"We love Hip Hop as much as you do, but yoo-hoo it's me the Wahoo," rhymes rapper Blue Black of the group Unspoken Heard on the underground classic "Soon Come," which was released on the 7 Heads album in 2001.
Cool water, calm river, chilled drinks and classic comradery. If the summer's heat has taken its toll on you, take advantage of Charlottesville's area attractions and hit the James River for a day of beating the sun with wet fun! James River Reeling and Rafting, located in Scottsville, is a twenty minute drive from Charlottesville.
Currently in its fourteenth week on the box office charts, "Bend It Like Beckham" has emerged as a bona fide sleeper hit, and it's certainly not too late to catch this fun comedy in the theaters.
They are coming. Summer's grueling humidity and menacing clouds do not even deter them from their purpose.
Late June in Charlottesville means branches full with bright green leaves, landscaping scattered with colorful blooms, and lacy patterns of sun and shade splashed upon brick walkways.
Looking for a fun, free way to be inspired to do some serious shopping? Starting today, whether one is the die-hard shopper for whom window-shopping just doesn't cut it, or the resentful husband who was persuaded by the family to tag along, Barracks Road shopping center has found a middle ground.
It had been quite some time since Zelda and I had last met. A decade, actually, when she had come to me in glorious 8-bit form, encapsulated within a tacky golden cartridge.
I always thought college would be a turning point in my life.I was going to get my act together. I was going to do "real" scholarly work.I had the typical ideas and aspirations of many bright-eyed incoming first-years, dreams of becoming a great student who would always do well and never have to worry themselves over grades.
Maybe your grandmother escaped from a concentration camp in Germany. Or maybe you have met Holocaust survivors or visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
Hi. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who made my birthday so special today -- my birthday was on Wednesday the 23rd -- and also I would like to say a shout out to the girls in Amigos who gave us their table and so graciously walked into the restaurant, saw that we'd been waiting and then told us that we could have their table because we'd been waiting patiently and they just didn't want random people who'd just walked up to sit down there, since we'd been waiting for a while.
Final projects and papers are being completed frantically. Exams loom large on the horizon. The libraries, full of dead-eyed students attempting to make up for a semester of procrastination, are beginning to look like refugee camps.
Unless they've been lost in the dark recesses of Alderman, most University first years have realized that this past year has been eventful.
Saras Sharma Second-year College Student Q: Where are you going? A: To my apartment in U-Heights. Q: What route are you taking? A: The orange route. Q: Do you use UTS often?
The release party for this semester's edition of "iris: a journal about women," entitled "Women in Global Perspectives," will be held tonight from 6-8 p.m.
You should not have to take a Commerce class to know the difference between an IRA and an ING. These terms sound like another language for many people, but they will be the guardians of your money for years to come.
This past weekend was good practice for me. I spent Saturday afternoon at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, watching the Baltimore Orioles lose in their typical maddening fashion to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
For University students, Easter meant anything from spending time with family to suspiciously eyeing an Easter egg-making station at O'Hill. While some students went home, others said they did nothing at all. First-year College student Tiffany Bassford said she spent the weekend at home with her family and her boyfriend, not coming back until Monday morning. Bassford said she did her schoolwork in advance so she wouldn't be behind. Like Bassford, second-year Engineering student KaShauna Gill said she went home for the holiday. "I went home and went to two church services and ate dinner with my family," Gill said.
Kate Spade bags, J. Crew wardrobes and Tiffany jewelry? Not for these girls. Forget the stereotypical sorority girl, because Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority is breaking the norm in Greek life and on Grounds in general. Many of the members of Theta Nu Xi said they would not have joined any other sororities if this one had not been an option.
Let's face it: most students the University have traveled outside the country at some point in their lives.
Dear Sir: Virginia has in the past been an excellent working example of democracy. The University authorities have not discriminated against any one segment of the student body by placing stringent regulations upon them. Now, however, a most undemocratic situation has arisen, one which is most distasteful to those of us who live on the Lawns and Ranges.
