In today's fast-paced society you don't necessarily need a steady job to make money. In fact, you can make money much easier than you think, and you can do it straight from your dorm room or apartment. As the number of worldwide Internet users grows, information is becoming increasingly valuable.
Most people who pursue dreams in Hollywood end up being disappointed, but Christian Lander is not one of them.
I'm angry. Tightly knotted under my chest plate there is a writhing, burning ball of rage. I'm not sure why it's there or how long it's been strangling my other emotions.
According to science - read: my high school biology teacher - the human body changes significantly every seven years.
Dear Intern Coordinator, Simply stated, I would be a kick-ass summer intern, and you should hire me.
Dan Major: Environmental science Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa. University involvement: Club triathlon, a couple semesters of Madison house service, IM sports, ummm, class? Hobbies: I do triathlons and I like weight lifting.
When it comes to fashion at the University, one organization dominates. Fashion Artistic and Musical Expression brings the runway to Grounds every semester, showing off the design and modeling skills of University students at its shows. FAME Co-President Abby Ciucias said the organization formed in 2008 when the previous fashion club was suffering from financial problems.
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
