Horror stories of injustice, hate and death compose a common perception of life in the Middle East.
Q: Where are you from? A: I was born in Ohio, but we moved around a lot. My parents and family still live in Florida, so I guess I can say that I grew up mostly there. Q: Where did you go to school? A: I went to Liberty just up the road in Lynchburg for my undergraduate degree.
The first day of Lent was abuzz this year with the opening of the movie "The Passion of the Christ." For many students, however, it marked the beginning of a more personal event: the annual abstention from a vice or item of luxury. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts 40 weekdays, until Palm Sunday.
It's remarkable. Regardless of destination, everyone who chose a stereotypical "collegiate" Spring Break (i.e.
Mascara, marketing and management are the three Ms to live by when it comes to the L'Oreal e-Strat Challenge 2004. Concerned with more than fresh faces, the cosmetics company is currently sponsoring an international interactive competition in partnership with StratX and "Business Week" to find talented students who are as dexterous with business problems as they are with blush and bronzer. The e-Strat Challenge has become a new method of recruitment for L'Oreal and a way for students to prepare for real world business scenarios.
By Cliff Roberts Cavalier Daily Associate Editor St. Patrick's Day originated as a Catholic holiday to celebrate the accomplishments of the Irish missionary Patrick.
By Michelle Jamrisko Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Three men with countless colorful memories of their experiences in the civil rights era will sit down together this evening to discuss the events that changed history and how the movement has progressed to the present. The lecture, entitled "From Then to Now: The Civil Rights Movement and Its Legacy," will feature the different roles each man played in the movement.
Well it finally came, no thanks to my complaining and going insane waiting for it. Spring Break was awarded to all of us who are pretty much on permanent break as it is -- a generation of slackers detached from reality and just waiting so we can go on a vacation away from our everyday lives.
We were 15 students sick and tired of the gray Charlottesville winter, our minds stuffed with biochemical equations, quotes from Franklin and Dryden and facts about political systems in East Asia.
"Exploring Identity," an upcoming exhibit at the University Art Museum, connects contemporary techniques with cultural tradition.
A good pair of sunglasses can hide several things: bloodshot eyes, black eyes, glassy eyes and the fact that you are dead.
Showing school spirit First-year College student Chase Collins will spend his Spring Break showing some school spirit. A tuba player in the HOOps Band, he will accompany the men's and women's basketball teams to the ACC tournaments in Greensboro, N.C. Collins explained that the band director asked members of the band to sign up for whichever tournaments they could attend -- men's, women's or both
By Cliff Roberts Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Making a difference in the life of a disadvantaged child can be as easy as acting like a kid again. From 7 to 7:30 p.m.
Row after anxious row jostles in place, sandaled feet impatiently tapping in anticipation of 9 o'clock.
Having an identity crisis? Don't fret. It's understandable. This is college. An identity crisis is practically inevitable, a right of passage.
In one week, thousands of co-eds will flood Spring Break destinations like Panama City, Florida and Cancun to swig bad booze and "party with Real World celebrities," only to return to school with a few blurred photos, a Margaritaville shot glass and a re-mixed version of the same hangover they had before they left.
For two years, there will be no television. No newspapers, no magazines, no movies, no pop music, no parties, no e-mail, no going to bed past 10:30 p.m.
This article originally was published in The Cavalier Daily on March 2, 2004. In retrospect, we realize that the decision to print this was a poor one, and have since issued an apology in the newspaper, reprinted below.
By Michelle Jamrisko Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Internationally renowned musical groups -- the kind that charge upwards of 100 dollars a ticket for big city concerts -- have been visiting Grounds for over 50 years now, providing University students with the opportunity to see performances for five dollars. The Tuesday Evening Concert Series, an organization that is not affiliated with the University but that collaborates with the McIntire Department of Music, offers seven concerts on Grounds each year. Tonight the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, labeled by TECS Executive Director Karen Pellon as the "most awarded baroque chamber orchestra in Canada," will perform in the Old Cabell Hall auditorium at 8 p.m.
Afamous passage in the Old Testament has God telling Abraham that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars.
