Life

Wise with age and green with envy

By Abbi Sigler | November 1, 2011

Along with seemingly the entire first-year class, I travel to O-Hill every Monday and Wednesday. As I stand in the line, which pretty much backs all the way to Alderman Road, I focus on two things - avoiding eye contact with tablers and eavesdropping on first-year conversations. Last Wednesday, while I listened to the latest dormcest updates from the first-year roommates in front of me, I contemplated my feelings toward their entire class.

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Life

One for luck

By Katie McNally | November 1, 2011

"Step on a crack, break your mother's back." I think I first heard this one sometime around first or second grade and not wanting to be responsible for fracturing my mother's spine, I avoided cracks wherever I walked for about two weeks.

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Life

Understanding biases

By Harrison Freund | November 1, 2011

Biases and preconceived notions generally harm our own critical decision-making. It is often easier, especially when it comes to complex issues, to buy into someone else's opinion rather than formulate your own beliefs and convictions.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Maria and Matt

By Abbi Sigler | October 28, 2011

Date: Friday, 0ctober 14 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Lemongrass

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Life

Good after the last drop

By Lisa Kessler | October 26, 2011

Stacking up vodka bottles is not usually an indicator of good lifestyle choices. That is until last summer, when a group of University students traveled to the Mongolian countryside to build a greenhouse out of the discarded glassware. The project began during the 2010 fall semester in "Development on the Ground," a class tought by Robert Swap, environmental sciences research associate professor. Students in the class create project proposals during the semester and then submit them to the Jefferson Public Citizens program to apply for funding if they wish to go through with their proposal, Swap said. Fourth-year College student Sarah Culver said the group formed out of a shared interest in rural development and quickly became focused on waste management and Central Asia when Tashi Dekyid, a Tibetan exchange student in the group, brought it to their attention.

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Life

Running away

By Mary Scott Hardaway | October 26, 2011

I used to avoid coming home. I didn't want to be the kind of person that needed to come home. I didn't want to want home either.

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Life

Devoted to Disney

By Alex Davis | October 26, 2011

Once upon a time, in a place called the Fine Arts Library, there sat a young woman trying to be scholarly.

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Life

The thrills of being scared

By Tyler DeBoard | October 26, 2011

You know that kid who begs his parents to stay up and watch scary movies on television? He is fascinated by the frightening and prefers ghost stories to tales of knights and dragons?

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Life

How Things Work For Those Who Can Schmooze 3500

By Elizabeth Stonehill | October 25, 2011

For students at the University, Family Weekend is the chance to update families about their lives, justify thousands of dollars worth of tuition just by walking parents around the Lawn, catch a much-needed break from schoolwork and clean the assortment of alcohol and dirty laundry scattered in every crevice of any room.

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Life

No such thing as college-friendly cooking

By Simone Egwu | October 25, 2011

Every year since I moved out of dorms and got my own kitchen - so about two years total - I have started the school year off by planning to win at life, as I am sure most of us do.

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Life

Living life

By Connelly Hardaway | October 25, 2011

The nature of a column is inherently self-centered. A columnist writes about herself because that's what she knows best.

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Life

Selling yourself for science

By Aysha Chaudhry | October 25, 2011

Often the idea of university research studies brings to mind white rats hunting through a maze for cheese or beakers filled with mysterious bubbling liquids.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Tyler and Kerry

By Mai Le | October 21, 2011

Date: Friday, October 14 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Lemongrass

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Life

Disabilities Awareness Week

By Caroline Massie | October 19, 2011

At age 18, fourth-year Engineering student Imran Khan was diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia, a degenerative neuro-muscular disorder.

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Life

Honoring honor

By Katie Urban | October 19, 2011

On Saturday, Aug. 27, Hurricane Irene was planking the Eastern Seaboard and I was cuddled up in my bed, procrastinating the copious amount of reading I acquired during the first week of school.

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Life

The allure of vampires and grilled cheese

By Chelsea Spata | October 19, 2011

I think Stephanie Meyer might be a genius. There, I said it. I hate to marginalize some male readers, but Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" series is, first and foremost, about a girl.

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Life

The wonderful world of quidditch

By Emily Churchill | October 19, 2011

On my tour at U.Va. last year, I, like most of my peers, was dreadfully bored. I was only looking at the tour as a way to sleep in and avoid a math test.

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Life

A big stink

By Rebecca Lim | October 18, 2011

They're on your windows. They're in your rooms. They crawl up your walls and make nests in your homes.

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Life

Falling for autumn

By Abbi Sigler | October 18, 2011

I used to think spring was my favorite season. I convinced everyone I knew that nothing was more beautiful than spring at the University.

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Life

A dose of reality

By Katie McNally | October 18, 2011

It's hard to say exactly why I enjoy watching reality television - certainly not because it is high quality or bears any resemblance to anything that could be called art.