In approximately 15 days (but who's counting?), hundreds of University students will head to the beach to celebrate the end of classes and the opening of another summer of craziness.
At summer orientation, incoming first-year students are told that it's not necessary to have a car on Grounds.
On a recent flight overseas, I opened a copy of the International Herald Tribune to find the "World's Most Traveled Man" grinning at me with a chiclet smile.
Wow. The final Smitty column. Doesn't get much weirder than knowing I'll be graduating in less than a month. To start this week, we'll delve into the world of Smitty: ASmitty97: I've lost my d key on the keyboar Fletch9s: bummer Fletch9s: how is that possible Fletch9s: did someone come by and pluck it off ASmitty97: It's really annoying ASmitty97: I have the d on my clipboar ASmitty97: d ASmitty97: so all I have to do is hit ctrl V and I can paste a d Fletch9s: hahahaahahaha Fletch9s: that's funny ASmitty97: yeah ASmitty97: it's annoying as hell Fletch9s: it's gotta be ASmitty97: I've been trying to fashion some makeshift key out of silly putty or something similar. Fletch9s: why can't you move, like the scroll lock key over there Fletch9s: or something Fletch9s: or f12 ASmitty97: dude ASmitty97: you're a genius ASmitty97: Dammit all, how did I not think of that?
This column is dedicated to the memory of the Chang House. Imagine yourself on a saki bomb river with tangerine sauce and flying shrimp skies. Four years, $100,000 later, and at last, my dissertation: "The Existential Ephemeral Essence of the Quintessential Epitome of the University Experience." Today I woke up and acknowledged the reality of the world we live in -- a world where I must face a relentless stream of e-mails trying to sell me male enhancement drugs.
By Cliff Roberts Cavalier Daily Associate Editor With constantly developing technology providing opportunities for the expansion of world trade, globalization is becoming an increasingly significant topic in the business world.
Multi-tasking is a talent that most students are forced to acquire during their college careers. Fourth-year College student Jacqueline Culver has certainly mastered this skill.
For one time only, I'm opening the vault. The vault of rejected/dreadful/prosaic/abandoned column ideas.
By Michelle Jamrisko Cavalier Daily Associate Editor A sea of bikini-clad tanning enthusiasts has flooded the Old Dorms quad for the past few days, thanks to a recent climb in temperatures. While some students are anxious to soak up the sun, others are finding the seasonal trend a little distracting. "It's hard as hell to get work done with all these girls in bikinis everywhere," said first-year Engineering student Dave Robertson. First-year Engineering student Andrew Damon said he supports the girls lying out in the quad, as he believes natural tanning is the best method.
So there it went. I was walking down the Lawn with my friend Alison on Thursday night. We were getting over the fact that we had just eaten dinner in the Rotunda. Yeah.
This weekend, graduate students in the English Department gave new meaning to the phrase, "I couldn't put the book down!" For 30 hours Friday and Saturday, these devoted students plowed through over 900 pages of James Joyce's "Ulysses" during a reading marathon. Along with the English graduate students, a crowd of University students, faculty and Charlottesville residents thronged to the amphitheater in honor of this very special event: the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday.
The First-year Facebook and the Greek Directory have long provided curious students with information about their peers and secret crushes.
Yosemite Sam had one. Rising high school freshmen long for one. Burt Reynolds, please. The woman in front of you in line at Harris Teeter last weekend, sorry.
"Hi, I'm calling to express my outrage regarding Megan Peloquin's April 14th column. Peloquin's column insulted all the hard-working, decent Americans who wear socks and sandals together.
"Albemarle County: Where the country still is." This was the saying on one of the posters that decorated the walls of C&O, our chosen restaurant of the week.
Classes seem to be dwindling down. Tis an odd feeling indeed, considering it's mid April and still -30 degrees outside.
Several alarming incidents have occurred at the University this semester. Burglaries, bomb threats, an attempted sexual assault, a suicide... not to mention that the serial rapist still has not been caught. Is the issue of safety now plaguing Grounds? First-year College student T.J.
"Are most yanks all the go with Bush and the Iraqi War?" Jesse, a 21-year-old Aussie army enlistee, asked.
We are living some kind of déjà vu. If you will recall, last year we enjoyed a nice little snow dusting during our first week of April that was just entirely inappropriate after days of 75-degree temptation.
Getting a tan and playing in the ocean by day and partying all night may sound like nothing but fun, but for students stuck with planning Beach Week for their respective groups, it is far from fun and games.
