Without a doubt, sports are a central part of the lives of many University students, whether they are intramural or varsity team members, casual frisbee golfers on the Lawn or pick-up football players at Mad Bowl.
The phrase "student activities fair" usually brings to mind images of masses of students crammed into the Amphitheater in the sweltering sun.
The Women's Center will launch its first speaker of a semester-long series tonight at 7 p.m. Taking place in Ruffner Hall's main auditorium, the series, titled "Virginia 2020: Women Engaged in the World,"will present six speakers throughout this semester.
Some say knowledge is priceless, but Student Charge accounts tell another story. The combined four-year bill students pay for their books can equal enough to purchase anything from a small car to a ridiculous number of shoes.Imagine a world in which almost half of the huge bill for books at the start of a semester is refunded at the semester's end. Last year, Ned Rice, currently a sophomore at the College of William & Mary, helped make this dream a reality through the creation of a student-run book exchange.
For the first 18 years of my life, I lived in Florida--a place where "bundling up" meant putting on a shirt with sleeves.
Some experiences are common to every definition of college life. All-nighters, roommate horror stories, frat parties and delivery pizza would surely make the list.
He's handsome. He's charming. He's got a heart of gold and a body of steel. He has a 1000-watt smile that can light up a room.
This morning at 9 a.m. sharp, numerous members of the Charlottesville and University communities will be ready and waiting, coffee cup in one hand and bid card in the other, for the start of another University surplus property auction.
We tracked down third-year Engineering student Ji Song practicing piano in Old Cabell Hall Q: What brought you down here today? A: I was just practicing. Q: Are you practicing for a class or just for fun? A: Just for fun, I just wanted to play. Q: Have you been playing for long? A: I started playing when I was five years old and stopped in middle school.
Forget worrying about spending all your money on depressants or stimulants if that's your thing, because they are no longer the most addicting problem out there.
Rarely, if ever, do we stop to consider the integral role concepts such as math play in our daily lives.
McIntire Department of Art ARTS 252 Introduction to Photography II ARTS 352 Intermediate Photography II ARTS 407 Public Arts & Social Activism ARTS 454 Advanced Photography Q: How did your educational background lead you to photography? A: I didn't go to college until I was 26.
After rushing from class to class all day, braving the winter winds and bundling up against below-freezing temperatures, who wouldn't want to come home to a warm kitchen, filled with the smells of a Scandinavian winter supper?
Bundled up in heavy coats, fleece hats and cozy gloves, University students have been bracing themselves during the last two weeks against the elements of a Charlottesville winter.
I took George Bush Jr., Condoleezza Rice, and uhmmm, the Pope, and first posed with them in a funny hat picture, and then second, shook them all like maracas.
Thomas Jefferson began the construction of the first building of Central College on October 6, 1817.
I was sitting in the first floor entryway of Bryan Hall, next to the fluores-cent, plastic glow of the vending machines.
"Now I know it's unusual, but with all the gray squirrels that abound on this campus, why is it that the most aberrant of squirrels appears frolicking outside the confines of Gilmer Hall, where biology houses its offices?
Since it's just too cold to be outside tonight, come to Espresso Royale on the Corner, grab a cup of coffee and be there for the free premiere of the fourth and fifth episodes of "Stratagem" -- an original television series produced by WHOO-TV, the student-run TV station at the University. The show follows five students enrolled in a summer psychology program at the fictional Blackwood College.
A new restaurant is a lot like the potential to be great, but it has to find its niche. Think of the Corner as the ACC.
