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The Scholar, The Sewist, The Sightseer.

Reka the Scholar Over 15 years ago, I walked the grounds of The University of Virginia during Move-In Weekend.  I was embarking on my college experience at the #1 public university.  I thought I would major in accounting and be a tax attorney.  I wanted to only have to work during tax season and spend my seven months off reading up on tax law on a beach.  Clearly, I didn’t research that career option enough, and when I saw the rate at which my peers were failing ECON 201 (the weeder class for the McIntire School of Commerce) I knew that path was not for me.  By the end of my first semester, Psych 101 was the only course that...

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