World Hijab Day highlights issues of micro-aggressions, multiculturalism
By Julie Bond | February 7, 2016The University’s second annual World Hijab Day celebration saw an encouraging increase in participants.
The University’s second annual World Hijab Day celebration saw an encouraging increase in participants.
Last week the national women’s sorority Sigma Sigma Sigma, also known as Tri Sigma, hosted a Week of Service as part of their colonization process to begin a new chapter at the University.
At the fair, music played while students and employers discussed career opportunities over dumplings and Campus Cookies.
When Snowmageddon hit a few weeks ago, I’m pretty sure I was the happiest Wahoo at this school — not because I was particularly excited at the thought of playing in the snow, but because I had a valid excuse to shut myself up in my apartment all weekend.
As a scholar of the material culture of slavery, Deetz served as a consultant to help design the slave quarter sets used in the picture.
This semester, nearly all of my professors set the same ground rule during their first lecture – notes were to be taken via pencil and paper, no laptops allowed.
With the primaries for the 2016 presidential election underway, it is time to begin considering the challenges the next administration will face.
I don’t know anyone who starts studying right at nine and stops immediately at five, but apparently that’s the grownup thing to do, right up there with New Year’s resolutions and wine bars.
What was the last book you read for fun? What about nine-year-old you?
This winter break, my drive home was slightly longer than usual. Instead of driving up the familiar rectangular driveway, I arrived to a public parking garage.
While most students spent snowstorm Jonas bundled up inside, U.Va. dining staff spent their days hard at work to keep all dining facilities in operation despite the inclement weather.
Since its inception in 2011, the Morven Kitchen Garden has thrived as a unique part of the University community.
Leslie and Matt met at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Rotunda and went to Michael’s Bistro.
1. Envy: When I was younger, I used to watch a Nickelodeon show called “As Told by Ginger.” Though I’m sure this TV show was not the origin of the phrase, the opening theme featured the lyric “the grass is always greener on the other side” which applies perfectly here.
I’ve yet to find a truly good reason not to study abroad. At least not one as scathing as “don’t study abroad if you’re a closed-minded person”, which seems a bit harsh for my taste.
Occasionally I like to depart from the hallowed halls of the Alderman Maps room to study somewhere more exposed and in tune with the real world which does in fact exist outside the borders of U.Va.
The University is a big place, and with opportunities to make friends at different times and from different organizations, it isn’t rare to develop multiple social circles.
Beta Bridge is an important tradition in the University of Virginia culture. Students paint the walls as a way of publicizing events, bringing awareness to important topics or showing school pride.
Stereotypes for a typical student at the University geographically center on Northern Virginia. However, the faculty, workers, and students represent a wide range of countries and nationalities.
Associate Prof. W. Bradford Wilcox co-wrote the recently published book “Soul Mates,” highlighting the religious and marital values of black and Latino families in the United States.