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Life

Challah for Hunger satisfies cravings, helps worthy causes

By Love Jonson | November 20, 2012

Looking for a way to satisfy your carb cravings and help a worthy cause at the same time? Challah for Hunger has a table on the Lawn you may actually want to visit. The University’s Challah for Hunger branch is part of an international nonprofit organization that raises money for charity by baking traditional Jewish bread from scratch using ingredients donated from Albemarle Baking Company.

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Life

The Victor Hugo workout

By Valerie Clemens | November 20, 2012

I’ve resisted the nagging urge to write a column about this particular topic because of a previously perceived lack of substance, but sometimes my internal filter through which I pass all ideas gets polluted by particular aggravating experiences. We all know about famous French cuisine, and believe me when I say it meets expectations.

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Life

Finders keepers

By Elizabeth Stonehill | November 20, 2012

We are at that point in our young adult lives where self-expression begins to matter. The research papers we write, the special items of clothing that comprise our signature outfits, the concert tickets on which we splurge and the stubs we tuck away for safe memory-keeping.

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Life

Christmas’ twelve gifts to college students

By Katie Urban | November 19, 2012

Now that Starbucks is using its holiday cups, Barracks Road Shopping Center has hung its wreaths, and the back of Target looks like a Christmas tree forest, I think it is appropriate for me to write a column about why the holidays rock when you’re in college — a whole 35 days before Christmas. Around the holidays, it is hard to not be a little sad.

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Life

Top 10 things to be thankful for

By Annie Mester | November 14, 2012

1) Family I would be nowhere without my family. There’s my mom, who forwards me about 12 emails a day about the happenings of Brad Pitt.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Spicy food, blind date pair sizzle

By Allie Griswold | November 14, 2012

Melissa University involvement: Chi Alpha, club cross-country Ideal date (person): Tall, athletic, good-looking Ideal date (activity): My ideal date would consist of dinner and some fro-yo afterwards. If you could date any celebrity it would be: Ryan Gosling — he’s tall, hot, has a six-pack and was amazing in “The Notebook.” He’s every girl’s dream guy.

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Life

A letter to sanitation violators

By Abbi Sigler | November 14, 2012

Dear unknown girl who refuses to wash her hands, You confuse me, you intrigue me and you disgust me.

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Life

A stronger heart

By Connelly Hardaway | November 14, 2012

Today my father is getting a pacemaker. At 21 I never thought I would say those words about my 61-year-old father.

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Life

Take a stand

By Al-Hassan Koroma | November 14, 2012

Last week, our nation reelected Barack Obama to be the 44th president of the United States of America.

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Life

Building up Grounds: Construction, renovation projects abound

By Anne-Marie Albracht | November 14, 2012

One of the biggest construction projects on Grounds currently is replacing the outdated residence halls in the Alderman Road area.

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Life

Greeks give back to Campus Kitchen

By Rebecca Kim | November 13, 2012

“The only thing Greeks like to do more than eat is to feed others,” said Graduate Education student Anna Karnaze, a member of the U.Va.

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Life

A fratting mess

By Julia Horowitz | November 13, 2012

Has anyone in the history of the world ever attended a fraternity house while sober? Am I the only member of this sad minority?

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Life

How to avoid a harmful Thanksgiving

By Anne-Marie Albracht | November 13, 2012

Thanksgiving is so close I can almost smell my mom’s garlic mashed potatoes and gravy steaming on the stove.

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Life

The rear view

By Simone Egwu | November 13, 2012

Perfect students. We all know them — I mean, it’s U.Va. There’s the student with a 3.7 GPA who is active in six different clubs and president of two of them and still manages to work out two hours a day and eat healthy.

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Life

Spreading the love one sandwich at a time

By Kristen Hardy | November 9, 2012

On any given night it is estimated that roughly 672,000 Americans experience homelessness and hunger, and one of every eight children under the age of 12 will go to sleep hungry.

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Life

Top 10 ways to keep warm this winter

By Annie Mester | November 9, 2012

1) Hang out in Cabell Hall: Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like University buildings go a little overboard with their heat usage.

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Life

Charlottesville's cultural, commercial core

By Meredith Wadsworth | November 7, 2012

The Downtown Mall is one of Charlottesville’s great attractions. The brick-paved outdoor strip is adorned with stores and restaurants, such as the chic boutique Bittersweet, the high-end sushi spot Ten and the beloved ice cream shop Chaps.

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Life

Birthday bombardment

By Emily Churchill | November 7, 2012

I’ve never really been a birthday person. In the past, the event has been riddled with enough anxiety to make it generally unpleasant.

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Life

Dogmatically undecided

By Mary Scott Hardaway | November 7, 2012

I’m apt to loathe politics. It all seems to be happening so far away — in some other time, on some other planet.

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Life

Model students: Ashley Brown

By Kristin Ulmer | November 7, 2012

What’s your favorite item in the closet? I have this amazing grey sweater that’s chunky with braided material on the arms from some thrift store in Staunton.