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Sheila Bushman


Chatting with History Prof. Brian Balogh

Cavalier Daily: Tell me about yourself. Professor Balogh: I was born in Coral Gables, Florida. I still root for the Miami Hurricanes, and I also root for U.Va., even when they play the Miami Hurricanes.

Rewarding ROTC

One-hundred and fifty students stand in even lines, perfectly still, chins up, backs straight, arms glued to their sides, wearing green camouflage uniforms and heavy brown trekkie boots.

Four lessons, not four kisses

I arrived in Spain thinking that I basically knew what was going on. I have a good grasp on the Spanish language and have been to Spain before, but it turned out this wasn't enough.

Vagabond

I am never completely here nor there. In late winter, I migrate south. In late spring, I migrate north.

Touring just to tour

You're tired of watching tour guides struggle to walk backward. You're tired of hearing tour guides rattle off how many things they have run into by walking backward: lamp posts, bikes, parking meters, flagpoles, staircase railings, campus statues, people, etc.

Degrees of separation

After four years of college some students can finally answer: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" To join the fields they aspire to enter, however, many students must first survive and succeed in graduate school.

Dancing to their own beat

Fists pumping, glitter flashing, beats dropping, Sharaara - the University's competitive all-female fusion dance team - commanded attention as they took the stage on India Day earlier this month.

The name game

In elementary school, my friends and I went through the "name changing phase." Although this phenomenon may not be documented in a child psychology textbook, it occurs in late elementary school or early middle school and may be defined as "the overwhelming desire to change one's name to one that's entirely different." My babysitter went by her first initial; instead of being called "Jessica," she was called "J." In a similar vein, instead of being called "Sheila," I tried to go by "S."

Navigational system

When my grandma told me that she had ordered me a surprise gift from Amazon, I played the guessing game for several days.

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