Trying to stay sane and connected
JULY 3rd ISSUE, 2020 | ISSUE 22
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In this Issue:
A Note from Jonathon
Social Distancing Network
New Knowledge Nuggets
Want to Change the World?
Echols Common Read 2020
Kelsey's Book Club
Short Story of the Week
Buzzfeed Quiz of the Week
Your Pantry is Calling
Riddle Me This
Solutions from Last Issue
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To audience members, halftime can be one of the most boring components to any sporting event or show. We become so engaged in whatever we may be watching that it feels wrong to have everything stop all of a sudden with little to no warning. Our performers exit off to the side, leaving us to sit around and wait for what seems like an eternity, just so that we can pick up right where we (pointlessly) left off. In the absence of some sort of halftime show or entertainment, this intermission becomes even more dull.
For the players who we watch, halftime is much more than an arbitrary break. Halftime can be the turnaround point to an abysmal performance, or when one team decides to pull ahead and clinch victory over an evenly-matched, first-half game. It is a period of reflection and recuperation, where performers are given a chance to look back at their first-half successes and failures and decide what they are going to do to build upon them. It is an opportunity for our showmen/women to lose hope based off their previous mistakes and slip-ups, or to dig deep and realize what they are truly capable of.
The end of the month of June/beginning of July is the “halftime” to me every year, and I believe that this year it is most important to utilize. Many people carry on through this time period as they normally would, paying no extra attention at all to the year’s inflection point or taking the time to analyze their first half. Many of us groan when thinking about the opening act of 2020 and believe that the second half will be identical to the first. This year, I challenge everyone to realize that change can happen whenever you’d like, and not just once at the beginning of a new year. Think back to your first half, embrace where you went wrong but also understand that you were incredibly successful. We are all living through a remarkably strange time, but now that we have some experience it is important as ever to gear up and make the absolute best out of it. Don’t overlook this opportunity; be like the players, not a bored audience.
Jonathan Laredo
Rising Third-Year
Majors: Biochemistry and Global Public Health
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As always send things our way via email
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Social Distancing Network
The Echols team is thrilled to welcome rising First-years into the Echols community! If you are a rising First-year and would like to introduce yourself through future issues of the Quarantimes, please fill out
this form.
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Sidney Hubli
Rising First-year from Fort Worth, TX
Prospective Economics Major
Two truths and a Lie:
- I love going on roller coasters
- I was born in Texas
- I played volleyball for 9 years
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My friends and I tried eating as many crepes as possible in one day while we were in Paris, and this photo was taken at our last stop. The workers gave us a huge free bowl of ice cream and let us try making our own crepes. The restaurant was adorable, and my friends and I finished 8 crepes that day!
-Sidney
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Baily Faller
Rising First-year from Wilmington, DE
Prospective Global Studies Major
Two truths and a Lie:
- I always eat rice krispy treats for breakfast on my birthday
- I'm right handed in everything except for tennis
- UVA was the first college campus I had ever visited
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I was visiting a monastery in Qazbegi, Georgia (the country, not the state). My family loves to travel, and this was one of the coolest views from our trip last summer!
-Baily
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New Knowledge Nuggets
Have you learned
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"A dog wags its tail when its happy because its pheromone glands are located underneath. So the tail fans the scent to others, communicating to others that the dog is happy.
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Rohan Shroff
Rising First-year
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"If the sun were to die it would take 8 minutes for the light (or lack of light) to travel to earth"
Lucy Hirshland
Rising First-year
As it turns out, National Geographic also has great sun-related content like
this video
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Want to Change the World?
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Dear Echols Program,
My name is Ana Stanisavljev and I'm a rising fourth year in the Echols program. I recently founded a nonprofit organization called Student Impact in order to help support students, teachers, and schools in the wake of COVID-19. One project that we are currently working on is a book drive to provide students at Clark Elementary School (here in Charlottesville) books to read over the summer.
Student Impact is looking for Student Ambassadors!
Student Impact is on a mission to help students succeed in their learning during and following the COVID-19 crisis through innovation, open-mindedness, and leadership. Since our founding, we have believed that students should have a say in the educating process, which is why we are a
student-led
non-profit organization. As a Student Ambassador, college students would spend 1-3 hours per week volunteering to help with community outreach, spreading awareness about the challenges that COVID-19 poses to the education system and students, and fundraising to help support our projects. We are a passionate group of students looking to make a true IMPACT. If you'd like to sign up as a Student Ambassador, please
fill out the sign up form here
Best,
Ana Stanisavljev
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We are so excited to introduce this year’s Echols Common Read:
What the Eyes Don’t See
by Mona Hanna-Attisha
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Whether you are interested in social justice, medicine, or politics, Mona Hanna-Attisha's memoir of the Flint water crisis has a lot to discuss.
When we selected this book, we were struck by the depiction of a community in the throes of a public health crisis. This story is highly relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic and the health care inequities that are primarily affecting BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities. We hope that Mona Hanna-Attisha's gripping personal narrative will help to provide an accessible entry point into these complex issues.
We selected this book some time ago, but this spring threw us a curveball by making it untenable to distribute hard copies. We have finally figured out how to make electronic copies available to you! We have secured access to Ebook copies of
What the Eyes Don't See
that are available through a new Collab site.
Consult your UVA email inbox for more information about how to access your copy of the book and participate in this year's Common Read!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send us an email at echolsprogram@virginia.edu!
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Is one book not enough for you?
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Well then you are in luck because Kelsey's book club has chosen their first book!
Kindred
by Octavia Butler
"Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. The first science fiction written by a black woman,
Kindred
has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity."
If you are interested in joining Kelsey's book club, email EcholsProgram@virginia.edu with "Book Club" in the subject line.
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In this free short story from famous novelist Garth Nix, a Soviet political prisoner is forced to use her unique physical abilities to understand a maze and in the process unpack why she is a prisoner. Despite her dire circumstances, Aleksandra’s journey is compelling and beautiful.
Nix has written a variety of science fiction and fantasy series and novels that are also worth checking out, including
Sabriel
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Additionally, Tor.com, which published this story, hosts
a free monthly ebook club
for those interested in science fiction and fantasy novels.
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Buzzfeed Quiz of the Week
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Most College Students Can't Spell These Words Correctly:
We’re all college students so we’ve at least completed a high school degree and are now pursuing yet another degree. But… can you correctly spell all of these words? Put that world class education to the test and see how many of these words you know!
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The simple combination of crisped tofu and homemade teriyaki sauce gives a ton of flavor for minimal effort. If you have the ingredients below and 20 minutes to spare, then you've got yourself a meal.
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- Cut your tofu into 1" cubes and remove excess water with paper towels or kitchen cloth
- Warm a large skillet over high heat. Add the oil and after the oil is hot, carefully add the tofu into a single layer (hot oil may splatter). Turning gently and as little as necessary, sear each side for 2-3 minutes, or until at least 2 -3 sides are golden and crisped.
- Lower the heat to medium and carefully add the soy sauce, mirin, brown sugar, and rice vinegar to the pan with the tofu. Allow the pan to reheat before stirring in the red onion. Cook for one minute and then remove from heat.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve warm or at room temperature.
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Ingredients
- One 14 ounce (396g) package firm tofu drained and rinsed
- 2 tablespoons grapeseed or canola oil (or other high flashpoint oil)
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons rice vinegar 1/2 medium red onion, diced Chopped cilantro, to garnish
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Let us know if you try this recipe out!
Send us a picture of your culinary adventures by emailing it to echolsprogram@virginia.edu and we may feature it in an upcoming issue!
Enjoy!
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Riddle Me this
Send your answers to echolsprogram@virginia.edu, subject line "Riddle".
Respondents with correct answers will be entered into a raffle to win a random item from Kelsey's home! ...we're serious.
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A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters.
How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
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Solutions from the Last Issue
Did you miss the last issue?
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Morgan Hale
Rising First-year from Palm Coast, FL
Major Undecided
Two truths and a Lie:
- My favorite food is strawberries.
- I prefer to read nonfiction over fiction. LIE
- I rarely go to the beach that's 5 minutes from my house.
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Aryan Pandya
Rising First-year from Vienna, VA
Prospective Econ Major on a pre-med track
Two truths and a Lie:
- I speak 3 languages
- I had a stress fracture on my spine that debilitated me for two years
- I've lived in Virginia my whole life. LIE
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There's an 8 letter word that can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word.
Take another letter away and it still makes a word.
Take one more letter away and you still have a word.
Keep on doing this until you have just one letter left, and you'll find that it, in fact, is still a word.
What is the original 8 letter word?
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STARTING!
STAR_ING
ST_RING
ST_ING
S_ING
SIN_
_IN
I_
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Last Week's Riddle Raffle Winner
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Karen will receive The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe!!
Congratulations and enjoy Karen!
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Hey, have a happy 4th of July tomorrow!
Practicing safe grilling, and be good to yourselves and others!
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