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If I had to state one main regret about my life, it's that


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Late-night shifts

While most students are hanging out in their apartments, studying in Alderman, or out on the Corner into the early hours of the morning, there are a number of students working the late-night shifts of their jobs. Second-year College student Elissa Trieu initially began volunteering as an emergency medical technician for the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad to gain experience, as she hopes to enter the medical field.


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Global Studies

For many international students, excitement about studying abroad offsets a difficult adjustment to U.S.


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Blogging, zen

This is how I was going to begin the blog I never wrote: "And in short, I was afraid." I never really got "The Waste Land," but I've always had a fondness for T.S.


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Meme mania

University students have always known that "one does not simply park in Charlottesville," but they haven't always had a meme to refer to and laugh at with other students. Internet memes have been popular online for years, but this year colleges started jumping on the trend and giving memes their own twist.

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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.