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One Love Foundation updates mobile app

By Darby Witherspoon | November 5, 2013

The One Love Foundation, which was created to honor the memory of the late University student Yeardley Love, recently updated their mobile app to include a quiz which users can take to help them determine the level of danger, if any, in their own relationships. The Foundation was established in 2010 after Love, a fourth-year College student, was killed in a domestic violence dispute involving alcohol by her former boyfriend George Huguely.

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Life

Love is having the same water bottle

By Sumedha Deshmukh | November 4, 2013

Last week, I received a phone call of the utmost importance. “She’s my girlfriend! She’s my girlfriend!” my seven-year-old cousin exclaimed.

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Life

Taking the backseat

By Anne-Marie Albracht | November 4, 2013

At the age of 20, I am officially an empty nester. After a year of literal sweat, tears and a few drops of paper-cut-induced blood, I am relinquishing my central U.Va.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: James and Victoria

By Allie Griswold | November 3, 2013

Second-years exchange fart jokes and pick-up lines over pizza Downtown

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Life

Sweets for Shelley

By Annie Cohen | November 3, 2013

The sun was shining on Friday afternoon as family and friends gathered in Garden IX for Sweets for Shelley: Alpha Phi’s First Annual Bake-Off, in honor of Shelley Goldsmith.

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Life

Para los niños

By Margaret Mason | November 3, 2013

Brand new and, as of yet, little known, Students Helping Honduras has come to the University with a mission of education for Hondurans. After attending a national Students Helping Honduras (SHH) leadership workshop over the summer and training to open up a chapter, second-year Nursing student and current SHH president Nicole Burkhardt brought the nonprofit to U.Va.

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Life

Students’ progress

By Lauren Jackson | October 31, 2013

Today I met a girl named Shannon in Old Cabell Hall. We did not speak. In fact, she didn’t even see me.

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Life

The dog days are (never) over

By Christian Hecht | October 31, 2013

Maybe it’s just that I’m no longer confined to a dorm, but this semester I have noticed a dramatic increase in the number of dogs making their way around Charlottesville.

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Life

Of muffins and men

By Laura Holshouser | October 31, 2013

Fall break is a time for family. It’s a time for Halloween decorations and pumpkin lattes. It’s a time to shirk your studying duties in favor of “Sleepy Hollow” marathons and late night drives through the back roads of the hometown you secretly miss.

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Life

Befriending my mother

By Caroline Trezza | October 30, 2013

Since when have our parents been people? Seriously. Even though we’ve known, lived and interacted with them for as long as we remember, did we initially perceive our parents in relation to others?

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Life

My pants won’t fit, and other small tragedies

By Julia Horowitz | October 30, 2013

Why is it so hard to stay fit in college? I pose the question rhetorically, because I know its answer.

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Life

The costume paradox

By Allison Lank | October 29, 2013

Though Christmas claims the title of “best holiday” for many people, I cannot help but wonder if they have ever genuinely enjoyed my favorite day of the year in the way I have for the past 20 years.

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Life

Failing to be civically engaged

By Olivia Beavers | October 29, 2013

Plato once said, “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Having spent the past weeks trying to increase civic engagement and register students to vote, I’ve seen this quote moving toward becoming a reality.

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Life

Just ‘Do You’

By Jessica Crystal | October 29, 2013

Still in his undergraduate career at the University, fourth-year Commerce student Ajamu Kambon is already a successful author and entrepreneur.

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Life

50 shades of monogamy

By Victoria Moran | October 28, 2013

It’s a chilly October night. A cold breeze chases my hallmates and me into O’Hill as we file in for a family dinner run.

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Life

A silent struggle

By Kelly Seegers | October 28, 2013

I am a chronic eavesdropper. As a result, when I am trying to work I need extreme quiet. If I take a seat next to people who are talking, no matter how hard I try not to, I will end up learning their dog’s name, how drunk their roommate was last night and why they didn’t deserve to fail their test. I find myself constantly seeking out quiet environments where I can read in peace without failing to block out the noise around me.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Taylor and Lauren

By Alex Stock | October 27, 2013

A third year and a first year hit it off over some stellar Mexican food — kick it off quickly as friends.

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Life

10 years of pancakes

By Kelly Seegers | October 27, 2013

Just 10 years ago, the idea for the annual Pancakes for Parkinson’s fundraiser emerged out of one University student’s admissions essay.

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Life

Top 10 Halloween Candies — and What They Say about You

By Annie Mester | October 27, 2013

1. Candy Corn It’s impossible to think about Halloween without thinking about candy corn. I feel like it’s one of those things you can only buy in bulk — want a small bag?

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Life

Third-year student researcher makes waves

By Virginia Hart | October 27, 2013

When third-year College student Rachel Schwartz began her internship at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, she had no idea her summer would lead to world-renowned terrorism experts reading her research. After about a month of research, the Institute took very special interest in Schwartz’s research — ultimately publishing her final thesis, “Case Study: Syria’s Chemical and Biological Weapons Program and the Use of These Weapons in the Syrian Civil War Today.” “I was just awestruck,” Schwartz said.