Life

Experiencing a new sound

By Romae Kelly | September 6, 2011

Participants in the University's African Music and Dance Ensemble have an opportunity to take part in a class not bound by the constraints of convention, but which hinges instead on students' participation, and calls for them to intuitively find their own way through the course material. "African Music and Dance class" is a practical, hands-on course which focuses on performing music from the cultures of the BaAka people of Central Africa and the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo.

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Life

The pledge to rush

By Abbi Sigler | September 6, 2011

As I lethargically walked down Rugby Road to get to my first class in Wilson Hall, several people passed me at a sprinter-like pace.

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Life

Analysis paralysis

By Katie McNally | September 6, 2011

At least once a year I feel the need to start a column with, "I have a confession to make..." So here's mine for fourth year. I have a confession to make, despite my seemingly cool demeanor and air of general chillness, I can be a little high strung.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Pen and Ann Laurence

By Mai Le | September 5, 2011

Date: Friday, September 2 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Sakura

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Life

Vagabond

By Sheila Bushman | September 5, 2011

I am never completely here nor there. In late winter, I migrate south. In late spring, I migrate north.

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Life

A sobless story

By Emily Churchill | September 5, 2011

College applications are hard. They are especially difficult if you have had a good life and are decent at school and nothing dramatically noteworthy has ever gone wrong for you or those you love. When I hear stories about other people's college essays, and their resultant immediate acceptances to Ivy League schools, I am always slightly jealous.

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Life

A world of good

By Abbi Sigler | September 1, 2011

There are a number of volunteer opportunities available to University students interested in learning more about medicine, but few of those offer the accompanying global perspective that can be gained by hands-on participation.

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Life

Writer

By Elizabeth Stonehill | September 1, 2011

Writer's block. Starting a paper or column always poses the biggest challenge to writers. So they often begin with concise independent clauses to appear profound or rebellious.

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Life

Dreams really do come true

By Connelly Hardaway | September 1, 2011

I always have dreams. Some people retort: "But of course! Humans dream every night." Yeah, well, I dream more.

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Life

Now that

By Christine Hou | August 31, 2011

Did you know the University's women's club polo team made it to the national championship finals? Or that the men's club polo team is the 2011 national champion? Although these teams often fly below the radar, the sport is starting to gain a devoted fan base at the University. Founded in the early 1950s, the University's polo team is unique in more than one way.

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Life

Office space

By Katie Urban | August 31, 2011

How early is too early? I was overanalyzing and my hands began to shake when I pulled into the parking lot on the first day of my marketing internship.

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Life

School doldrums

By Simone Egwu | August 31, 2011

For me, the first day of school is exhilarating. In April, I painstakingly debate which classes to take.

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Life

What we have seen

By Kristin Ulmer | August 30, 2011

For many students, the call of the open road often remains just that, a call. But for fourth-year College students Margaret Montague and Abigail Lee, the dream of a cross-country road trip became a reality this summer. Last spring, Montague and Lee were awarded the Ingrassia Family Echols Scholars Research Grant, which provides funding for students to conduct a research project in a field of their interest. Typically recipients are students who put the research funding toward their fourth-year capstone project

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Life

Wolf whistler

By Katie McNally | August 30, 2011

As you may have noticed from past columns, I am an avid people watcher. It's one of my favorite pastimes.

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Life

More muumuu please

By Abbi Sigler | August 30, 2011

A lot of people discover a lot of things at Beach Week. Fashion is not usually one of them, but this was the week I discovered what my wardrobe had been missing.

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Life

A glass after class

By Katherine Carter | August 29, 2011

"Grapes don't grow in ugly places." So says the mantra of Afton Mountain Vineyards, and looking out over the valley, I couldn't disagree.

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Life

The season of love

By Mary Scott Hardaway | August 29, 2011

Fall is the season of love. Tempestuous, heart-wrenching; not the stuff of greeting cards but the stuff of sordid premium cable miniseries.

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Life

Touring just to tour

By Sheila Bushman | August 29, 2011

You're tired of watching tour guides struggle to walk backward. You're tired of hearing tour guides rattle off how many things they have run into by walking backward: lamp posts, bikes, parking meters, flagpoles, staircase railings, campus statues, people, etc.

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Life

The simple life

By Kristin Ulmer | August 26, 2011

A couple weeks ago for my best friend's birthday we went out to a restaurant, and she was ecstatic to finally have the chance to wear a brand new, sleek black dress she had ordered from Victoria's Secret.

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Life

Dodging the question

By Tyler DeBoard | August 26, 2011

"So, what are you planning on doing with that after graduation?" Does it grate on your nerves as much as it does on mine?