I’ve recently been looking into some addiction therapy programs, and I’ve read some literature on their 12-step recovery processes.
In the 19th year of my life, I did two things that were profoundly stupid. For two entire days, I made Facebook my homepage – a decision which single-handedly compromised my already dwindling ability to simultaneously do homework, check Twitter and keep up with the Kardashians.
Girl runs. Girl falls in mud. Boy witnesses fall. Boy helps girl. Boy offers Band-Aid. Girl blushes.
The Committee to Pave the Lawn — gasp as you will — is a real thing. Fortunately, there is no need to worry — the committee does not have real intentions of paving over Thomas Jefferson’s Lawn.
From the moment we are pushed out of our mother’s vagina, ugly and crying, we are taught the value of the birthday.
I am the product of a technology boom. It defines my generation and by association, I am now scared it defines me.
People often complain about the overuse of the word “love” and how this leads to the loss of the weight it’s supposed to carry – and this is probably true.
On a Tuesday night in September, I found myself curled into a heap, resting atop a pile of pillows and blankets on the floor of one of my hallmates’ room.
1. Eat… a lot: Winter is cold. There’s only so much three sweatshirts, six pairs of socks and your fleece-lined leggings under your jeans can do to prepare you for the biting Charlottesville cold.
The U.Va.-Guatemala Initiative, a Center for Global Health program that brings students and faculty together to benefit Guatemalan people and communities, collaborated with the Department of Emergency Medicine to bring the University “Guatemala Week” this last week, welcoming several Guatemalan guests to Grounds and hosting a variety of events.
Beyond Fey, some of the University’s biggest on-screen alums include Sarah Drew and Jason George from “Grey’s Anatomy,” Sean Patrick Thomas from “Save the Last Dance,” Ben McKenzie from “The O.C.” and Emily Swallow from “The Mentalist.” From the beginning, drama professors noticed exceptional skills in these performers.
Nothing for the boyfriend to be jealous of.
Ah yes, U.Va. — where we have our cake and eat it too. We work hard AND we play hard. Sleep is for the weary, which we are not.
You’ve seen it: a bus almost running over a hypnotized girl blindly walking across McCormick Road, her eyes glued down to her phone’s LCD screen, fingers swiftly tapping away.
Kendrick Lamar blasted over a buzzing Prius full of five second-years, crammed in a backseat next to Pop-Tarts and Chex Mix and Pringles and crumpled candy wrappers as they wound through Pennsylvania.
It’s not secret Bodo’s Bagels, a long-time Charlottesville staple, boasts an amazing, affordable menu, including everything from breakfast and lunch bagel sandwiches to omelets.
I’m the kind of person that needs to consult at least fifty other people before making a decision about anything.
Everyone always says you find yourself in college. That it’s these next few years that shape who you will be to a greater degree than any other experiences you’ve ever had.
The One Love Foundation, which was created to honor the memory of the late University student Yeardley Love, recently updated their mobile app to include a quiz which users can take to help them determine the level of danger, if any, in their own relationships. The Foundation was established in 2010 after Love, a fourth-year College student, was killed in a domestic violence dispute involving alcohol by her former boyfriend George Huguely.
Last week, I received a phone call of the utmost importance. “She’s my girlfriend! She’s my girlfriend!” my seven-year-old cousin exclaimed.
