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The No. 5 Virginia men’s tennis team hit the road this weekend for a pair of ACC matchups. After splitting its matches last weekend, including a 4-2 win over then-No. 8 Stanford, Virginia climbed to No. 5 in the latest ITA rankings. They justified that ranking with a 4-3 win over Notre Dame and a 4-1 domination of Louisville.
Virginia ended this weekend’s Chattanooga Classic in a distant second place at 25-over par, nine strokes behind first-place Florida’s 16-over par. The No. 27 Gators ran away with it, but the No. 13 Cavaliers emerged from the rest of the pack, especially considering the comeback required to get there.
Editor’s note: This article is a humor column.
In light of recent developments on Grounds, Chanel Craft Tanner, director of the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center, highlights the Center’s mission, resources and ongoing initiatives.
Third-year College student Gregory Perryman is the 44th student member of the University's Board of Visitors and will officially begin his one-year term June 1. In undertaking this position, he hopes to represent a broad range of student perspectives, manage the demands of the one-year role and strengthen student engagement with long-term University decision-making.
The No. 5 Virginia women’s tennis team concluded a strong weekend with a 4-1 victory Sunday over No. 33 Notre Dame at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers (15-4, 7-2 ACC) fought back after dropping the doubles point, securing four straight-sets wins in singles to extend their winning streak to three matches and claim their 12th consecutive victory over the Irish (15-4, 5-3 ACC).
After taking a home series against California last weekend, No. 22 Virginia took a trip to South Bend, Ind. to visit ACC rival Notre Dame. The Cavaliers (25-8, 7-3 ACC) coming off their first loss at home were hoping to pick up some wins on the road but were met with two additional losses instead.
Nota de la editora: Este artículo fue escrito originalmente por Lexie Stadler el 23 de marzo de 2025. Trabajamos para preservar el significado original en la traducción, pero no podemos garantizarlo.
Virginia headed down south this week to Raleigh, N.C. for the Raleigh Relays, and the usual standouts sparkled, as did some new faces. Three records were broken this weekend in the men’s 1,500-meter race, the men’s 10k and women’s hammer throw.
1950sApril 6, 1951“‘Ugly Man’ To Have Last Laugh; Patti Paige Will Make Him Happy” By Julian KoplenAn “Ugly Man” contest, announced in this article, decided the “University’s most left-handed honor,” and rewarded the winner with a trophy, key and kiss from singer Patti Page. Page, erroneously referred to as “Paige,” later became a Grammy-winning, best-selling artist and dedicated her time at the University for a 1-cent voting fee. Fraternities chose to nominate various men for the honor, with Charlie Hewitt being nominated by two. 1960sApril 1, 1964“Shannon Nabbed By Runk At Weekend Party”By Ben DoverIn this article, Dean of Students Benjamin F.D. Runk announced that Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., President of the University from 1959-1974, had been placed on “social probation for at least two semesters” after the Carr’s Hill Easter Eve Faculty Tea left the President’s Mansion in a “state of semi-shambles.” The event was said to have been broken up by University police after complaints from multiple nearby fraternity houses. 1970sApril 2, 1974“Poo-Pile”No AuthorThis selection of important University happenings tells of an orgy in the Webb Lounge, presented by the Counselor’s Committee on Human Sexuality, as well as a reassignment of lawn residents to the McKim Nursing Dormitory after condemning the lawn for inadequate facilities and pestilence. The Education Building’s overpass was also slated to be demolished, inevitably forcing students to cross Emmett Street with a Police Cadet escort. 1980sApril 1, 1981“Crimefighters to shape up”By Kent FeliceThis article describes a successful initiative by the University Police Department to have its officers “concentrate on pushups as much as on holdups.” The program, which began three weeks prior to the article’s publication, influenced the Charlottesville Police Department to follow suit, only to be met with disappointment. City Patrolman, Ronald Stayments, said that no one was willing to pay for it and didn’t expect for the program to “get off the ground.”1990sMarch 31, 1994“Cartoonists draw to make sense of sketchy existence” By Amy Nagle and Smita TeotiaThe fraught history of the comic book and strip is examined in this article, especially in relation to contemporary University students. Interviewees, including the owner of Fantasia Comics, Steven Miller, and Third-Year engineering student and creator of the Cavalier Daily’s “Dystopia,” Timmon Ark, said that comic books were likely to be scapegoated as soft pornography in future congressional hearings. 2000sApril 1, 2004“Boy prodigy Greg Smith joins frat, drops out”By Got Malati (Cavalier Daily Typo Guru)In a depressing turn of events, 14-year old child prodigy and Topology Ph.D. student, Gregory R. Smith made the decision to drop out of the University after joining the Sigma Pi fraternity. Smith was said to have amended his initial aspirations from “curing cancer, becoming president and manning a mission to Mars” to “pleasing my ho’s.” The genius, who graduated from high school at the age of seven and completed his undergraduate education at Randolph-Macon College by 13, set a two-minute 17-second keg stand record and was fond of Gatorade-related pickup lines.
We all have limits in our heads. Limits on who we can be, set by who we think we are. Limits on what is possible based on what has already been done. Limits we put in place because we are afraid of finding out what our actual limits are. Limits others put onto us because they know no better, because we’ve shown them no better.
Coach Lars Tiffany gazed at the scoreboard, hands on hips. He stared it down for a long second. Then he turned and waded into the center of a downbeat huddle.
No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse traveled to Syracuse, N.Y. Saturday to take on No. 7 Syracuse in a highly anticipated ACC matchup, with both teams looking to earn an edge in their conference standing. The Cavaliers (7-4, 3-3 ACC) ultimately fell to the Orange (8-4, 4-2 ACC) by a 12-13 margin, despite a run by Virginia that evened the contest late. The loss represents the Cavaliers’ third ACC loss of the season, making their path to conference glory a tougher one.
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, Virginia baseball took to the field a final time against Stanford, looking for a sweep. While the Cavaliers (15-11, 6-6 ACC) made mistakes early on in the game, they were able to come back and defeat the Cardinal (16-9, 5-7 ACC) 9-8 with a walk-off double from junior outfielder Aidan Teel in extra innings.
Editor’s note: As of Saturday, April 5, both Spanberger and Earle-Sears have clinched their respective party’s nomination, as no other opponents qualified for the primary ballot from a major party. Virginia will have its first female governor after voters decide between the two candidates in the Nov. 4 general election.
As I walked to Wilson Hall for a Monday 9 a.m. statistics lecture, I did not expect to spend the class sobbing. And yet, there I was, mid-class, staring at my laptop screen and blinking through tears while my professor blissfully droned on about distribution curves. The culprit? A picture my mom sent of stir-fried fish cakes, glistening with sesame oil and plated next to a scoop of white rice. It was simple, familiar and exactly how I liked it.
Virginia entered Friday’s game looking to lock up a series win after a momentum-building victory over No. 20 Stanford in Thursday’s series opener. Thanks to timely hitting and an overall display of resilience, the Cavaliers (14-11, 5-6 ACC) did just that.