Miriella Jiffar
(she/her/hers)
Miriella Jiffar is a fourth year double majoring in English and Cognitive Science, and minoring in French. When she’s not in the Iris office, you can usually find her doing yoga, swimming, spending time with friends, or reading in the cozy window seat at La Maison Française. Fun fact, the thesis she’s currently writing for the English Department’s Distinguished Majors Program was inspired by a piece she wrote for Iris during her second year!
Amidst the positive reception of the HEAAL tours, there are still some questions left unanswered.
Aethiopia, Abyssinia, Askum, Kush
All names thrown around by history books, by scholars
Attempting to intellectualize, rationalize, standardize
the place my parents call home
For first-year students, these historical tours are a vital step to understanding the place they will be inhabiting for the next four years.
In their first year, seven members of the class of 2023 — Kyndall, Amanda, Chloe, Dianna, Ephrata, Ida and Abena — took a historical tour as part of a requirement for one of their classes, the genesis of what would become the HEAAL tours for first-year students three years later.
Let’s start with a story. The routine was like clockwork. My La La Land “City of Stars'' themed alarm would blare at 6:30am.
Self-governance has the potential to cultivate ingenuity, trust and leadership among the student body at the University.
This article was written during the Spring 2022 semester, but was never published.
Every so often, there tends to be an aesthetic or trend that dominates the online algorithm.
As the leaves change color – gently falling in the late summer breeze, clinging to the humid days of August – and classes start to begin again, I’ve come back to UVA this year intending to make Charlottesville my own.