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Happy Days
By Patricia Cooper | October 15, 2002Reza Shah woke up last Thursday and went outside for a cigarette.
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Reza Shah woke up last Thursday and went outside for a cigarette.
A guy comes up to you and pulls out this stunning pick-up line: "Those pants look really good on you.
Department of Chemistry CHEM 181: Chemical Principles CHEM 911: Research in Inorganic and Organmetallic Where did you grow up? I grew up in California.
I think there should have been a clause in the University's honor code to cover broken hearts. After all, the honor system is supposed to protect and prevent us from lying, cheating and stealing, isn't it?
Having left the public spotlight in 1809, Thomas Jefferson moved back to his home, Monticello. In his private, final years, Jefferson delighted himself with many hobbies including agriculture, correspondence, riding and natural history.
It's October 14. Do know where your bed will be next year? At Mr. Jefferson's University, the rush is on.
With the local weather still stubbornly dry, many students are conserving water to the tee. Whether it's cutting back on showers or waiting three times to flush, every little drop helps. But despite all the rain dances and water prayers, Charlottesville remains dry.
Young girls associate the word "diary" with emotional outpourings, and most of all, secrets. But in this age of the digital revolution, not even this time-honored tradition has been left untouched. The new, digital form of diaries, called blogs, or Web Logs, enable the user to post his or her innermost thoughts on the Internet for the whole world to read. Bloggers link to their friends' blogs, creating a chain of links in which people closely follow the lives of others they do not even know. And starting your own blog is just as easy -- and cheaper -- than buying a diary. Blogger.com boasts that you need only three minutes to set up a blog using their templates. According to fourth-year College student Amy Hawkins, there's also no need for prior computer knowledge. Hawkins started her own blog with no Web programming experience whatsoever. Third-year College student James Layman, who has held jobs involving Web technology similar to that used in blogs, said he finds the templates provided to be adequate for his blogging needs. "All I added was a comments section," Layman said. Hawkins said she finds maintaining an Internet journal much easier than a written diary. "I never wrote in a private journal on a regular basis," she said. First-year College graduate student Katie Bowers has been updating her blog almost daily for the past two years. "It gets addicting, like caffeine," Bowers said.
"I have something very important to say, very important, okay take note. Why do you date someone for three years?
You might indulge from time to time in guilty eating pleasures. Those strange, ritualistic feats of ingestion in that split second when the kitchen is empty, except for you. And in that moment you eat peanut butter by the spoonful, drink right from the milk carton or take a sip of that translucent green juice from the half-empty pickle jar.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" -- Mohandas K. Gandhi It is with this philosophy in mind that the Indian Student Association, Spic Macay and other University student organizations are joining a nationwide celebration of Gandhi's birthday on Sunday. Local participants in the "National Gandhi Day of Service" will sponsor activities at several sites in and around the Charlottesville community. "Pretty much as many people as possible from as many organizations as possible around Grounds come together," said third-year Commerce student Shweta Agarwal, who is running the event this year.
When's the last time you sat down and ate breakfast? If you said today, read on. Maybe we'll help you decide where to eat your next breakfast. If you answered never, read on.
The legend goes like this: A long time ago, an architect at the University got a little confused.
Starving alligators. Trishelle from "The Real World: Las Vegas." Your mother-in-law's request for an "honest opinion." There are some things in life you shouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.
Good news for motorcycle enthusiasts, those who like their art on their bodies and people who want to shock their parents: Acme Tattoo is moving to the Corner. The tattoo parlor, which constantly posts funky flyers all over Grounds, is currently located on Allied Street, across the street from the skate park and the headquarters of the Charlottesville-Albemarle rescue squad. But proprietor Tim Forbus feels that the out-of-the-way location cuts into the parlor's student business. "There's not a lot of walk-in traffic," Forbus said.
Last year, a friend and I were about 100 miles outside of Charleston, S.C., jacked up on Bojangles' sweet tea, when my Fall Break dreams splattered across the windshield like a swarm of fat flies. Yes, I had Fall Break dreams, big dreams.
Imagine University Hall ablaze with lights, filled to the top row of seats with Cavaliers enthusiastically cheering -- for you.
Will Kynes went to the Rock 'N Rally last Saturday for the music, but he came away with a little more than he expected. He left with the power to vote. "I'm not very politically active," the fourth-year College student admitted.
Q: What are you doing for Fall Break? A: For Fall Break, I'm just going to JMU to spend some time with my best friend who just broke up with her boyfriend of a long time.
During her first year at U. Va., third-year College student Paula Andrea Bolivar trekked from Hereford Residential College to the Barracks Road Shopping Center every weekend, rain or shine. Having arrived in Charlottesville with only $20 in her pocket and with no other source of income in sight, the Miami native went out and secured a job at Old Navy on her second day at school.
