KellyThird-year history major, Asian Pacific American studies minorWhat are the physical and personality attributes you are looking for in a date?Somewhat decently tall with a good sense of humor and laid-
Dating is tough. There are plenty of cute guys at this University who catch my eye. There are something like 6,000 male undergraduates, so I really can?t complain about my options ? and who?s to say I?d rule out most graduate students, either?
In losing to Duke this past Saturday, the Cavalier football team accomplished something that few all-male, officially recognized NCAA football teams have before.
Shouldn?t our goal be to lead interesting lives, rather than watch the banal existence of the verbally inept captured on reality television?
?I don?t know how big it is. Don?t know who runs it. Don?t know how much the pay-out ratio is,? third-year College student Vincent Zimmern said about the University?s endowment.
The current financial crisis has plagued Wall Street for more than a year with no clear end in sight.
As many readers of this column are undoubtedly aware, a series of watershed events beginning with the onset of the credit crunch in 2007 have dramatically changed the landscape of Wall Street and the U.S.
A new Charlottesville resident is a refugee from the genocide in Darfur. His wife is with him, his sister is in Egypt and his mother?s whereabouts are unknown ? though she may be in a refugee camp in Chad.Second-year College student Christie Hercik has taken on the responsibility of making sure this man has all the help possible while he becomes acclimated to his new environment.
Most aspects of the fourth-year experience are enjoyable: being a leader in student organizations, taking small, high-level classes, weighing options for the future, writing a thesis ... well, maybe the thesis isn?t exactly a cakewalk, but I stand by the rest.
Let?s face it: Life at the University can be tough. And after a week of classes, homework and exams, there?s only so much that a frat party can do for you.
As I anxiously clutched my luggage to my body and smoothed my bumpy bus hair in preparation to meet my new host family, I had an odd sense of d
Besides noticing the wild dogs and terrible bureaucracy, I suppose I have not really distinguished Turkey from any other place.
Earlier this month, second-year College student Shankar Srinivasan was biking home from class near Monroe Hill when he was struck by a car.
We salute you Mr. Fraternity Boy. You sit high atop your grubby couch throne in front of your fraternity house drunk with power deciding who is worthy of the illustrious title, Fratstar.
So you?ve coughed up your Rita?s Water Ice realizing the ?Ice-Custard-Happiness? slogan is one-third lies.
Journeying through the crowded, winding maze of the Student Activities Fair might lead a new student to believe there are simply no interests that are not represented by some University organization.
It is hard to believe that only a few months ago, I was sitting at home with my U.Va. transfer student booklet in hand, soaking up knowledge about my new school.
Hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, kayaking, mountaineering, rock climbing, skiing and snowshoeing, caving, whitewater rafting, fishing and skydiving ? these are just some of the activities that members of the University?s graduate and undergraduate Outdoors at U.Va.
A hungry crowd sits in silent anticipation. The speaker poses a question: ?How many of you spend too much time worrying about the future?? Instead of hands shooting up like stars, this quieter crowd nods their heads in unison like they are entranced.
