Today at 4:00 p.m. at the New Dominion Bookshop, author Gary Kessler will tell the stories behind the story.
They're not just for breakfast anymore. Coming in an assortment of flavors, shapes and sizes, donuts can be just as easily devoured and enjoyed in the afternoon and evening as in the early morning hours. Quite possibly originating from the Dutch Olie-Koechen, meaning "fried cake," donuts now are a popular and comforting American snack food.
To immerse yourself completely into another culture is not something many Americans ever get the chance to do, so I was eager to jump at the opportunity presented to me through the University's International Studies Office to experience both the pleasures and difficulties of life in Italy.
By Laura Good Cavalier Daily Associate Editor They've spent years refining their style and sharpening their skills.
A theater and a stage - an essential combination to perform a play. But don't tell that to the members of the Offstage Theater Company who have written, produced, directed and starred in many plays performed around Charlottesville.
Ever worry about someone stealing your personal information through the Internet? The Department of Information Technology and Communication will address this and other important computer safety issues today in the first of a series of seminars. The seminar, titled "Security 101," will take place today from 11 a.m.
Fourth-year College student Cavan Doyle is not getting any homework accomplished over Spring Break.
Jenny McCarthy, the boisterous blonde who once weeded out the guys on MTV's "Singled Out" now hosts "Beach Week," an ingenious pre-Spring Break series on the Travel Channel.
Transcript: check. Application form: check. Personal essay: check. Recommendation: well... At times more daunting than the request for grades and that ubiquitous personal statement, students cringe when they see the dreaded line - "give this faculty report form to a professor who knows your work well and can speak to your ability to meet the rigorous demands of" the-program-scholarship-school-job you're dying to get into.
By Lytle Wurtzel Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Indiana Jones would be proud: the construction of the "Great Circle Route" has students scrambling up hills and sneaking stealthily around buildings. For anyone who has attempted to navigate their way between Newcomb and Peabody Hall in the last few days, they've no doubt found their path blocked by a red wooden divider or a banner of orange construction netting. Passive students simply follow the detour down McCormick Road on their way to Clemons Library.
Several students rigorously take notes. Others lean forward and listen intently to the professor's lecture.
Eight collegiate teams, two beat-up playing fields and one championship trophy, and this year, that trophy went to the Virginia men's rugby team. This past weekend at the annual "Brawl on the Mall" rugby tournament in Washington D.C., the men's club rugby team walked away with three victories and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 94-3. On their path to victory, the team defeated California University of Pennsylvania by a score of 47-0 in the first round of play. In the second round, Virginia defeated Columbia University, last year's defending champions, 19-0. In the tournament's championship match, the team prevailed over Johns Hopkins University by a score of 28-3, earning revenge on the team that defeated them in last year's tournament. Not only did Virginia's rugby team rise above its tournament competition, but it did so without a true coach. "We were the only team there without an official coach," fourth-year College student Bill Whitlock said.
I f you read my column about a month ago, you would know that I took a trip to New York City over winter break.
B reathing a sigh of relief, she gives a satisfied smile as her size zero jeans smoothly glide up over her emaciated legs.
It's about strength and endurance. It's about concentration and power. It's about individuality working to earn a place in the group. Over the weekend, the 890 members of the University Air Force ROTC detachment held their annual Battle Dress Initiation.
With the steady stream of traffic, blaring radios and tantalizing smells wafting from Baja Bean and Frank's Pizza, the University Women's Center, located on the corner of 14th Street and University Avenue, easily is overlooked. On the north side of the street, the Women's Center houses the needed resources every woman in Charlottesville might seek. Unaware of this valuable source of information, inspiration and support, and surrounded by so much else on one of Charlottesville's busiest intersections, very few students wander in off the street. But don't let the neighboring street's activity distract you. Upon entering through the double doors, a new client first encounters a student secretary who smiles warmly as she offers the next available appointment.
It would be difficult to imagine an Italian restaurant with a better atmosphere than Vivace. Twinkling white holiday lights, a cozy outdoor patio with an ivy trellis overhead and walls inside covered with sulking photographs of Sophia Loren and large oil paintings of Italian seascapes.
By Alexandra Valint Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Intrigued by taste testing griyo and kifto and watching a group of dancers perform to calypso and Ethiopian music? The Association of African and Caribbean Cultures is holding its "Diaspora Bashment," a diverse cultural celebration, tonight in the Student Activities Building. The night will start at 8:30 with assorted meals of sundry African and Caribbean dishes.
Before I hit Club Med for Spring Break, it looks like I'll be hitting Club Clemons. It may be easy to forget from year to year the monstrous amount of work that stands between you and the perfect tan.
It's unusual to have a lecture series named after you while you're still alive. But Jim McDonald, the former director of the Wesley Institute, a United Methodist campus ministry, faces that exact situation. Today marks the inaugural speech in the Jim McDonald Lectures, a series sponsored by the Wesley Foundation in hopes of developing themes that were central to McDonald's ministry, including ecumenical efforts and the relationship between religion and academia. Several religious organizations worked together with the Wesley Foundation to bring Jim Wallis to the University as the first speaker. Wallis is the author of several books, most recently "Faith Works," the editor of "Sojourners" magazine and a nationally recognized commentator on faith issues. Wallis' lecture today will share the name of his latest book, and center on faith-based responses to poverty. Alex Joyner, the current director of the Wesley Foundation, said he understands the speech will discuss Wallis' experiences in writing the book. "He's going to be talking about his travels around the country, seeing how faith-based organizations are making a difference," Joyner said. Joyner said the Wesley Foundation chose Wallis because he works with the same principles that McDonald did. "Jim McDonald was very active in bringing people together, and we wanted to recognize the themes of his ministry," Joyner said.
