Living in dormitories is a pretty significant college experience. Without a doubt, we have met some of our best friends because of our initial college living situations.
Long before I heard the term "road rage," I saw a Disney cartoon that starred Goofy as a Jeckel and Hyde character, Mr. Walker and Mr. Wheeler. Mr. Walker was a mild mannered fellow: thoughtful, pleasant and kind to children and animals.
23: the margin by which Virginia men's soccer outshot Liberty in Wednesday night's game, a 1-1 tie 23: the number of major polls since July 15 Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell has led compared to Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds 2: additional hours Clark Library agreed to be open each night during the final exam period, thanks to the efforts of Student Council's Student Life Committee 19: Charlottesville's rank on Money Magazine's list of top small metropolitan areas to start a small business 1: number of zombie emergency preparedness plans released by the University of Florida this semester (before being removed from the Web site earlier this month) 2: number of times first-year student Joe Riley has played the role of hero in the past few weeks, coming to the assistance of one College Inn patron who was choking and another girl who had fainted during a class 536: the total number of yards on offense that Virginia football unleashed on Indiana during last Saturday's game - its highest tally since the 2004 season - despite entering the game ranked 117th out of 120 Division-1 teams in total offense 298: pints of blood collected Tuesday for the Inter-Fraternity Council's Crimson War blood drive, the highest single-day total in the event's six year history 200: the would-be age of one of the University's most famous students, Edgar Allan Poe, had he not died exactly 160 years ago last Wednesday 0: number of turnovers Virginia football has committed in its last two games 7: number of turnovers Virginia football committed in its week one outing against William & Mary 50: the number of people who have opted for early absentee voting at the Charlottesville General Registrar's Office as of earlier this week 50: percent reduction in tuition that an in-state student would receive at any Virginia public college under Deeds' Virginia Forward Scholarship proposal, provided that the student agrees to fulfill two years of public service after graduation 60: number of miles traversed by the balloon that Colorado authorities believed was carrying Falcon Heene, a 6-year-old boy who went missing yesterday; he was later discovered hiding in a box in his family's attic 1: the number of Cavalier Daily Executive Editors under quarantine this week after being diagnosed with H1N1 influenza
I have been working for the McIntire Department of Music in Old Cabell Hall since my first year at the University.
Regarding a proposal made by the Student Life Committee to Student Council last Tuesday that would provide students with transportation to and from airports over breaks, committee chairman Aagya Mathur told The Cavalier Daily that student interest would need to be gauged before changes were made. On behalf of myself and many other students at the University, that interest does, indeed, exist.
There are some people who have forfeited their right to live. The death penalty is as simple as that.
Over the course of the past two years, we've seen a rapid shift in the affairs of the two wars America is currently invested in.
Today, BBC Business announced the United States' record deficit of $1.4 trillion - almost three times that of last year.
After reading the article "Gleefully ignorant" (Oct. 13), I was disappointed in the author. I love the show Glee, and in no way, shape, or form does it interpret "stereotypes that burden." I think the author of the article is having trouble overlooking race.
Inspired Initiatives Two new projects highlight the kinds of goals Student Council should pursue Student Council may have found its best role in the University community.
That tapping noise is the sound of me knocking on the woodwork, wondering why all the Groh-haters have faded away and crawled back inside.
Is it a city or a town? Try the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the state of Virginia and the largest west of Richmond. The article "Rockin' Roanoke" (Oct.
Michael Khavari wrote in his recent article, "Deadly decisions," (Oct. 12) that the death penalty is "barbaric" and "ancient." You may disagree with the "eye for an eye" sense of justice that is the foundation of the death penalty, but to act like it's some kind of relic of an ignorant past is ridiculous.
Student Council's "Free Newspapers on Grounds" initiative has begun providing students with free issues of The New York Times and USA Today.
Students at the University have no shortage of committees that claim to represent their interests. The most obvious among these groups is Student Council, but the list does not stop there: class councils, Greek councils and school councils are all part of the civic landscape. Of these committees, the school councils - like the Arts & Sciences Council, Engineering Student Council, Commerce Council, and so forth - seem uniquely well-positioned to tackle the more focused issues that each community faces internally.
Shortly after the inauguration of President Barack Obama in early 2009, Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions released a masterfully constructed video in support of the president.
President Barack Obama has recently been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize amid a great deal of controversy.
The Honor Committee revisited the Semester at Sea issue this week. At Sunday night's meeting, Committee Chair David Truetzel presented a proposal that would allow expelled Semester at Sea participants the right to request a second trial on-Grounds if found guilty of an academic honor offense during the program.
