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Life

A year of lessons

As I glance around my room, looking at my various pictures and other college memorabilia, I cannot believe my first year is almost over.


Life

One week with leafy greens

Put simply, I am not a fan of vegetables. They have never been the part of the meal that I look forward to most, and it was only until very recently that I started tolerating salads.


Kristin's column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at k.murtha@cavalierdaily.com. 
Life

A not-so-secret society

The desire to be a part of something special and important is something recognizable in most of the students here at the University, myself included.


Vega's column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at v.bharadwaj@cavalierdaily.com. 
Life

On growth

I feel compelled to spill out everything I’ve ever wanted to say in this column, seeing as it’s my very last one.


Life

Different learning goals

I went to three different schools for elementary, middle and high school and each required that I adapt to a slightly different learning system.


Life

What am I doing at U.Va.?

What am I doing here? No really, I mean it. What am I doing here, in this chair, in the McGregor Room, in Alderman Library, at the University of Virginia, on this Tuesday evening in Charlottesville?


Life

Study abroad at home

The Americans won 3-0, and my friends and I had a wonderful — if brief — visit to our nation’s birthplace, complete with Philly cheesesteaks in front of Independence Hall.


Life

The Game of Life

As a kid I loved playing the Game of Life. I could get a cool job, earn a lot of money, live in a nice house, get married and have kids all with the spin of wheel.


Kelly's column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at k.seegers@cavalierdaily.com. 
Life

All the small things

This semester, as a part of a project for one of my classes, I have been reading and transcribing letters my Grandparents wrote to each other during World War II.


Mary's columns run biweekly Thursdays. She can be reached at m.long@cavalierdaily.com.
Life

Half the things I wanted to say

“Say what you mean, and mean what you say,” is the overused and cliché way to explain this. “Be deliberate,” at least in my mind, has a more attractive ring to it.


Life

A danger posed by Fitbit

I’m becoming increasingly convinced I may be one of the few remaining non-Fitbit owners left as I walk around on Grounds and see the recognizable bands on nearly everyone’s wrists.

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