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Life

Come dine with me

Last Tuesday I had dinner at my professor’s house. Earlier in the day I texted my friend who had dined there the night before: “Does he serve wine?” She answered in the negative. Completely sober, I chatted with 11 of my classmates during dinner, dessert and drinks — Sprite and lemonade.


Life

The plague

It only seems appropriate I take this time to discuss the plague. I’m sure you’re familiar with it.


Life

The value of wasted days

In this day and age we value being busy. This is nothing new. We admire the people who barely have time to breathe in between their extracurricular meetings, their 18-credit class schedule, their dedicated workout regimen and their full-to-the-brim social life.


	A student enjoys some frozen yogurt while studying.
Life

Fro-yo frenzy storms the Corner

“Peanut butter is tight! Peanut butter is gooood,” said Rob Archer, owner of Arch’s Frozen Yogurt, lauding his favorite flavor at the newly renovated frozen yogurt shop on the Corner. During the summer, Arch’s made the switch from over-the-counter service to the trendier self-serve setup.


Life

Veggie tales

Until two weeks ago, I had been a vegetarian for about six years. Beyond that, I had never eaten seafood — not even before I became a vegetarian. If you had asked me last year, I would have told you that I didn’t have any plans of quitting vegetarianism, thank you very much.


Life

Flying on the high notes

Anyone can turn on the radio and hear Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” but it’s rare to find an a cappella version with cats’ meows replacing the lyrics.


Life

Good grief

I knew it was going to happen. I spent the summer in New York City hanging out with Commerce School students who were working at banks.


Life

Coming of age

Sorry to about three-fourths of my readership if I am being insensitive, but being 21 really is the best thing ever.


Life

Parlez-vous Francais?

In recent years I’ve solidified my response to the question: “Do you speak French?” I respond: “Sure, I speak conversationally, but I probably couldn’t talk confidently about (insert extremely political or historical fact here),” for example, seventh-century Babylonian advances in astronomy. Although it’s questionable I could even have that particular conversation in English, the point is that my French vocabulary does not exceed that of a fourth-grader.


Life

Ask Edgar

Dear Edgar, I’m a third year in the Commerce School. It’s everything I hoped it would be except for one big problem.


Life

Nothing collapses

I walk into my sister’s room on a Sunday morning. She’s left for work in her Redskins t-shirt and baseball cap, jeans and blue tennis shoes.


Life

Something to wine about

In many ways, a 21st birthday is a rite of passage into a new world. You can get a horizontal license, you can show the bouncer your actual I.D.


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On this episode of On Record, we sit down with Lela Garner, sustainability manager of student outreach and engagement at U.Va. Sustainability. Garner discusses sustainability initiatives on Grounds, the 2030 U.Va. Sustainability Plan and Earth Month celebrations.