Something new
By Ian Smith | October 9, 2008I never thought I would ever be the type of person to rush a fraternity, but as of last week, I have found myself in new territory ? and loving it.
I never thought I would ever be the type of person to rush a fraternity, but as of last week, I have found myself in new territory ? and loving it.
I?m from Philadelphia. You know, where this country was born? Ben Franklin? The Phillies? Cheesesteaks?
If you ask around Grounds about the Lorna Sundberg International Center, you might receive some quizzical looks.
Tara Parker-Pope, author of the ?Well? blog at The New York Times, posted an entry June 30, 2008 titled ?The 11 Best Foods You Aren?t Eating.? I admit I was a little smug when I discovered that of the 11 ?super foods? she listed, I was regularly eating more than half, and at least occasionally eating all but one.
Try to imagine a Cavalier football game without its marching band. Cav Man demolishes his computer-animated enemy and gallops the field in triumph, cheerleaders back-flip and somersault, football players charge through smoke to a roaring crowd.
Spoiler alert ? the following column is not for the televisually-impaired.Most people know what day it is when they check their phone or their calendar because of particular meetings, assignments or commitments.
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.