Confessions of a Stunned Sophomore

What is your major?  What do you want to do with that? What summer internships do you have this year?  No matter who asked me these questions, the answers did not change: I'm not sure yet. I like a lot of things.  It's hard to pick.  I'm still looking.  Some people say sophomores are supposed to have it all...

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Sunday Snow Tubing Trip!

Although the snow may have melted away from campus, that did not stop some students and I from finding some more snow elsewhere to continue our snow-time adventures. As you can tell from some of my other blog posts, I am a huge fan of our campus recreation resources on-campus. They have great facilities, group exercise classes,...

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The End of the Snow-pocalypse

It seems all traces of snow have finally melted away. 3 inches, 4 inches, 6 inches, 8 inches... some even said 12 inches. The estimates of how much snow we would have on-campus last week was the talk of the school, and the area. We had almost 7 inches in some areas! It began Tuesday night. What seemed like little harmless snow flurries...

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How To Keep Resolutions On-Campus

It's a new semester and a new year, and with these notions come new goals. Although some people have the same goals, such as exercise more, eat better, and so on; everyone differs in their approach. When you live on-campus your resources can seem limited, but you just need to know where to go. Although February is around the corner, and some...

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How to Survive Exam Week... and therefore survive anything

Last Sunday evening everyone returned from their refreshing Thanksgiving break, and were prepared to begin exams. Yet the beginning of exams week would not be exciting without some surprises, such as a raccoon causing a campus-wide power outage. Losing power around 6:30pm on Sunday, we did not get it back till around noon the next day. Although...

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Basketball Boys Beat Brevard

Phone, check.  Ticket, check.  School spirit, check.  I glance at the clock and see that it is almost game time, the first game of the basketball season, an exhibition game versus Brevard. I rush to Kimmel Arena to take my place among my peers in the student section of the stands.  I love basketball season, everyone...

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Hallo-week Fun: Corn Maze and a Haunted Maze

Maybe it is just Asheville, or maybe it is college students in general. But there is a deep allure associated with Halloween and its social allowance of children and adults to dress up as anyone they wish to be for an evening, and enjoy a week where every event, including the scary ones, comes with candy. On the UNC Asheville campus, the...

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Interview with My RA: Hallie Banish

I scurry down the stairs of my residence hall, Governor's Hall, to the first floor lounge and kitchen area to interview my RA Hallie Banish. Even standing outside the door of the lounge, I can smell the cupcakes being baked. I walk into the kitchen to find Hallie teaching a resident how to bake cupcakes from a box but add homemade touches...

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Haunted Trail Trip with My RA

Every floor of every residence hall has an RA, which is short for Residential Assistant. Some large floors, such as ones in Overlook residence hall have two. RAs are students whose job it is to help their residents with campus questions and maintain their safe living conditions. Rather than acting solely as an authority figure, they...

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Tasty Treats Near Campus

When your stomach grumbles  and the café will not suffice.  And your sweet tooth beckons  for something with ice... Your feet should carry you up and down the street to Urban Burrito and the Hop  for a nice treat.  There are countless yummy food options within an easy walking distance of campus,...

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