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Life

Enrolling in the workforce

As any zoologist will affirm, winter is all about hibernation. It is a time to rest and recharge after the intensity of the fall semester, as well as to spend quality time with our families.


Life

The Facebook effect

"A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A billion dollars," says Sean Parker in a pivotal scene from the critically acclaimed "The Social Network," a film adaptation of the drama surrounding the founding of Facebook. And cooler still is Facebook today.


Life

Plans fall apart

I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. I'm not really sure why. Maybe I just forget about them by the time Dec.


Life

Great expectations

No matter what they tell you, few people in your life will expect you to have it all together - as long as you are in college. Basically, what I've come to understand - though it took me a while to figure out - is this: As a college student, I am permitted an interesting amount of leeway to forget my common sense and soundest reason at home at times.


Life

Re-solutions

Out with the old, in with the new. Turn over another leaf. Enter a new chapter of your life. Embark on a new journey.


Life

Growing pains

I always found it funny that as children, all we dream of is what we'll do when we grow up. As adults, however, all we want is to be kids again.


Life

When it rains, it pours

For most of us, Winter Break is a time of rejuvenation and relaxation. Back at school, the beginning of a semester is my favorite time because every single 'A' is still possible and that feeling of a fresh start is a great motivator to get things done.


Life

So much for nostalgia

For years, my family resisted renting movies from RedBox, iTunes or Netflix. Instead, we supported our local video store, Power Video.


Life

The dead who rest among us

Thomas Jefferson never had a cemetery in mind when planning the University, but three years after the first students arrived on Grounds, history intervened.


Life

The trials of break

Winter Break is often a month or so at home, enjoying mother's home cooking, spending time with friends from high school, perhaps a quick internship for the ambitious - but only for those of you who are not members of the women's basketball team.


Life

Going international

The allure of traveling to somewhere thousands of miles away is often enough for many University students to decide to study abroad for part of their undergraduate careers.


Life

Flogging blogging

"Today, I landed in (insert foreign country). The flight was long; I was both nervous and excited. In (the best place to live ever), I met so many people and learned so much about myself.


Life

Celebration time

I have celebrated five holidays already this fall - Halloween, three of my roommates' birthdays and Thanksgiving - and I am eagerly awaiting Christmas.


Life

Academic publicity

The undergraduate experience at the University goes beyond what students learn inside lecture halls and classrooms.

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Latest Podcast

Ahead of its Fall 2025 issue, V MAG co-editors-in-chief Rachel Mulvaney, fourth-year Batten student, and Kieran Warner, third-year Commerce student, give a deeper look into what it takes to lead an arts publication, the collaboration and creativity that shapes each issue, and the inspiration behind the upcoming edition. This episode explores the importance of an arts magazine as a platform for students' voices and the artistic community it fosters on Grounds.