Armed with neon shirts and smiles, hundreds of students show up to Grounds early every fall semester to volunteer as greeters and help welcome the new first-year class.
First-years are bombarded with a barrage of monotonous welcome packets, information sessions and orientation activities once they arrive on Grounds. But one event during move-in weekend is not like the other: Tom DeLuca’s hypnotist show.
A split check and little in common makes for a date with few sparks.
“That is quite the bike girls” was the only warning my friends and I received before we departed on a bike ride through the Irish countryside to arrive at Mount Errigal — the highest peak in Ireland.
The University’s Class of 2018 has not yet set foot on Grounds, but interns at the Office of Admission are already courting the University’s future generations. In addition to blogging for Hoo Stories and assisting the Outreach Office, interns at the Office of Admission trudge through the grueling Charlottesville summer humidity twice a day to give tours.
By one statistic, one in every 100 babies born in Japan today is considered “mixed race” — or “haafu,” which natives presumably take to mean half Japanese and half foreign. While this number may not sound staggering, it is telling that in Japan, the mixed race demographic can no longer be ignored.
As a part of my Erasmus — what they call study abroad over here in Ireland — I am interning at a magazine.
Ah, summer. The smell of sunscreen, freshly-cut grass, and…first years? Yes, it’s orientation season again, and beginning July 7, new students will arrive on Grounds to meet their peers, draft class schedules and experience the glories of dorm life.
In Japan, there is a famous saying: “Mottainai,” which effectively means “don’t be wasteful.” It is used in a variety of settings, but largely in terms of garbage and food, in a spirit comparable to the “go green” movement in America.
On Monday I arrived in Dublin, Ireland—my home for the next two months. As my flight was landing, I looked out the window to see countless blades of very green grass as the Irish lady sitting next to me tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Welcome to Ireland.” In many ways, Ireland is a lot like the United States.
Not only do Alzheimer’s patients find reality frighteningly stripped away as the disease attacks their memories, but public opinion seems to also fall under the illusion that memory loss is part and parcel of growing old.
As a philosophy major, East Asian Studies minor and resident of the Japanese floor of the Shea House, I have dedicated a good amount of time to studying Japan and its culture.
The other day, I was sitting at a restaurant with someone else — who for the sake of this article I will call Bob — and our waitress came over to greet us.
Growing up overseas and living in Haiti during the earthquake, fourth-year College student Caryl Merten never envisioned herself attending the University.
After spending two years in the College studying religious studies and classics, fourth-year Engineering student Adam Campbell decided to move in a new direction — computer programming.
During her time at the University, fourth-year College student Emily Renda has contributed an immeasurable amount of time and effort to sexual assault prevention.
Richmond native and outgoing Student Council president Eric McDaniel initially contemplated leaving the University when he arrived in the fall of 2010. Living far away from Grounds, having little in common with his suitemates and not finding a niche of friends led McDaniel to seriously consider transferring.
My parents often remind me of an annoying stage I went through as a child — one I think is common to all children just beginning to explore the world.
If I had the opportunity to converse with the girl I was at beginning of my first year, I’d be sure to mention the following.
As University students leave Grounds for internships, vacations and summer jobs, students who are part of the Rare Book School’s Fellowship Program will head into weeks with 30 hours of class time in preparation for an academic project they will complete the following school year in a chosen area of study.
