Miriella Jiffar
(she/her/hers)
Miriella is a third year double majoring in English: Modern and Global Studies, and Cognitive Science with a concentration in Cognitive Psychology. She is interested in studying the relationship between the brain, language and writing, and hopes to go into journalism after college. In her free time, she is the editor of the Cavalier Daily’s Life Section, volunteers at the Fralin Museum with the Student Engagement Council, and loves to read in the library at La Maison Française!
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.