Although the process of determining class schedules certainly gets easier with experience, even fourth-years have trouble picking interesting courses outside of their major. Check out a few interesting courses which may have slipped under your radar while crafting your schedule for this semester.
The world of news may be changing quickly — but that doesn’t mean young people should be left behind in the fray. With this ideal in mind, fourth-year Engineering student Frank Aikhu and fourth-year College student Nenneya Shields co-founded online newspaper “JumbleTalk,” which acts as an opportunity for people ages 17 to 27 to have their voices heard on relevant issues through coverage of news stories from anywhere in the world. These “jumblers,” the term Aikhu and Shields used to describe citizen journalists who contribute articles to the newspaper, are “very conscious about the world [and] have comments that stimulate thought,” said Shields.
The Virginia Gentlemen celebrated their 60th anniversary on Saturday, inviting fans, family and friends to share in a celebratory concert celebrating the groups long history as a part of U.Va.’s a capella scene.
Early this summer, the beloved restaurant and bar on Elliewood Avenue, The Backyard, closed its doors without an explanation.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, advocating the freedom to express individual beliefs, and built his University on this and other classical liberal ideals.
