I am a firm believer that you can learn far more by going out and experiencing something than by sitting in a classroom.
When people find out that I?m going to study abroad in Peru, one of the first questions they ask is, ?Do you speak Spanish?? Usually, I just tell them that I took it in high school because honestly, I don?t actually know how good my linguistic abilities are.
Singing, dancing and drums greeted Semester at Sea at the wharf as we arrived in Walvis Bay, Namibia.
Standing atop a ladder, shuffling through one of the 11,000 songs on his iPod, artist Lincoln Perry spends the majority of his spring afternoons in Old Cabell Hall, painting the 11-panel mural ?The Student?s Progress.? His hands covered in charcoal, he carefully sketches the life story of a redheaded female University undergraduate student on the walls of the building?s lobby.
Times are tough. We are in the midst of a horrendous economic crisis, thousands are dying needlessly in conflicts overseas and innocent people all over America continue to be subjected to Nickelback on their radio stations.
This week all students will be excitedly counting down to Spring Break.
The small crowd in attendance at the Kaleidoscope Room Wednesday night took a look back into a challenging part of University history through the faces and words of those who lived through integration while at the University.
I live in a house with nine other girls. It?s not the pillow-fight-in-your-underwear-type of house, but we do have a penchant for not doing our schoolwork.
Yay, yay one more week until the University cancels class! Finally we can ditch the academic bulimia of regurgitating answers onto Scantrons and go back to the normal kind to get ready for Beach Week, lol*.I know some of you guys are super upset that Spring Break is coming.
My life would suck without Kelly Clarkson. She has been around for a long time ? eight seasons to be exact ? and as a personal screaming-type of release from the real world, she has been amazing.
Gone are the days of University life for Law Prof. David Martin. The calm days of lectures and meetings with students and faculty members are, for now, part of the past.A specialist in international and immigration law, Martin now is on two years of leave from the University, to work for Barack Obama?s administration at the Department of Homeland Security.Martin will serve as Principal Deputy General Counsel, currently acting as the General Counsel, which means he is the second most senior lawyer in the department, he said.The department has a wide range of responsibilities, Martin said, noting that he will deal with the more delicate ones.Currently, Martin is serving former Gov.
In the ancient days of the Roman Empire, gladiatorial games were held.
Since I first came to Charlottesville, I have been on a quest to find the best homemade Chinese food in town.
As anyone who was ever single on Valentine?s Day knows, it can be a bit of a downer.
2004 Givry, Premier Cru, La Vigne Des Anges-Vieilles Vignes (Burgundy, France)Price: $18Grade: A Since the entrance of American tastes into the wine trade during the 1970s and the desire of many vineyards to get high critic ratings, many regions succumbed to outside influences that demand mass-market wine.
A gay soccer team, a group of talented artists and a one-armed, legless dancer are just three testaments to the distinct culture of Iquitos.
It may only be February, but Spring Break is almost upon us. Though with the alternating 30- and 60-degree days we?ve been having, I can see how you might be confused as to what season we?re even in.In anticipation of the break, people already are hanging up winter coats, trading boots for flip-flops and doing that weird wire-walking thing between trees on the Lawn.
We all know that the second-most iconic setting at the University
Women. Sometimes I have a hard time believing I?ve grown up enough ? in years anyway ? to consider myself a ?man? chasing after ?women.? It wasn?t so long ago that I shuddered to ask these GIRLS to Homecoming or out to a movie some Friday night.
So, Valentine?s Day was a couple of days ago. Flowers were purchased, chocolates were eaten and thoughtful men all over the country finally got laid.Flowers, chocolate and jewelry are all typical Valentine?s Day clich
