I think we all know that feeling at the end of the semester when all you want to do is get the hell out of dodge and head home for the holidays.
My Winter Break was a recess like no other. It began as it has begun each and every year. I left for home, hurried but relaxed, as soon as the final exam booklet was pledged and handed in.
I've recently become entranced by the disappearing act: the move from everything to nothing with a stifling sadness in between.
With the help of a new $1.35 million research grant from the National Science Foundation, Education School Asst.
"It's not what you know, it's who you know." I can't tell you how many times people have told me this during the past year.
There you are in your first discussion hoping it will end in the first 10 minutes. After all, how much do you really have to discuss on the first day of classes?
Here it is, another semester at our darling University. Time to reunite with friends we haven't seen in weeks, exchange stories of who had the best - or most boring - break, and discuss the ache in each of our hearts from returning to U.Va.
In the last few years, cake baking has become everything from a fine art form to a spectator sport. Viewers have been mesmerized by the confectioners on popular shows like Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" and TLC's "Cake Boss." But these days University students have a chance to see the cake haute couture right here in Charlottesville.
For years students have heard them perform on Grounds, clad in floppy bathrobes and crooning their way into our hearts.
With the conclusion of the holiday season and the start of the new semester, you may find yourself tight on cash.
After today we'll all be reminiscing about the days when all that was required of us on the first day of school was a paper titled "How I Spent my Winter Break." I for one think this is a still a valuable assignment, and even though a professor would never go for it, a columnist has no problem reverting to elementary school bliss. Admittedly, my break wasn't anything to brag about.
My roommate, Tori, and I knew each other before we got to U.Va. We weren't best friends, but we knew we got along well enough to not pull each other's hair out and bicker about whose shirt was on whose side of the room. We got past the initial likes and dislikes pretty quickly and settled into a routine.
Date: Friday, Nov. 18 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Boylan Heights
As the holiday season approaches, University students walking on the Corner or shopping at Barracks Road Shopping Center can hear the ringing of bells as Salvation Army volunteers collect money for the charity in their signature red kettles. The Christmas season is one of the busiest times of the year for the Salvation Army, Corp Officer Melinda Johnson said, explaining that 678 families are currently registered to receive food, clothing and toys. "It's a major, major undertaking," said John Erwin, who has worked for the Salvation Army for 16 years.
Thirteen years ago today my grandfather, Goggy, died of colon cancer. I was nearly 7 and I may have cried, but I did not yet miss the grandfather with the fuzzy beard or gentle voice.
I imagine this is not true for everyone, but in the great state of Alabama football is king. I'm sure everyone has heard of the two little teams at Alabama and Auburn (Roll Tide!
It was bound to happen. Leaving the comforts of high school and our parents to enter the world was going to elicit change.
About 1.2 million Americans were infected with HIV in 2008 – a number which grows by 50,000 each year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
I walked into my sister's bedroom the other day and found her laying down, arms wrapped around her upper body, hands tapping against her shoulders.
This week my third Thanksgiving Break at the University came to a close. Although I was not treated to my mother's cooking or embarrassing family stories, I did fulfill at least one standard school holiday expectation: I got a miraculous nine hours of sleep a night - unheard of since I came to college.
