Dave Matthews used to practice in this Charlottesville studio. A painted poster from one of his fans that portrays the song "Proudest Monkey" still hangs there, but the band has moved on.
I t's been three weeks since you last made the trek to the supermarket. You are in dire need of the college necessities: Hot Pockets, Easy Mac, Double Stuff Oreos, Tostitos Chips and Salsa, strawberry NutriGrain bars and a 12-pack of Bud Light.
Dome Room houses thoughts on homelessness By Ryann Collins Cavalier Daily Associate Editor If you think homelessness doesn't affect you, think again.
It has climbed the charts to the number three slot in Rolling Stone magazine. Night after night, it churns out some of the hottest music in one of the most familiar scenes in Charlottesville.
There's typical and then there's typical. Sometimes what separates the two are religious values and beliefs that determine how many times a day you pray, whether or not you drink, and the kinds of stereotypes you might have to deal with.
University student leads a heartwarming effort to save lives By Daniel Stern Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Death is something that most students choose not to think about or, at least, talk about.
W hat I need is a good defense, 'cause I'm feeling like a crim inal..." The deep voice of Fiona Apple floats around Ann Taylor Loft in the Barracks Road Shopping Center, enticing people to share her burden.
I'm scared. You might be carrying a gun under your veil," said a University student when Women's Studies Professor Farzaneh Milani decided to wear a traditional Iranian chador to class in the spring of 1994.
Mary Humphrey stepped back and carefully sureyed the long table full of misplaced mail in Station No.
A sunny outdoor patio, murals on the wall, gospel music and mimosas. This is the way breakfast should be.
The percussion section starts its cadence and about 120 members of the pep band take off and do anything and everything on their way to take their positions for the first song. The Virginia Pep Band consists of students from every year and every school - and even some alumni that are only students at heart - and plays at men's basketball and football games. "Basically you take out everything that sucked about marching band in high school," said third-year Education student Heather Pozun, the director of the pep band.
"There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.
I finally understand where Steve Martin was coming from. As the movie "Father of the Bride" opens, his character reclines in an oversized chair, removing his shoes like Mr. Rogers, and explains that he once thought a wedding was a simple case of boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, they find a ring and a dress, then say "I do." Having just experienced his daughter's wedding, the exhausted father of the bride says he was wrong.
All you can eat By Daniel Stern Cavalier Daily Associate Editor It's a Thursday night and your wallet is a bit too thin to fund a trip to Cafe Europa or a call to the College Inn.
RICHMOND Yellow and black "Win with Warner" billboards lined the streets of Virginia's capital yesterday as the state went to the polls to elect the future governor and other state representatives.
RICHMOND Mark Earley is a family man. At 3:00 p.m. on Election day, Earley canvasses Short Pump Middle School with two of his sons.
Rarely have two words caused such controversy in the University community. However, the addition of the chant "not gay" to the University's "Good Ol' Song" has created a ferment of opinions, campaigns and editorials from those defending or criticizing it. The University's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, nationally a group motivated by defending individual rights and liberties, recently launched its own effort to eradicate the chant. Five black and white flyers read: "not gay," "not black," "not Asian," "not female" and "not Jewish." A picture of a person meant to represent one of the respective characteristics stares out at passersby. "We wanted to show people that saying a racial slur like 'not black' is analogous to saying 'not gay,'" said third-year College student Andrew Borchini, president of the University's ACLU.
10:10. A time. A place. A message. It's Wednesday night in Jefferson Hall, and, even though it's Halloween, the religious discussiongroup 10:10, which derives its name from the time it meets each week, is ready to start. Fourth-year Engineering studentPhil Helin tosses a few loaves of sunflower wheat bread to the gathering of about 30 students.
Grateful Dead drummer revives style By Daniel Stern Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Mickey Hart, the long time Grateful Dead drummer, will be coming to the University tomorrow night in a University Programs Council-sponsored event. The concert kicks off at 8 p.m.
When I saw all the cute little toddlers in crazy costumes marching from door to door and stuffing their mouths with candy, I have to say I was a little frightened because it was two days after Halloween.
