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The Women's Economic and Empowerment team of Enactus, a business CIO, has partnered with local bakery Stevie G's to improve its business model. 
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Promoting women’s economic empowerment

Second-year College students Hartini Lestari, Pooja Ranganathan and Lexi Schubert are promoting the professional and personal growth of women through Enactus — a business CIO working to solve Charlottesville’s social and economic problems.


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The bad days

I know I’m not the only who has momentary breakdowns, and I know my problems aren’t as bad as it gets. Though college is often referred to as the best years of our lives, these years are also trying. Yesterday, I began to view my computer as a sentient being out to ruin my life. 


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Roommate relationships

In recent weeks there has been a quiz circulating my Facebook news feed. While only a handful of “Facebook-but-not-real-life-friends,” as I like to call them, took the quiz, it nonetheless caught my attention. 


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Silver and old

My childhood was full of oft-repeated clichés. This may explain my overly optimistic spirit and tendency to end advice-filled monologues to friends with uplifting aphorisms.


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The morning commute

THE ATHLETE: Clad in all Nike everything, this person woke up at 5 a.m. and has already completed a workout harder than anything you’ve done since high school preseason.


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The language barrier

I am proud to announce since my arrival on Grounds, I’ve become bilingual. And while I would never want to detract from the strength of the language program here at the University, I feel like I should clarify that this development has nothing to do with my enrollment in Accelerated Introductory French this semester.


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Confronting failure

As much as I’ve matured since beginning my journey at the University — especially in recognizing my own worth — I still struggle to forgive myself for the times I’ve hopelessly failed.


Look Hoos Talking, which takes place on Tuesday in Old Cabell Hall, features a variety of TED-inspired talks by University professors. 
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Look Hoos Talking

On Tuesday at 7 p.m., students, faculty and members of the Charlottesville community will gather in Old Cabell for Look Hoos Talking — an event featuring TED-inspired speeches by University professors.


U.Va. is home to an abundance of resources for students struggling with mental health issues. 
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Suicide awareness and prevention

For the past two decades, U.Va. has had a consistent suicide rate of 0.5 per year, or one suicide every two years. This number has drastically increased for the 2014-2015 school year, however, with three likely suicides having occurred during the fall 2014 semester.


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False hopes

Winter must be one of two things — warm or apocalyptically snowy. This one has been neither. 


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Fifty shades uncertain

Selling 100 million copies worldwide and bringing in more than 81 million dollars during its first weekend in theaters, “Fifty Shades of Grey” has certainly enraptured its audiences.


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The to-do list paradox

I skipped four classes last week. Sorry, Mom and Dad. Three of these were planned — I was going out of town for the weekend, and my trip was definitely worth it.


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A changing life course

My fourth-year apartment housed four girls. Two were Commerce students whose summer internships had landed them jobs for the upcoming year. The third, on the pre-med track, was studying for the MCAT while submitting applications to medical schools. Then there was me — no job secured, no grad school in sight. 


UCS employee Everette Fortner leads a seminar for first and second years on translating skills learned with a liberal arts degree to the workplace. 
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The stigma surrounding liberal arts

University Career Services traditionally focuses on career fairs and resume workshops to prepare students for post-graduate life. However, Everette Fortner, Associate Vice President of Career and Professional Development, has a new goal: instill confidence in students pursuing liberal arts degrees.

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The Peer Health Education program is made up of students who work to empower their peers to develop healthier habits. Evie Liu, current Outreach Coordinator of PHE and fourth-year college student, discusses the role of PHE in promoting a “community of care” in the student body and expands on the organization’s various initiatives.