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Enter: enthused

I love seeing people I know on my way to classes. I love that warm, fuzzy feeling I get which says that yeah, I’m cool because I have people I can wave to more obnoxiously than a clingy mother.


News

VSPN rallies, delivers letter to President Sullivan

“No cuts, no fees- education should be free!” Chants rallied from Brooks Hall all the way to the top of Carr’s Hill, as students convened Sunday morning to deliver a letter to President Sullivan demanding a meeting to address concerns about Access UVa, Living Wage, policies towards undocumented students, and a lack of diversity at the University.


H&S

Freshman 15: Dining halls' fault?

The University’s dining halls have a plethora of choices from pizza and stir fry to a fully-stocked salad bar and fresh fruit. It is entirely possible for University community members to eat a healthy meal in all of the University’s dining halls, however, it becomes much more difficult when they are simultaneously presented with many unhealthy options.


News

The future of LGBTQ, African Studies coursework

New majors, minors and coursework are, for the most part, driven by student demand and available faculty — two areas that queer studies have in abundance at the University. While the establishment of a LGBTQ minor in the near future looks favorable, the creation of an African Studies major does not look as promising, due precisely to the lack of these two things.


Opinion

BROOM: More information needed

The only person quoted in the article is someone who does nothing but hypothesize about what might happen with an e-verify system and raises possible privacy issues. Though privacy concerns are legitimate, an article that draws from another newspaper report and includes only supposition doesn’t help inform readers.


	The University ranked among the seven best schools for free speech, in part because of its openness to dissent during the aftermath of the Sullivan ouster.
News

Sullivan cabinet takes shape

In an organization as complex as the University, it is difficult for one person to remain fully attuned to the needs of multiple communities — from undergraduate students to physicians in the Medical Center. So University President Teresa Sullivan has called assembling an effective leadership team a top priority.


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Sports

Women's Soccer continues perfect run

The top-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team continued its perfect season Sunday, blanking Clemson 3-0 for its seventh shutout of the season to improve to 6-0 in ACC play for the first time in school history.


Life

Seeds of community

Tucked beside the looming O’Hill is a quaint garden, bursting with vegetables and towering sunflowers — unseen to all too many first-year eyes.


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Sports

Maddening mistakes doom Virginia

Virginia has been flagged 35 times this season for 278 yards. The team earned 13 of those penalties Saturday, setting them back 93 yards on the field, but far further in actuality.


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Sports

Ball State blasts Virginia, 48-27

Defensive miscues and careless penalties gave Ball State (5-1, 2-0 MAC) good field position and the Cardinals took advantage, pulling away in the third quarter as the Cavaliers (2-3, 0-1 ACC) failed to provide many answers. “It was embarrassing,” coach Mike London said.


News

Denver QB Peyton Manning to speak at Valediction

During the halftime show of Virginia’s battle with Ball State on Saturday, the Fourth Year Trustees announced that Denver Broncos Quarterback Peyton Manning would be the 2014 Valediction speaker. Manning’s wife, Ashley Manning, graduated the Commerce School in 1997.


News

Crystal Ball predicts government shutdown blowback

The Center for Politics’ Crystal Ball released an article Thursday titled “The Politics of the Shutdown: If Republicans get the blame, moderates will pay the price,” which argued the government shutdown may reflect poorly upon the Republican Party leading into the 2014 midterm elections.

Puzzles
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Latest Podcast

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.