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Top 10 Halloween costumes you'll see on Grounds

1. The Hawaiian shirt It may not be the most original costume out there, but chances are you either own a short-sleeved pastel button down with an all over palm-tree-and-coconut motif, or have borrowed one at some point from your downstairs neighbor.


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In and around Hoo-ville

I’d never really seen anything quite like it. Imagine hundreds of people, dozens of dogs and babies, tons of deliciously enticing smells and the creeping sense that there isn’t enough money in the world to satisfy all of your cravings.


Sustained Dialogue promotes diversity in recruitment among both the dialogue moderators and participants amid a tumultuous political climate.
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Amid intensifying climate, Sustained Dialogue restructures

Sustained Dialogue, a student-led CIO that facilitates dialogues between students from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, is implementing new structural changes this year to moderate constructive conversations within the current political and social climate both at the University and the United States at large.


In 2015, the University admitted 990 of the 2,597 students who applied to transfer into the University.
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Navigating life as a transfer student

For many students at the University, the first memories made on grounds are not those of hall meetings in the basement of AC-deprived old dorms or searching for hard-to-find buildings with other new Hoos as clueless as they are.


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Who do you know here?

At the end of summer, my twin sister and I woke early for a sunrise paddle on the beach. Though we both enjoy being out there early, it’s generally something I prefer to do with my own friends.


Kristin's column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at k.murtha@cavalierdaily.com. 
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Eat, pray, organize

When my dad travels, he travels logically and efficiently. He makes sure my sister has her charger, I have my headphones and my mother has her glasses.


Mullen is working as an intern for Republican candidate Tom Garrett’s campaign.
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Hoos voting

With fall elections fast approaching, University students have become active participants in local politics, specifically through internships and jobs with Virginia Congressional candidates. Two students, fourth-year College student Marissa Mullen and fourth-year Batten student Bryan Pfirrmann, have both taken active roles in their respective political parties.


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In and around Hoo-ville

For those who didn’t keep up with me last semester, each week I would make a positive adjustment to my diet or routine, track its manageability and make note of the effects it had on my body.


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