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Kelly's column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at k.seegers@cavalierdaily.com. 
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Pyrotechnic pondering

As I gazed into the dancing flames of a beautifully piled up bonfire this weekend, some friends and I began to realize that there is some element of fire that elicits the best conversations.


Victoria's column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at v.moran@cavalierdaily.com. 
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Exercises in empathy

I finally know what “sunken eyes” look like. After having thoughtlessly skimmed past the overemployed phrase in works of writing and repeatedly dismissed it as a feature that only exists in the reality of ink on a page, I learned what it means to have sunken eyes when I sat across from a homeless man on the free trolley.I sat and studied the man in front of me – a dingy, bandana-clad ellipse with a white tufty beard who might’ve resembled Santa if he were even vaguely jolly (or just less asleep.) At one point, the shrill driver stopped the bus to implore bandana man to stay awake because sleeping is apparently not a permissible activity on the trolley.


ONE@UVA endorsed the Electrifying Africa Act which passed in the House last May and is currently being debated in the Senate. 
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ONE@UVA reaches overseas

ONE@UVA is a college chapter of the larger international non-profit ONE, which is headquartered in Washington D.C.. ONE aims to bring about social change by working with politicians and legislators.


Grace's column runs biweekly Fridays. She can be reached at g.muth@cavalierdaily.com.
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A prayer for my school

We walk quietly together, the lights and warmth of the Lawn behind us, through the construction and past the deepened slopes of Mad Bowl to our homes.


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Whose school is it anyway?

A couple of weeks ago in class, I seriously thought I might have to tackle someone. It happened in an “Unforgettable Lectures” class — and it was unforgettable, though not entirely for the reasons advertised.


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​Senioritis epidemic

Some may claim my sluggish behavior is a sign of senioritis — a virus difficult to diagnose. Contrary to popular belief and student-perpetuated myth, senioritis does not affect only those students on the cusp of graduation. I would hypothesize we are all born with a small dose of this poison and, unfortunately, there is no cure. No amount of illegal study drugs will save us.


Volunteers with Musicians on Call play music and sing in the main hospital lobby and the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center. 
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Musicians on Call

Musicians on Call - a volunteer-based CIO at the University – allows students the weekly opportunity to put aside the frenzy of student life in order to provide solace to patients at the U.Va. hospital through musical performance.


	Lauren’s column runs biweekly Fridays. She can be reached at l.jackson@cavalierdaily.com.
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Talk about religion

Sitting in a folding chair next to neat piles of saffron, cumin and sumaq, a portly man with an unbuttoned linen shirt looked me over as I lingered to take a photo of his vibrant spices.


	Laura’s column runs biweekly Fridays. She can be reached at l.holshouser@cavalierdaily.com.
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Shopping for men

It is 10:11 p.m. and I am running. The sun set hours ago and my eyes are already beginning to droop from exhaustion, yet I move as quickly as my feet will take me.


Christian's column runs biweekly Fridays. He can be reached at c.hecht@cavalierdaily.com.
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I solemnly swear I am up to no good

The idea behind writing the honor pledge is fairly simple; it both affirms the student has not somehow failed to notice the concept of honor during his time at the University and requires the student to explicitly give his word. To me, however, the pledge is a ceremonial act.


	Julia’s column runs biweekly Thursdays. She can be reached at j.horowitz@cavalierdaily.com.
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Courting death, sort of

In the past three months, I have started blushing. You’ve probably heard of it — it’s that thing stuffy old women did during the 17th century, except back then they could just faint to hide their shame, have their manservant Gregory bring over their smelling salts and blame it on their weak feminine constitution.

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