What does football season mean for University students and fans? Tailgating, ?The Good Old Song,? guys in ties, girls in pearls, the Sea of Orange?
"I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself." -- James Baldwin Last fall, I studied abroad through the NYU in London program.
Showcasing a sampling of Virginia's wine and gourmet food, the Virginia Wine Expo, hosted by the Greater Convention Center, exhibited more than 40 wineries and offered many speakers, giving attendees a taste of what Virginia has to offer.
Inspired by the friendship of Thomas Jefferson and Italian-born Philip Mazzei, their hometowns recently celebrated their 30th year as sister cities.
Ever since I discovered Ten a few weeks ago while getting drinks with girlfriends, I have been dying to go back and engulf myself in the swanky metropolitan restaurant for a full meal.
How many speakers have come to the University and asked their audiences to do warm-up exercises? Out of those who may have, how many ask audience members to find partners they do not know, take their faces in their hands, look them in the eye and say, "I love you?" Probably just one -- Dr. Patch Adams -- when the world-renowned, clown-nose-wearing doctor spoke in Old Cabell Hall March 30. As students filed in for "An Evening with Patch Adams," some may have been surprised that the man standing on stage looked different from Robin Williams's character in the movie.
