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One week without processed sugar

Fun fact I learned this week: refined sugar is in just about everything that tastes good. That includes sweets (baked goods, ice cream, candy, fruit juices) but it’s also found in peanut butter, pasta sauce, soups, salad dressings, ketchup, salsa, most processed breads and pastas, and cereals, among countless other food products. After researching for a few days, it became clear like that totally cutting out refined sugars from my diet would be a bigger investment than I had anticipated.


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On prioritizing the learning process

It’s 1:25 a.m. and I am moderately overcome with self-loathing. I’m just starting this article — technically due a few hours ago —because, despite staring at a blank Microsoft document for two hours tonight, I couldn’t come up with a paper topic.


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Lonely and together

A month ago, I felt the now-familiar tightness, the now-routine clenching of my throat. Another wave of hushed conversations, another empty space in a familiar, yellow house.


Life

Another daring adventure

At the Bookstore's poster sale the other day, I bought a poster with a rather intriguing Helen Keller quote overlaying a beautiful image of a wolf's face.


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Major shaming

The other day, my friends and I decided to make fun of different majors and the fools who pursue them.


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Who would you get lunch with?

Who would you get lunch with if you could get lunch with anyone, living or dead? I was recently asked this question, and my mind immediately went to Oprah.


Life

On speaking the truth

From time to time, I come across days laden in abnormal circumstances. Today, for example, I knew from the moment I accidentally poured curdled milk into my fresh cup of coffee that something wasn’t right.


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Cavalier pathologies

Despite the explicit warning my Abnormal Psychology professor gave at the beginning of the year, I found myself sitting in class the other day with the overwhelming feeling his presentation was a personal diagnosis.


Brendan Year: FirstSchool: CollegeU.Va. Involvement: Global Medical Training, working in the dining hallHometown: Dunn Loring, VirginiaIdeal Date: I really would like someone with an eccentric and adventurous personality like myself.Ideal Date Activity: Hiking or skydiving maybe. First date would probably be a nice-ish dinner — I’m a little traditional like that. Describe a typical weekend: Go out and party Thursday and Friday, explore Charlottesville or take a day trip on Saturday, study all day Sunday. What makes you a good catch?  I’ve been told that I am a very sensitive man compared to other straight men. What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? I’m not over six foot.What is your spirit animal? The African leopardWhat's your favorite pick-up line?  Do you have a bandaid? Because I just scraped my knee falling for you.   Describe yourself in one sentence: I am weird, smart and adventurous.
Sex & Relationships

Brendan and Jessica

Brendan and Jessica met at the Rotunda at 7:00 p.m. and went to The Biltmore on the Corner. Jessica: I was walking to O’Hill for dinner when I saw the table for Love Connection... So I signed up.


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Life

Pakistani-Afghan Women in Need holds local arts sale

When fourth-year College student Ammara Ansari discovered her interest in Pakistani women’s health and civic engagement was not present in most organizations on Grounds, she sought to change this by starting her own CIO: Pakistani-Afghan Women in Need (PAWIN). “Personally, starting up the organization was a way to think about what it meant to give to a community [and] culture that I can relate to,” Ansari said.

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