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Whitewash in U.Va. sororities

By Sofia McKewen Moreno | September 24, 2015

White girls next to world monuments, white girls trying “exotic cuisines,” white girls in matching Lilly Pulitzer dresses drinking matching $10 frozen lemonades, an inexplicable number of white girls on the beach — these are the images that have taken over my social media this past week as sorority recruitment started. Seemingly overnight, my newsfeed was flooded with links to sorority Facebook pages and Tumblrs and clever photo captions with Greek letters mixed in.

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The 16 things we should do this fall

By Peyton Williams | September 22, 2015

Completing the “116 Things To Do Before You Graduate” list is a daunting task. Recently, my friends and I headed to the Lawn to pick up our copies of the infamous fourth-year checklist, feeling like it was a rite of passage.

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Naps in Maps

By Mary Long | September 21, 2015

My roommate hates interventions. I learned this last spring when I took on the role of mother and demanded she get some more sleep, for her own good.

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The power of a phone call

September 21, 2015

The office was silent, save for the sound of clicking keyboards. I felt my coworkers’ presences looming all around me in our tight working space.

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Back to the roots

By Tori Travers | September 17, 2015

About a month and a half ago, I was less-than-cozily nestled in seat 34A on a redeye flight bound for London.

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Growing up

By Abigail Lague | September 15, 2015

When I saw my little brother for the first time this summer, I was struck by how tall he had gotten.

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Crafting an idealized you

By Avery Moyler | September 15, 2015

In this highly interconnected society, with more and more communication moving to the Internet, we are becoming less concerned with how we are perceived in person and more concerned with how we are perceived online.

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Tattoo you

By Kristin Murtha | September 14, 2015

Every morning on my way to class I pass by Acme Tattoo and Piercing on the Corner, and almost every morning, that little voice in the back of my head tells me to go in and get one.

Fourth-year students Clare Driggs and Melissa Picon are participating in Dorm Norms, a new program bringing presentations on sexual assault to first-year dorms.
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Creating new norms in dorms

By Sarah Brotman | September 13, 2015

New University students are constantly reminded of norms — it is not campus, it is Grounds; you are not a freshman, you are a first year and the list goes on.

Name: Rohan Year: SecondSchool: CollegeMajor: Undecided U.Va. Involvement: Beta Theta PiHometown: BlacksburgIdeal Date Personality: Fun-loving, not too shy, outgoing, funny, happy, smart, open, not uptight but put together.Ideal Date Activity: Going out to dinner, watching a movie, cooking dinner and mini golfing.Deal breakers: Quiet or too uptight.Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, going to the gym, watching movies and playing tennis.What makes you a good catch? I’d like to think I’m pretty down to earth. I am funny in a slightly intelligent, cheesy way. I am a great in-the-shower singer. I’d say I’m pretty attractive for an Indian dude. I can get along with most people. I can hold a conversation. I’m in shape, and I can laugh at myself.What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? I don’t have the best self-discipline. I can be lazy, and I am not too punctual.
Sex & Relationships

Rohan and Kiley

By Margaret Mason | September 13, 2015

Rohan and Kiley met at the Rotunda at 6 p.m. and went to the Virginian on the Corner. Kiley: I signed up for Love Connection because it just sounded really interesting — like something fun to do and a way to meet new people.

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