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Tackling slavery with the International Justice Mission

By Jacqueline Justice | March 27, 2014

How are we supposed to react to the realization of an irrefutable injustice, one which is difficult to recognize, comprehend and ultimately change? The University’s International Justice Mission (IJM) chapter doesn’t have all the answers — but they do aim to make the injustice of international slavery well known, and offer feasible methods to address wrongdoing.

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More 'Madness' in March

By Vondrae McCoy | March 27, 2014

March 28 marks the beginning of this year’s annual Arts Madness celebration. There will be several exciting and hands-on arts events for everyone in both the University and greater Charlottesville community to take part in this Friday through Sunday.

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'Diverge'-ing from the book

By Nina Lukow | March 27, 2014

There is a point in the film “Divergent” when Tris (Shailene Woodley) looks up into love interest Four’s eyes (Theo James) and, with a sigh, says, “I don’t want to go too fast.” Quite right — and I wish the film had taken this advice for itself.

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‘So’ Funky and Sweet

By Candace Carter | March 26, 2014

SOJA’s lively mash-up of folk story-telling and Jamaican funk style has stunned audiences around the world since the band’s self-titled EP dropped in 2000.

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'Farewell Old Stringy' lacks nothing but funds

By Will Mullany | March 25, 2014

Last May, third-year College student Alex Rafala started writing a screenplay about suicide. Just a month later, the topic became all too real: one of his co-workers took his own life.

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Virginia Festival of the Book: Interviewing David Baldacci

By Robin Yeh | March 25, 2014

Last week, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities hosted the 20th annual Virginia Festival of the Book, a five-day event bringing together various speakers, writers and readers to promote books and literacy culture.

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Virginia Festival of the Book: Daniel Mendelsohn’s own “Odyssey”

By Jacqueline Justice | March 23, 2014

Daniel Mendelsohn, a University alumnus, author and essayist, visited the Harrison Institute last Thursday to promote his new book, “An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and as Epic,” in conjunction with the Virginia Festival of the Book.

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VA Festival of the Book: 'Revealing' Dante’s 'Inferno'

By Kristen Clevenson | March 23, 2014

On Saturday, the University Bookstore hosted Deborah and Mark Parker, a husband and wife duo who recently published “Inferno Revealed.” Their book explores the epic poem “Inferno” by 14th century author Dante Alighieri. The authors discussed how their book interprets Dante’s original text and explicated the challenges and experience of writing “Inferno Revealed.”

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Heroes get remembered, Hollistercore never dies

By James Cassar | March 20, 2014

Before the advent of Spotify playlists but after the do-it-yourself mixtape, iTunes rolled out the iMix feature.

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Tumblr loves musical underdogs

By Candace Carter | March 20, 2014

These days, Facebook and Twitter get all the glory when it comes to social networking, but let’s be honest: Facebook is for pictures of family reunions and new babies, and Twitter is for celebrity gossip and Internet fights.

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Thinking outside Pandora’s box

By Jacqueline Justice | March 19, 2014

Spotify’s meteoric rise to prominence after its release in 2008 parallels that of Pandora after its launch in 2004. Both marked new and innovative ways to stream music online. Pandora was the pioneer of its kind — a method of listening to specific genres of music without having to pay for the service or for a subscription to a radio show. However, it lacks the ability to listen to an entire album or a particular song — two services in turn offered by Spotify.

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Exes: TV’s only exception

By Julia Skorcz | March 19, 2014

Two weeks ago when the only shadow of productivity I’d managed in an afternoon was planning my Pinterest wedding to Chandler Bing, I knew I had a problem.

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Defending 'The Mindy Project'

By Anne Duessel | March 18, 2014

An underdog can be judged both by the measure of its quality and the level of adversity it faces in the recognition of this quality. With this in mind, no show currently on television is more of an underdog than FOX comedy “The Mindy Project.”

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'The Road to El Dorado' is one not taken

By Nina Lukow | March 17, 2014

There is only one animated film I turn to when I feel the nostalgic desire to revisit my childhood. No, it’s not “The Lion King” or “Aladdin.” In fact, it’s not any Disney film.

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Investigating “True Detective”

By Yuri Chung | March 17, 2014

Any time I catch drift that HBO is releasing a new show, it feels like Christmas morning all over again.

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The Underdog Series: Blown away

By Scarlett Saunders | March 17, 2014

This story is a part of Arts & Entertainment’s “Underdog” series running this week, which highlights commonly underappreciated artists and artistic mediums.

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A wise look at Allison Weiss

By Candace Carter | March 16, 2014

On a sweltering day last July, Warped Tour’s Acoustic Basement Tent burst with the sweet indie-rock sounds of Allison Weiss.

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Where there’s a Will Smith, there’s a way

By Laura Adjei | March 16, 2014

Willard Smith, known to most as “Will” Smith, is the definition of a true Hollywood actor. Born in West Philadelphia, Smith was determined to make it big in the entertainment industry.

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The world of a distinguished music major

By Nina Lukow | March 16, 2014

Earlier this month, a crowd of music lovers and friends gathered to watch Sophie Wohltjen give her Distinguished Major voice recital, in which she excellently performed an hour’s worth of music by Mozart, Hugo Wolf, and Irving Fine, among others.

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'Pain'-ful listening

By Candace Carter | March 6, 2014

New York-based band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart has released relatively boring music in recent years. I can only hope they revert to older, more exciting styles both in their upcoming album, “Days of Abandon” — which drops April 22 — and for their set at The Southern Saturday, March 8.