Life

If we had only known

By Elizabeth Stonehill | August 20, 2011

As a new crop of students begin to flood first-year dormitories, upperclassmen are handing down indispensable advice about their time at the University. The best advice Student Council President Dan Morrison said he received was from his first-year resident advisor. "At our first hall meeting, [my RA] said, 'When you go back to your room and start your year, don't close your door; leave your door open for people so they can come hang out or ask for help,' and this proved really helpful as the year went on," Morrison said.

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Life

A proud display

By Tara Johnson | April 29, 2011

The thought of Greek initiation ceremonies often calls to mind private events and the passing down of secret traditions, but many of the University's fraternities and sororities take a more public approach to bringing in new members.

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Life

Lorelai

By Katie Urban | April 29, 2011

If Lorleai Gilmore went to the University, she would not be reading this column. She simply would say "Oy with the poodles already!" - a phrase she coined which can be used to shut up a person who is talking nonstop about a certain topic - and keep flipping the pages until she found the comics page.

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Life

Orgo lab: a retrospective

By Courtney Hartnett | April 29, 2011

This past Wednesday, I turned in my organic chemistry lab notebook. I realize that something as mundane as carrying a notebook across Grounds and putting it in a box at the Chemistry Building isn't particularly newsworthy; it's more symbolic than anything. When I was a first year nearly done with general chemistry and introduction biology, I was more scared of organic chemistry than I was about my final exam in either course. I saw the look that crept over most people's faces when I asked about it.

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Life

Exam snacking

By Caroline Massie | April 28, 2011

For most students, when finals roll around, good diets usually take a backseat to food and drinks that quickly satisfy hunger or temporarily raise energy levels.

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Life

Old hat

By Kristin Ulmer | April 28, 2011

Whenever I pull out my fashion magazines to show my mom the latest trend that I'm dying to have, she always rolls her eyes and laughs.

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Life

Letter to myself

By Connelly Hardaway | April 28, 2011

I was sitting on the steps of the Rotunda the other night. I was not naked, running up the steps like my first-year self.

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Life

Love out loud

By Katie McNally | April 27, 2011

University students are well known for the many ways they show their pride, wearing orange and blue, quoting Thomas Jefferson, or even just the occasional boasts about their school's academic ranking.

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Life

Investing in National CineMedia

By Harrison Freund | April 27, 2011

Summer often means going to the movies to see the blockbusters. But before the movies and the trailers come the advertisements.

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Life

A place to gather

By Charlie Tyson | April 26, 2011

Jewish life at the University found a renewed identity April 10, when the Brody Jewish Center building - Hillel's 10,000 square-foot addition to its existing space at 1824 University Circle - officially opened. "There's now this glorious space to be Jewish in together and to invite others in to experience what Jewish life is like," said Vanessa Ochs, associate professor of religious studies and member of the Jewish studies program.

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Life

The writing on the wall

By Katie McNally | April 26, 2011

In my three years here, I've worked my way through a lot of what I would call the traditional "wisdom texts": those works that we read time and time again, because either directly or indirectly they seem to offer us a message on how to live our lives.

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Life

Summer dreamin

By Abbi Sigler | April 26, 2011

I keep having to double-check my planner. I always have had trouble with dates. I still can't believe its 2011.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Charlotte and Rob

By Abbi Sigler | April 25, 2011

Charlotte Hobbies: I write plays and fiction, I play guitar horribly and I make stuff out of other stuff. Typical Weekend Plans: I hang out with my friends in Brown, where I live, which usually includes moderate to heavy partying on any given night.

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Life

A farewell salute

By Kathleen Baines | April 25, 2011

"I salute you." I last said that phrase to a woman who single-handedly destroyed the Ruby Tuesday salad bar.

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Life

Out on display

By Caroline Newman | April 22, 2011

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections library is nestled in a high-traffic area of Grounds, but as students walk by, few are aware of the rare objects which lie within. Wednesday evening, the library hosted an open house to display its many artifacts, exposing students to a treasure trove of items many did not realize were so readily available. The event, called "The Most of Special Collections," was put together by four students: second-year College student Anna Bninski, third-year College student Tess Goodman, second-year College student Maggie Moriarty and fourth-year Engineering student Emerson Prebil, all participants in the Wolfe Docent Program this semester.

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Life

The best purpose for Peeps

By Sheila Bushman | April 22, 2011

What's the best part about Easter? Many might say that it's the chance to go home and attend church with their families.

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Life

Go ahead and dumb yourself down

By Vanessa Stephenson | April 22, 2011

No one ever claimed that watching the Bravo or E! channels on TV would make you smarter, or even more culturally aware.

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Life

Mr. Jefferson's gardens

By Lisa Kessler | April 21, 2011

Spring has sprung on Grounds and the pavilion gardens surrounding the Lawn are blooming with green life again.

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Life

Beach volleyball

By Simone Egwu | April 21, 2011

I have fallen in love. No, there is no new beau involved; just an old flame from high school who has raged back into my life like a bull let loose in the streets of Spain.

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Life

Being wrong never felt so right

By Connelly Hardaway | April 21, 2011

I do not like to talk about my romantic life because I am neither a love columnist nor a romantic. Sure, I'll allude to it so that I appear both attractive to the opposite sex and "more than just a writer chick." But writing an entire column about it?