Life

Life

The car ride chronicles

By Sumedha Deshmukh | March 24, 2014

In the past two weeks, I spent more than 20 hours in the confines of a car. This was especially unpleasant considering I am one of the people physically incapable of sleeping in moving vehicles. It’s probably because the stagnancy causes all of my already excessive energy to gradually collect in my body, so I’m left to experience every moment of the trip in a state of amplified consciousness.

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Life

Making exercise more than an obligation

By Kelly Seegers | March 23, 2014

Working out can bring about a sense of dread, obligation and exhaustion — but student instructors at the Aquatic and Fitness Center aim to make exercise fun for their peers.

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Life

Iran Day

By Darby Witherspoon | March 23, 2014

Every year, nearly four months after the ball drops in New York City, another New Year celebration occurs. To help to ring in the Iranian New Year, referred to as “Nowruz” in Persian, the University’s Persian Cultural Society holds Iran Day to commemorate the spring equinox holiday — which fell this year on March 20, at 12:57 p.m. The festivities are complete with Iranian dances, poetry and music.

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Life

Top 10 people you meet during March Madness

By Annie Mester | March 23, 2014

1. The know-it-all Did you know 34.5 percent of 14 seeded teams which score more than 4 points in the first 2 minutes and 46 seconds of the second half win 54 percent of their games if they’re wearing the color orange and the third quarter starts no later than 5:12 pm?

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Carly, Jimmy, Claire and Cory

By Allie Griswold | March 23, 2014

A double date done right

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Life

Innovation over practicality

By Lauren Jackson | March 20, 2014

I found out Santa did not exist the first Christmas I can remember; the Easter bunny always freaked me out; I was pissed when I turned 11 and no letter arrived from Hogwarts; and finally, when my first baby molar came out, I didn’t tell my parents — I waited skeptically to see what the cold side of my pillow would surprise me with in the morning.

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Life

Tabled

By Christian Hecht | March 20, 2014

Any student who attends class knows the corner between the Amphitheater and the Lawn is a favorite spot for students aggressively promoting various clubs and events to camp.

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Life

S*** Wahoos say (and what we really mean)

By Laura Holshouser | March 20, 2014

I love you, Wahoos — and every single falsity below makes me love you all the more.

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Life

My trip to New Orleans, or 'that time I sat on a dead body'

By Julia Horowitz | March 19, 2014

Sitting by a table at an indoor courtyard in New Orleans, an older woman with wispy gray hair and a slight hunch approached me. “There’s a dead body under that tree, you know,” she said, gesturing to the pot next to me. I did not know.

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Life

The thank you circle

By Caroline Trezza | March 19, 2014

Sometimes we say meaningless things. Take, for example, the “sorry circle.” Someone accidentally gets in your way and says, “Sorry!” to make up for it — but it really wasn’t a big deal to begin with.

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Life

Happiness in simplicity

By Peyton Williams | March 18, 2014

This past week, I was given a truly extraordinary gift. With the help of 54 friends, a humble leader and some of the most joyful children I have ever had the pleasure of meeting, I rediscovered simplicity.

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Life

The sex appeal of a cappella

By Kristen Gunn | March 18, 2014

I have a slightly embarrassing confession to make. A couple of weeks ago, I went to my first real, full-length a cappella concert.

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Life

Judgment day

By Victoria Moran | March 17, 2014

In a moment in between midterm-induced nail biting and Clemson-dwelling, my friends and I retreated to Newcomb for a quick lunch.

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Life

An awkward exposé

By Kelly Seegers | March 17, 2014

The other day, one of my friends claimed there was no such thing as an awkward situation. She argued it is a socially constructed idea, existing only inside people’s minds. Perhaps that is true — but then, is this not enough to make awkwardness a reality?

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Life

Adversity unlocks hidden talent

By Jessica Crystal | March 16, 2014

First-year College student Schuyler Ebersol did not have a normal high school experience. For three years he was extremely sick, rendering him unable to walk or attend school. To fill his time, he began writing.

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Life

NETwork Against Malaria battles disease

By Joslyn Chesson | March 16, 2014

Newly-founded student organization NETwork Against Malaria has been hard at work this semester fundraising for life-saving bed nets for children and pregnant women of rural Uganda.

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Sex & Relationships

What about love?

By Alex Stock and Allie Griswold | March 16, 2014

Friendship is easy, lust is even easier, but love is really hard to find

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Life

Ethiopian Student Union brings aid to Africa

By Danaite Soquar | March 16, 2014

After most students set off for Spring Break March 7, members of the Ethiopian Student Union stayed behind in Charlottesville to raise money for the Ethiopian Rural Hospital Initiative.

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Life

I'm never leaving

By Valerie Clemens | March 6, 2014

In high school, I don’t think it would have ever occurred to me to feel grateful for my spot in a classroom.

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Life

Why I deleted YikYak

By Grace Muth | March 6, 2014

I pull down the top of my screen and a cartoon yak turns around on itself. I look around Alderman Maps to make sure no one sees, and the lowered eyes spur my investigation.