Like most people my age, I realize I am statistically likely to die this week.
There is a place where the skyline of surrounding snow-capped aquamarine mountains is broken only by church steeples and medieval watchtowers.
I?m stuck in a lull, looking forward to the future and reminiscing about the past but somewhat discontent with the present.
It?s been nearly two weeks since my voyage began in Nassau, and I cannot believe how distant life at home already feels ? and I haven?t even gotten off the ship yet!
Well, here I am in sunny and hot South Africa! This is a mighty change from the freezing temperatures I was experiencing in the weeks leading up to my departure.
For the graduate student who spends long hours in a small office, seemingly endless all-nighters and regular caffeine highs are endured in the hopes of coming to a ground-breaking research discovery or completing a dissertation.
Hapy Holiday! In the last week, we have celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama and the ongoing festival of Rush ? all this after we have just traversed a time known as The Holiday Season because it is overstuffed with celebrations.
In New Cabell Hall Thursday evenings, the sharp clatter of shoes on tile and the gentle brush of cloth on cloth carry through the empty halls.
Um, hi, Obama, the economy is still refusing to hand me a job on a silver platter.
Going green is becoming more and more popular at the University. Environmentally conscious student groups are sprouting up, dining halls are trying to reduce their waste and consumption of water, and this semester has seen the creation of a course about how to reduce one?s carbon footprint.But before this, there was Brown Earth.Initiated in 2002 and run by the students of Brown College, Brown Earth is an environmental student committee on Brown?s Governance Board.It was started as a way to encourage an appreciation of the environment and promote its conservation, as well as to foster residents? interest in the landscaping on Monroe Hill.
Before Winter Break, I had high hopes for myself. Go ice skating with friends from high school.
When does night end and morning begin? I woke up this past Tuesday morning to a moonlit sky and ?Shake It? playing on the radio.
For many, the arrival of the new year means not only celebrating the end of one year but also looking forward to a fresh start in the next.
In February of my freshman year at New York University, my friend Elena and I took a Greyhound overnight to Montreal for a long weekend.
During fall 2005, I began researching Thomas Jefferson?s motivations for constructing his home at Monticello.
As if balancing schoolwork, extracurricular activities and a social life is not enough, some University students have extra weight on their shoulders: pets.
Once I returned to Grounds after Winter Break, I was forced to participate in a semiannual U.Va.
Happy belated New Year, faithful Cav Daily readership! I know I?m a few weeks late, but let?s pretend you just finished ringing in 2009.
Why does it rain some days, while the sun shines on other days? Why is it usually cold in January, but sometimes a day creeps in that feels more like spring than winter?
The month of January tends to conjure up some dismal images and emotions in about 99 percent of the population in the northern hemisphere.
