After two narrow defeats in a row and a fall from the nation's top ranking, No. 6 Virginia heads into tomorrow's match-up against No.
Tucked away in a back corridor of the Curry School in Ruffner Hall, the Student Virginia Education Association bulletin might easily be overlooked.
Imagine watching Barracks Road transform itself from a sleepy country outpost to a sprawling, bustling shopping center with multiple wings.
While other students scramble to find a costume to this weekend's Halloween parties, third years Ryan Chatman and Matt Bulloch will don a uniform.
The dozen women enrolled in Sage Blaska's "Dance/Movement Composition as Art" lounge on gym mats piled against the far wall of the makeshift dance studio. Clad in bright tank tops and athletic shorts, the dancers focus on center stage, as a fellow classmate takes a deep breath before throwing herself into a dramatic performance.
It's midmorning, the Monday before classes start. After the lazy days of summer, traffic around Grounds finally is returning to its normal level.
With the steady stream of traffic, blaring radios and tantalizing smells wafting from Baja Bean and Frank's Pizza, the University Women's Center, located on the corner of 14th Street and University Avenue, easily is overlooked. On the north side of the street, the Women's Center houses the needed resources every woman in Charlottesville might seek. Unaware of this valuable source of information, inspiration and support, and surrounded by so much else on one of Charlottesville's busiest intersections, very few students wander in off the street. But don't let the neighboring street's activity distract you. Upon entering through the double doors, a new client first encounters a student secretary who smiles warmly as she offers the next available appointment.
W hen it came time to decide on a major, fourth- year College student Bahie Rassekh wasn't interested in merely following the pre-med path or limiting her studies to the confines of a single discipline. So she joined the ranks of students who have majored in fields such as "Irish Studies" and "Persuasion." Coming into the University, Rassekh had a strong interest in studying health and she thrived on the challenge of completing her pre-med requirements. But she also liked sociology and psychology, and she thought that a health-centered education would be incomplete without focusing on the social aspects that affect a person's well-being. Rassekh instead wanted to personalize her major to encompass community service, along with the educational and medical issues that affect health. And she discovered that she did not have to resort to a traditional program of study to accomplish that goal. Rassekh took advantage of the Interdisciplinary Major Program and put together her own requirements.
The Virginia women's soccer team finished up a successful weekend by defeating William & Mary at Klockner Stadium yesterday, 4-1.
For the Virginia women's soccer team, this weekend entails far more than just a home football game against statewide rival Virginia Tech.
