;Sean Perry, a linebacker and defensive end. Two other students were injured. The shooting prompted a lockdown on the school’s Charlottesville campus while police hunted the suspect throughout the night.
&#8220;This is a sad, shocking and tragic day for our UVA community,&#8221; Ryan said.
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Just an absolutely catastrophic situation at Virginia where former UVa. football player Chris Jones has allegedly killed 3 current players: WR Lavel Davis Jr., LB D’Sean Perry and WR Devin Chandler. <a href="https://t.co/5onWjWO2Pg">pic.twitter.com/5onWjWO2Pg</a>
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Now that the suspect is in custody, The Daily Wire is not naming him under a policy to deprive mass shooters of the notoriety they often crave. However, he is a former Cavaliers running back who was a member of the team as a freshman in 2018.
The murdered players all participated in University of Virginia’s 37-7 home loss on Saturday to University of Pittsburgh.
Davis, a junior from Dorchester, South Carolina, had 16 catches for 371 yards and two touchdowns this season.
&#8220;Saddening, saddening news this morning,&#8221; his cousin, Newberry College assistant coach Sean Lampkin, tweeted Monday. &#8220;God took one of his most kind, humble, loving soldiers off of the battlefield last night. Please pray for my family as we are devastated by the passing of my cousin Lavel Davis Jr.&#8221;
Perry, a junior from Miami, had five tackles in three games this season. Chandler, a junior from Huntersville, North Carolina, has not appeared in a game this season after transferring from University of Wisconsin.
Text messages went out to students warning them to shelter in place while the manhunt continued throughout the night. Monday classes were canceled and a state police helicopter flew over the grounds.
“I am on grounds like many of you; I am sheltering in place and in direct touch with University leadership and UPD,” the school’s vice president and chief student affairs officer Robyn Hadley told students in an email. “If you are not inside and safe, immediately seek safety.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-governor-glenn-youngkin-brushes-off-criticism-after-trump-swipe/">Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin</a> issued a statement about the shooting and the subsequent dragnet early Monday.
“This morning, Suzanne and I are praying for the UVA community,” Youngkin wrote. “Virginia State Police is fully coordinating with UVA police department and local authorities. Please shelter in place while the authorities work to locate the suspect.”

3 Shot Dead And Others Wounded At University Of Virginia, Suspect Still At Large

Alleged UVA Gunman Nabbed, Dead Victims ID’d As 3 Members of Football Team

Alleged UVA Gunman Nabbed, Dead Victims ID'd As 3 Members of Football Team

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A former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-virginia-leftists-smear-conservative-student-group-f-you-put-a-lot-of-students-in-danger/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Virginia</a> football player was being hunted and the school’s Charlottesville campus was on lockdown after he allegedly gunned down three people, including a current member of the team, and wounded two more late Sunday, authorities said.
The suspect was identified by police as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. and was seen wearing a burgundy jacket with jeans and red shoes and driving a black 2001 Dodge Durango, according to police.
“Around 10:30 p.m. last night, there was a shooting on Grounds. One of our students, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., is suspected to have committed the shooting,” school President Jim Ryan wrote in an email to students and employees. “The suspect remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.”
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Text messages went out to students warning them to shelter in place while the manhunt continued throughout the night. Monday classes were canceled and a state police helicopter flew over the grounds.
“I am on grounds like many of you; I am sheltering in place and in direct touch with University leadership and UPD,” the school’s vice president and chief student affairs officer Robyn Hadley told students in an email. “If you are not inside and safe, immediately seek safety.”
University officials did not immediately identify the victims or say if they were students, but one of those slain was reportedly D&#8217;Sean Perry, a Cavaliers linebacker who had played in Saturday&#8217;s loss to Pitt. Jones is a 5-foot, 9-inch, 195-pound running back from Petersburg, Va., who was listed as a freshman on the school’s athletic department web site in 2018.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-governor-glenn-youngkin-brushes-off-criticism-after-trump-swipe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin</a> issued a statement about the shooting and the subsequent dragnet early Monday.
“This morning, Suzanne and I are praying for the UVA community,” Youngkin wrote. “Virginia State Police is fully coordinating with UVA police department and local authorities. Please shelter in place while the authorities work to locate the suspect.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> does not name or otherwise identify mass shooters once they are captured or killed in order to deprive them of the notoriety they often crave.

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Ex-College Football Player Hunted On UVA Campus After 3 Killed, Including Team Member

The University of Virginia (UVA) spent $32,500, or about $541 per minute, to host prominent critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi for an hour to discuss “racial equity,” The Daily Wire has learned.
UVA contracted with Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau, according to an agreement obtained by The Daily Wire through the Freedom of Information Act. The virtual event took place on April 21 of last year, and according to the university, 876 people attended. It was a Q&amp;A, free to attend, and open to the public. 
“The University of Virginia welcomes speakers from a broad array of perspectives to our Grounds every academic year and we often do pay speakers fees or other compensation,” UVA spokesperson Brian Coy told The Daily Wire. “Offering our community access to a diverse set of speakers and points of view is an important part of our academic mission.” 
Young America’s Foundation (YAF), a conservative youth group that brings speakers to college campuses through its own funding, told The Daily Wire it is “not familiar” with UVA “bringing conservative speakers” and paying them or promoting the events. The university notably <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/yaf-triumphs-liberal-bias-censorship-uva/">refused</a> to officially recognize YAF’s campus chapter in 2017, before changing course on the heels of a letter from the legal group Alliance Defending Freedom alleging violations of state law and the First Amendment. 
“It&#8217;s shameful that a public university would spend tens of thousands of dollars for such a racist figure to speak to their students,” YAF spokesperson Kara Zupkus said. 
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Kendi, who appeared as <a href="https://dei.virginia.edu/learning-series">part</a> of UVA’s Racial Equity Speaker Series, has written controversial books like “How to Be an Antiracist&#8221; and drawn criticism for promoting the ideas of systemic racism and white privilege. He argues that whites must acknowledge their privilege and implicit bias, as well as America’s systemic racism, to oppose racism. 
Other 2020-2021 series speakers were thinkers who have argued America is systemically racist, including Duke University professor Eduardo Bonilla-Silva — a sociologist who has claimed <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/23292648">that</a> America has normalized &#8220;the standards of white supremacy.&#8221; A separate contract obtained by The Daily Wire shows UVA’s diversity, equity, and inclusion division sponsored Silva&#8217;s November 2020 Zoom event for $10,000. Silva did not return a request for comment.
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Penguin declined to comment, referring The Daily Wire to Kendi, whose media representative also did not respond to multiple emails. Neither the Silva nor Kendi events were recorded, UVA said. But such concealment is nothing new. 
As <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/09/exclusive-ibram-x-kendi-raked-in-45k-from-university-of-wisconsin-made-school-delete-lecture/">reported</a> by The Federalist in December 2021, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee paid $45,000, or about $207 per minute, for Kendi to promote his books and train faculty and students. The three-and-a-half-hour event was hidden through an “audiovisual recording addendum” Penguin had the school sign. Kendi’s remarks were then removed from a private server. 
Similarly, Kendi spoke at the University of Michigan in November 2020, as <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=18308">reported</a> by Campus Reform. The agreement between Penguin and the school said Michigan “shall not make an audio or video recording” and must send a video or audio copy to the agency within 30 days. Penguin had the university delete any recordings after 14 days, “unless otherwise agreed upon by the agency.&#8221;
UVA, meanwhile, has continued to make strides toward implementing racial equity on campus.
In summer 2020, a task force appointed by President Jim Ryan published a <a href="https://racialequity.virginia.edu/sites/g/files/jsddwu356/files/2020-08/RETFFinalSigned.pdf">report</a> calling for &#8220;more anti-racist education,&#8221; while recommending UVA make diversity initiatives &#8220;a central focus of leadership and governance&#8221; that &#8220;should pervade all decision-making.&#8221; The task force&#8217;s recommendations have led to a campus statue <a href="https://news.virginia.edu/content/photos-removal-george-rogers-clark-statue">removal</a> of revolutionary war officer George Rogers Clark — as well as the <a href="https://news.virginia.edu/content/board-votes-5-renaming-landscape-recommendations">renaming</a> of academic buildings.
Dave Gordon, director of the anti-critical race theory (CRT) political action committee Virginia Project, told The Daily Wire no “government institution” should be teaching or promoting any sort of “race-based philosophy.&#8221; 
“The right to equal protection under the law and race-based government are wholly incompatible,” he said. “For any CRT stuff, you automatically have a constitutional question that is front and center. It’s a modern version of a KKK rally. The Democrats have their little terror group on the ground level to attack political opponents and intimidate their ideology into stone.”
A public records <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/analysis-ibram-x-kendi-raked-in-over-300000-in-speaking-fees">analysis</a> by The College Fix in March 2021 showed campuses spent at least $300,000 in past years for Kendi lectures. The author founded and runs Boston University’s Center for Anti-Racist Research, and this upcoming June, he is set to publish a children’s <a href="https://www.ibramxkendi.com/goodnight-racism">book</a> titled “Goodnight Racism.&#8221; It is billed as a “social justice toolkit” for kids.
Other groups, including YAF, expressed that Kendi should not be barred from speaking on campus but that an institution should not be promoting social issues like CRT. The Jefferson Council, a UVA <a href="https://thejeffersoncouncil.com/">alumni</a> nonprofit, told The Daily Wire it is for open dialogue but also equal representation. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s wrong for them to bring speakers that promote only one point of view,&#8221; said President Bert Ellis, chairman and CEO of a venture capital firm based in Atlanta.
UVA’s College Republicans club expressed a similar sentiment. 
“Instead of giving time and money to academically unserious ideologues, the university should use its substantial resources to promote genuine learning,” said Ian Schwartz, a spokesperson and junior studying history and politics. “If the University wants to encourage substantial debate about current policy issues, they ought to also give a platform to prominent conservative figures.&#8221;
&#8220;Unfortunately, I have seen no evidence of their willingness to do this, nor do I expect to at any point in the near future.”
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The University of Virginia (UVA) removed hundreds of students from its enrollment list after they failed to update their status saying they had received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Virginian-Pilot <a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/news/education/vp-nw-disenroll-students-uva-20210819-m63bgxt2ubcgzbgemvet5owlai-story.html">reported</a> that UVA disenrolled 238 students for not complaining with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement, though it does appear the majority of those disenrolled were not currently enrolled in fall courses. The outlet reported that just 49 of the disenrolled students were enrolled in fall courses. UVA spokesman Bryan Coy told the outlet that “a good number” of the students who had been disenrolled “may not have been planning to return to the University this fall at all.”
Coy added that the students were disenrolled after “receiving multiple reminders via email, text, phone calls, calls to parents that they were out of compliance and had until yesterday to update their status.”
More from the Pilot:
<blockquote>Disenrolled students can reenroll if they comply with U.Va.’s vaccine requirement or file an exemption by Aug. 25. They can also return during the spring semester, provided they are vaccinated or exempt by then.
Students had until Wednesday to either show proof of vaccination or file an exemption.
U.Va. granted 335 permanent vaccine waivers for students with religious or medical exemptions. The university also granted 184 temporary vaccine waivers for students who couldn’t get vaccinated due to their summer living situation but intend to get a vaccine once on campus.</blockquote>
Students who are granted exemptions must take a weekly COVID-19 test and wear a mask indoors and outdoors.
As the Pilot reported, other Virginia universities, including William &amp; Mary, Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University, and Christopher Newport University are all requiring students prove they have been vaccinated in order to remain enrolled.
Virginia is not the only state requiring students to obtain the vaccine as a condition of enrollment or participating in university life. Last week, Quinnipiac University announced that unvaccinated students and those who would not provide proof of vaccination would be fined and have their WiFi access restricted, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/quinnipiac-university-announces-wifi-restrictions-for-unvaccinated-students">reported</a>.
Earlier this month, Stanford University announced that it would require students to take weekly COVID-19 tests <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stanford-reverses-policy-will-now-require-weekly-covid-19-testing-regardless-of-vax-status">even if they were fully vaccinated</a>.
The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/Stanford-becomes-one-of-the-first-universities-to-16380702.php">reported</a> at the time that the new testing procedures mark a reversal of the school’s initial policy for vaccinated students.”
“Just three weeks ago, officials posted a message saying ‘students living on campus or coming to campus frequently this summer are no longer…required to participate in COVID-19 testing and health check after providing documentation they are fully vaccinated,’” the outlet added.
In late July, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, California State University, announced that it would “require all faculty, staff, and students accessing facilities at any of its campuses to be immunized against COVID-19 for the fall term,” The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nations-largest-4-year-public-university-system-mandates-covid-19-vaccine-for-students-and-faculty">reported</a>.
The requirements come as the Delta variant causes surges in COVID-19 cases across the country.

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University of Virginia Disenrolls Hundreds Of Students Who Didn’t Comply With COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement

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