Yesterday, The Cavalier Daily reported that for its latest efforts to identify problems in off-Grounds housing, the University's "Housing Policy Task Force" received a favorable commendation from the Charlottesville City Council. Other awards received by the Housing Policy Task Force: Least Worthy Group of the title of "Task Force."
Ah, I'm just jealous. I'd kill to be in something as awesome as a "task force." Or posse. Or, after seeing Dane Cook this week, a heist.
When logging into Webmail, it no longer has that pop-up "Are you sure you want to do this?" box. It throws off my whole Webmail logging-in routine. ITC, please bring back unnecessary security warnings.
I feel as though U.Va. needs to send out a mailing to all incoming first years (and upperclassmen for that matter) over the summer, clearly outlining when it is and is not necessary to stop and chat with a friend as you pass them on the way to class, or if a simple greeting walk-by will do. This information would have proven to be invaluable to me, as I had never before been in an environment that was so focused on social walking. It could have saved me from some awkward greetings and one-sided stops. So to recap: I am socially inept.
Yoplait needs to pony-up to the fact that it's cheating us, the consumers, out of precious yogurty goodness by having its containers built with a quarter-inch buffer zone at the bottom. It's wrong and I'm not gonna take it. "Fruit on the bottom?" No, no: Tricky, deceitful air pocket at the bottom. Fruit: slightly above that.
Last week, police were investigating the theft of one of Newcomb Hall's powerful $5,500 LCD projectors. Though no suspects have been detained, the police are determined to find out who committed this crime. In a related story, my makeshift "Bat Signal" is almost operational.
March 20, the University celebrated Earth Day by sponsoring a student tree-planting project around Grounds. If it were up to me, every day would be Earth Day. Wait, I'm sorry, I meant "birthday." Earth Day's good too, I guess. So long as there are presents.
The Times of London announced its rankings of the Top 200 universities around the world, placing U.Va. at 118th, tied with Seoul National University. Move over, Berkley, we've got a new meaningless rivalry. Ahh, who are we kidding, I bet Berkley doesn't even care. We totally hate them more than they hate us.
I was driving around the country last weekend when I came across a flock of deer crossing the road (yes, "flock" is acceptable, look it up*). As they were walking in front of my car, one gave me an aggressive look, and I instinctively locked the car doors. You know, in case they figured out the door handle, I guess. Single-handedly the dumbest thing I ever did. ... That day.
*please don't look it up.
Over the weekend it was reported that after luring a fourth-year student to his car asking for directions, four non-University students threatened the good Samaritan at knifepoint. Don't jump to judgment though, I'm willing to bet these guys weren't random street thugs but rather a few stragglers from Days on the Lawn who really wanted to know where Peabody was.
I want the e-mail address eric@cunningham.com badly. Like really badly. Or maybe "EricCunningham" as my screen name. And yes, I've added EricCunningham to my buddy list, but I'm pretty sure the owner has blocked me after repeated screenname switching requests. Man, even Eric Cunningham doesn't like Eric Cunningham.
Note to self: Stop referring to yourself in the third person.
Note to self II: "Notes to self" count as third person.
Eric's column runs each Wednesday. He can be reached at cunningham@cavalierdaily.com.
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