Big Questions UVA

The reception for the creative contest went off without a hitch! Food was eaten, beautiful and affecting artistic pieces were displayed, and in the end we had a few prizes to award. First went to Nico Gendron for her poem "Peaches". Second place went to Libra Johnson for her dance set to "Numb". Third place went to Adam Santalla, Anne Donnely, Daniel Prillman and Kyle Hughes for their devised theater piece "Creation of Man". Congratulations to all of the winners!

T-minus 30 minutes until the start of our creative showcase! We have a lot of submissions waiting to receive your vote in the people's choice category, so come on by! We're at Dawson's Row #2, right by the parking lot behind Bryan Hall

Catch us tabling on the Lawn tomorrow, and tell us what you think it means to be human- BY WRITING IT ON A MANNEQUIN. Then join us in the evening to enjoy some food, look at some great art and read some literature from your peers! Check out the Creative Contest event for more info.

Today is the day! Be sure to submit your pieces by tonight! Use the submission form here, and take the chance to win $600 in prizes and exhibit some artwork!: https://docs.google.com/a/virginia.edu/document/d/17jkJIWd6Nc7r_younJdeo5wH8w1JKfXt828wKdodlwc/edit

Ask Big Question Creative Contest Submission Form - Google Drive

Just wanted to make sure everyone heard about our contest and the submission deadline of April 1st- no joke! $600 in prizes are up for grabs...
https://www.facebook.com/events/143674952468863/

Ask Big Question's initiative this semester will be a creative contest! Just submit your respinse to the question "What does it mean to be Human" in an artistic medium- a drawing, a photo, a short film, anything you can imagine! $600 in prizes will be offered to the winners.

Ask Big Questions is gearing up for this semester's big initiative! Stay tuned for more details.

We've had several conversations over the last month on a variety of topics- Where are you at home? How do you set your priorities? Stay tuned for recaps and the announcement of next semester's big project!

"What do you Expect from your Leaders" small group conversations are starting this week. Stay tuned for a recap!

So, what I would like to see in terms of leadership is... a willingness to support novel initiatives even with the knowledge that many if not most such initiatives will fail. All it takes is one or two to succeed and it will all be worthwhile.

-Blaine Norum, Professor, Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics, Faculty Senate

There exist any number of items that could be listed here: honesty, wisdom, courage, empathy, etc. etc. etc.

I think it's more productive, however, to flip the question around and ask what our leaders should expect from us. Our "leaders" are only there because we put them there (I hope, at least) and simply having somebody in charge does not mean that we can/should relax and wait for the honest/courageous/empathetic Leader to "do something."

So, the short answer: I expect him/her to ask things of me and then to listen to me, take my opinion seriously, and factor it into any of the decisions that he/she makes in my name.

- Justin Peck, 5th year PhD candidate American Politics and National Miller Center Fellow

What do you expect from your leaders? Ask your friends! Our campaign is still running strong!