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Jamie Shalvey


A look at the Spectrum Theatre’s “Arabian Nights”

Spring theater season is in full force around Grounds, with the casts of the drama department’s “Museum” and Shakespeare on the Lawn’s “Titus Andronicus” having just taken their final bows, and First Year Players’ “Kiss Me Kate” a few weeks away.

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 09:  Bronze medalists the United States figure skating team (L-R) Meryl Davis, Charlie White, Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner, Jeremy Abbott, Jason Brown, Maria Castelli and Simon Shnapir celebrate during the flower ceremony for the Team Figure Skating Overall during day two of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Iceberg Skating Palace onon February 9, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.  (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Team event barely skates by

The Winter Olympics are in full swing, bringing with them intense hockey games, crazy ski jumping and enticing rounds of speed skating. I’d argue the most eye-catching event, though, is figure skating.

94 minutes of "Awkward"

After the promotion for “That Awkward Moment,” starring Zac Efron and up-and-coming stars Michael B. Jordan and Miles Teller, I felt compelled to see what exactly was so awkward about the story of three twenty-somethings living in New York City.

A stunning 'spectrum'

As University students, many of us are familiar with the annual performances of “The Vagina Monologues” and “Voices of the Class.” But Spectrum Theater, the organization that puts on these shows, is less well-known.

McConaughey’s Deep Dallas Performance

Based on the true story of Ron Woodroof’s efforts to distribute medication to treat AIDS in the 1980s, the latest Matthew McConaughey film “Dallas Buyers Club” plays out with the vivacity that the story calls for.

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The pledges of APO planned the construction of hoop greenhouses, trellises, tables, the reconstruction of fence and gates, a renovation of the irrigation system and general gardening efforts for their project.
Members of the coed service fraternity of Alpha Phi Omega at U.Va. organize and take part in meaningful service projects every Saturday morning.

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