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The Troubleship of the Ring

Damnit, they're everywhere. No matter how hard you try to relax, pay attention in class, watch a movie, or anything else, a cell phone is going to screw it all up.


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Scoring at Sign-Up

Roughly 8,000 students on 725 teams participated in Intramural Sports last fall, according to Todd Bowman, assistant director of intramural sports. And tonight, from 7 p.m.


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The Visored Knight of O-Hill

There's one experience every University student has in common. Whether you are completing your first two months here at the University or rushing to take that non-Western perspective before you graduate, you have seen Dean.


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Sexual Tension

If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, this week the two planets collide for Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Psi's "Battle of the Sexes." The weeklong "battle" consists of multiple events which will determine which of the two sexes are the strongest, smartest and most philanthropic.


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Odds & Ends

They sit waiting, longing to be given a home on a cozy front porch or inside a dorm room. Each individual future is unique; some will have their round bodies shaped to their owner's liking while others will remain au naturale.


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Taste Buds

A little bit of Soho right here in Charlottesville. BANG!! In an effort to outdo every other eatery in town, BANG!! succeeds with a flair for the exotic and a taste for anything Asian. Situated in the vicinity of the Downtown Mall, Bang!! rests to the east of Main Street, near Southstreet Brewery.


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Sound Bytes

Last week, I decided that I wanted to leave a sound byte. I was psyched, because it would be in the paper a day after my best friend's birthday, and although this isn't perfect, I looked at it as stretching out the fun.


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Viva Valencia!

Hiking in the Italian Alps overlooking Lake Como. Playing guitar with Spanish musicians in a local bar.


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Bookstore beats

Listening to talented a cappella groups may provide a better incentive to climb to the second floor of the bookstore than searching for a used history textbook.


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Smoothe Slurping

Two scoops of frozen strawberries, one cup liquid yogurt and a handful of ice. Blend for 20 seconds and serve. To economics majors, this recipe is genius for financial success -- more than 3,000 smoothies are sold on Grounds each week -- but to most students at the University, eager to use those bountiful plus dollars or charge to that daddy-funded Cavalier Advantage account, these are the makings of a tasty afternoon treat. "When you see the smoothie coming up the straw, it brightens your day," first-year Engineering student Josh Stephens said. A vast majority of these hastily-blended, habit-forming cups originate behind the counter of the umlaut-riddled Freshens Smoothie stand in the Pav.


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Cuba: Declassified

"Cuba Si, Yankee No!" the old man throttled, then took a swig from his flask of firewater. From the backseat of a hired Renault pickup on an empty backstreet of old Havana, we three Americans stared out into the pale blue din of morning and realized we were invisible


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In light of recent developments on Grounds, Chanel Craft Tanner, director of the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center, highlights the Center’s mission, resources and ongoing initiatives.