After being sexually assaulted in October of 2011, Forrest faced the real life implications and personal effects of collegiate rape culture in silence. Over a year later, Forrest decided to speak up and share her story.
The “bystander effect” refers to the human tendency to assume someone else is going to intervene in a situation when there is a large group around.
For my high school newspaper, I once wrote a column about how soccer moms with stickers like “my dog is smarter than your honor student” are ruining America.
On Thursday morning, I scalded my entire right hand in the middle of Clark Hall by trying to pick up a Greenberrys cup with a loose lid.
As an out-of-state student with no previous ties to the University, these past few months have left me feeling, at times, like I am looking in from the outside. In the wake of this most recent tragedy, I am completely unsure how to respond.
Nicki and Katelyn meet up for coffee on a chilly Thursday evening.
Throughout first semester, first-year Engineering student Erin Murphy has balanced adjusting to a new social environment and the challenges of higher level classes with daily practices for regional, national and global Irish dancing competitions. Murphy, who was influenced by her dad’s side of the family, began Irish dancing at the age of five and has continued for 13 years. “My dad’s side of the family is really Irish, so when my dad was a kid, all my aunts Irish danced,” Murphy said.
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The U.Va. chapter of Campus Kitchen held Turkeypalooza - an annual event that provides Thanksgiving meals to low-income families in the Charlottesville community - this past weekend. Campus Kitchen collaborated with community partners including Hope House, Emergency Food Bank and Love Link, who picked up the food prepared by the CIO on Friday at the St.
Through a program called the Thanksgiving Meal Match, The Lorna Sundberg International Center offers international students who can’t make the trip home for the holiday the opportunity to experience Thanksgiving with a Charlottesville family. The Thanksgiving Meal Match has been a University tradition since 1983.
Several weeks ago, I wrote a column musing about how to shop for men after a botched attempt to please my housemate with a bacon bowl.
At dinner with friends the other night, I posed the question, "If you could only pick one issue to address for the rest of your life, what would it be?" The responses ranged across continents and species.
The first fraternity I ever went to at U.Va. was Phi Kappa Psi. Two guys from my high school were newly initiated brothers, and a phone call placed by a friend earlier that evening allowed us to circumvent the crowd swarming the doorway.
My grandmother is one of the most beautiful women I know. She spends her days pouring herself into her community with so much energy and joy, preparing meals for people who are sick, coordinating holiday toy and clothing drives and heading a monthly senior luncheon at her church.
I’ve always wondered what reaction I’d be met with if I offered to pay for a guy’s drink at a bar. It’s become a well developed and heavily romanticized image in my head.
A wise upperclassman once told me not to worry about taking the intro level classes because the higher levels are much more interesting and engaging.
Saturday marked the beginning of International Education Week, a nationwide initiative begun by the US Department of State and the US Department of Education in 2000.
The University chapter of Oxfam America hosted its first annual hunger banquet Wednesday to increase awareness of global hunger and poverty.
Fourth-year Matt and second-year Hannah meet up for coffee on a brisk fall morning.
The Spice Girls were prematurely on to something with their song “Spice Up Your Life.” Sure, maybe they were talking about adding some pep into their dance parties, but roll with my creative liberty here. Pretend they were talking about the ginger-nutmeg-cinnamon-allspice combo — almost as hot as Victoria Beckham herself — and shaking said combo to the left.
It’s at least an hour too early in the morning and my calculus professor is explaining three-dimensional functions in a calming, rhythmic voice.
