As students at U.Va., we are presented with many awe-someexperiences and opportunities. But I never dreamed that while performing my hourly e-mail check one day, I would come upon an employment opportunity from ESPN to work with the ESPN Field Crew at last Saturday's Florida State game.
It's the middle of October, humid and raining. I have four midterms, a column, LSAT class and meetings.
Each week, The Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 Questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them.
I wonder if I'm the only person who still remembers, and for that matter constantly references, the classic Nike "Bo Knows" ad campaign of the early to mid-90s. For those of you who have no clue what I'm writing about, the campaign was all about the monstrous, Heisman trophy-winning, NFL Pro-Bowler and MLB All-Star Bo Jackson and his ability to do basically anything.
As all you avid Al-Josh-Zeera fans (Mom and Dad) are aware, I haven't exactly been keeping to my column's main theme in recent weeks.
It was a rather gloomy day last week as Assistant Medieval History Prof. Paul Kershaw sat in his office in Randall Hall.
I am not a diehard Jason Mraz fan. In fact, I only know most of his older music, like -- you guessed it -- "The Remedy." When I found out I actually had a ticket to the concert, I frantically searched for any songs that I could get my hands on from his new album "Mr. A-Z." I missed the O.A.R.
Getting enough sleep is supposedly quite important. Without it, we don't function well; we get fat and cranky.
The thing about little kids is that they're really stupid. No child under 3 years old has ever uttered anything that made me re-evaluate my outlook on life or even give a sincerely interested response like, "That's quite interesting" or, "What a marvelously insightful argument you raise, my dear tot.
Did you know: one out of every four college women have survived a rape or an attempted rape since their fourteenth birthday?
"You wanted to go to the United States? Well, now deal with it!" I remember with a smile my roommate teasing me one spring day last year when I was still back home in France.
Days like today make me glad I'm a girl. One of the lead headlines on CNN.com is "Mom delivers 16th child, thinking of more." The love she has for her 16 blessings "from the Lord" almost inspires me to have one of my own.
Many students try to make life easier for themselves by schlepping their stuff into off-Grounds housing.But as they sign leases for off-Grounds housing for the 2006-07 academic year, students should anticipate some mixed experiences with their first landlords. Third-year College student Michal Duvdevani said she is very happy with her current living situation in University Heights but had a horrible experience when she first moved off Grounds. "They just didn't care," Duvdevani said, referring to the landlords.
Need to tell someone that cheesecake is the love of your life? Want to let someone know about your Calculus woes?
In the spirit of whimsy, miscellany, and other words ending in y-sounds, I have decided to blatantly copy The Cavalier Daily managing board's occasional lead editorial and present to you: "U.Va.
Fun fact about U.Va.: Walking down the pathway to Cabell over the Amphitheater humming the "Star Wars Imperial Death March" makes the colonnades seem like storm troopers standing at attention as I, their tyrant ruler, walk past.
It was only her first semester at the University, but Engineering student Katie Brown was already struggling in math. "I had to switch out because I thought that I was going to fail the class because I couldn't relate to the way the teacher was teaching," Brown said. Her troubles started, she explained, with a teacher who was not compatible with her style of learning. "What does it mean when a student says, 'You know what?
Apple. Coco. Denim. Kal-el. Ireland. What do these seemingly random words and syllables have in common? For students keeping up with celebrity baby-making and child-naming, the answer is obvious: the unusual names celebrities give their babies. Such uncommon names have been popping up more often as celebrities seem to have been popping out more babies. University students said they have noticed the abundance of pregnant superstars, and they have something to say about this trend. Third-year College student Chelsey Jones said she thinks having babies is in vogue right now for celebrities, and this trend is not necessarily something new. "I think for celebrities, having babies is a huge fad right now -- and so is naming children weird," Jones said.
A cheek swab may be all it takes to save the life of an internatio-nally recognized musician as well as many other people throughout the world.
They say that a rolling stone gath-ers no moss, but there's no denying that Mick Jagger has acquired a certain patina as he's rocked through the ages.
