The Vigil

An online publication dedicated to amplifying the voices of students and alumni with marginalized identities at W&L. Now taking submissions!

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If you'd like to make your voice heard on this topic, we're accepting further submissions on our website. Thank you to everyone who signed the petition.

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The Vigil is proud to publish OUTLaw and other student groups' petition against the upcoming Matt Walsh event on campus, as well as the statement of solidarity from several law student organizations. Read more at https://t.co/9ZfQ0P7olt.

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Read the transcribed speeches of some of the students and faculty involved in the protests. https://t.co/8WdR4gm3Xu

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The Vigil stands in solidarity with the organizers and participants of the student protests at Washington and Lee University occurring this past Winter Semester.

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For too long the needs of this university's most marginalized students have gone unmet. We urge that @wlunews concede to the demands of its student activists, beginning with changing the name of this institution. #ChangetheName

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The Vigil is happy to announce our Poetry Issue to end Winter term! https://t.co/8WdR4gm3Xu

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The Latinx Student Organization has started a petition demanding accountability for the ceiling collapse at Nuestro Hogar Latino. See the link below to add your name:
https://t.co/E82WfmuZyv

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BREAKING: Ceiling collapses at @wlunews themed housing Nuestro Hogar Latino

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same story, another perspective.

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Read Professor Toni Locy's Letter of Resignation as an Elected Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees in response to their recent amendments to narrow faculty oversight over student discipline and government

https://t.co/eznFBkxtHo

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Black Poetry Night happening now! Dm for link to join

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Today is the first day of Black History Month! The Office of Inclusion and Engagement (OIE) and various student organizations will be hosting events and programs throughout the month.

This week 👇🏽

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⁦@wlunews⁩ continues to lag behind addressing the needs of minority students, but managed to turn this around in a week. Disappointed. #changethename

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Pub day!
"In Robert E. Lee and Me, @Ty_Seidule deconstructs the truth about the Confederacy and challenges the idea of honoring those who labored to preserve slavery and committed treason in their failed attempt to achieve it." https://t.co/eNk1EJk18O

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Yesterday afternoon, the Student Affairs Committee unanimously voted to approve a revised Greek recruitment plan after announcing on Jan 15 that recruitment would be postponed to Spring Break. It will now occur virtually during the last two weekends of March.

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We will be fundraising in the upcoming weeks! Be on the lookout on social media and email for more information

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We value your voice! We are now taking submissions. DM us for the contact information and also with any questions

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Read our Editor-in-Chief @chase_isbell8 advocate for financial support for students returning to campus for winter term.
https://t.co/oMG8GzMLdd