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Student Spotlight: Out of This World

By Annie Cohen | August 22, 2013

Though a bittersweet truth, summer has come to an end. While some of us spent our days lazing in the sun at the beach, sprawling across our couches watching TV with the ‘rents and gorging ourselves on home-cooked meals, many students were working out in the mythical “real world.” For the past two summers, second-year Engineering student Grace Wusk has interned at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

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Crozet comes to the Corner

By Tyler Gurney | August 22, 2013

The legendary Crozet Pizza has found a new home at the Buddhist Biker Bar on Elliewood Avenue, taking the place of outdoor restaurant and bar The Backyard.

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Top 10 things to remember from this year

By Annie Mester | April 25, 2013

Snapchat may just be the most revolutionary app of our generation. It’s become an art, really.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Joe Harris melts more hearts

By Alex Stock | April 25, 2013

What happens when you set up Joe Harris and his friend on a double blind date? Hilarity.

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Have your news, and social media too

By Sarah Gowon | April 24, 2013

The world of news may be changing quickly — but that doesn’t mean young people should be left behind in the fray. With this ideal in mind, fourth-year Engineering student Frank Aikhu and fourth-year College student Nenneya Shields co-founded online newspaper “JumbleTalk,” which acts as an opportunity for people ages 17 to 27 to have their voices heard on relevant issues through coverage of news stories from anywhere in the world. These “jumblers,” the term Aikhu and Shields used to describe citizen journalists who contribute articles to the newspaper, are “very conscious about the world [and] have comments that stimulate thought,” said Shields.

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Photographic memory at maximum capacity

By Kate Colver | April 24, 2013

Spring always emanates a bit of nostalgia for me. Be it the time of year for homecomings, or the intimidating season for the donning of boxy caps and gowns and the playing of “Pomp and Circumstance,” the time frame between March and May reinvigorates that nostalgic twinge from within.

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Substance abuse at Foxfield

By Allison Lank | April 23, 2013

In light of the upcoming Foxfield races, the University’s Gordie Center for Substance Abuse is holding a “teaser campaign” this week, involving flyering and painting Beta bridge, in order to raise awareness for the dangers of substance abuse.

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The future of publishing

By Courtney Hartnett | April 23, 2013

During my second year, I discovered the overlap between my two realms of study: writing and medicine.

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Parting Words

By Mary Scott Hardaway | April 23, 2013

Two Saturdays ago, as my roommate and I lay on the roof of my house on Gordon Avenue planning out our afternoon activities, my roommate asked to see my phone.

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Fantasy Foibles

By Emily Churchill | April 23, 2013

I am seriously obsessed with fantasy series. One of my earliest memories is of reading children’s books brimming with unicorns and fairies.

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Fourth-year crushes Charlottesville Marathon

By Love Jonson | April 22, 2013

Fourth-year College student Holly Rich was among thousands of runners during her April 6 marathon debut — though ultimately, she didn’t blend into the crowd.

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A little birdy told me

By Katie Urban | April 22, 2013

I love social media. But I also hate social media — and I don’t think I’m the only one who feels this way.

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A punderful life after all

By EP Stonehill | April 22, 2013

When I started writing this column three years ago, I only had one guiding principle in mind: puns. I wasn’t interested in writing opinion pieces about legitimate issues or advice columns for bewildered first-years.

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A word is worth a thousand pictures

By Valerie Clemens | April 22, 2013

Since writing a column earlier this semester about contradictions in common colloquial phrases, I’ve found an aphorism that irks me — though for different reasons. I’ve been feeling indecisive towards the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words.”

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Sustainable Hope

By Kelly Seegers | April 21, 2013

In light of the recent Boston Marathon bombing, the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, the anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting on top of the recent Sandy Hook shooting still resonating in our minds and hearts, it sometimes feels as if it would be easier to give up and feel as though the world is becoming some sort of dark place. I am not writing to discredit the horrors of these events—while I was lucky enough not to personally know anyone harmed, I was certainly saddened by each of them, and my thoughts and prayers go out to all of those who were affected by these tragedies.

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Bare feet bear fruit

By Marina Girgis | April 18, 2013

If you have seen students walking around Grounds barefoot this past week with an abnormal frequency, you’re not alone.

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Top 10 things I didn't expect from college

By Annie Mester | April 17, 2013

1. How little sleep I could function off of: Sure, I’d heard horror stories of sleeping in libraries and pulling all-nighters every night for a week before finals.

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Virginia Gentlemen shine spotlight on a cappella tradition

By Sarah Gowon | April 17, 2013

The Virginia Gentlemen celebrated their 60th anniversary on Saturday, inviting fans, family and friends to share in a celebratory concert celebrating the groups long history as a part of U.Va.’s a capella scene.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Away from common ground

By Allie Griswold | April 17, 2013

She’s a self described Honey Badger, he shoots all the meat he eats

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How to cry in college

By Connelly Hardaway | April 16, 2013

Last year I went at least six months without crying. For six months I laughed when I was happy and I shouted when I was angry.