Some sounds are inherently pleasing to the ear ? a favorite song, a crashing wave, a giggling child ? and in my opinion, the charming tone of a British accent.If ?Love Actually? taught me anything, it?s that we?re all suckers for a British accent, girls and guys alike.
Some of you spent your Spring Breaks in tropical climes with frosty drinks by the sea.
In any debate about which groups of students at the University spend the most time holed up in their class buildings, the students in the Architecture and Engineering Schools tend to come out on top.
In life, so many choices come in pairs. Whenever Sunday comes around, we have to decide between getting reading done for the week or downing dollar pitchers at the Virginian.
So the Dec?s Lawn-mocking list should be out by now ? but they?re all a bunch of dirty, lazy hippies so don?t hold your breath ... Unless there?s a Dec kid nearby, then hold your breath because yuck, the stench of poor hygiene and failure ? and that means I can finally see who got the Lawn instead of me!
Stepping into the Oval Office, Barack Obama had the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression handed to him.
Many amateur investors ? including college students ? have been watching the stock market plummet during the last five months with increasing dismay.
As any caffeine addict knows, morning coffee is simply not negotiable.
Q: Why did you choose to come to the University?A: Because the University of Virginia offered me a job.
One thing you can say about this university is that we take our fitness seriously.
In light of the current economic situation, many University students find that limited budgets coupled with relatively high travel costs have significantly restricted or entirely eliminated their Spring Break travel plans.Some students, however, are still determined to get away for a week of fun in the sun.
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.
