Date: Friday, Oct. 1 Time: 6:45 p.m. Location: Himalayan Fusion Laurance Third-year Engineering Student Major: Computer Science What are you involved in at U.Va.? Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team, Sailing club, tutoring for computer science What else do you like to do?
I had a really interesting experience the other night. Some girlfriends and I were invited to our Korean friend's house for a traditional Korean dinner.
The last time most University students took a tour of Grounds, they were probably registering for their first courses during summer orientation. Now, a few years later, one has to wonder how many students can actually remember that the school's Grounds is one of the only campuses in the United States registered on the World Heritage List and that the University was the first state school constructed around a library rather than a chapel.
As a college student, it sometimes becomes tough to continue high school routines. It's fairly difficult, for example, to continue practicing piano when I no longer have one in my apartment. Two days ago, I finally put in the effort to find music and figure out how to rent a practice room in Old Cabell Hall.
GTL (n.): the daily routine that includes hitting the gym, tanning and doing laundry to stay fresh all day, every day.
For many students, frequenting popular coffee establishments and restaurants on the Corner for drinks and tasty dinners during the weekends is a common rite.
I haven't written about food in a while because quite honestly I haven't eaten anything that great in a while.
Rumor across Grounds has it that the best dining hall in town is the most difficult to find. Searching for it is like embarking on a journey reminiscent of Frodo's odyssey without the tiny grey gremlin and adorably chubby sidekicks yearning for scones.
Where do you like it? On the floor, on the desk, on the back of your bedroom door? Unless you've been living without Facebook for the past month, you probably know that girls across the country are liking it in a lot of different places. The key to this apparently blatant sexual allusion is the missing word. As Melissa Bell from The Washington Post put it, "Women are posting where they like to keep their purses when they come home, but they conveniently leave out the word 'purse.'" But the reason for all this purse-stashing confusion affects a lot more than just Facebook statuses. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
The University is the third cleanest-shaven school of the 60 studied in a Septemeber Shick Hydro study.
Someone once told me to never walk alone. Yes, it was my mother, and yes, she meant all the time. She expects me to be with my sister at all times (because I usually am) and she expects me to be cautious because of what's been happening around here.
The Virginia men's rowing team competes against established collegiate crews - Princeton, Harvard, Brown.
Now that I'm living off Grounds, I have experienced a lot of what I like to call "adventures" with parallel parking.
Oh, the joy of sitting on a bus immersed in someone else's conversation. Not because you know this someone or because you are even halfway interested in what he has to say, but more for the fact that this person has an opinion and wants everyone within earshot to hear about it.
At the University, several arts and theater groups compete for limited performance space. Because the Culbreth and Helms Theatres are reserved for the drama department, student artists often find themselves in spaces that are far from ideal. One venue allows students to host arts events in a space some artists have found favorable compared to University venues.
We all do it. We stereotype, we judge, we say things like, "That's not very manly." There's nothing wrong with it.
Ghosts are real. I don't say this because "Paranormal Activity" caused me to lose sleep for three-and-a-half months - I'm so excited for the sequel because then I can pee my pants when anything moves at night - or because I have actually seen a ghost.
Out of the 14 students in fifth grade-teacher Debra Beale's last period class at Walker Elementary School, nine are from another country.
There's nothing quite like meeting University graduates in your own hometown. For some, this may be routine and normal, but for me, an impromptu run-in with a former Hoo is a welcome and unexpected rarity. My regular dentist happens to be an enthusiastic University alumnus.
"It's Friday! It's Friday!" My roommates and I cheer as the clock hand turns from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to midnight Friday.
