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Vega's column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at v.bharadwaj@cavalierdaily.com. 
Life

How was your spring break?

I don’t feel bad for having spent most of last week curled up with a book in my air-conditioned bedroom, blissfully ignoring the weather’s pleas to venture out into the uncannily summerlike NOVA temperatures.


Life

In need of a get-away

There are nearly 16,000 undergraduates at U.Va. and a large portion go somewhere tropical for spring break — you’re bound to run into a few fellow Wahoos in places like Punta Cana or Cancun.


Life

Religion vs. reality

To me, it was like any other trolley ride back to grounds from downtown. Until the old lady wearing a long floral skirt and a straw sun hat got on with her various grocery bags from the food drive.


Life

Finding "Your People"

In that moment, I felt utterly content with my surroundings. I knew I had found a place where I fit in — a group where people don’t find it crazy to love running, or to eat protein bars like candy. 


Grace's column runs biweekly Fridays. She can be reached at g.muth@cavalierdaily.com.
Life

To my professors

After coming from a series of small private schools, it was jarring to begin my academic experience at U.Va. not face-to-face with a beloved teacher.


Mary's columns run biweekly Thursdays. She can be reached at m.long@cavalierdaily.com.
Life

Give me back my hometown

On a two-day, 1600-mile jaunt up and down the southern east coast this past weekend, I passed the exit on I-95 for a small Georgia island where I always spend holidays visiting family.


Life

Call your mom

I was taken aback when rather than greeting me with a “hello,” my mom's immediate response was “is everything ok?”

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