It's that time of year again. Couples prepare to celebrate relationships. Singles complain. Everything mysteriously turns pink and red -- from drugstores to television ads to the halls of elementary schools across the country.
Okay. I'm not an alcoholic or anything, I just wanted to buy my friend a nice bottle of something for Valentine's Day.
Sorority lip balms and kleenexes decorate the countertop. Fraternity shot glasses and visors line the walls.Spools of ribbons and plush teddy bears fill the shelves.
Q: "How do you like your eggs?" A: "Germany." Q: "Where do you live?" A: "I like it." After this kind of crazy, nonsense jibber jabber associated with unavoidable silly icebreakers, seven first-year students accompanied by three upper-class facilitators began to slowly work their way deeper into conversation while sitting in a luxury suite at Scott Stadium on a chilly Tuesday evening. Q: "Why did you choose to come to U.Va.?" A: "I love it here and wanted to follow in my brother's footsteps." Q: "What is your favorite thing about first semester?" A: "Snowball fights on the Lawn!" These students comprised one small group section of first year seminar, a unique program offered second semester to randomly-chosen first year students.
He's the hottest senior citizen in town (aside from Sean Connery, of course). After making four decades of women swoon, he's well into capturing a fifth.
When third-year Engineering students Justin Steele and Ermias Abebe do venture out of the E-school and into Gilmer 130, they are used to sitting in the audience seats.The evening of Feb 4, however, found them standing at the front of the auditorium, facing a few hundred of their peers. That Tuesday night the two stood prepared to teach others about their own history through a presentation entitled "Connecting Communities: A Look at Current Race Relations through the Lens of Black History at U.Va." "Preaching to the choir" The presentation was first introduced to the public a semester ago, but at that time the audience make-up was almost entirely African-American.Steele noted that originally the presentation had been geared toward African-American students and was publicized with that in mind. "The initial statement of purpose was to increase ownership of African-American students -- so that they could say U.Va.
It's that time of year again -- romance is in the air. Come Friday, Charlottesville will be littered with flowers, chocolates and girls wearing pink and red accessories.
Madison House is home to many community service programs here at the University. There is, however, one program that is virtually unknown. HELPline, a "confidential, anonymous, empathetic, non-directive, non-judgmental listening service," has been a program at Madison House for years, but never has gotten much publicity.
Toes may be frozen and sleeping bags may be wet, but few obstacles deter University basketball fans from camping out to see the Cavaliers take on rival Blue Devils.
We were somewhere around D.C., in the middle of the interstate, when the ethanol began to take hold.
Department of Psychology PSYC 215: Introduction to Cognition?PSYC 515: Advanced Cognitive Psychology Q: You have a home page linked to your class Web site that is pretty extensive.
As Katie Kuhn briskly walked to an afternoon class last fall, the sight of a stranger's chocolate pearl necklace nearly stopped her dead in her loafers.The life-long fashion and accessories devotee was not paralyzed by a jealous impulse.
Behind every great ski resort is more than fresh powder and cozy hotel rooms E there's a great ski patrol.
I've been thinking a lot about Valentines Day and water buffalo lately ... well mostly just Valentines because Hallmark has pod-peopled the media elites into running mass "smoochy woochy" campaigns on their television channels, magazine covers, etc.
From massages and yoga to self-defense and sex workshops, today is a day to "Celebrate, Educate and Unite!" The Women's Health Festival takes place today from 12 p.m.
The first African-American students who came to the University faced multiple hardships. Under close scrutiny by the administration, faculty and students, they found solace in one another's triumphs.
At 8 p.m. this past Monday night, I found myself walking into Newcomb Hall wearing awkwardly towering high heels, a tank top under my winter jacket, and more eye makeup than I ever thought would adorn my practically virginal lids.
While the year-round Oktoberfest celebration at Busch Gardens theme park is enough to satisfy most people's desire for German food, a meal at Bavarian Chef is certain to be just as memorable and enjoyable.
The following story was compiled by random University students. Each was asked to read the story and then add a sentence, or part thereof, to the previous ones.
I'm calling concerning this guy who lives downstairs from my friends and I. I don't want to say his real name, so we can just call him 'can dook-dook.' I think the word needs to be spread that this guy doesn't cover his mouth when he coughs, and these germs just go everywhere.
