Life

Shot heard 'round the nation

As most students were sitting in their classes, teachers were trying to capture the attention of their students and a high school security guard had another day of watch, an armed sixteen-year-old student entered the Red Lake High School grounds Monday afternoon with deadly intentions. Jeff Weise took his grandfather's gun and bullet-proof vest and ended the lives of a security guard and a handful of students, as well as shooting his grandparents to death before leaving the house.

Utahan chillin' on the Lawn

Ihave a confession: I'm from Utah. Not only that, but as far as I know, I'm one of only two U.Va.

On potato chips

Iwas one of those sad children in the cafeteria who had a whole-wheat bread peanut butter sandwich (crusts on!), an apple, carrot sticks and 100% Minute Maid apple juice for lunch.

Dating bankruptcy

Spring is here. There are fun activities to take part in, a plethora of parties and, of course, Foxfield Races.

Adoption: another option

A quick glance at any bulletin board around Grounds gives a taste of University life: concerts, meetings, plays, lectures, the list goes on.

KleeNexus?

A couple of weeks ago I talked about mydesire to change my name to "EricFunningham." Just keeping everyone posted, I've decided against pursuing this further.

Phraseology

Our generation has a habit of quoting every movie we see. Every Simpsons episode, every Seinfeld, every 30 minutes of Friends and South Park we absorb, we regurgitate at appropriate or inappropriate times. What's arguably more interesting than this phenomenon are the reactions of our peers.

All Tuckered Out

By Michelle Jamrisko Cavalier Daily Life Editor Fifth-grade teacher Maureen Matty proudly posed with her 11-year-old Travis Tucker autograph for a photo printed in Tucker's local hometown newspaper.

My baby love

Third-year Engineering student Jacosta Silvers has morning sickness, and she doesn't expect it to end any time soon.

No easy option

Sitting in the waiting room of Planned Parenthood, Megan sipped a cup of juice and ate peanut butter crackers.

By the book

Hi, reader. Nice to meet you. We'd like to take a few lines of print to introduce ourselves and our column.

Each week, The Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them.

Reporting reality

After studying at the University of Chicago without a minute of journalism experience under his belt, Jacob Dallal left the windy city for the shores of the Red Sea.

Inventing the (solar) wheel

To the casual observer, Small Hall is just another building filled with computer labs. But if one should happen to locate and descend the stairwell in the back corner, one would discover something quite different. There, in the dusty depths, a team of students are putting together a vehicle they intend to race in a competition this summer. The thought of a car race may immediately conjure up images of the checkered flag, the adoring fans, the rev of the engines, but the car actually is solar-powered.

Sorry, Try Again

When I first started writing this column, the editors asked me to come up with something original, new and edgy.

Destination: Cleveland?

Being a somewhat egotistical kid, I pride myself on being adept at a great many things. I can, for instance, take a completely neat and well-organized room and, after living in it for a scant five hours, turn it into something that even post-prison Martha Stewart wouldn't touch.

Governance on Grounds

Since opening its doors to students in 1819, the University has been cherished for many of its characteristics, from the architectural grandeur of the Rotunda to the University's acclaimed academic excellence to the great emphasis placed on student self-governance.

The party divide

Students around Grounds have cooled off from the Bush/Kerry debates that filled the first semester, and once again the sociopolitical mood has shifted back to the criticism and defense of national policy. With every major political student organization stressing the importance of voting in the latest election and an apparently strict divide growing between the stances of the candidates, people have begun to associate the personality of parties with their respective presidential candidates rather than with party ideologies. But how accurate are the associations made between candidate and party by the casual political observer, and what impact do they have? The departure from a gray public to a black and white, Bush or anti-Bush, public can be largely attributed to George W.

And we salute you...

Okay, this probably is not going to be one of my better colum-ns. There is a small amount of free time; things academical in nature possess it.

The Sound of Sufi

By Jessica Van Atta Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The Tuttle Lounge opened its doors last night to the classical Islam culture.