AS IT SHOULD HAVE: UVA Grants Waiver, Allows National Guard Student To Continue Studies. “This is one of those stories — often rare in the legal world — where common sense prevailed. . . . But there really was no reason to have put her through any of this in the first place. As we pointed out yesterday, Columbia faced the exact same issue and celebrated the student rather than create an arbitrary 24-hour review process. Tipsters from UVA Law told us overnight that the students and faculty were more or less in lockstep in supporting Skardon’s plight. This is just one of those unfortunate situations where somewhere along the chain, someone decided to let the text overwhelm common decency.”