Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette were great friends separated by an ocean (Marquis de Lafayette being the famous French general who enlisted with George Washington in 1777 to fight for American independence). However, their friendship remained through correspondence after Jefferson, serving as the Minister to France, returned from France in 1789.
Remember when you were a little kid and building with Legos was the ultimate challenge? Or were you more of a dress up and play house kind of child? Advocates of the former probably would jump at the chance to take a course like Professor Bean's Introduction to Engineering class.
Sometimes, I really get these monster, Godzilla Tokyo-stompin' type headaches that blow my brains out each one of my ears, a right nostril and other more heavily trafficked orifices below the equator line.
"So, I've been deciding what to be for Halloween. Like any good friend trying to help, my housemate emerges from her room with eight -- count them, eight!
Honor and prestige, two concepts immediately associated with living on the Lawn. With their gold engraved nameplates, wood-burning fireplaces and requisite rocking chairs, these rooms reward their undergraduate occupants with housing steeped in tradition. Yet just past the Lawn, in the outer realms of Mr. Jefferson's Academical Village, sit rows of rooms equally steeped in tradition, although the graduate housing is hardly acknowledged.
The Lawn wasn't the only place to hang out on Halloween for Charlottesville kids. The Black Student Alliance transformed the Newcomb Ballroom with spirited orange-and-black decorations for the first-ever Harvest Fun Festival. Kids and their parents started shuffling in around 4:30 p.m.
If you're downtown and trying to avoid the hassle and cost of a sit-down restaurant, you can drop by Baggby's Gourmet Sandwiches.
Are you tired of standing on the boring Halloween costume sidelines of life? Were you the one last year wearing khakis, a flannel shirt and a stick-on nametag that read "Hello my name is: Brandon Walsh"? Or, was it you that had on massive hoop earrings, blue eye shadow and screamed "Can't you tell I'm Jessie Spano?" If one of these situations describes you, then you might need costume help.
As constant rain and freezing temperatures remind us winter is on the way, Facilities Management is paying attention to a different sign of the season -- all the leaves on the ground. "We haven't started getting the leaves up yet because the trees are just now starting to drop," Landscape Supervisor Rich Hopkins said.
For my first Halloween in America, I went as Barbie in a cheap plastic cloak with a plastic mask that had the eyes poked out and a hole for the mouth.
Ben Brown Third-year College Student Q: What's the best costume you ever had for Halloween? A: Last year I dressed up as a pregnant woman, and people really liked that so I might do that again. Q: What are your plans for the night? A: I'm not as big of a fan of Halloween as most of my friends are.
It all started Wednesday. After a quick stop by the mini-fridge to grab my requisite Diet Coke before calculus, I opened the door to my hall and was struck by a very foreign combination of odors and sounds.
After tea in the cafe overlooking the Atlantic, I felt keyed up. It probably had something to do with all the sugar in the tea; or maybe my own nervousness in a conversation that kept switching from French to Arabic and back again that caused me to drink more tea than I needed.
The topic of sacred spaces is nothing new for University students. From their first admissions tour to their final march down the Lawn at graduation, they know they're on hallowed ground. Tomorrow night, this hallowed ground becomes the backdrop for an architecture symposium that will explore sacred spaces in America.
Is the windshield of your new Honda splattered with bugs? Is the mud so caked on your sporty Jeep that you've forgotten its original color? If so, Charlottesville car washes are open and ready for business. In mid-September, the local government enacted severe water restrictions for community businesses, forcing many car washes to shut down temporarily. But within days of the ban, Express Car Wash in Seminole Square began experimenting with non-traditional washing methods.
While other students scramble to find a costume to this weekend's Halloween parties, third years Ryan Chatman and Matt Bulloch will don a uniform.
Q: Where are you originally from? A: I went to high school near Chicago. Before that I lived in New Jersey for a while. Q: What were your favorite things to do as a kid? A: Depends at what age.
Still looking for that perfect Halloween gift to send home? How about a U.Va. coffin certificate?
Thomas Jefferson designed the University to have approximately 110 rooms holding two or three students in each room.
The days of class field trips? Drift back to that big yellow bus stationed in the school parking lot.
