Cha-cha with the Ballroom Dance Club University students always seem to be able to find ways to get their groove on, and the Ballroom Dance Club offers yet another opportunity.
Usually the beautiful architecture, landscaping and weather in Charlottesville inspire students to be as well groomed as the University's Grounds.
I am a slob. There, I've said it. And now I feel much better. I used to try to make excuses for myself, but now there's just no getting around it. Although I am a slob, I would just like to note that I am not actually dirty.
Daedalus Bookstore is a lesson in stream of consciousness. Sitting cattycorner on East Fourth Street by the Downtown Mall, Daedalus is a narrow three-storied row house.
Compiled By Julie Hofler Frisbees and polar bears ... Oh My! The University officially has seen it all.
Some people play whiffle ball on the Lawn. Some park themselves in front of their computer screens for hours playing Snood.
I recently realized that a health craze now rules everything in our society. Everywhere you look there are gyms, or people working out in gyms, or people on their way to the gym, or home gyms, or guys named Jim, or guys named Jim who work out in gyms and own home gyms.
There's something about good food that makes us giddy. When we eat we smile sheepishly, laugh at not-so-funny things, reminisce over other delightful eating experiences and draw comparisons of the food with sex.
Mem Gym sprints ahead As frequent gym-goers returned to their haven at Memorial Gymnasium after Winter Break, they discovered that something was missing: part of the women's locker room. Now in its place is another calorie-burning room filled with four new pieces of cardiovascular equipment: two treadmills and two elliptical machines.
Looming in the middle of Central Grounds, the Office of Admissions has long been one of the focal points of the University, but few think of this building as having an integral part in black history. In the past 50 years, from the first black student admitted in 1950 to last year's heated debate over affirmative action, the office has surfaced and resurfaced in the national spotlight with respect to the relationship between race and the college admissions process. Few people know of the office's history and the three prominent figures that have shaped the University's racial integration policy.
It always sounds impressive when you casually mention you spent three hours in the gym yesterday. However, it is only effective if shared with a non-University student.
The annual University housing race has begun. As another spring semester begins to unfurl, University students are scrambling once again to secure housing for the upcoming school year. But this race for space is not easy, especially for those seeking to live on-Grounds next semester.
A new library look Students on the fourth floor of Clemons will now be snug as a bug on a rug. During winter break, Facilities Management replaced the old carpet just before students returned en masse to check their e-mail, meet with groups and write papers on the highly trafficked fourth floor. "This new carpet is a better quality carpet," said Charles L.
After four excruciating rounds of rush, the University's 16 sororities gave out their bids Monday and swormed toward their new members with balloons, Greek paraphernalia and, most importantly, bid day T-shirts.
Sean Donahue retired last week. The third-year College student, who has reported on and worked for President Clinton for the past nine years, is now planning his first spring break trip - and this time, it doesn't include the President. A White House correspondent at age 12 and a member of Clinton's advance staff team since his first year on Grounds, Donahue bid goodbye to his White House days on Jan.
Hoo wants Harper tickets? Ben Harper first picked up a guitar when he was 6 years old.
I'm writing under the influence - of massive doses of decongestants. Feeling a bit loopy, I realize the impossible has happened.
Playtex-friendly bathrooms The University is finally getting in touch with its feminine side.
Saturday, Jan. 13 was a bright, sunny day in San Sebastian, El Salvador, but 11 University volunteers woke up with mixed emotions as their 10-day health care education mission came to a close. Although they were glad to return to the comforts of American life, the members of Nursing Students Without Borders were reluctant to leave the friends, teachers and health care professionals they had met in South America.
My acquaintance leaned to me and conspired, "I feel like we're fo-xes in the hen-house." Her, a Naderite, and myself, a Libertarian, sat within the guarded confines of the inner sanctum, stage right, at the Texas Inaugural Ball (thanks to a well-connected friend) - directly astride Bruce Cheney's box (which he occupied for zero seconds). All the stars were there: Dixie Carter, the oldest Judd, Kelsey Grammar, Ben Stein.
