Weather.com never lies. And this week, it looks like fall is here to stay at last. With the end of midterms, the return of cold nights and the mischief of Halloween just a few days away, October is a time of renewal, rebirth and revitalization. Forget that loss to UNC! Go pumpkin picking with your hip, alternative college friends.
M id-afternoon on Saturday, a quickscan around Grounds revealed that the University was abuzz, teeming with anticipation: Restaurants were crowded, parking spaces were scarce.
In less than a week, every Bobby First-Year and Susan Sociology-Major will don a disguise and for one night -- or two, or three -- become a different person entirely.
Each week, The Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 Questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them.
Devastation. Pure and simple. There are no other words for the feeling I had when I watched UNC intercept Hagans' pass with two minutes to go.
There are some at the University who find the move toward cooler weather as delightful as a canceled 8 a.m.
"I have a bestseller. It's a bigsurprise," Thomas Frank, author of "What's the Matter With Kansas," said.
In the middle of environmental science Prof. Jim Galloway's office, two gourds sit on top of the table. "Would you like one?" he asked.
The mission of the Life columnist isa tricky one to define. Many of us like to recount our more salacious activities mixed with a fair portion of self-deprecation.
As the Virginia gubernatorial race continues to rage on, negative campaigning strategies between Democratic candidate Tim Kaine and Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore can be seen in increasing amounts.
I feel like I'm showing off my home, and not just my school," fourth-year College student Jade Craig said. Craig, a Lawn resident, looks forward to this year's Family Weekend even as he looks back to his first Family Weekend at the University. "In first year, I was more excited about the novelty of my mom seeing where I was going to school for the first time," Craig said.
There's a reason why writers write and baseballplayers play baseball.It's called my batting swing. The Virginia Baseball Media Day Tuesday made me glad that I learned how to type at a very young age.
Have you ever wondered which populations have the least access to basic health care and how corporations are trying to overcome these health disparities?
I did a little study on myself this week in class to see exactly what it is that I do during class rather than pay attention (because I definitely don't). I feel like the results are pretty universal for college students. So here's how I discovered a typical 12:30-1:45 p.m.
What's my favorite word? What would I do with $10? What's the most significant challenge I've faced?
The Oct. 14 Life feature, "Working toward SAFE and sound" implied a few incorrect assumptions.Although the author received most of the facts about Sexual Assault Facts and Education from Claire Kaplan, director of sexual and domestic violence services at the University Women's Center, SAFE is an independent CIO separate from the Center.
Several weeks ago, three Christian groups staged demonstrations at variouslocations on Grounds. The groups have sparked debate within the community regarding First Amendment rights and the University's policy on demonstrations. In the first incident, Michael Woroniecki, with his wife and six children, carried banners on South Lawn and shouted remarks such as "You're going to hell!" and "This flood, do you think that's a coincidence?" The group had been demonstrating for several hours before Dean of Students Penny Rue contacted University Police to moderate and relocate the protest after receiving complaints from passersby. Woroniecki is a fundamentalist preacher who opposes organized religion and is best known for his influence over Andrea Yates, the woman who drowned her five children in 2001.
This weekend Jason Mraz performed at the Charlottesville Pavilion. This was good news for: Mraz fans at U.Va.
According to a song by Good Charlotte, "Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money." Such tunes -- and loads of others, like Kanye West's "Golddigger" and TLC's "No Scrubs," seem to convey an explicit message about what women look for in men: money, and lots of it.
Music, food and dance: While these may seem like words that could describe any type of party, they held a special meaning last Friday when the Hindu Student Council held its annual Navratri Garba-Raas celebration at the Student Activities Building. "It was a welcoming experience," second-year College student Aarti Gala said.
