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.
If you're craving dialogue about contemporary issues, Food for Thought -- a program sponsored by the Office of African-American Affairs -- is a new lunchtime option. The bi-weekly discussion series at the Luther P.
The two recent assaults on women at Ivy Gardens and Georgetown Greens are reminders that even in a "college town" such as Charlottesville, attacks can and do happen.
"Get out of my drinking water!" Novice crew team coxswain Suzanne Pinckney remembers the cry well.
Having never lived in a big city -- and by this I mean a Wash- ington, D.C., or a New York -- coming to Rome, Italy was tough.
School of Commerce COMM 341: Commercial Law I COMM 342: Commercial Law II Q: Where did you grow up? A: Amherst, Va. Q: Where did you go to school? A: Well for high school, E.C.
Most of the students that attend the University are proud to be Cavaliers for many reasons, whether it's because of the beautiful scenery, the atmosphere, the people or something of the like.
Fifty years from now, I'm going to sit down on a hovering rocking chair of the future and tell all my grandchildren to gather about my well-manicured feet.
Lousy professors -- try as we might to avoid them, we've all had a bad experience at one time or another.
What else is there to do?" he asked. "I've never been able to sit life has to have a purpose, it has to be used.
First off, no one at this school knows where Akron is. Second of all, it's Homecoming, just go to the game.
Babaloo defies labels. That's what happens when a band that expands its linguistic horizons by singing in seven different languages in the space of a single stanza. In between playing in Tobacco Road in New York City today and in Northern Virginia on Sunday, the seven member multilingual group is giving a free concert tomorrow night at 9 p.m.
If you're into retro decor and gimmicky-theme restaurants, by all means, visit the Hardware Store.
