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At UVA’s virtual orientation for international students, Academic Director Elizabeth Wittner framed the Honor Code and academic integrity as products of capitalism and questioned America’s foundational equality. But international students Siddharth and Fan cut through the noise with sharp insights. Siddharth emphasized that academic integrity is really about effort...

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Ben Smith1 year ago

You'll be stunned to see what Elizabeth Wittner looks like...

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Wahoodoc1 year ago

she should be fired

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John Rad1 year ago

Capitalism did NOT invent property or accountability and actually it abhors true ownership because it is a system of class subjugation. The "American Revolution" was an elite coup against Britain to preserve slavery and westward genocidal expansion. She need to read Gerald Horne.

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Macon1 year ago

Speaking as an alumnus (GSAS 1977), I can say the University of Virginia is a pathetic shadow of what it once was. My kids went elsewhere.

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George Wilson1 year ago

Did she call ICE on them

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Lectio Veritas1 year ago

Wittner = entitled Karen.

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Jerry Fuhrman1 year ago

This clueless white American who's been placed in a position of responsibility for what was once a great institution of higher learning had to have the word integrity explained to her by foreign students. I am so embarrassed.

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