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Flight 666 is ready to board

Dante, in his bestselling "Inferno" (No. 1 for 700 years), speaks of the seven levels of Hell, with level one being pre-school, levels two through six being DMV lines of different lengths and level seven being airports.


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The old tying-the-knot trick

As I've been meandering back and forth to class lately, I've been thinking a lot about what all this high-brow learning stuff is gearing me up for, and I'm sure that this applies to just about everyone.


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A bonzer idea

This month's fashion magazines have been flaunting the latest runway looks fresh from New York City's Fashion Week, but Fair Dinkum Fashion provides a fresh look on the latest T-shirt designs without straying too far from the Rotunda.


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Traveling personalities

It is a truth universally acknowledged that friends are not always the best roommates, and as I am sure many of you discovered last week on Spring Break, sometimes friends are not the most hospitable traveling companions.


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Give me some peanuts and crackerjacks

Spring Break has come and gone, we've grudgingly turned the clocks back to lose an hour of sleep, the season's last home basketball game is over and hopes of a winter wonderland are quickly dwindling.


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Just call me Neil Armstrong

One of the things that made me fall in love with U.Va. was, quite simply, its size. The big-but-not-too-big feel of the school made my decision to come here much easier.


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Correction

A Thursday, Feb. 28 photo caption accompanying the Life article "E-Week" misidentified a photo of two high school students as a photo of two Engineering students.


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On my most recent Spring Break, aboard a Carnival Cruise liner comprised of maybe 65 percent old people and 35 percent thirsty college students (fascinating social dynamic, I'll tell you about it later), I engaged in a lively debate with a young lady from North Carolina.


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The case for credit cards

For college students, especially Wahoos, credit cards are a smart choice. It’s easy to get caught up in the notion that credit cards are to be avoided because of 19 percent interest rates and the millions of Americans who have overdosed on debt; however, as with many financial products, there are effective and ineffective ways to use them.


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A True Immersion: My Elderly Experience

Since arriving in London, I have wondered where all the real Brits are hiding. Studying at an American program, living with Americans and embarking on touristy activities have left me with the sense that I am missing out on the real British culture. Britain has a remarkable program, however, called HOST UK, in which average citizens from around the country volunteer to have foreign students come and visit for the weekend.


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Culture Clashes in the D. R.

Blasted by a gust of humidity and blinding sunlight, my eyes quickly adjusted to the atmosphere in which I found myself suddenly immersed: the Dominican Republic.


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Leave the Uggs on Grounds

Consider this: You arrive at the job interview of your dreams only to be greeted with the words, "Don't call us, we'll call you." Your skin-tight button-up shirt, dust-covered dress shoes and borrowed pair of khaki pants had landed the position for someone else before you could even open your mouth. If only you had attended Project Real World -- Tim Gunn's Guide to Transitioning Your Closet -- the evening of Feb.


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Arguing for dummies

College is a place where young people with many different backgrounds, beliefs and opinions can study and live amongst each other.


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A little less than perfect

Quilters, I'm told, always put a mistake in the final product. They'll have rows and rows of geometric precision, and in the midst they'll crowd some stitches, mismatch a seam or insert a slightly wrong color


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Nude beaches and jellyfish safety

In light of the impending arrival of Spring Break, I think there are more than a few pertinent topics to cover before you jet off to some tropical island and get in scuffles with the natives while wearing a lei and holding a drink sporting a mini umbrella. The first important item you should bring on your Spring Break trip is your liver -- don't leave home without it.

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Editor's Note: This episode was recorded on Feb. 17, so some celebratory events mentioned in the podcast have already passed.

Hashim O. Davis, the assistant dean of the OAAA and director of the Luther Porter Jackson Black Cultural Center, discusses the relevance and importance of  “Celebrating Resilience,” OAAA’s theme for this year’s Black History Month celebration.