Ambulances are often heard in the streets of Charlottesville, their sirens wailing at all hours of the night, and seen hurrying through busy intersections, lights flashing.
So, we?re all feeling the crunch of the credit crisis. We may not have lost billions of dollars and ?Cribs?-worthy mansions through the fraudulent schemes of Bernie Madoff but we?re constantly reminded of the economic woes of our country every day when we turn on CNN or hear our parents complain about having that many more years until retirement.
Understatement of the year: Organized sports are not my thing.Playing them is out because of that whole sweating thing.
You?ve worked hard for four years and are just months away from receiving that long-awaited diploma.
The Congressional Budget Office predicts the federal deficit will reach $1.2 trillion in 2009.
For Bernard Madoff, the financial crisis has destroyed more than just his stock portfolio.
Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Pat Oliphant poised his hand briefly over the blank sheet, fingers dexterous with the ink they held.
We?re living in an age of limitless possibilities, or so they tell me.
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.
