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Ariana Grande released her seventh studio album, “Eternal Sunshine,” March 8. At just under 36 minutes of run time, “Eternal Sunshine” is her shortest project to date, but arguably her most personal — it offers an exploration of her divorce, her reputation and the complex and intricate emotion behind it all.
A shadow has lingered over the men’s lacrosse program since longtime faceoff man Petey LaSalla departed to play professionally. But that shadow has recently receded, pushed aside by a rebuilt faceoff corps that has manufactured surprising success despite the departure of LaSalla, the program stalwart who manned the faceoff dot for five years.
After nearly five years of administrative deliberation, Alderman Library has been renamed after the University’s fourth President, Edgar Shannon, a move that has received mixed responses from students and community members. The change follows increases in student activism on Grounds in favor of the change, as well as some resistance from students, alumni and community members.
This year's Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the fourth time, had one of the most enjoyable telecasts in years. The show moved briskly from award to award with plenty of entertaining bits throughout — a fitting show for one of the best and most exciting years for film in recent memory.
Amid a steady guitar strum, a warm, full voice delivers the lyrics, “She sees a chance in her reflection on the wall / No matter the humidity or height of the paywall / ‘Cause she’s pretty in passing and I’m better for some time.”
Among a plethora of student bands, from fraternity bands to cover bands, one made entirely of female musicians sets itself apart from the rest, Fair Verona. Fairly new to the Charlottesville band scene, the only all-girl band at the University — according to Emma Gorman, drummer and fourth-year College student — consists of four members who are united by their love of indie pop/rock, performing and the University’s music scene.
Eight years ago, Class of 2019 College and Education alumna Jessica Harris — at the time still in high school — founded Empowered Players, a nonprofit in nearby Fluvanna County that facilitates free arts and theater classes for children in grades K-12. Since then, Empowered Players has grown and continued to spread love for the arts and empower youth throughout Fluvanna County.
As the matchup for the 2024 Presidential Election crystallizes — with Democratic President Joe Biden facing former Republican President Donald Trump — the University Center for Politics is gearing up for a rare rematch between two divisive candidates. With young voters voicing early pessimism about the choices, the Center’s director, Larry J. Sabato, prepares for an election he calls “unprecedented.”
Several members of student political organization University Democrats requested their dues be returned after the group signed on to the U.Va. Apartheid Divest referendum, which advocates for the University to divest from companies “engaging in or profiting from the State of Israel’s apartheid regime and acute violence against Palestinians.” According to these members, the Contracted Independent Organization violated its own constitution by making the decision to take a public stance on the referendum without a general body vote. The organization’s executive board said that while dues cannot be returned, members are free to leave the group as they please.
This year, the Lawn Selection Committee received 177 applications from rising fourth-years hoping to live on the Lawn — granting Lawn rooms to 47 individuals. While 177 applications is an increase from last year, this relatively low number of interested students fits into a larger trend — application numbers have failed to surpass 230 since before the COVID-19 pandemic. In short, there seems to be decreased interest in living in Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village, the center of our university’s history and community. While the University intends for living on the Lawn to be a sort of reward for excellent service and a privilege obtained by impactful students, the structures surrounding this housing option have increasingly conspired to decrease the privilege of becoming a Lawnie.
Sam Ezersky, a digital puzzles editor for The New York Times and Class of 2017 alumnus, experienced a whirlwind journey from being a puzzle staffer at The Cavalier Daily to editing puzzles in the Big Apple. Ezersky currently edits The New York Times’ digital Spelling Bee, a game where solvers spell as many words as they can with only seven letters. A long time puzzle aficionado, Ezersky is passionate about making newspaper puzzles modern, fresh games for anyone to enjoy.
Editor’s Note: This article is a humor column.
As someone who grew up eating Italian food homemade by my Nonna, I’m pretty hard to impress when it comes to my native cuisine. Even so, the food at Mona Lisa Pasta earns my praise. I grabbed dinner from the locally-owned Italian deli to bring home to my five roommates for under $35. The cozy take-out shop is perfect for any Italian craving, with affordable prices and flavorful dishes.
Another three-win season is not going to suffice for Cavalier football, and it’s no secret that the pressure is mounting on Coach Tony Elliott as he enters his third season at Virginia. In 2024 Elliott and his staff must prove he has a vision for the program. The transfer portal opened Dec. 4 and stretched until Jan. 2, providing a small window to go shopping for superstars. In that time, Virginia rushed to accumulate talent and bolster a roster in need of support — and ultimately, the Cavalier transfer crop yielded a slew of promising additions.
Following a strong start to the spring campaign in which Virginia has stamped itself as a premier team in the country with a second-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic and a fourth-place mark at the Watersound Collegiate, the Cavaliers made their way down to Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla., for the John Hayt Invitational. The event had a tremendous field, featuring five teams in the most recent GCAA top-25 poll, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, North Florida and Duke.
Third-year College student Lisa Kopelnik was voted in as the next student member of the Board of Visitors at their March 1 meeting. Kopelnik, who currently serves as the chair of the University Judiciary Committee, will also continue as a UJC representative for the College after her tenure as chair ends April 7. Though it is a non-voting role, the student member of the Board is tasked with representing the entire student body, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students.
Coming off of a 6-3 win Tuesday against Penn State and a ridiculous Wednesday performance in which the team hit eight home runs against George Washington, the Virginia baseball team was riding high. But their momentum would soon face a stiff challenge at Alex Rodriguez Park, where they played Miami in Virginia’s first ACC series of the year.
After a rough season of ACC matches that saw losses over four consecutive weeks, the Virginia wrestling team finished their conference play Sunday at the ACC Championships. The Cavaliers (7-6, 1-4 ACC) sent one wrestler for each weight class to the event and competed against the best from each of the six ACC schools that have wrestling teams.
Feb. 18, The Cavalier Daily published an opinion article arguing that the Honor Committee ought to focus more on the mental health of accused students. As members of the Committee, we commend this article’s intention. However, the article is based on a faulty understanding of the Committee’s existing procedures. The Contributory Health Impairment, to which the column refers, is not litigated at an Honor hearing, so making mental health assessments opt-out as a part of the hearing procedure is fundamentally unfeasible and will needlessly add months to the already-long case processing timeline. Therefore, we strongly disagree with the solution proposed in the column and believe that mental health evaluations should not be made opt-out.