Life

Systems overload

It's 5 a.m. and you're struggling to finish that six-page paper due in just a few hours. With only one more page to go the screen suddenly goes black and your nearly completed paper is lost in the abyss of Microsoft crash hell. Perhaps it's time to get a new operating system for your computer. This Sunday the Charlottesville Unix Users Group, or CHUUG, is holding its Spring 2002 Installfest, the fifth event of its kind so far. Engineering graduate student and CHUUG member Brain Mays said the group is made up of University students, local professionals and "computer hobbyists." The group endorses Unix operating systems such as Linux and FreeBSD over popular programs like Microsoft for several reasons, Mays said.

New hotspot ushers in sushi and sorbet with an explosion of style

When a small businessman decides where to open a new establishment, he scopes out the area to make sure there's room for him in the market.

Reefs: the panacea of summer footwear - unless you're in a tux

Forget finding out whether the groundhog saw his shadow; never mind the lilies and tulips lining the sidewalks; simply ignore this 80 degree weather. To know that spring officially has sprung at the University, you need only look at one thing: feet. Of course, the feet themselves are secondary to what's actually on them.

ZIKR Poetry Reading

The word "zikr" has three levels of meaning, according to Griffith Chaussee, an Asian and Middle Eastern Languages professor. On the most basic level, it means "mentioned." Used in the mystical sense, it refers to the repeated mention of God's name in order to reach a meditative state. On a more secular level, it means reflective meditation. All three of those meanings, Chaussee said, will be in effect tonight at ZIKR: Remembrance, an evening of poetry and prose in the Islamic tradition. Chaussee, who speaks and teaches Hindi and Urdu, will be among the professors who will read personal selections. He plans to read a poem by Saiz Ahmad Saiz in the original Urdu, and then read an English translation of that poem by Agha Shahid Ali in tribute to the translator, who died last year. History Prof.

Late Night with LJB

Thursday nights in Tuttle Lounge, you are likely to witness anything from rolling laughter to intense discussion in the candid vibe session that has come to be known as the "LJB Show." What started as a small group of friends gathering Thursdays to talk about the issues affecting their lives, has since grown into a fun and stimulating forum of self-expression and warm-hearted fellowship for 40 to 50 people a week. One typical evening in March, as students from all classes and majors gather in an oblong circle, the topic that grips the mood is as routine as it is provocative - "Spring Break Flings: Just that or something more?" Before the floor can open for discussion, though, first-year College student, host and show namesake Libby Jefferson sets a few ground rules.

Spring Girls come and Spring Girls go

If you've taken a close look around in the last few days, you may have noticed the new women on Grounds.

Changing time zones means abandoning comfort zones

By Christina Juo-Han Hu Three years ago, I was fortunate enough to be sponsored by a Con-gress-Bundestag Scholarship and lived in Germany for one year.

COLOR BLIND?

P rejudice, ignorance, silence, self-segregation and racism - these words frequently were used over the past few weeks to describe the existing racial tension between black and white students on Grounds. It is easier for many whites to relegate racial discrimination to an era that lasted up until half a century ago, when the legal system formally segregated the population.

Gimme five

By Lytle Wurtzel Cavalier Daily Associate Editor "Spread the message and the love." Walking down the Lawn this week, you might hear this shout coming from one of the Lawn tables as someone throws a hand up in your face. But this isn't a 1970s revival and that hand isn't flashing a peace sign - this is a whole new movement.Gimme five, man: the first National High Five Day is Thursday. Third-year College students Wynn Walent and Conor Lastowka are co-founders of the movement to bring national attention to an age-old greeting. "Our hope is that in 10 years the holiday will be legitimate and sanctioned by the government," Walent said.

Letter from a Friend

Driving up the gravel road behind 15 West Lawn, Todd Ward parks the U.S. Postal vehicle, hops out of the right side and grabs the day

Storm Watch

For all those students who have a particular interest in the crash of thunder or the terror of a hurricane, tonight you'll have the opportunity to hear John Scala speak from his own personal experience as a severe storm meteorologist for the Weather Channel. Coincidentally, Scala received both his masters and doctorate degrees in environmental sciences from the University. Scala's graduate research took him to the Amazon rain forest of Brazil in 1987, where he helped design and implement a data network for sampling the environment of thunderstorms that developed over the jungle. Further project research has led Scala to Cape Canaveral, North Dakota, Colorado and Lake Michigan.

The ABCs of Getting a Ph.D.

Criticism is hard for anyone to take, particularly if it's one's own work being picked through with a fine-toothed comb. Dave Sbarra, a Graduate Arts and Sciences student, imagines standing in a hallway, waiting for a team of professors in the room to finish tearing up a paper that has consumed most of his waking hours for the past few years. Sbarra said he pictures a fellow classmate walking by and asking him how he's been doing.

Road rules

Skillfully maneuvering enormous buses around tiny cones and showing off their knowledge of the road, students took a bumpy ride at the annual University Transit Services bus rodeo Saturday afternoon. Organized by fourth-year College student Kate Brooker, an outgoing UTS driving relations supervisor, the rodeo was open to anyone who wanted to take a shot behind the wheel of a bus. "You don't have to have your commercial driver's license to drive in the rodeo because it's in a blocked-off parking lot," said UTS driver Brian Gross, a third-year College student.

Bringing the comfort of the friendly skies down to earth

I really think people would make a lot less war and a preponderance of love if stewardesses were everywhere. I'm not saying completely remove the skirted saints from the miles of high above.

A new addition to the Cavalier Daily Life section coming every Monday and Friday Instructions: Fill this space with your gripes, your praises or just your own views on life at the University or life in general.

Prayers for Rememberance

O n Monday, fighting between Israeli and Palestinian forces erupted around the Church of the Nativity complex, where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.

Any last words?

By Alexandra Valint Cavalier Daily Associate Editor How would you blend together little pieces of wisdom, years of teaching and random personal experiencesinto a comprehensible 20-minute lecture?

Barboursville Vineyards restaurant wines and dines with five-star quality

All right, we're not saying that spending an evening at Palladio Restaurant at Barboursville Vineyards is going to be cheap.

Do Not Go Gentle

Night is the most common time for violence against women, whether it is in the form of domestic violence or sexual assault. Tonight hundreds of University students and Charlottesville residents will gather to reclaim the night as a time of safety for the female gender and as a time to increase awareness of the prevalence of violence against women. The University's 13th annual Take Back the Night protest also will provide an opportunity for the survivors of such attacks to share their stories. The rally serves as a time for education and for celebration. "We use a lot of different kinds of performers," said second-year College student Lara Eilhardt, vice president of the University chapter of the National Organization for Women and this year's head of programming.

Cracking down on cargo pants

I write today on behalf of all the girls out there who, like myself, particularly are puzzled at a certain aspect of male behavior.