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Say what?

One of the many things they tell you at orientation is not to walk across Grounds with your headphones in your ears.


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Meet the Professor: Audrey Snyder

Q: Following your name is a pretty impressive list of degrees, including a doctorate, Registered Nurse, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-CS, Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and Certified Massage Therapist . What has driven you to continually build upon your education? A: I've worked hard to try to attain the best education possible to try to be the best educator possible, and to try to provide the best care I can to patients. Q: How much do you allow your experiences as a student to shape your role as a professor? A: I think that every interaction, whether it be with a faculty member or another student you learn from, is important.


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No introduction necessary

Top 20 ways to avoid thinking about what you are going to do for Valentine's Day: 20. Look up a really complicated recipe online and try to make it using only the ingredients you have at your house.


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(Re)learning to ski (again)

Seven years ago, I went skiing for the second time in my life. I was super excited to try to keep up with my friends - who were infinitely more experienced than me and by my middle school logic, infinitely cooler.


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When Disney was no longer PG

During Winter Break, to remember my trip to Florida, I bought an oversized mug from Disney World with Tinker Bell's face pasted across the side, next to the words, "You have a knack for getting your way." How true this is of me, I do not know.


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Riding the mobile technology wave

While explaining his investment philosophy during an interview, Warren Buffett famously remarked, “I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them.


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Save smarter, save more

Happy New Year! Along with Dick Clark, Times Square and In-and-Out lists, New Year's resolutions are very popular every January.


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I love the 2000s

Jan. 1 is not only an arbitrary day that induces people worldwide to buy new calendars, make resolutions that will undoubtedly be broken within 10 days and out-drink John Daly, but it also brings about reflection on the past 12 months.


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Third time

I consider myself to be a pretty picky eater. I especially tend to criticize foreign food. If you've never had a conversation with me about "exotic" cuisine, you can expect me to complain that it's too oily, too salty or contains too many flavors.


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Questions, comments, concerns

The answer to the question "What is one of your greatest fears about studying abroad?" is usually something along the lines of "being homesick" or even "getting mugged in a dangerous city." Not for me.


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Enjoying the college experience

During her days as a student at Michigan State, University president-elect Teresa A. Sullivan remembers feeling like "a kid in a candy store." "I kept saying to myself, 'Wow this is great!'" she said.


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Final semester vows

I spent part of my Winter Break working at my dad's office. My official task was "information consolidation," which actually meant that I spent eight hours a day moving papers from one file to another file, and then shelving them in an enormous storage room.

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Latest Podcast

David Leblang, Director of Policy Studies at the Miller Center, analyzes how the Center has remained a nonpartisan institution during a particularly divisive time in politics. He delves into the various programs, events and policy proposals associated with the Center, and how they are making an impact at UVA and beyond.