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Video of Rector Dragas’ Statement, with Helpful (and Hilarious) Translation by Waldo Jaquith

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Unintelligible gobblydegook? PR drivel? Arrogant, condescending crapola? Yep, this speech yesterday by UVA Rector Helen Dragas was pretty much all of those things. Feeling the need for a version in plain, blunt, refreshing English? Well, then, click here for Waldo Jaquith’s helpful translation, in which the speech begins, “Dear proles. I’m just like you. Only I was born rich. So trust me, as your relatable better.”  Yep, that about sums it up.

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