Trying to stay sane and connected
JULY 24th ISSUE, 2020 | ISSUE 25
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In this Issue:
A Note from Anna
Social Distancing Network
Echols Council News
Campfire Chats
New Knowledge Nuggets
Want to Change the World?
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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Hi everyone,
Ever since I moved back down to Charlottesville a few weeks ago, my friends and I have been taking turns cooking dinner for each other. We like to think of ourselves as prepping for the commune we are going to start when we are all 40 years old. It has been a great way for me to improve my cooking skills and get some new recipes under my belt, as the busyness of the school year will probably make me less inclined to do so.
When it is one particular friend’s night to cook, she does this thing where she picks not one, but two main course dishes to prepare. She has done this with enough regularity for me to finally ask her why last night. Her response was that the second dish (zoodles in red pepper sauce) didn’t look like a main course to her. I bet that two different dishes popped up on the internet somewhere, and she wanted to cook both of them, so go big or go home, right?
I’m making a bit of a leap here, but my friend’s unwillingness to cook just one meal at a time reminds me of a lot of conversations I’ve had about the future recently. As a fourth year, everyone around me, myself included, has been trying to figure out what we want to do after graduation and beyond. I have fallen into the hole of having my life planned out before me, and while it is a cozy little nook, it is quite scary to contemplate what might happen if I venture outside of it. But I keep giving everyone else unsolicited advice that I heard from my dad’s friend: instead of asking yourself where you want to be in 10 years, follow your curiosity and let it shape your path. Whether or not that piece of advice works for you, I’ve found it as a comforting way to think about my immediate future. I can go through life one step at a time, following the unanswered questions and unknown experiences rather than trying to craft some sort of masterpiece around me. And, if multiple opportunities happen to present themselves, I’ll take a page out of my friend’s book and cook two recipes at the same time.
Anna Wolz
Co-Head of Echols Ambassadors and Chair of Recruitment
Class of 2021
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As always send things our way via email
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Social Distancing Network
If would like to introduce yourself through future issues of the Quarantimes, please send your submissions to echolsprogram@virginia.edu
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Kartik Chugh
Rising 2nd year from Herndon, VA
Computer Science & Econ Major
Two truths and a Lie:
- I've picked up crocheting over quarantine
- I've never gone skiing before
- I can make realistic dolphin noises
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Me and my dog Waffles!
-Kartik
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Rohan Schroff
Rising First-year from
Richmond, VA
Prospective Environmental Science Major
Two truths and a Lie:
- I've been less than 100 feet away from a tornado
- Our car nearly got struck during a police chase
- I have 4 pets, 2 dogs, 1cat, and 1 parrot
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The most amazing snowstorm. December 8, 2017. The snow was heavier and temps were colder than expected, and thus led to a complete meltdown of school transportation home.
-Rohan
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You're invited to a new event!
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Echols Scholars are incredible students who are leaders on Grounds and have gone on to become leaders around the world. Our network of alumni includes so many inspiring people and Echols Council has been hard at work contacting our alumni to connect with you all. Council is now proud to present
the Campfire Chats series
!
Council is curating a series of Echols alumni speakers from across multiple fields. Speakers will talk about their field, their experiences, and there will be a Q&A session for you to find out more about them! We recommend you join the chats to learn about your field of interest or to connect with the amazing alumni of our program.
The series includes:
- Deanne Maynard: Co-Chair of Appellate and Supreme Court practice at Morrison & Foerster who has argued 14 times in front of the United States Supreme Court
- Cameron Webb: Virginia’s 5th Congressional District Democractic nominee and professor and physician at UVA
- Charles Reynolds: World renowned geriatric psychiatrist and co-founder of the Global Consortium on Depression Prevention
- Many more alumni TBA! (stay on the lookout for the wonderful Echols alumni that have offered to speak to us all)
The series is open to all Echols Scholars to attend as well as anyone else you would like to invite! This is a wonderful opportunity for you to connect with the incredible Echols alumni from around the world. Updates and more information can be found on
echolscouncil.org
. These chats will be conducted virtually.
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Deanne Maynard
Tuesday July 28 at 6:30pm.
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The first Campfire Chats speaker is Deanne Maynard who graduated from the University of Virginia in 1987 as an Echols Scholar studying English. She later graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991. She is speaking Tuesday July 28 at 6:30pm.
Sign up to join the chat
here
.
*
Registration is not required but requested so we have an accurate headcount before the event.
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Deanne Maynard now serves as co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice and is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading appellate advocates. She has argued 14 cases before the United States Supreme Court and more than 65 cases in appellate courts across the country. Deanne also argues complex, high stakes cases in courts of appeals nationwide. She has a long record of winning appeals for sophisticated clients. Clients turn to Deanne for crisp, clear briefs and exceptional oral advocacy. Her appellate wins run a gamut of issues from arbitration to antitrust, class actions to contracts, copyright to Commerce Clause, infringement to invalidity, and securities law to statutory interpretation. Deanne is annually recommended as a leading lawyer by
Chambers USA
,
Legal 500 US
, and
Best Lawyers in America
.
Learn more about Deanne Maynard
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New Knowledge Nuggets
Help all of us keep learning cool new things!
Send all New Knowledge Nuggets to echolsprogram@virginia.edu
to be featured in future issues.
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"
Lobsters used to be so cheap that jails served them to prisoners."
Wade Carter
Rising First-year
For an enlightening crash course on the history of lobster cuisine check out
this article
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"All pandas in zoos throughout the world are on loan from the Chinese government."
Aryan Jain
Rising First-year
To learn about why China is in the Panda rental business check out
this article
from the economist
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Want to Change the World?
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Sign up to be a Poll Worker on election day!
(Nov 3, 2020)
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The general election is rapidly approaching! In fact it is exactly 101 days from now. For context, 101 days ago we were already about a month into quarantining.
That being said, trying to organize a nation-wide election is difficult enough, but doing so during a global pandemic is major challenge. One issue that experts are raising alarms about is a widespread lack of poll workers.
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This important role, often filled by older volunteers who are at higher risk of becoming seriously ill due to COVID-19 exposure, are required to keep a polling location open. We have already seen in primary elections across the country that when districts lack poll workers, precincts close, and that is bad for democracy.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution, if you feel it is safe to do so, you can sign up to take on this responsibility yourself! And what's more, not only is this position a great way to step up for the benefit of your community, you also usually get paid to do it! (this may vary based on your state a district)
If you aren't able to work the polls this year, you can also encourage your friends and family to do so! Use
this document
to learn your state's eligibility requirements and then go to your local county or state government website to find the appropriate registration procedure. Keep in mind, that you need to physically be there to work a polling location so take a moment to think about where you will be on November 3rd and how you plan on voting. (In some states you can only work your own assigned precinct)
If you chose to work a poll location make sure you come prepared with adequate PPE and a plan to stay safe and sanitized during your shift. You may also find that your precinct has special safety procedures to help voters safely cast their ballots. If you learn about newly created safety initiatives in your district that you find interesting, let us know about them by emailing us at echolsprogram@virginia.edu .
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This story by essayist and novelist Zadie Smith, whose famous books include
Swing Time
and
White Teeth
, explores the life of Fatou, an African immigrant working as a nanny outside London. Fatou and the neighborhood she lives in narrate this story in turns, exploring how we think of ourselves and our experiences in comparison with how they appear to the outside world.
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Buzzfeed Quiz of the Week
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What's your deal?
No really: what’s your deal? Don’t know? No worries, you can create an ideal brunch and Buzzfeed can tell you what your deal is! Figure out what your deal is here
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Spinach, lemon, feta, garlic, and dill pack a lot of flavor into a traditionally less than an impressive protein, ground turkey. With so many added goodies in these patties, they’re almost halfway between a veggie burger and turkey burger. Tons of flavor, tons of color, tons of goodness.
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- Prepare the yogurt sauce by combining the yogurt, 1/4 tsp minced garlic, dry dill, juice of half the lemon and a dash of salt. Stir everything to combine and then refrigerate to allow the flavors to blend while you make the burgers.
- Thaw the frozen spinach and squeeze out as much moisture as possible. Roughly chop the spinach to prevent long stringy pieces. Also chop the sun dried tomatoes and 1/4 of the red onion.
- In a bowl combine the ground turkey with the spinach, sun dried tomatoes, red onion, feta, 1/2 tsp minced garlic, dried oregano, egg, bread crumbs, 1/2 tsp of salt and some freshly ground pepper. Stir everything until it is evenly combined. Shape the mixture into six patties.
- Cook the burgers on a non-stick skillet or over open flame. Spread the yogurt sauce on both sides of a bun, add a warm burger and top with thin slices of red onion and cucumber. Enjoy!
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Ingredients
7 oz. plain greek yogurt
1 medium fresh lemon
1/4 tsp minced garlic
1/4 tsp dried dill
1.25 lb. ground turkey
6 halves sun dried tomatoes
1 medium red onion
2 oz. frozen spinach
1/4 cup crumbled feta
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/3 cup breadcrumbs
1 large egg
1 medium cucumber
6 hamburger buns
to taste salt and pepper
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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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What occurs once in a minute,
twice in a moment,
and once in a million years?
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Solutions from the Last Issue
Did you miss the last issue?
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Jackson Appelt
Rising 4th year Pre-Med,
Echols Interdisciplinary Major: Translational Medicine (Biology, Physics, Public Health)
Two truths and a Lie:
- I love writing poetry
- I love spicy foods LIE
- My family got a quarantine puppy
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Lucy Hirshland
Rising First-year from
Needham, MA
Prospective M
athematics major and possibly minor in CS
Two truths and a Lie:
- I've been vegetarian for 10 years LIE
- I've been skydiving
- I have a pet goat
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Four golfers named Mr. Black, Mr. White, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue were competing in a tournament. The caddy didn't know their names, so he asked them.
One of them, Mr. Brown, told a lie.
- The 1st golfer said "The 2nd Golfer is Mr. Black."
- The 2nd golfer said "I am not Mr. Blue!"
- The 3rd golfer said "Mr. White? That's the 4th golfer."
- The 4th golfer remained silent.
Which one of the golfers is Mr. Blue?
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The Answer:
The 3rd Golfer!
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Last Week's Riddle Raffle Winner
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Looks like we stumped you!
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We received several responses but unfortunately none of them were correct! Therefore, there is not a riddle raffle winner this time.
Better luck this week!
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That's it for this issue!
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Just one more week in July, let's make the most of it!
See you next Friday!
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