Does the term "Club Clemons" ring a bell? Did that all-nighter last week make you miss all your classes the next day or are your teeth about to fall out from all that gummy candy from the Pav?
The holidays are approaching at a moderate pace, and for most of you, that means getting ready for either Christmas or Hanukah.
A place called the Tea Room Cafe conjures images of white linen table cloths, dainty cucumber sandwiches and snooty waiters.
By Kelly King Cavalier Daily Associate Editor It's the candy house of all candy houses. Nearly four-feet tall, this Dr. Seuss interpretation of a candy house is lined with jelly beans, cherries and rock candy trees.
Both inside and out, George Rogers Clark School possesses all of the characteristics of the average American elementary school.
Trailing Tiger Sometimes dreams really do come true. Or at least they did for fourth-year College student Huan Tran, who leaves for Las Vegas today to participate in the Tiger Woods Fantasy Golf Camp, led by the golfing phenomenon himself. "I'm obsessed with golf and I love Tiger," Tran said excitedly, explaining that he has followed Woods' career since he won his first amateur tournament. Last February while watching the Buick Invitational on television, Tran noticed an advertisement for a contest sponsored by the company. "You had to guess Tiger's third and fourth round scores for the weekend," Tran said.
Tis the season, as they say. It's the season for giving, the season for eating, the season for traveling.
Last April, third-year College student Abigail Burroughs said she had one wish. After battling squamous cell head and neck cancer for more than a year, she desperately wanted to be able to keep the apartment lease she had signed with two of her friends for the University's 2001-2002 school year. But on June 9, after a long and frustrating fight not only with cancer but with pharmaceutical companies that refused to provide her with experimental or compassionate use treatments, Burroughs succumbed to the disease. "She lived right up until the minute she died," said Abigail's mother Kathleen Dunn of her daughter's relentless optimism and strength. Tonight starting at 9 p.m., Burroughs and her battle for life will be remembered at a Casino Night fund-raising event held by Theta Delta Chi fraternity and Pi Beta Phi sorority at Fiji.
Exploring the melting pot By Catherine Dunn Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Unbeknownst to many students who vacation at beach resorts in the Bahamas or Jamaica during Spring Break, most people who now call the Caribbean home can trace their cultural heritage back to places as far away Java or Sri Lanka. Tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
It's Friday night. Children dressed as magicians wave their wands as they weave in and out of hoards of people.
I t's Sunday night. The absence of car and foot traffic on Grounds is almost surreal. Then, all of a sudden, 10 robust tow trucks with flashing lights dappling the night sky come tearing down McCormick Road.
A helping hand for global health care By Ryann Collins Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Following quick on the heels of the three-year-old Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards, another research scholarship has emerged on the scene.
Taking the road less traveled - that's what three recent University graduates did. In fact, they followed that road all the way to the far-off locations of Honduras, Romania and Bolivia on two-year programs in the Peace Corps.
F or this week, I had planned to do an extensive survey to find out how many students have received parking tickets while attending the University.
Renewing a fresh perspective It's a Christian tradition during Lent. It's a Jewish custom during Yom Kippur.
C abell Hall: one of the first names you were thrown as an unindoctrinated first-year student at orientation - the one you mispronounced when you were less University-savvy.
Combine a breathtaking country- side, a historic edifice with a century of stories and modern day pleasures like Monday Night Football, and one is able to enjoy the best of several worlds. The building that houses Mountain View Grill has been a fixture of the Crozet community for almost 100 years.
In the days after the World Trade Center collapsed into a mound of melted steel and dust in Lower Manhattan, few living things could be seen roving through the wreckage.
Put a little soul into it By Kelly King Cavalier Daily Associate Editor It's hip.
Before I came to college, I enjoyed roughing it. I spent my high school years in one of those rural New England towns nestled in the foothills of the Berkshires and sandwiched between two lakes.
