When 2003 alumna Sole Salvo visited the Grounds five years ago, the artist in her was disturbed. "The art at this campus is really minimal," Salvo said.
By mid-semester the stresses of unfilled schedules will have long since passed, ironically replaced by the anxieties of days that are too full.
Two years ago, fourth-year College student Anand Jain enrolled in an Education class on mental health with Professor Robert S.
Twenty-four hours in a day -- and an infinite number of ways to fill them. Today, the Peer Health Educators, along with the Center for Alcohol and Substance Education and F.O.R.C.E., are giving student smokers desiring to quit one purpose to their day: 24 hours of abstinence. The Great American Smoke-Out, which will take place from 12 to 4 p.m.
Be warned: Pungent fumes may drift from the general direction of the Lawn today, compliments of the contents of two dumpsters spilled in front of Old Cabell.
"Work It!" exclaims the cover of Allison Hemming's book, which can be found among the shelves of resources at the University Career Center.
Second-year College student Ben Justice was at the Commerce School Career Fair, conversing professionally with suit-and-tied business folk, when an unsettling thought suddenly crossed his mind: Hidden underneath his collared dress shirt -- safe from the eyes of future employers -- lay 10 tattoos spread all over his torso. "I couldn't help but think yeah, my body's covered in ink," Justice said.
"To bring together members of the University community who would not have otherwise interacted in their usual social spheres, in a common goal of service to the global community and cultural awareness and understanding." So reads the mission statement of Alternative Spring Break, a fairly new and independent CIO on Grounds. The organization's expansive ideology is reflected in its ambitious plans for Spring Break every year.
It has gotten to that point in the day when morning and night all start merging into one general sense of fatigue.
It is only mid-October and not only does graduation loom on the distant horizon, but it also brings with it the inevitable job hunt.
