Odds and Ends
By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 20, 1999Spared by Floyd The media hype preceding the arrival of Hurricane Floyd raised false hopes in many students desiring to get a day off from classes.
Spared by Floyd The media hype preceding the arrival of Hurricane Floyd raised false hopes in many students desiring to get a day off from classes.
There is a major entity overtaking the continental United States, and if we don't find a way to stop it soon, we will all suffocate under a blanket of denim and khaki.
A phenomenon is sweeping the globe. Across the world, accomplished pretty-boy bands such as the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC and 98 Degrees top the record charts simply because thousands of screaming 13-year-old girls want it that way.
About 20 University students gathered in the Rotunda for a training session Saturday that was unlike most introductory sessions on Grounds.
All hogs go to heaven in the Belmont community of Charlottesville. And after they do, humans get to experience a little bit of it at Hog Heaven, a barbecue and grub restaurant near Charlottesville, but off the beaten path. Unlike restaurants like Chili's or Ruby Tuesday's, Hog Heaven offers barbecue connoisseurs the real deal. "You go to Aberdeen Barn for prime rib, you come to Hog Heaven for sauced ribs," Cook and Barbecue Technician Mark Cermele said.
The velvety ripples of Beaver Creek reflected the cloudless, sunny sky and the endless horizon of trees and hills which enclosed the lake and protected it from the outside world.
Searching for gold All students are on a quest. Some search for meaning in their lives while others search for edible food in their refrigerators.
With each new highly publicized sexual assault, fear sets into the community and most ask themselves, "What can I do to prevent this from happening to me or my friends?" But according to sources such as the Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA), this is not necessarily the best approach to take.
It was the damnedest thing that I have ever seen. Let me repeat that. It was THE DAMNEDEST thing that I have ever seen.
Fraternities may gain notoriety around the country because of their parties, alcohol and scandals, but a successful Greek recycling program now entering its second year is helping to change this stereotype at the University. University Greeks who drink canned soft drinks and beer can make their famed exuberance pay off for both the environment and the Charlottesville community. "By recycling, fraternities are showing some responsibility to do everything we can to lessen the impact of dwindling resources," said Denny Clark, University superintendent of facilities management. The Greek recycling program allows fraternity and sorority houses to earn money for collecting aluminum cans.
Talkin' Tuesdays What University student can think of a better way to spend his or her Tuesday evening than to spend it mingling with faculty members?
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night by destruction equal to 400 Hiroshima bombs in 43 seconds.
Imagine sitting in a little coffee shop decorated with hanging plants, cozy couches and colorful pictures on the walls.
Flying high for football Maybe some Virginia fans watched the Clemson game on TV this weekend.
First-year Engineering student Jeremy Lynn spends several nights a month hustling through the streets of his native Charlottesville in a large truck.
Now that you have met all of your new professors, I'm sure there is an obvious, yet important, question on everyone's minds: Have aliens landed on Earth?
It's hard not to notice the presence of University Guides around Grounds. After all, they lead large groups of perspective students and exhausted parents through the University every day.
Let's say that, after almost getting run over by a speeding SUV, sitting through a smoldering class at Cabell Hall, and violently wrenching your shirt free from the back of a wooden desk, you are finally on your lunch break.
Undiestudies update The www.ebay.com posting by a supposed University first-year student auctioning her used panties for tuition closed last Friday at $31, after a total of 16 bids were placed.
Students are darn proud The Darden School announced its student award winners for the 1999 Samuel Forrest Hyde Memorial Fellowship, the William Michael Shermet Awards and the Class of 1987 G.