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Hospitalized Sorority Hopefuls Speak Out After Rush Festivities in Freezing Weather

By Claudia Hunn | February 13, 2024

Four prospective bids for the Flubba Kappa Wubba sorority were sent to the hospital late last month after being subjected to below freezing temperatures during their rush activities. Now that the four victims of the freezing weather festivities have been released from urgent care, we here at The Cavalier Daily spoke to them to get the inside scoop. 

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Are They my Soulmate or did They Just Give me Attention?

By Maggie McHaty | February 8, 2024

Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, it is crucial that we find your soulmate as soon as possible. After all, how are you supposed to show all of your two Instagram followers that you are perfect and amazing if you don't soft launch your relationship with someone unidentifiable on the day of love?

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Fourth years, it is time to plan for the future

By Camila Cohen Suárez | January 31, 2024

Do you feel that concentration of muscle in a tight bundle under your right shoulder? There is a name for it.  No, not graduation, that is the knot under your left shoulder. This one is called adulthood.

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Honor Committee Implements New Sanctions — Guillotine, Stocks Among Additions

By Claudia Hunn | January 25, 2024

The Committee has begun introducing even more new sanctions, this time with an emphasis on how honor plays out in public spaces.

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The Mysterious Deaths of the 2024 New Year’s Resolutions

By Sneha Uppal | January 22, 2024

“It’s dead,” she cried.  A death? I leaned forward. Now this was intriguing. “What’s dead?” I pressed. A grade? A dream? True love?  “My best friend’s New Year's resolution."

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U.Va. announces major changes to study abroad programs

By Kate McCarthy | January 6, 2024

The new system will replace all existing study abroad programs beginning in January 2024. 

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BREAKING — Congress Conducts Background Checks On Virginia Representatives

By Wardah Kamran | December 30, 2023

Background check after background check has revealed each congressional representative's dirty little secrets.

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The Academic Implications of Alderman’s Reopening

By Margo Kaye | December 28, 2023

So on that fateful day when I saw that sign, my knees buckled at the thought of the turmoil this change would cause. 

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Christmas Claymation Characters — Hoo-ified

By Adair Reid | December 26, 2023

With their hosts of weird characters and specific nostalgia that can only be described as “Christmas if it actually snowed in December,” these shows have made their mark on the holiday season — but like all things on Earth, they don’t matter unless they can be applied to U.Va. students. Obviously. 

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Three Ways to Get Your Short Friend Back From The North Pole

By Maggie McHaty | December 23, 2023

If your emotional support short friend has gone missing, here are three ways to get them back. Santa will not miss them.

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Your guide to holiday gift-receiving

By Kate McCarthy | December 20, 2023

After consulting expert gift-receivers, I have compiled a survival guide to receiving gifts this holiday season. From social etiquette rules to thank-you note ideas, this manual contains everything you need to have the perfect reaction to every present you unwrap this winter.

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Top Five Ways to Beg for Your Grade to be Raised

By Sebastian Ghersi | December 18, 2023

Thankfully for you, the gods have spoken to me, and they have shown me, in stone tablet form, the most effective ways to get a grade raised.

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From Media Studies to Engineering — The Best Electives to Fill Up Your Schedule

By Kiera Chambers | December 15, 2023

Similar to your sleep paralysis demon, stress about enrollment comes in the night but plagues you for a lifetime. But fear not young class takers, for I have solutions for you.

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Finding Yourself After a Toxic Relationship… With Your Exams

By Sneha Uppal | December 12, 2023

Below, I have listed three tried and tested tips and tricks to rediscovering yourself after your toxic relationship with your exams.

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Swifties at U.Va. Give Joker, Pennywise and Other Clowns a Run for Their Money

By Sneha Uppal | December 8, 2023

On Friday, the Swifties at U.Va., a relatively new but also exceptionally loud CIO, were spotted in billowing lavender and sky blue polka-dotted pants secured to their waists by green suspenders that had painted snakes running down them

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Forget-Me-Not — How to Combat the Name-Forgetting Crisis

By Kiera Chambers | December 6, 2023

I bet you’ve already forgotten my name while reading this article, and I’m the one who wrote it. The problem really is all around us. 

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Surviving the Final Trenches — A Guide to Finding Laughter Amid the Chaos

By Hewan Kasie | December 6, 2023

While it may seem like a never-ending battle, there are some surprisingly funny things to look forward to while you're deep in the trenches of finals fiasco madness.

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A professional’s totally legit guide to the gym

By Michelle Lin | December 3, 2023

If you are reading this, you are probably pathetically weak. I mean this in a completely kind and respectful manner, but I know what you are like.

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Love Connection Revisited

By Wardah Kamran | December 1, 2023

 I — a seasoned investigator and journalist ever since my attempt at solving the CavMan mystery — have snuck into The Cavalier Daily archives to discover the unpublished stories of the Love Connection page.

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The Crush-o-Meter — navigating the wacky and whimsical world of “like-like” feelings

By Hewan Kasie | November 27, 2023

Chances are you will possibly develop a crush sometime in your life. So, buckle up and hold on to your rose-tinted glasses — we are diving in!