The University of Virginia's governing board has drafted a "statement of expectations," a document designed to help the Board of Visitors "function as a cohesive corporate entity" in speech and conduct. The school, one of the finest in the nation, has a rich and historic tradition as a place of open inquiry, robust discussion and public service. It is not, and never has been, a "cohesive corporate entity." Few students, faculty, alumni or Virginians would want that for the university founded by Thomas Jefferson, one of America's greatest champions of ...