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Finding the heart in home

By Mimi Montgomery | November 19, 2013

I have never been more excited or ready for Thanksgiving break than I am this year. I can say this with full certainty as I sit on the fourth floor of Alderman, my eyes feeling dry as I stare at my computer screen for another solid hour and the little white squares on my iCal taunting me with the days left between me and going home. “Going home” used to be an expression casually tossed around as I climbed into my car after a day of high school or left my friend’s house after a night spent out, but now, as a fourth year in college who has spent the past 3 1/2 years living by myself, it means something more, something different. “Going home” now means packing up a small parcel of my life here at the University and taking it back to the place that constituted my life for 18 years.

Life

Learning what it means to learn

By Abby Teitgen | November 19, 2013

One feature every University student has in common is this: we were the high school students who had the stellar GPAs and test scores, and spent our days running from practices to club meetings to tutoring and back again.

Life

Ghost of statuses past

By Sumedha Deshmukh | November 18, 2013

A few days ago, I opened my Facebook to 47 notifications. Needless to say, I was thrilled people were finally recognizing the caliber of my Facebook profile, which includes biannual statuses about some life-changing event and stunning tagged pictures of me at my best. My high hopes and dreams were quickly shattered when I realized what the reality entailed.

Life

A love letter to my friends

By Anne-Marie Albracht | November 18, 2013

My best friends are fiercely loyal and come with no strings attached. They know my phone always dies at least three times during the day, that I have a mild Rue La La addiction — or, in their words, a severe addiction to online shopping — and that my alter ego is a cat that tends to come out when I hit a point of deliriousness.

Life

A different kind of sustainability

By Darby Witherspoon | November 18, 2013

On Friday, student group Crafting for Conservation and Student Council’s Sustainability Committee gathered in the Garden Room on the Range to present the first Sustainable Art Gallery and to celebrate “America Recycles Day,” which also took place on Friday.

Life

Quality over quantity

By Christian Hecht | November 14, 2013

At the beginning of the semester when I had just joined The Cavalier Daily, my fellow Life columnists released a flurry of writings on something which is apparently on everyone’s mind: sex.

Life

A foreign sort of affair

By Julia Horowitz | November 13, 2013

In the 19th year of my life, I did two things that were profoundly stupid. For two entire days, I made Facebook my homepage – a decision which single-handedly compromised my already dwindling ability to simultaneously do homework, check Twitter and keep up with the Kardashians.

Life

Paving an Unprecedented Way

By Jessica Crystal | November 12, 2013

The Committee to Pave the Lawn — gasp as you will — is a real thing. Fortunately, there is no need to worry — the committee does not have real intentions of paving over Thomas Jefferson’s Lawn.

Life

Nice guys finish last

By Victoria Moran | November 11, 2013

On a Tuesday night in September, I found myself curled into a heap, resting atop a pile of pillows and blankets on the floor of one of my hallmates’ room.

Life

From Guatemala to Grounds

By Kelly Seegers | November 10, 2013

The U.Va.-Guatemala Initiative, a Center for Global Health program that brings students and faculty together to benefit Guatemalan people and communities, collaborated with the Department of Emergency Medicine to bring the University “Guatemala Week” this last week, welcoming several Guatemalan guests to Grounds and hosting a variety of events.

Life

Their stars shine the brightest

By Allie Jensen | November 10, 2013

Beyond Fey, some of the University’s biggest on-screen alums include Sarah Drew and Jason George from “Grey’s Anatomy,” Sean Patrick Thomas from “Save the Last Dance,” Ben McKenzie from “The O.C.” and Emily Swallow from “The Mentalist.” From the beginning, drama professors noticed exceptional skills in these performers.

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