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BERGER: Better than average

Grades are only one indicator of success. Students should know that while grades have their place, so do many other important features of University life. As much as it seems our GPA is our identity, it is not.


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FOGEL: Entering another dimension

How close are we to a society where there is a 3D printer in almost every household? Now with the click of a button, you can create any object you desire: clothes, books, glasses, jewelry or food. Unfortunately, it is not as close to an affordable level as we may hope, but the 3D printing movement is growing by the day.


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Visiting the visitors

The Board of Visitors gathers Friday in the Rotunda for another round of meetings. Of the items on the Board’s docket, two stand out: a meeting of the special committee on diversity, and a full Board meeting on the University’s strategic plan.


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Accumulating interest

This tension — between, on the one hand, the presence of wealth, and, on the other hand, the desire to serve as a school for the public, a stepping-stone for the talented and disadvantaged — will play out at the University for the foreseeable future. For this reason, interest in AccessUVa — much like the interest on the loans low-income students will now be obliged to take out — will continue to accrue.


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CONNOLLY: Tea partied out

Now that the dust has cleared from the Nov. 5 elections in Virginia, New Jersey, Alabama and New York, Republicans must consider the various successes of their candidates.


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BROWN: Against exceptionalism

This belief — not just that we need to take care of ourselves, but that the U.S. is somehow better or more important than the rest of the world — harms the world at large, and it harms ourselves.


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Talking in tongues

The University of Virginia recently introduced the Institute of World Languages as the first of many initiatives in its latest series of interdisciplinary programs.


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WHISNANT: The race to no finish

In 2013, race is inescapable in pop culture. Perhaps the Trayvon Martin killing, the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington or the racially tinged debates of Barack Obama’s presidency have spurred this trend, but whatever the causes, the theme has been everywhere.


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YAHANDA: A needed trans-ition

Today’s political rhetoric often involves the perceived dangers or benefits posed by big government, and various government interventions into people’s private lives are often met with much hostility.


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BERNSTEIN: Primary colors

Since New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s sweeping victory last week — and before it — many pundits consider Christie the likely GOP nominee for president in 2016.


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SPINKS: Not so pretty in pink

October, with its endless midterms, interminable stress and great parties, has finally ended. With it came the end of another source of angst: Breast Cancer Awareness Month.


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140-character admissions essay

A recent New York Times article recounts the story of a college applicant whose explicit and offensive tweets were noticed by the college admissions officers at the school to which she was applying.


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KNAYSI: Home on the range

About 99 percent of U.S. meat comes from industrial farms. I am by no means a vegetarian, but I propose there are significant moral, environmental and health costs associated with these contemporary methods.

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The University’s Orientation and Transition programs are vital to supporting first year and transfer students throughout their entire transition to college. But much of their work goes into planning summer orientation sessions. Funlola Fagbohun, associate director of the first year experience, describes her experience working with OTP and how she strives to create a welcoming environment for first-years during orientation and beyond. Along with her role as associate director, summer Orientation leaders and OTP staff work continually to provide a safe and memorable experience for incoming students.