Though the calendar is well into January and the weather has jumped forward to March, the holiday season is still on my mind.
As soon as I stepped into my classroom on the first teacher work day, teachers from down the hall told me about "this group of kids." Apparently, these fourth graders had been branded as one of the lowest achieving groups of kids and the worst behaved in several years.
Since Sept. 11, the government's efforts to enact regulations safeguarding the nation against future terrorist attacks while attempting to protect the privacy of American citizens has been a balancing act of national importance.
While most students were busy study-ing for finals or perhaps falling asleep in Clemons, a new CIO silently emerged.
I had a very good Christmas break, thanks for asking. Unfortunately, it seems that everyone had exactly the same Christmas break.
With ice still clinging to the grass and the architecture illuminated by strings of lights, the Lawn was fairly quiet the night of Dec.
With every new semester comes a reunion with friends, suitcases and boxes full of all sorts of random odds and ends, the anticipation of beginning new classes ... and textbook shopping. With so many bookstores, deciding where to purchase textbooks can be quite the challenge.
New year. New semester. New opportunity to bring up that GPA and fulfill your wild-est academic dreams.
In my utopian vision, everyone listens to reggae music. There's just something about it that you can't not love.
This past Christmas, the inside of Memorial Gymnasium was transformed into the biggest Christmas party in Charlottesville for the sixth year in a row.
Greetings from the year 2006. Today marks the morning when everyone wakes up and thinks, "What? It's not 1:30 in the afternoon, why is my alarm -- Oh God no ... break is over." Yes, today symbolizes the end of half of a school year and the beginning of the part of 2006 when you do something other than channel surfing (or "Law & Order hunting," as it's referred to in the Cunningham household). Smack in the middle of break was a little holiday known as New Year's.
The following is an account of third-year College student Hannah Woolf's journey from her home in Maryland to Nantes, France, where she is studying abroad this semester.
I saw President Casteen at Alderman Café on Tuesday afternoon. His striking figure was unmistakable; his gait conveyed import.
A creatively designed curriculum may be able to bring diversity from the outside world to the students in the classroom, but some members of the University community have chosen to try this the other way around. By joining the Peace Corps, University graduate student Amanda Hildt and University alumna Tina Schuster chose to interact directly with unknown cultures. These are two of many University students who made the same decision.
President George W. Bush, in the recently updated report entitled the "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq," is redefining the policies concerning continued American intervention in Iraq. This 35-page document outlines Bush's plans for economic, political and military success in the region.
A favorite author of mine once wrote something along the lines of this: If a certain type of story has a moral to it, do not believe it. I had my column for this week written a month ago.
A favorite author of mine once wrote something along the lines of this: If a certain type of story has a moral to it, do not believe it. I had my column for this week written a month ago.
The end of Thanksgiving is the beginning of Christmas!* A classmate informed me that after Thanksgiving, her year went downhill.
'Tis the season to be jolly; 'tis the season of mistletoe and wreaths, snowball fights and sledding, delicious food and relaxation; but most importantly, 'tis the season for family. Some students spend a quiet holiday with immediate family, simply taking advantage of the time away from school and work to relax.
'Tis the season to be jolly; 'tis the season of mistletoe and wreaths, snowball fights and sledding, delicious food and relaxation; but most importantly, 'tis the season for family. Some students spend a quiet holiday with immediate family, simply taking advantage of the time away from school and work to relax.
