Life Column

Life

Whitewash in U.Va. sororities

By Sofia McKewen Moreno | September 24, 2015

White girls next to world monuments, white girls trying “exotic cuisines,” white girls in matching Lilly Pulitzer dresses drinking matching $10 frozen lemonades, an inexplicable number of white girls on the beach — these are the images that have taken over my social media this past week as sorority recruitment started. Seemingly overnight, my newsfeed was flooded with links to sorority Facebook pages and Tumblrs and clever photo captions with Greek letters mixed in.

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The 16 things we should do this fall

By Peyton Williams | September 22, 2015

Completing the “116 Things To Do Before You Graduate” list is a daunting task. Recently, my friends and I headed to the Lawn to pick up our copies of the infamous fourth-year checklist, feeling like it was a rite of passage.

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Back to the roots

By Tori Travers | September 17, 2015

About a month and a half ago, I was less-than-cozily nestled in seat 34A on a redeye flight bound for London.

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Growing up

By Abigail Lague | September 15, 2015

When I saw my little brother for the first time this summer, I was struck by how tall he had gotten.

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Crafting an idealized you

By Avery Moyler | September 15, 2015

In this highly interconnected society, with more and more communication moving to the Internet, we are becoming less concerned with how we are perceived in person and more concerned with how we are perceived online.

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Life

A letter to first years

By Susannah Scott | September 10, 2015

Dear Incoming First Years, You’ve probably heard a mind-numbing number of maxims and a desensitizing amount of advice about your first year of college.

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Ashley Madison and the new voyeurism of online scandals

By Sofia McKewen Moreno | September 10, 2015

The other day, as I sat mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, I came across an ad that caught my attention immediately: “CLICK HERE to view ALL Ashley Madison users in Northern Virginia!”

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Five best finance apps for college students

By Alyssa Passarelli | September 9, 2015

Let’s face it, we’ve all been there — the aggressive text from your bank saying your account balance has dropped below 20 dollars, the feeling of impending doom as you finally go to check your statement.

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Life

An eye for an eye

By Peyton Williams | September 8, 2015

Three weeks ago, my beloved cat and best friend, Lillie, died.

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Second year problems

By Abigail Lague | September 1, 2015

Each year at the University is unique and comes with its own set of new experiences and, occasionally, problems. 

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We are the champions

By Christian Hecht | September 1, 2015

Last June, Nathan Kirby closed out the College World Series and fundamentally changed what it means to be a University sports fan.

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The perils of coming back to school

By Avery Moyler | September 1, 2015

Three long months have passed and finally school is starting up again. If you are like me — in denial that summer has truly ended — you waited until the last minute to face reality and come back to school. 

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Life

Dread-bowl

By Sofia McKewen Moreno | August 28, 2015

This summer, I sat in a Panera and stared at a Google Doc titled “Life Things! Adulthood! Whee!” while silently crying and avoiding eye contact with the uncomfortable high school couple sharing a mac ‘n cheese bread bowl across from me.

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Beyond “thank you”

By Peyton Williams | August 25, 2015

This summer, I learned I have absolutely no clue how to take a compliment. My mom continually asked me what constructive criticism I was receiving from my internship, and my awkward responses to positive praise definitely topped the list.

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Top 10 quotes for your first week in Charlottesville

By Annie Mester | August 21, 2015

Follow this advice to make it through your first week back in Charlottesville.

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Life

Am I an adult now?

By Alyssa Passarelli | August 16, 2015

I remember being a child, before the days of driving or drinking, and somehow bringing fun to the most random or boring situations.

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Life

Workplace envy

By Abigail Lague | July 31, 2015

Yesterday, while in the middle of a frustrated rant about much I disliked a coworker, I realized I had absolutely no reason to hate her.

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Knowing the distance

By Mary Long | July 31, 2015

Undoubtedly, I was glad to be able to talk to people who knew the situation at hand, but never before had the distance between us been highlighted so prominently.

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Mid-week motivation

By Alyssa Passarelli | July 13, 2015

Every week it comes around again — a time when we’re cranky, half asleep and exhausted from the first half of the week, yet still torturously far from a weekend respite. We call this lull in our weeks “Wednesday,” and it becomes an excuse for bad moods, extra cookies at lunch and earlier-than-usual bed times.

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Life

Organic orientation

By Mary Long | July 11, 2015

I first heard the term “Life Graphs” during a summer-job-related, getting-to-know-you spiel. It sounds cynical — and potentially stonewallish — of me, but my initial thought was “No, hell no.” Hard pass, no way, I won’t, can’t make me.