While Memorial Gym is home to pick-up basketball games, weight training and tennis gear rentals today, the Gym once was a cultural center for the University.
Capital lecture A key figure in the public debate about capital punishment will speak at the University today. Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking," will give two lectures on her experiences working with death row inmates.
The dumb snow kept flying into my eyelashes, I was starving and exhausted and if one more person asked me why I transferred, I might have had to throw up all over my polka-dot nametag. Round Robins, the first parties of the four rounds of rush, are half-hour sessions of small talk at each of the 16 sororities with intermittent 15-minute breaks.
The right angle The University's first exclusively online news source, theangle.com, received a nomination for an EPpy award in the Best College Newspaper Online Service category. The EPpy Awards are sponsored by Editor & Publisher Company's new media division, and acknowledge the achievements of Internet news sources. Launched in December of 1998, theangle.com includes news and magazine features in addition to in-depth articles and columns.
They were high school buddies from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Northern Virginia.
Without the large black and white sign featuring a motorcyclist's silhouette, few people strolling down Elliewood Avenue would notice that the converted house is actually the Buddhist Biker Bar & Grill. Although there are neither bikers nor Buddhists present in this low-key eating establishment, visitors can certainly delight in the bizarre, though casual atmosphere of the Bar.
During Winter Break, some University students work at jobs that earn quick cash, saving just enough money to stock their refrigerators or pay the rent.
Experiencing life in "Jeopardy!" As students purchased their books and finalized their new class schedules, fourth-year College student Molly Jesse traveled to Los Angeles to appear on "Jeopardy!"'s College Tournament. Jesse flew to California Jan.
In the beginning there was Adam and Eve. A-d-a-m and E-v-e. In the 21st century there are still Adam's and Eve's, there are also Sarah's, Kelly's, Christopher's, Ryan's, there are even Daffodil's and Dweezil's, and now there are also Jayke's.
Few students can claim to have co-founded a theater company or an improvisational comedy troupe by their third year of college.
The most exciting thing that I did during Winter Break was successfully operate the Xerox Document Center at The Roanoke Times newspaper in Roanoke. I say this with no hint of irony.
The old, white house on Wertland Street could be mistaken for another student-packed dwelling. But the small black sign with white letters that declares "Division of Personality Studies" reminds pedestrians that the building in is fact connected to the University in a different way.
"What happens when you put seven strangers in a house and people stop being polite and start being real?" It is nearly a rite of passage for everyone under the age of 25 to know not only where this familiar quote comes from, but also seven different answers to what really does happen. When thousands of teens and early 20-somethings try out for these seven coveted spots, however, for those invited aboard, the ride is likely to be just as exciting, as fourth-year College student Candice Cook is finding out. Cook follows in the footsteps of fourth-year College student Rebecca Lord, who starred in "Real World 7," set in Seattle.
It's the most anticipated event of our time. It has spawned everything from apocalyptic movies to album titles for boy bands, songs to specialty t-shirts, fears of computer crashes to fears of misguided theme parties, yet it will be over within the blink of an eye.
Shuffling for the Mouse While spades and hearts never have enjoyed the high tension and excitement of poker, and euchre has languished in card game anonymity, University students will get a chance to play these games for some serious stakes tomorrow. The Wild Card Collegiate Tournament, sponsored by the United States Playing Card Company, will be held tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m.
Some University students are helping to create their own "Toy Story" this holiday season. Collection boxes were scattered around Grounds for the past two weeks to collect toys for disadvantaged children.
Contrary to what you might expect from a cyber cafe, there's no bleeping space-age music or silver and chrome furniture at www.caffe in the Rio Hill Shopping Center.
Ms. Garvey's New Year's plans are supposed to assuage the fears many travelers have about Y2K and its effect on the safety of flying.
Exams test sanity Any undergraduates in the College who anticipate suffering from exam overload might qualify to change the time and day of an exam, but the deadline to make the switch is Dec.
Everyone knows what happens on a typical Saturday night at about 2:30 a.m. on the Lawn. It is a tradition that University students hold near and dear to their rears -- streaking. The recent incidences of students being cited by the police for participating in this coveted weekend ritual, however, make one wonder if enthusiasm for the practice has fizzled.
