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Yonnie3

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5. UVA Student Responds to Letter from UVA President Sullivan
Sun Aug 20, 2017, 03:45 PM
Aug 2017

I missed this one. I think Ms. Chambers is a bit "insensitive"

One UVA student said that email rubbed her the wrong way: "I think crass is a good word. I think insensitive is another one,” said Virginia Chambers.

In the email, Sullivan asked students to consider the "immeasurable stress and emotion" first responders faced after the Unite the Right rally and the three people that died as a result.

“We're definitely tired. We've been up-staffing for a lot of these different events,” said Harrison Brookeman, a volunteer with the Charlottesville Albemarle Rescue Squad.

But, Chambers said the president’s approach was off: “It seemed a little gauche to go from Heather has died to also you should kill block party,” she said.


http://www.nbc29.com/story/36166508/uva-student-responds-to-letter-from-uva-president-sullivan

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