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Life

Semi-famous faces

Walking to class the other day, I noticed a familiar looking man headed in my direction. Appearing to be in his 50s or so, he continued to approach me until he was close enough for me to confirm I did indeed recognize him.


Life

The dream decoder

As a child, dreams were like a game for me. I would wake up and immediately try to tell someone in the house what happened, only to find 30 seconds into my description that I was making up nonsense due to my lack of memory.


Life

Swimming upstream

I find myself picking up on the atmosphere we create more and more these days as I struggle to pull myself out of a strange whirlpool of stress.


	Avery’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays. She can be reached at a.moyler@cavalierdaily.com.
Life

Selfie zoo mislabeled as petting zoo

For those of you who are not aware, there was a Teeny Animal Farm in the amphitheater last week. No, that is not the name of the band you’ve never heard of but pretend you know to seem cool to your friends.


Life

Life isn't a BuzzFeed quiz

Thanks to BuzzFeed, I know more about myself than I ever thought I wanted to. I know which Olsen twin I would be, which character on Gilmore Girls I would date, even which 19th century writer most accurately matches my personality.


Life

A month of Middle Eastern Culture

The Middle Eastern Leadership Council has kicked off spring with the introduction of Middle Eastern Cultural Month, an array of events including speakers, poetry nights and movie screenings.


Life

Indie-pendent

It all started a year ago when second-year College student Joanna Spotswood went to a networking lunch with the intention of getting free food.


Life

A day of stress

I grew up in a house where Sunday was a sacred day reserved for church in the morning and inordinate amounts of food — and hopefully football — in the afternoon. Family dinner on Sunday was an indulgent affair.


Life

Don't rate my professor

“Good god! What a useless column,” I hear you exclaim as you read the subhead. “What bumbling idiot needs advice on refining his schedule? Ratemyprofessors.com is all anyone needs for success.”


Life

The son of York

I checked my email to find my multitude of attendance points had paid off in the form of a ticket. I then won another lottery — I’m an exceptional gambler — for a coveted spot on the Hoo Crew’s free round-trip bus ride and found myself heading to New York City.


Life

Finding your spirit animal

As I sat in Alderman this morning — scrolling through BuzzFeed and procrastinating (is that redundant?) — I came across an unpleasant surprise: a quiz titled, “Which Food Network Chef is Your Spirit Animal?”


Life

Boys are like waffles

Saturday was my friend’s birthday. Being the overwhelmingly srat-tastic and fun-loving individuals we are, we naturally had no choice but to make a production out of the ordeal, discussing only the most pressing matters: who will be the lucky guy upon whom I will bestow an invitation to my parents’ formal? Or rather, who will pretend to be unfazed when I “forget” to mention he has to rent a tux and converse with my endearingly Hispanic parents — surprise! — over fruity drinks at a Mexican restaurant?

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Parker Sims, president of Outdoors Club and fourth-year College student, discusses her presidency, the club's student self-governance and its diversity and sustainability. She highlights breaking down barriers to the outdoors and the importance of not only getting outside as a student, but doing so with a community, such as the Outdoors Club.