Doctors and nurses in white rushing in and out, patients streaming through the doors, complaints ranging from a toothache to a heart attack, the scent of a hospital permeating through the white-walled rooms -- the emergency room can be an extraordinarily intense, fast-paced environment.
Man, this is a crazy place. Over the past week, I've lost three hours of sleep to quantum shifts, or as you philistines call it, "time zone changes." It's like it turns midnight on a certain day and they go, "change your clock, young man," and I say, "ok cool." So at midnight, my computer clock jumps and my international cell phone clock jumps.
The Cavalier Daily family lost its beloved matriarch this past weekend. Sharon Bradley, the CD's longtime receptionist, was 54 years old. Bradley began working at The Cavalier Daily in 1990 on a temporary assignment, intending to only stay a few weeks.
Once again, we find ourselves in the middle of election season here at the University. Every year, the University Board of Elections helps facilitate student self-governance by holding online elections (www.uvavote.com). Of course, they always fail to remember that just because we're college students and spend half our waking hours online doesn't mean we have five spare minutes to cast ballots.
I am sure there are people out there who will read this column and have absolutely no idea what I'm describing.
Sick and tired of living your life pouring over your books for interminable hours in the library and then taking grueling exams?
Pretty soon I will no longer be able to achieve my No. 4 lifetime goal. Oh sure, I'll still have the chance to accomplish my other aims, such as owning a condominium (No.
You're broke. All the money from your summer job that was supposed to last you the whole year is gone, and it's only February. Luckily for students now counting their pennies, there are many sources of employment around Grounds, including the Newcomb Hall information desk and game room, the libraries, the gyms and the University Bookstore. While some students said they want a job to earn some extra cash, third-year College student Jessica Barnett said she originally started looking for a job to help support herself. "My mom is a single parent, so I wanted to make my own money," Barnett said.
I am going to relate to you the following anecdote -- it is heartbreaking, but true. Last weekend I called my family to see how they were doing.
Around this time last year, I was on the beach in Cape Town, South Africa. I actually got a tan, which, given my freckled Irish skin, is pretty miraculous. Now I'm wading through icy slush to class.
Recently, most of the world has come to a consensus on the fact that it is getting hot in here. And with global warming now fully accepted, scientists (or as I call them, smientists) are rehashing the same old solutions on how to fix it: alternative fuels, efficient machines, blah, blah, blah.
Over winter break I participated in the Impact Movement's National Conference in Atlanta, Ga. It seems that whenever I travel, everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
This is just getting ridiculous. I was leaving the Lawn on Tuesday night and looking around at the bizarre brilliance of the night as light exploded upwards from the unbroken ice.
Most students are currently immersed in the emotional aftermath of Valentine's Day and sloshing around Grounds in parkas and rain boots.
Unfortunately for Valentine's Day, the printing of my column fell on this coinciding date. I wouldn't label myself as a Valentine's Day "hater," because when I think of Valentine's Day haters I picture unfortunate-looking persons playing "Love Stinks" on repeat in the dark while sobbing.
Date Me With movies and magazines describing the ideal Valentine's Day date, students are often under a lot of pressure to make the day particularly special for loved ones. According to third-year College student Cameron Hill, Valentine's Day is "a chance for people to be creative and to show that they care." For one of his most memorable, and infamous, Valentine's Day dates, Hill said he created a marbled chocolate box and filled it with chocolates that he had seen made on the Food Network.
Neil Sedaka was mostly right. I'm sure 97 percent of the people reading this don't know who Neil Sedaka is, but he's the guy who sings that 60s toe-tappin' hit "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do." Where Neil went wrong, however, was with this line: "Come on baby, let's start anew, 'cuz breakin' up is hard to do." Screw that.
Televisions across the country were tuned into news programs last Thursday as the biggest story of the week unfurled.
I see you walking around Grounds all the time, off in your own little world, oblivious to the dominant social norms and conventional definitions of the word "normal." Good for you!
Before I launch into this week's diatribe, I must apologize to the good people at Fiji Water. In my last column I incorrectly stated that the company's product contains two to six milligrams of arsenic per liter.
