My most memorable, and physically exhausting, experience while I studied abroad in Beijing, China was one hellish train ride during the National Day Fall Break.
In the past, the University has made it on the cover of US News and World Report. It has been heralded as a fine institution of higher learning and student self-governance.
It's one of those days. You're rushing off to class, head down, hands in pockets and thoughts of midterms dancing in your head.
In a colorful and enchanting Chinese Buddhist ritual rarely seen in the West, Buddhist monks and nuns performed the "Rite of Universal Liberation" in Newcomb Hall Ballroom Saturday. This is the first time that such a ritual ever has been performed at an American university. "Generally, Chinese Buddhists believe that this ritual is able to alleviate the suffering of all creatures," said Hun Lye, a doctoral candidate and graduate instructor in religious studies.
Not every party begins and ends in Charlottesville - some could lead you to the home of the King. This year's Third-Year Council Suitcase Party includes raffle prizes, food, entertainment and an all-expense paid trip to Memphis, Tenn. But more importantly, the event provides University students with the opportunity to benefit United Support: The Community Foundation Against Domestic Violence.
Doctors Robert Brown and David Snyder sit together with businessman Stephen Roszel at a candlelit table in Brown's spacious and classically decorated home. They eat grilled chicken Caesar salads prepared by Brown's wife, and discuss the status of their course at the University with a peculiar mix of enthusiasm and concern. These men, along with a group of carefully selected teaching assistants, are responsible for EDHS 482, better known as Mental Health. Since the course's inception in the 1960s, students have listened to Brown, a clinical professor of psychiatric medicine, lecture, as well as hear first hand accounts from some of his patients.
The flier is an open invitation. "All we ask of you is an open mind, as we will take pleasure in doing the rest and providing this thing we call 'food for your soul.'" It's a Friday night in February, but the arctic cold doesn't penetrate to the upstairs room of the Starr Hill Music Hall where tightly packed listeners eagerly divide their attention between the poet onstage and scanning the stylishly dressed crowd around them.
By Alexandra Valint Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Suppose you spend almost a year researching your thesis for your undergraduate research project, a combination of computer science and anthropology, and the final product simply lies in some obscure corner of a library, quietly collecting dust.
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.
Dining at Monsoon is not as dangerous as the name may suggest, but the restaurant certainly provides a bit of excitement and the menu unleashes a storm of spice.
Happy Easter, I'm your host Bif Brinkley, broadcasting live at our new sky box on top of the Rotunda for the 99th-annual Golden Egg Hunt.
Before I say another word, I'd like to make one thing clear: this week, I'm guilty as charged. Granted, I like to consider this a minor infraction, but there's still no escaping the fact that this time, I'm (egad!)
If you walk by the amphitheater before 3 p.m. today, you will see something other than the usual mud-pits and people studying.
This is the second article in a two-part series looking at how the University community confronts war, both in the 1970s Vietnam conflict and the Sept.
India is.... Hmmm... elegant and gaudy; ancient and modern; familiar and foreign; extraordinary and ordinary; full of rickshaws with photos of Hollywood stars and gold streamers, ghee, street urinals, lentils, unparalleled generosity, Green Apple Fanta, yogurt, stray dogs, and water buffalo... All at the same time! -- Shulamit Warren Eric Littlepage In this article, my study abroad companions and I will undertake an impossible task.
This is the first article in a two-part series looking at how the University community confronts war, both in the 1970s Vietnam conflict and the Sept.
It's 6 p.m., you're hungry and you're broke. Coincidentally, tonight you're also in luck. Beginning this evening at 6, the psychology department will hold Psychology Experiment Night in Gilmer 190.
A gavel pounds and a roundtable discussion ensues. Sixteen people, identified by the countries they represent, sit and decide the fate of the world. It is the year 2025 and a troop of Manoan super-soldiers has just invaded Austria - or so it appears within the confines of the Emergency Bioethics Committee, one of the 11 committees within the 2002 Virginia International Committee Simulation.
Concepts like tradition, scholarship and practicality compose the very core of University life. The Office of Admission strives to find the most driven and goal-oriented students.
At age 21, Jimmy Santiago Baca entered prison illiterate. Five years later, he came out a poet. He has transcended the odds - and survived to tell about it - through writing that is praised internationally for its style, cultural richness and honesty. Baca came to Charlottesville this past Friday as part of the Virginia Festival of the Book.
