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Josie Sydnor is a Life Columnist for The Cavalier Daily. 
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Confessions of a life-long book hoarder

I actually consider myself to be a book hoarder — I’ve never given away a book I’ve received, and my 20-year-strong collection is scattered throughout the places I’ve lived in the past. 


From left to right, Ian Allum, Austin Houck, Qudsia Saeed and Josh Harris currently make up Homoglobin's team. 
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New student-run nonprofit fights for blood equality

Gender equality, marriage equality and wage equality — the notion of human equality permeates today’s social justice rhetoric. But, to the average American, “blood equality” may be a foreign term. It is this lack of awareness that Homoglobin, a Virginia-based nonprofit founded this year, hopes to ameliorate.


Some students rely on agendas to be reminded of their schedule and goals. 
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New Year’s resolutions for the new semester

As a new semester peers around the corner, the few days leading up to its start provides U.Va. students critical time to reflect on past semesters and brainstorm any changes — or  “New Year’s resolutions” — they would like to make in their college lifestyles.  


Pauline Povitsky is a Life Columnist for The Cavalier Daily. 
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A hesitant newbie takes on coding

Many of my friends were suddenly becoming CS majors, the world was being progressed by technological startups and so-called intellectuals were crying out about a future robot takeover. Honestly, I wanted to see what the hype was about. 


Paige Waterhouse is a Top 10 writer for The Cavalier Daily.
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Top 10 ways to slow down summer

I will assume desperate hope has brought you here — hope to preserve the precious, golden hours of summer vacation that are slipping through your fingers at this very moment. 


No one type of study space works for everyone. Some students may thrive on the hustle and bustle of a packed library, while others may prefer calming coffee shops. 
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Five tips for studying at U.Va.

Additionally, trying to memorize every little piece of information for a class is not always the most efficient form of preparation, according to third-year College student Areesheh Khan.


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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.