One thing I?ve noticed about the University is the great respect it gives to its mentally deranged student demographic, the one driven by severe sleep deprivation, manic depression and a proclivity for being named John Nelson.
Today marks my final column of the year. It will be a whole season and a half before I can once again pen pointless details of my life and brighten the Thursday mornings of my readers.
Like most University students, food is a fairly important part of my day.
As I write this ? my last column before I graduate and head off into the real world ? it?s easy to reflect on everything that I?m going to miss about Charlottesville.
Veritas Claret (Virginia), 2007Price: $17.00Grade: A Veritas Vineyards is an inspiring place.
Stepping into the main work room of the Community Bikes Shop for the first time is like discovering a hidden treasure trove.
At last, the end of the semester ? the season of Blue Book emergencies and Red Bull-fueled all-nighters ? is upon us.
When I thought about what to write for my last normal-running column, I naturally thought of my passion.Clothes.I mean, how great are clothes?
It?s the last full week of school, and as always, I feel like it came out of nowhere.
Usher?s ?U Got it Bad,? J.T.?s ?Lovestoned? and Van Morrison?s ?Crazy Love? are just some of the songs that pay tribute to the power of attraction ? the kind of attraction that causes you to put everything else in life on hold.
After passing the blank slab of concrete marking the intersection of 14th Street with University Avenue the past four years, fourth-year student John Pappas, president of the Phi Sigma Pi honor fraternity, decided to convert the area from a blemish on the Corner to a creative city landmark.Pappas wanted to find a way to unite the University and Charlottesville communities and saw the crossroads as an intersection of the two that could be united through art.The Charlottesville and University communities ?always kind of seemed like really close neighbors, but still distant in some way,? Pappas said.Initially, Pappas proposed a painted mural for the area to the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review.
Most people my age look forward to New Year?s Eve because it?s a completely acceptable excuse to wear obnoxious hats and get drunk.Personally, I like the New Year because I can read Dave Barry?s ?Year in Review,? which highlights the most critical issues of the past 365 days.
I?ve never read any of the other Life columns ? because when I need to go to sleep, I just ODPM ? OD on some Tylenol PM ? but I hear that they sometimes offer people useful advice or actually approach a normal topic of conversation in a relatable way.
Good credit scores may not be a priority for some University students, who may be more concerned with good test scores instead.
Several federal officials, including Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and Treasury Secretary Geithner, have called for an overhaul of the financial regulatory system.
In China, one entrepreneur seems to have found the elixir of success, though it might not be as appetizing as you might expect.David Sokol, a partner of Warren Buffet and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway?s company MidAmerican Energy, watched recently as Wang Chuan-Fu, CEO of the Chinese company BYD, carefully poured and drank a sip of his company?s new nontoxic battery fluid.
Q: How long have you been a professor at U.Va.? A: I began teaching part time at the University in 1993 when Rita Dove was named Poet Laureate and I taught her classes for two years.
I?m about to finish my fourth year at the University. During my time here, I?ve studied politics, history, English, astronomy, taxonomy, gastronomy and physiognomy ? OK, the last one is just a fun word I picked up from Russian literature.
It is always a challenge for high school graduates to come to college and adjust to a completely new environment with a completely new set of people.
