(01/31/19 2:16am)
The concept of mixing environmental justice and hip hop doesn’t necessarily strike as a likely marriage, but that isn’t how Vanessa Moses, fourth-year College student and head of Black Leaders for Environmental Sustainability, sees it. At an event hosted by U.Va. Sustainability and Nine Pillars Hip Hop Cultural Festival Jan. 25, Moses reckoned that Martin Luther King Jr. assisted in approaching environmental issues and the growing fight with climate change because of his continuous promotion of thinking in a new way.
(01/31/19 2:11am)
Storytelling is an aspect of culture that is tied into nearly every form of contemporary media. Through books, movies, TV shows and everything in between, a vast array of stories are constantly being fed into the world. However, the power of stories is not limited to merely these mediums. In a studio in Juneau, Alaska, a different method of storytelling is taking place — one that has been passed down for generations through immensely talented indigenous artists.
(01/31/19 4:35am)
After years of integrating STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — into its curriculum, the McIntire School of Commerce learned early this month that three of their degree programs — the B.S. in Commerce, M.S. in Commerce and M.S. in the Management of Information Technology — have been designated in the second week of January as official STEM degrees by the Department of Homeland Security. The designation offers new opportunities for international students who wish to work in the United States after graduation.
(01/29/19 2:24am)
Sharon Van Etten has built her career around the concept of the slow burn. This is exemplified in her previous album “Are We There,” an 11-track immersion into folk style, which solidified the singer-songwriter’s career — inoffensive rambling of guitar chords underneath Van Etten’s unmistakable, sultry croons. The album’s title, along with its black-and-white, blurry cover art of a contented car passenger, suggests that Van Etten wants to take listeners on a journey. The album succeeds in doing so, and beautifully, but ends as ambiguously as it began. It would be boring if it weren’t so lovely to listen to.
(01/30/19 3:14am)
As the train pulled away from the Providence station, I shifted back in my seat and popped in my headphones in hopes of a little shut-eye on the 10-hour train ride back to Charlottesville. I was drifting off into that subpar sleep of travel where the closest thing you can get to a nap is to close your eyes and drift off for a moment before your head slips from the window and begins to tilt forward. I was just raising myself back from one of these periodic jolts when an announcement over the loudspeaker caught my attention.
(01/29/19 2:05am)
“Carmen Sandiego,” the more story-based and cinematic reboot of the classic 1994 cartoon “Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?” sheds new light on the titular thief. In the new animated series, the backstory of both Carmen Sandiego (Gina Rodriguez) and V.I.L.E., Villains’ International League of Evil, is shown in great detail, giving the show a new story and a life of its own. However, viewers of the old show may find that although some aspects are the same, others have changed drastically.
(01/29/19 3:16am)
Seventeen representatives of the University Judiciary Committee approved amendments to its constitution, including proposals to modernize language and refine the statute of limitations for resubmission of complaints Sunday evening. The amendments will appear on the ballot of the upcoming University-wide election as referenda and will be voted on Feb. 26 through March 1.
(01/31/19 2:00am)
Last year, iLab was able to launch 23 startups, such as Art for the Heart, DataClassroom and Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology. Founded in 2000, iLab is an initiative supported by the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation that provides financial and legal advice, as well as a workspace to support to young entrepreneurs within and beyond the Charlottesville community.
(01/31/19 2:12am)
The School of Data Science represents a new chapter both for University and higher education at large. Endowed by the Quantitative Foundation’s $120 million gift, this sum marks the highest private gift ever given in the University’s history. While the announcement generated a considerable amount of buzz about U.Va.’s future educational landscape, the real issue lies in the University’s future with alumni giving.
(01/30/19 3:05am)
The Backstreet Boys are back at it again with their first Grammy nomination since 2002 and a jam-packed studio album showcasing their diverse musical range. According to a press release, the 2019 album, entitled “DNA”, incorporates “[the Backstreet Boys’] individual DNA profiles to see what crucial element each member represents in the group's DNA.” The group manages to pull off a risky concept as they combine an eclectic set of genres to elevate their 2000s sound to match the taste of millennials and generation Z-ers alike.
(01/31/19 1:45am)
By the end of first year, I knew I was done with University Dining forever. I simply couldn’t spend another year with the Newcomb salad bar or the O’Hill fries. I had heard about the Corner Meal Plan from a few people and know myself well enough to determine that I was going to be eating out more than cooking, so I bought the plan at the beginning of second year and haven’t looked back.
(02/05/19 4:20am)
At the very start of the new year, a research team, made up of personnel from the University’s School of Nursing, the School of Medicine and the Center for Global Health, embarked on their first step towards two research goals — to develop a mobile app that healthcare providers can use to help manage cancer pain and to help strengthen and build research capacity in Nepal.
(02/01/19 3:15am)
In the past two weeks, the two women expected to dominate the Democratic primary for President announced their candidacies. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) and Kamala Harris (D-California) are taking the plunge and attempting to do what Hillary Clinton came so close to doing in 2016 — becoming the first woman elected President of the United States.
(01/29/19 3:30am)
The Virginia women’s basketball team (8-12, 2-5 ACC) lost 52-42 at home Sunday afternoon to Wake Forest (10-10, 1-6 ACC) to give the Demon Deacons their first conference win.
(01/28/19 6:15am)
Members of the Jewish community at the University gathered Sunday afternoon to hear the story of Holocaust survivor Dr. Roger Loria. Loria, emeritus professor of microbiology and immunology at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Medicine, spoke at the event sponsored by the Hillel Jewish Leadership Council in partnership with the Brody Jewish Center.
(01/31/19 1:54am)
At the beginning of this year, Arkansas lowered its state tax on groceries from 1.5 percent to 0.125 percent. A difference of 1.375 percent may seem inconsequential and barely noteworthy, but in Arkansas, the move to 0.125 percent marks the end of a 13 year long political process that started in 2006. On the campaign trail, Gov. Mike Beebe (D) vowed to incrementally lower the rate from 6 percent to 0.125 percent. Throughout Beebe's 8 years in office he continually fought to lower the tax rate, and the process was completed under his successor Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R). For lower income families in Virginia, that process never took place. Unfortunately, the Commonwealth of Virginia still unnecessarily taxes basic necessities such as food and water, requiring the most disadvantaged citizens to pay for a tax that raises little to no money.
(01/31/19 1:43am)
Let’s enter the mind of a naive first-year. Those 1 a.m. munchies hit. You’re sitting in your dorm room, but the warm, fluorescent glow from Crossroads innocently beckons you from the wallows of your books and piles of papers. It’s terribly hard to resist the temptation of half-defrosted chicken tenders accompanied by some packaged honey mustard, a good-old Chipotle wanna-be or the appealing visual of those worm-like noodles swimming in a bath of liquid before being transferred to your bowl of spaghetti.
(01/28/19 2:48am)
From the cash crops of the early 17th century to packs of Marlboro cigarettes lining convenience store shelves today, tobacco has always been the backbone of the Virginian economy. Today, cigarettes are out and JUULs are in. JUULs are the latest form of electronic cigarettes, originally created to help smokers quit smoking. Shaped like a USB flash drive, JUULs appeal to youth with their slim appearance and abundance of flavor pods. These flavors range from tobacco to mint, capturing everything in between. The 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 3.6 million high schoolers use some form of electronic cigarettes, such as JUUL. However, what many high school JUUL users do not know is a single JUUL pod contains as much nicotine as 20 cigarettes.
(01/28/19 3:37am)
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(01/28/19 1:43am)
Winners of four of its last five duals, the No. 25 Virginia wrestling team traveled to Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C., to open ACC competition Saturday. Despite strong performances from Virginia’s usual standouts, the Cavaliers (11-7, 0-1 ACC) fell 22-13 to No. 17 North Carolina (8-5, 1-0 ACC) in the two programs’ 78th meeting.
