Here today, gone tomorrow. Not just a saying for reality TV celebrities and nonsense fads, this too is the tradition on Beta Bridge, the University's very own ever-changing canvas of expression. Clubs and Greeks often wake in the wee hours, sluggishly sleep-walking to the bridge with a paint bucket in one hand and a brush in the other.
John and Sarah are now friends. John is listening to Sarah McLachlan and he is loving his Sarahs. Sarah is listening to John Mayer, waiting to be seduced by her Johns. John added "Sarah" to his interests. John joined the group "If this group reaches 100,000 my girlfriend will have a threesome." Sarah posted on John's wall: "Why would you be interested in joining a group like that when you have a girl like me?
Trying to find a bone marrow donor is challenging for anyone in need of a transplant, but a person's ethnicity can unfortunately make the challenge even tougher.
One would think that growing up in the years of Disney movies such as "Lady and the Tramp," most college-aged guys would have gotten the point that what every girl really wants is to be treated like a lady.
Traditions mean a lot here at our University. We defer to our founder, Mr. Jefferson, on everything from architecture to exercise.
By Defne Gunay Cavalier Daily Associate Editor There are some names out there that every University student is familiar with, even if only by name -- Shakespeare, Hemingway and Salinger, to name a few, but it is the English department with whom these giants resonate the most. Department Chair Jahan Ramazani said, although having a long history at the University, the English department took on its current shape beginning in the 1960s, under the leadership of Fredson Bowers, who assumed the position in 1963.
The energy, the spirit, the color" -- these are the qualities that director Willard Carroll said attracted him to the world of Bollywood, the Indian film industry.
Last week, I wrote about fraternities at the University. To clear up any confusion that you frat guys may have had, I would like to reiterate that just because I didn't call out your frat specifically doesn't mean you don't suck.
Think of the last time you were faced with a decision between taking a risk or settling for a guaranteed, perhaps less desirable, outcome.
There is something inescapably fascinat-ing about celebrity gossip. "Jessica Simpson dates John Mayer!" "Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson wed!" But gossip is really fascinating when it involves one of the original creators of the University. Stanford White was a pretty popular guy back in the day.
Imagine you are a first year. You have just been accepted to the University and it is now time to pick your housing.
Idecided to break with well-established college traditions the other day and actually get ahead in my reading assignments.
A few days ago, I read an interesting piece of news: Three new buildings had been designed to accompany Lower Manhattan's proposed Freedom Tower. "That's great," I thought. Sure, I sorely missed the Twin Towers that once stood there.
By Rachel Alberico, Christa Dierksheide, Catherine Dunn and Julie Hofler Cavalier Daily staff writer Sept.
Now that clubs have begun to meet, I need to vent. Many people come up to me and ask, "Chris, why are you involved with so many clubs?
After recently surveying the bleak, empty contents of my wallet, a wallet that was filled to the brim with 200 dollars a mere three days ago, I came to terms with the fact that I am not what you would call a financial wizard. I would like to write this off as being a genetic problem, since my Dad's concept of keeping track of his money consists solely of crumpling bills of all denominations together and shoving them in his pants pockets for later use, but I cannot.
Shortly after the marching band graces the field, a moment of silence washes over the crowd as eyes rise to view the Hoo Vision screen atop the stadium's grassy hill.
So this new Facebook thing is freaking me out. For the eight of you who haven't been on Facebook in the past few days, the Powers that Face have decided, in their inscrutably Olympian wisdom, to install a new feature called "News Feed," which serves as a digest of everything that your friends have done in recent hours.
They say change is a good thing. As college students, we are faced with some major life changes. Once we leave high school, it suddenly seems like every decision we make could be a life-altering one.
If you've ever taken "Religion in America Since 1865," you probably recall religious studies Prof.
