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Balancing the court and the classroom

WATCHING our basketball team fall to the University of Tennessee Sunday, one of my friends commented that it sounded like the Tennessee contingent vastly outnumbered the Virginia fans in attendance.


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The case for Alternative Spring Break

THIS MARCH, almost 500 individuals participated in Alternative Spring Break with a goal of entrenching their community service mindset, broadening their outlooks and encouraging themselves to take their experiences further into their lives beyond college.


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Cleaning up the Corner

BEFORE JABERWOKE was Jaberwoke, it was The Greenskeeper, a nondescript bar and restaurant frequented by underage students and, in the fall, by visiting football fans.


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Taking freedom seriously

TAKE ANY early American politics or history class and you will easily learn that freedom was once widely considered a gift from the Creator, something to be tended and respected with limits and boundaries.


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Repaying student loyalty

THIS YEAR has been an exciting journey for the University's men's basketball team. The team and its fans were first pampered by the unveiling of the cutting-edge John Paul Jones Arena.


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Running away from progress

WHEN I WAS a child, I often wondered what it would be like to have a time machine that could take me back to past centuries, to see what life was like back then.


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Hungry like the wahoo

ONE OF the most important aspects of any University is the quality of the dining services. After all, eating is one of the most basic needs for human beings.


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The painful consequences of silence

LAST YEAR, we heard the story of Liz Seccuro, a former student of the University who received a haunting letter from fellow student William Beebe, apologizing for a crime that occurred more than twenty years ago.


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The rise and fall of the suite life

FIRST-YEAR housing will see big changes over the next decade. Construction should start within a few weeks on Observatory Hill Residence Hall, the newest addition to the Alderman Road residences.

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Loaves and Fishes has grown to be the City’s second largest distribution partner of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, supported by more than 100 volunteers. Executive Director Jane Colony Mills discusses the behind-the-scenes operations — from sourcing food to the work of their dietitian and volunteers — and reflects on why it’s important for students to learn about the city they live in.