Life

Straight from the farm

By Leslie Keena | August 26, 2009

When Marisa Vrooman first tried a tree-ripened peach, "the taste blew [her] mind." Now acting as a local food advocate to preserve the "flavor, freshness and nutrition content" of what she eats, Vrooman works as the co-founder and director of farm services and development of the Local Food Hub, a non-profit organization with the goal of providing fresh, locally grown food to the Charlottesville community. Local Food Hub co-founder Kate Collier came up with the idea in January 2008, Vrooman said.

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Life

The last supper

By Emily Rowell | August 26, 2009

The soft serve vanilla ice cream at the pool somehow never tasted as good toward the end of the summer.

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Life

Q&A with Tom DeLuca

By Stephanie Waties | August 25, 2009

Q: Have you ever been hypnotized? If so, what does it feel like? A: I have been, not in a performance venue, but I have been hypnotized.

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Life

Summer of

By Nick Eilerson | August 25, 2009

If there's one thing I didn't like about summer, it was Michael Jackson dying. If there's another thing I didn't like about it, it was my psychotic, over-anxious mother, who couldn't seem to deal with the fact that we were living in the same house.

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Life

Something to Talk about

By Lisa Littman | August 22, 2009

Girl Talk can talk the talk. But can University students walk the walk? Trade in their khakis and Polos for leopard leggings and glow sticks to rock out with one of the most recognized disc jockeys of the new millennium, Gregg Gillis? Tonight, they get their chance.

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Life

First-years making first moves

By Abby Coster | August 22, 2009

As I begin my final year at the University, I feel an undeniable nostalgia for Move-In Day from my first year.

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Life

The boys (and girls) are back in town

By Andy Taylor | August 22, 2009

This one's for you, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, swing-music-bumpin', hula-hoop-totin' first-year students.

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Life

microLending a Helping Hand

By Marguerite McNeal | April 24, 2009

What do a 50-year-old woman who sells rice in Togo and a group of University students have in common?

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Life

By Steve Austin | April 24, 2009

First of all, I just want to let you know you all make me sick.

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Life

The final word

By Maggie Jones | April 24, 2009

This is my last chance to influence my fellow students with corny jokes and obscure references.

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Life

From Out That Shadow: Edgar Allan Poe Returns to Grounds

By Katherine Carter | April 23, 2009

After his expulsion from the University for gambling debts 181 years ago, Edgar Allan Poe finally makes his return.One might argue, however, that he never left, for Poe remains a central figure in the University?s academic and cultural life.

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Life

Edgar Allan Poe: dead, but still kicking

By Nick Eilerson | April 23, 2009

One thing I?ve noticed about the University is the great respect it gives to its mentally deranged student demographic, the one driven by severe sleep deprivation, manic depression and a proclivity for being named John Nelson.

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Life

So live your life (A-ay A-ay A-ay)

By Lauren Kimmel | April 23, 2009

Today marks my final column of the year. It will be a whole season and a half before I can once again pen pointless details of my life and brighten the Thursday mornings of my readers.

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Life

Journey to the Far East

By Kat Carter | April 22, 2009

Like most University students, food is a fairly important part of my day.

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Life

The taste of a town

By Sarah Brummett | April 22, 2009

As I write this ? my last column before I graduate and head off into the real world ? it?s easy to reflect on everything that I?m going to miss about Charlottesville.

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Life

In vino veritas

By Jeff Katra | April 22, 2009

Veritas Claret (Virginia), 2007Price: $17.00Grade: A Veritas Vineyards is an inspiring place.

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Life

Bike haven

By Betsy Graves | April 21, 2009

Stepping into the main work room of the Community Bikes Shop for the first time is like discovering a hidden treasure trove.

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Life

Cavalier today, gone tomorrow

By Rebecca Marsh | April 21, 2009

At last, the end of the semester ? the season of Blue Book emergencies and Red Bull-fueled all-nighters ? is upon us.

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Life

Spring into fashion

By Austin Wiles | April 21, 2009

When I thought about what to write for my last normal-running column, I naturally thought of my passion.Clothes.I mean, how great are clothes?

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Life

Love Connection

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 20, 2009

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