Life

Life

Your drunk-dialing days are done

By Annie Cohen | April 16, 2013

The days of waking up to text messages and phone calls you don’t remember sending or making are over, thanks to third years Joshua Anton (COMM) and Justin Washington (SEAS). Monday evening Apple Inc. approved their App, ‘Drunk Mode,’ which is a 99 cent app that “hides selected phone number from the contact list and history so one cannot send texts or make phone calls while intoxicated for [a period up to] 12 hours,” Anton said.

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Life

March for Babies brings new perspective to race season

By Olivia Tritschler | April 15, 2013

More than 50 students ran a 5K race hosted by the fledgling March of Dimes CIO Sunday, raising money to promote research and legislation to prevent premature births and infant mortality.

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Life

A break for Mr. Jefferson

By Julia Horowitz | April 15, 2013

What does it mean to be a college student in the 21st century? It means having role models like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, who simply couldn’t be bothered to slave over a degree.

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Life

What a tumultuous year means for U.Va.'s future

By Anne-Marie Albracht | April 15, 2013

At this moment — Sunday, April 14 at 3:22 p.m. — we have exactly 12 days of classes left. By the time this column prints, we will be well on our way to a mere ten.

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Life

Brookville is for bacon-lovers

By Tyler Gurney | April 15, 2013

There is simply no better way to spend a gorgeous Charlottesville morning than exploring our amazing brunch scene.

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Life

Something like a dream

By Mimi Montgomery | April 14, 2013

Before every summer break, I’m always secretly a little worried that I’ll go back home and never come back.

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Life

Tom Tom Festival to offer money to student innovators

By Kate Colver | April 11, 2013

A host of block parties, bands and speakers will sweep the Downtown Mall this weekend as part of the second annual Tom Tom Founders Festival.

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Life

Entitled Convenience

By Kate Colver | April 11, 2013

It’s a shame that clichés are, well, exactly that. Trite mantras that become diluted with overuse and come to be associated with Southern finger-wagging mothers.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: David and Laura

By Alex Stock | April 10, 2013

When push comes to shove, David will squat two of you

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Life

Ask Edgar: Student dorm rights, C'ville summers

By Edgar A. Poe | April 10, 2013

The rumored U.Va. dorm search got me nervous, even though I know now it was all a hoax. What rights to privacy do I have while living in a dorm?

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Life

Madbowl Madness promotes bystander intervention

By Rebecca Kim | April 9, 2013

On Sunday, several hours before fraternities were required to initiate all pledges, the Inter-Fraternity Council hosted its second annual MadBowl Madness philanthropy event.

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Life

Where we want to be

By Mary Scott Hardaway | April 9, 2013

A few weeks ago, as spring break came to a close and I prepared to leave my Key West haven, I couldn’t find my sister.

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Life

Scents of spring

By Emily Churchill | April 9, 2013

Walking outside this week was like walking into a sauna. The air was sticky, but in a way pleasantly humid after the endless months I spent inside this winter.

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Life

Takeoffs and landings

By Courtney Hartnett | April 9, 2013

Just about every fourth-year columnist in the free world has already written — or will soon write — something about being a fourth-year.

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Life

Pizza Project

By Colette Martin | April 9, 2013

This week, The Happiness Group continued our exploration of the “paying it forward” theme, and piloted an activity called “The Pizza Project.” Distributing free pizza, cookies and fliers reading “pay it forward” to late-night studiers in Clemons, we were eager to familiarize others students with the concept of paying it forward, and to encourage them to do so themselves.

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Life

Autism Awareness Month kicks off

By Annie Cohen | April 8, 2013

April brings warm spring weather, looming finals, Foxfield, and lots of tabling. Lesser known is that April is also National Autism Awareness Month, which, according to the Autism Society, seeks to highlight the need for concern and awareness about autism, which is estimated to affect close to 2 million Americans.

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Life

Weather talk

By Valerie Clemens | April 8, 2013

On the fourth floor of Alderman library, seated at a very old table on a chair with less-than-functional wheels, I peer out of a foot-wide window looking down onto Nameless Field, and I watch the sun finally fall into a slumber after a beautiful weekend-long performance.

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Life

Writing wrongs

By EP Stonehill | April 8, 2013

There are generally three schools of reaction after I introduce myself to people as “EP.” Proponents of the first, and most populated, school stare at me blankly for a few seconds, then, puzzled, ask, “EP?

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Life

When the sky isn't the limit

By Katie Urban | April 8, 2013

My college career is going to come down to 100 words. Or so it seems. I say this because, two weeks ago, I received an email from the Media Studies department asking me to confirm I wanted to walk in their graduation ceremony and if I did — which I do — to submit a 100-word biography to be read at graduation. While this request should send a rush of panic to any unemployed almost-graduate, it was especially ironic in my case, as I received this email while I was working my last shift at the only paid media job I’ve ever had.

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Life

A Fish Out of Water

By Kelly Seegers | April 7, 2013

A Fish Out of Water A journey to infinity and beyond— Clark Hall By Kelly Seegers Cavalier Daily Columnist If you have never attempted to find a TA‘s office in Clark Hall , don’t start now… unless you are up for an adventure. As I sauntered my way into Clark, I was expecting to see my TA’s office right away, be done in five minutes and then go hit up Greenberry’s for some coffee.