As I walked down Karlov Street in Prague, I reflected on my mission.
As spring approaches, motorcycle enthusiasts will hit the road with a familiar rumbling thunder.
I recently had a mini existential crisis in the self-checkout line at Kroger, a place where I imagine thousands of such dilemmas have occurred, from ?But I typed in the produce code for red grapes, not green!
People?s attitudes toward dating are much like the ?Power Rangers? ? they keep changing and no one is really quite sure why.Take, for example, the Neanderthals.
I?m a 19-year-old second-year at one of the best colleges in the country, but when it comes to guys, I still feel like I?m a 13-year-old kid with a terrible perm and a mouthful of braces.
Napatra Fourth-year Architecture studentMajor?
Every day near 14th Street, students walking to class pass by a small percentage of Charlottesville?s homeless population.
I?ve gotten a number of notices from the University lately, informing me that I am, in fact, dangerously close to graduating.
I wasn?t loved enough as a child, so I need a lot of attention.
Around this time each year, I?m grateful I?m not a high school senior.
?The financial system as a whole is still working against recovery.?In an op-ed article for The Wall Street Journal March 23, Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner announced that the government was prepared to increase the bailout budget to $1 trillion from $700 billion in an effort to combat the current economic crisis.
I did not even know that the British Empire is dying, still less did I know that it is a great deal better than the younger empires that are going to supplant it.??George Orwell, Shooting an ElephantHistory tells us that the decline of one empire inevitably results in the rise of others.
One of the most discussed aspects of the bailout plan is its involvement in the failing auto industry.
I was warned about culture shock and the emotional aspect of living in another country for an extended period of time.
Working Together We Can Achieve More.? ?Vote to Win.? ?A House for Everyone.? These are some of the slogans of some of the nearly 100 political parties in South Africa that are currently trying to convince the public that they are the party to best lead the country.
One of the biggest surprises for me during Semester at Sea was seeing remnants from World War II in nearly every country visited thus far.
Fourth-year Commerce student Jerry Pan entered the 10th annual Navigant-McIntire Case Competition with something to prove.
You know what they say: ?April showers bring May flowers.? This old adage, which is a slightly adapted version of the even older Pacific Islander expression, ?April showers bring much death and destruction,? seems to adequately sum up the current state of the University community.
We are currently mired in what is being termed the Great Recession, the worst economic downturn since the Depression of the 1930s.
Mojito nights, domino tournaments and Latin dance shows are just a few of the events the members of the Cuban and American Student Association gather to discuss.
