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.
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.
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.
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.
By Jessica Van Atta Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The Tuttle Lounge opened its doors last night to the classical Islam culture.
Well, Spring Break has officially become an event of the past, and that means one thing: Every student must endure another time-constrained, stressful second half of the semester before summer arrives. Students graduating this year, however, have realized that the last care-free experience of college life has come and gone.
To some University students, the notion of moving to New York City after graduation may seem daunting.
Upon graduating from the University, many fourth-year students either anticipate or agonize about the career choices that lie ahead of them.
Well it's March 16, the day before St. Patrick's Day. Tomorrow we'll all be celebrating a day when everyone's a little bit Irish -- and by "Irish," I of course mean "obnoxiously drunk." This week also marks the end of Spring Break.
Each week, the Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them.
Once out of the cramped living quarters of first-year dorms, many University students feel excited, enthusiastic and independent.
This is my 21st column for the Cavalier Daily. Such a monumental achievement of journalistic grandiosity and excellence could not have been possible without the support of my adoringly devoted fan base. That is, no one would take my place if I got fired. To thank my readers for their loyalty, I will answer some of the questions that have come up in the mountainous piles of fan mail and give an inside look into the biweekly construction of "The Yankee." In preparation, Cavalier Daily editors pored over the stacks of perfume-laced letters, rifled through boxes of rose petals and sorted through the e-mail correspondence that floods our servers every day. Sally Saunders from Sioux City writes, "Dear A-J, your columns are not funny at all.
She calls you when she's out at bars and doesn't see you around. You are always welcome at her apartment when you have nothing to do.
I love my parents -- don't get me wrong -- so when I make fun of them, it's really just out of love.
Something seems amiss. At a school where 54 percent of the undergraduate population is female, why -- individual School Council elections aside -- did women comprise only 39 percent of candidates in the spring elections? A closer look at the numbers reveals a deeper problem in certain sections of the ballot.
Whether used for social or academic purposes, e-mail is an indispensable tool of everyday life. E-mail aids students in getting into classes when ISIS is crazy, inquiring about a grade or letting a professor know they are going to be absent from class. But what happens when professors refrain from responding to students' e-mails? Electronic mail is not like a telephone call; a student can leave multiple messages on an answering machine or talk to a secretary, but it is less acceptable to write multiple e-mails repeatedly making the same request.
Dear other schools, You may think it's cool to cancel classes during heavy snow and instead spend the day relaxing or cramming some more for midterms, but you forget what is really important about education: A sterling record of school-openage.
Students around Grounds have been holding their breath, counting down the days until Friday. Although this anticipationis a weekly occurrence for most, the end of this week holds special meaning with the promise of a fun (and rest)-filled Spring Break.
Last Monday, many University students said they were not sure what surprised them more: the fact that the ground was coated with a fresh blanket of snow or that the University was running on a normal operating schedule. The University's Inclement Weather Policy states the following: "All schools and departments of the University remain open during regularly scheduled hours while the University is in session regardless of weather conditions.
Dance Marathon co-Chair Ann-Henley Saunders said that planning for this year's event, which garnered more than a quarter million dollars, began when "we walked out of Mem Gym last year." Saunders said Dance Marathon "reinforces the meaning of collaboration and teamwork," speaking not only of the 17 members on the executive board, but of the many students and student groups that participated in the event. Roughly 1,000 students came in and out during the event's "open hours" period, Saunders said.
