As a new school year begins, it's easy for upperclassmen at the University to pick on incoming first-year students for their bright-eyed optimism, ability to get lost regardless of where they are or where they're going and, most importantly, their ever-so-obvious desperation to make friends.
As a sleep-deprived college student, only the most incredible of circumstances would prompt me to give up precious sleep over the summer.
First-year students typically come in with all sorts of crazy questions and concerns and diseases.
Air travel has revolutionized the world as we know it. It has connected far-flung regions of the globe and made crossing vast distances a much quicker process.
Police forces from the University, City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and Waynesboro had reason to celebrate August 13.
I'm in Wisconsin on vacation and it's ... what day is it again? Saturday the 25th. Right. I'm leaving for Lyon, France in 3 days.
In Indonesian cuisine, rice is a staple. It is eaten plain or with a spicy mixture of beef, pork and vegetables.
Move-in Day: You get out of the car, nervous with anticipation, eager to say good-bye to mom and dad and meet your new roommate.
Students aren't the only ones taking advantage of their time off from school -- faculty members did it all this summer, from international research to health awareness to influencing public policy.
In 58 B.C., Julius Caesar began his campaign of conquest against the Gauls. This summer, 2,065 years later, I set out to finish what he started. I ran into a couple of problems, though.
There are many lessons and experiences I hope to take away from France. I have mulled over the possibilities and even made tentative lists of opportunities I hope to take advantage of during my time there; however, I also expect that much of what I learn in France will be things I could never predict. My biggest goal, the motivation that has driven me forward in the journey to France, is fluency.
Located just 10 miles away via Interstate 64 West, Crozet, Va. is the perfect destination for anyone looking to escape the standard routine of University life.
University alumnus and current astronaut Patrick Forrester served as a mission specialist for NASA's most recent mission to the International Space Station, STS-117. Forrester and six other astronauts were launched into space June 8 on board the space shuttle Atlantis in order to exchange astronauts and complete construction on the International Space Station.
University alumnus William Bennett, a member of the Class of 2000, returned to Charlottesville this summer to follow his passion and sing opera with the Ash Lawn Opera program.
Inspired by the friendship of Thomas Jefferson and Italian-born Philip Mazzei, their hometowns recently celebrated their 30th year as sister cities.
I'm interning in New York for the summer and my parents came to visit me last weekend. My dad insisted that my mother not take out a map when we were in public so people would not think we were "rednecks from Boise, Idaho" --because clearly Boise connotes more redneck fun than my home state of Georgia. After this experience, I got to thinking about the challenges of fitting in wherever you go on vacation this summer. Some places are easier than others.
Several University undergraduate researchers are spending their summer playing with Legos, in simplest terms. Actually, they are not exactly Legos, but BioBricks.
Perhaps the greatest challenge of an internship with the Environmental Protection Agency is learning to speak a new language.
The presidential campaign office of U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., is in a rather nondescript building in northwest D.C.
Well, the end happened pretty much just as I thought it would. I emerged from that beautiful ship in San Diego Harbor, weighed down by the spoils of my journey, tearfully greeted by my mother, calling out promises that I would stay in touch with too many new friends.
