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Bare necessity

Love the Victoria's Secret catalogue but hate the prices? Thanks to F.O.R.C.E. (Fighting, Overcoming and Responding to Cancer Everywhere), you can keep your breasts looking as healthy as those VS models and win a free bra in the process. To support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, F.O.R.C.E.


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Rotunda Stop...

Q: What is your reaction to the latest attack in the sniper case? How is the Charlottesvlle community dealing with the tragedies in other parts of the state? A: Having a sniper on the loose is a scary situation, but I would not alter my life or stop doing my everyday activities.


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Job hunting

The leaves are just starting to change colors -- and that means fourth years are one season closer to entering the job market. Today between 9 a.m.


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Professor Profile

School of Engineering ENGR 162: Introduction to Engineering ECE 310: Electromechanical Energy Conversion Q: What was your educational path like? A: I went to Carnegie Tech, as it was called then, to study electrical engineering.


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Film School

It's Tuesday night, a perfect time to grab a date, some popcorn -- and dive into your homework, all at the same time. Several University professors are replacing reading time with "viewing time," and the movies they're assigning aren't boring documentaries or obscure foreign films. History Prof.


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No joke: Jake bites his thumb at the sniper and the Mafia

Snipers are about as funny as asparagus right now. I told a joke in the dining hall yesterday that started off like this: A rabbi, a goat and a sniper walked into a bar But before I could even get to the part about Pauly Shore, someone threw a bonsai-sized head of broccoli at my left man boob. It was a good thing I was wearing a magician's top hat at the time though, because I promptly counteracted any other kamikaze vegetation with a little Houdini one-and-two that I like to call, "Plan: When-all-else-fails-pull something-out-of-your-hat." Too bad no one was impressed with the average-sized broccoli that I pulled forth from my Lincoln-esque accessory because, first of all, everyone already seemed to have broccoli.


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Where are they ...

They practically majored in extracurricular activities, barely slept a wink and rarely missed a social function.


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SOUND BYTES

"Alright so I arrive home on Saturday night with my girlfriend to find my door locked. I know that I left it unlocked because I left my keys in my desk.


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ODDS & ENDS

Traipsing across the Lawn yesterday, you might have seen the gathering around the familiar sight of Homer's statue or heard a voice ringing out: "pray to the gods, all the Trojan women." It was the Classics Club's birthday celebration for Homer, legendary Greek poet of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." It resembled a campout, with a grounded green tarp holding various victuals (a bag of lollipops and a large vanilla-frosted cake), and a blue sweat-shirted student pacing, giving a dramatic rendition of the Trojan war. Fourth-year College student and Classics Club president Kristen Boose said the club "just got started this semester, so we were looking for an activity that would be available to all University students." The festivity included a 24-hour reading of "The Iliad" in front of the statue, which started at 9 a.m.


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On the SIDELINES

Minutes tick by on the scoreboard at Klöckner Stadium. Grunting and booming sounds resonate through the arena as the members of the varsity men's soccer team furiously attack the ball in an effort to defeat Marshall. Fans cheer.


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That lovin' feeling

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you love your body and you know it, get a massage. University Programs Council, Inter-Sorority Council and the University chapter of the National Organization for Women sponsored free massages in Newcomb Hall Yesterday. At 2:30 p.m., the line of people waiting for a session stretched down the hall outside the massage room in Newcomb Hall Room 168. First-year Engineering student Katie Jogerst said she hoped the massage would alleviate the stress from her classes in the Engineering School. "It's a great idea," Jogerst said.


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Fashion Conscious

It's time to say goodbye to that oh-so-familiar but terribly tacky blue-and-green umbrella. Once welcoming shoppers to Fashion Square Mall, the outdated sign has been replaced by a modern-looking silver-and-gray square.


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LIZ-ISMS

Back in the heyday, the letter 'H' and I had such good times together. In Hawaii we drank Heinekens in hammocks.


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ODDS & ENDS

Tonight, men's basketball coach Pete Gillen will leave the dome of U-Hall for the Dome Room of the Rotunda, as the first speaker in the Athletic Lecture Series. The series, which begins at 7 p.m., was the brainchild of third-year College student Justin Ferira, whose life-long love of sports and commitment to his interdisciplinary major led him to develop the project. "I took a University Seminar two years ago with Craig Littlepage, the Director of Athletics, on issues in college athletics," Ferira said.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.