Skipping the usual mug of coffee in the morning, you grab a bottle of water and hope a little H2O is enough to ward off droopy eyes.
Meeting new people, getting lost and getting advice from all corners -- the joys of being a first year.
Excited voices soared and the salty small of hot-dogs filled the air yesterday evening at the annual Jewish Hillel Center's barbeque. "We've been doing the barbeque for as long as anyone can remember," said third-year Commerce student and Hillel Jewish Student Union President, Becca Klimpl.
It's 24 hours. It's three square meals. It's cartoons, soaps and then a night of Must See TV. No matter how it's defined, it all adds up to one day -- a mere blink in one's life. I admit it, I take most days for granted -- if not every day.
Myra Franklin knows how much work it takes on the part of how many people to get a kid all the way through school and into college. "I'm cognizant of the fact that I didn't get here by myself," Franklin said. The fourth-year College student and president of the Black Student Alliance says she was fortunate to have friends and role models who gave her guidance as she grew up. Now she is taking advantage of an opportunity to return the favor: The University Community Relations Office's "Day in the Life" program. The program pairs students at Charlottesville's Buford Middle School who show the academic potential to reach college with University students who are eager to help them get there. Through spending time with these college students and getting an idea of what college life is like, the program hopes to inspire middle schoolers to stay on the academic track they need through high school to get into college. The program is also an inspiration for many of the volunteers. "I'm happy knowing that someone is going to achieve more than they would have, just from being in contact with me," Franklin said. Loren Intolube-Chmil and Marlene Lewis, two Americorps volunteers who work with the program through Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), both said they are similarly inspired by their commitment to kids. Lewis is a retired District of Columbia educator.
The first years won't even know how good they've got it. In a campus covered in construction, students will get to enjoy one updated University institution -- three new University Transit Service buses. According to David J.
OutDaFace Productions, a new group out of Ridgewood, Queens, put forth a strong first effort on their self-titled debut compilation album.
Today is July 31. The first day of class is only 27 days away. Let's put that into perspective a little more; the first class of the 2003 fall semester is less than 650 hours from now.
You know you've seen them. The plethora of wide-eyed people walking around Grounds clutching Mincer's bags, eagerly talking in large groups and staring at maps searching for Cabell Hall (pronounced, however, as though it rhymed with "rebel" rather than "drabble"). They are the ones you and your friend chuckle at quietly because they don't look like they quite fit in at U.Va.
Moneen claims to have named themselves after a beautiful French girl. Hmmmmm
Incoming first year Tierra Easter said she never originally thought she'd be attending the University of Virginia. "I didn't want to apply to U.Va.
When exactly does life begin? It seems to be a vague, philosophical question, but the impetus to solidify an answer has become increasingly vital in political debates concerning the legality of abortion.
As senior year of high school approached, one of my best guy friends completely swore off applying to east coast schools based on "many first-hand accounts" that the girls on the Atlantic were "not so hot." Appalled, yet twistedly fond of his egomaniac tendencies, I laughed and asked, "How can you believe such a myth, and what makes you think the girls back East would go for your skater shoes, sagging skater shorts and crusty skater hair, charming as they all may be?" He turned to me, and with an exaggerated look of exasperation and responded, "What was the moral of Avril Lavigne's 'Sk8r Boi'?! No, really, it's not whether the myth is true or false, it's simply the fact that it exists that freaks me out." [I recognize the absurdity of this statement, but the fact of the matter is that this was the boy who sought a continuation of high school -- the good ol' University of Arizona.
You don't go to bed until 4 or 5 in the morning because you have decided to drink so much or consume whatever is your fancy to such a ridiculous extent that you couldn't possibly go to sleep before then anyway.
Let's get one thing out of the way at the beginning of this review. "Spellbound" is a documentary about a spelling bee.
F or many college students, the joys of summer are negated by missing friends, following parents' rules and above all, working.
On most weekday afternoons a few people can be seen scattered along the brick walk of the Downtown Mall.
As wrong as this may sound, maturity might be the only factor holding Fairweather back from achieving their full rock and roll potential. The D.C.
"Summertime and the livin' is easy."As I listen to these prophetic words sounding from my Sublime CD, I reminisce about summers past.
Red, white and blue paraphernalia plasters the bodies and cars of citizens across the United States.
