Life

The reality of reality

By Kathleen Baines | November 15, 2010

I don't know what real is. Is it that which is actually experienced or seen or known? This question gets really messy, really quickly. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, reality is "the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them." But in light of the influence of mass media and networks that shape our views about what we might call reality, everything I know of current events is filtered through the scope of someone else, someone creating a "notional idea" of the state of things. So what is real? Contrary to popular - or more appropriately, pop cultural - belief, reality TV is not real.

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Life

Like Nothing You

By Connelly Hardaway | November 12, 2010

A concrete paint-splattered floor, fancy light stands, camera equipment and cords crisscrossing across the ground - Dell 2 has become a renegade warehouse production of a full-fledged musical. The first full-length musical created for the primary purpose of being put online - the project of fourth-year College student Jeffrey Luppino-Esposito - has a cast of 32 members and a leadership and production team of 16 students.

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Life

Pre-medded

By Courtney Hartnett | November 12, 2010

If you've ever watched "How I Met Your Mother," it's likely that you're familiar with the word "lawyered." For those who haven't seen the show, the study guide version is as follows - Marshall, a lawyer, uses simple lawyer's logic to win an argument.

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Life

College chores

By Katie Urban | November 12, 2010

Ah, Sunday - the day most of my roommates and I have standing dates with homework and migrate to Clemons Library or Lambeth Commons by noon.

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Life

Remembering Brian Gomez

By Lindsay Powell | November 11, 2010

Brian Gomez, the second-year College student who passed away last month after a year-long battle with a rare form of cancer, told his girlfriend, Morgan Watts, a line that has stuck with her ever since, as the two of them waited in a hospital while her sister underwent open heart surgery. "Life is like no limit," he said.

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Life

Love letter to my sister

By Connelly Hardaway | November 11, 2010

I was going to write this column about how I have three papers due next Friday. It was going to be about how I'm foregoing the night life for the next week-and-a-half and buckling down and writing eloquent A-plus papers.

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Life

Cali kids and Harajuku girls

By Kristin Ulmer | November 11, 2010

My latest search on Hulu: "Laguna Beach." Even though the show ended ages ago, I have to admit that I still firmly believe it was the best MTV show ever and that I'm still madly in love with Stephen and Talan.

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Life

A world of opportunity

By Zainab Al-Sayegh | November 10, 2010

College is supposed to prepare you for the real world. In theory, four years are supposed to give you an idea of what you want to do and where you want to do it.

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Life

Because they said so

By Hideyuki Liu | November 10, 2010

The casualties of the recession are endless: General Motors, Chrysler, American International Group, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, CIT Group, and the list goes on.

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Life

Investors' advice

By Harrison Freund | November 10, 2010

Last Thursday and Friday saw a number of events here at the University related to investing. The McIntire Investment Institute and the Women's Business Forum at McIntire hosted a panel discussion Thursday on Investing as a Career.

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Life

Digging up history

By Katie Urban | November 9, 2010

Did you ever want to be a life-saving firefighter growing up? A skirt-swirling ballerina? An adventurous treasure hunter?

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Life

Press one for English

By Katie McNally | November 9, 2010

I'm trying to decide at what point "real life" thought it would be fine to intrude on my time as a University student.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection

By Elizabeth Stonehill | November 8, 2010

Daniel Fourth-year College Student Major: Biochemistry and biology What are you involved in at U.Va.? I'm senior resident of a first-year dorm, I'm on the women's basketball team as a scout player and I am a member of the Virginia Glee Club (taking a semester off from that currently though). What else do you like to do?

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Life

Public displays of affection

By Abbi Sigler | November 8, 2010

PDA - not that little handheld computer, the more controversial one. The one that occurs with dating, or not dating.

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Life

Where have all the good men gone?

By Katie McNally | November 5, 2010

Since the passage of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in 2009, there has been an even greater drive nationwide to increase volunteer turnout.

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Life

I don

By Vanessa Stephenson | November 5, 2010

It's that time of year again. You scramble to visit houses and apartments in between classes, keeping all of Charlottesville's top student leasing companies on speed-dial.

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Life

U.Va. Anonymous

By Sheila Bushman | November 5, 2010

Hello, my name is Sheila, and I'm addicted to trying new things at U.Va. When I came here, everyone's advice was to "try out different organizations," and I did just that as I tried to find my place here.

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Life

Keeping it safe

By Alyssa Craig | November 4, 2010

In light of Charlottesville's recent crime wave, student safety has returned to the spotlight. The University Police Department and Charlottesville Police Department have upped patrols in areas where crimes have occurred and have issued guidelines for how students can stay safe.

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Life

Security blankets

By Connelly Hardaway | November 4, 2010

For 17 years, I have known what it means to have a security blanket. Mickey, my beloved, faded and tear-stained blanket has gone to bed with me every night since I was 2 years old. But this column is not about how I got rid of Mickey or how security blankets are bad because I will never part with Mickey, and I think he's the best security blanket I could ever ask for.

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Life

Discovering Clemons

By Simone Egwu | November 4, 2010

Did you know the University has 16 libraries? The last two weeks have shown me exactly why the University is one of the top schools in the country.