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Life

Qualms and questions

The phrase “we, the people” implies a populants of a society are inherently interconnected. Coined by our forefathers, the words link the people of a nation using one commonality: our shared humanity. I find myself keeping these words in mind as I begrudgingly approach the end of my college career.


Life

Critical failure

I am sorry to have to write this article. I want so badly to instead pen my full-throated support for the grassroots movement for equality that is long overdue.


Life

Email identities

As I glance at my phone, I see a the number 18 in a red circle above my Gmail icon. I turn my phone back off and put it in my pocket.


Life

Love letters

On my desk shelf, wedged between an assortment of books I have not touched since syllabus week and a massive salt rock I impulsively bought at the National Aquarium, I keep a glass box crammed full of love letters.


Life

Modern love at U.Va.

“I mean, it’s not like I care,” she said to me as we walked down Rugby Road one Friday night, headed home in the chapped fall air.


Life

The stress problem

Lately my thoughts have brought me back two years in time to my high school health class — or perhaps another class, the details are blurred in my memories — in which we were gathered to watch a TEDx video about stress and how it can negatively affect one’s health.


Life

Breaking the bubble

A while ago, I went on a day-long trip to the Eastern Shore. I woke up early, got in the car, and drove east until I hit the James River, three hours later.


Life

The dated game

My parents met during their first year of college. They weren’t students at the same university — my father went to school in New Hampshire, and my mother attended an all girls’ school a few hours away in Massachusetts.


NathanYear: FourthMajor: Math and EconomicsU.Va. Involvement: Chi Phi Fraternity, club baseballHometown: Fairfax Station, VAIdeal Date Personality: Laid back, funny, will laugh at my shitty jokes.Ideal Date Activity: Drinking in a garden if it’s nice out or dinner if it’s not.Describe a typical weekend: Drink with my buddies, maybe pong at the house, then most likely bars. Repeat.Hobbies: Watching sports, playing video games, drinking while sitting on a couch. What makes you a good catch? I’m way too nice of a guy, most of the time. Cheekbones of a Greek God. What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? My color blindness.  What's your favorite pick-up line? If you were in a good-looking contest, you’d win first prize. Describe yourself in one sentence: I’m a pretty simple guy — if we were compatible, I’d probably rather lie in bed all day and watch movies than do anything else.
Sex & Relationships

Nathan and Emily

Nathan and Emily met on Saturday at 2 p.m. and went to Duck Donuts. Emily: I signed up for Love Connection because my housemates filled out an application for me — I’m not a park ranger.

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