Life

From Rugby Road to Vinegar Hill

By Caroline Massie | December 3, 2010

New coach Mike London was not the only replacement at Virginia football games this year. For the first time since its formation in 2003, the marching band did not perform "Rugby Road" as part of its pregame show, replacing the song's time slow with the peppy but more modest "Hoo Time." This change sparked such controversy that band member Keirstin McCambridge began an online petition before the Nov.

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Life

Food for thought

By Vanessa Stephenson | December 3, 2010

It's our favorite time of year again, folks. And by favorite time, I mean these most-loathed weeks of finals.

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Life

Celebration time

By Sheila Bushman | December 3, 2010

I have celebrated five holidays already this fall - Halloween, three of my roommates' birthdays and Thanksgiving - and I am eagerly awaiting Christmas.

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Life

Academic publicity

By Katie Urban | December 2, 2010

The undergraduate experience at the University goes beyond what students learn inside lecture halls and classrooms.

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Life

Fake vacation

By Simone Egwu | December 2, 2010

Instead of going home this Thanksgiving Break, my teammates and I went to the Virgin Islands. I know, I know - you're rolling your eyes imagining how that can't be worse than dry turkey and questionably soggy stuffing with Gran Gran and the clan?

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Life

My vision board

By Connelly Hardaway | December 2, 2010

I made a vision board this summer. Yes, one of those things you've seen on "Oprah." For those of you who don't watch "Oprah" or read Woman's Day advice columns, a vision board is a board plastered with photos and quotes that inspire you and hold the key to your future desires. I didn't really think it was a good idea when I made it; I was just bored.

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Life

A little extra learning

By Lindsay Powell | December 1, 2010

A graying professor tucked away in a library of old books, muttering to himself. A stressed graduate student frantically retesting results in a laboratory, anxiously checking the clock each minute. These are typical images that come to mind when most undergraduate students think of research.

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Life

Be cool

By Mary Scott Hardaway | December 1, 2010

Someone once told me "be cool." It wasn't my friend encouraging me to don my Ray-Bans when walking down Rugby Road, nor was it my sister telling me to cool it when jumping around the apartment Friday afternoon.

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Life

A scholarly analysis on the annual process of manufacturing and distributing a list

By Elizabeth Stonehill | December 1, 2010

I have finally come to terms with the fact that I write a joke of a column. If I ever find myself in a sorority-rush-like situation talking to acquaintances or family friends - the holiday season, basically - I transform into small talker extraordinaire, and this column is somehow always a subject. "What is your column about?" they inevitably ask. Like the journalist I am, I spin my response to make it sound like what I do can actually be considered printable and professional.

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Life

Honor for all

By Charlie Tyson | November 30, 2010

For many University students, the fact that they are a part of a "community of trust" may be something that never comes to mind. But for many others, such as third-year College student Jonathan Bryan, the community is not one that is all-inclusive. "Most of my friends who are African-American view the honor system as something negative," he said, "almost like a boogeyman to be afraid of." Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, a historically black Pan-Hellenic organization, hosted a Nov.

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Life

Skilled worker?

By Katie McNally | November 30, 2010

The summer after third year is when most students start looking for serious internships similar to what they might actually want to do with their lives.

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Life

Black Friday

By Stephanie Waties | November 30, 2010

There are few things more American than the proud way we celebrate a national holiday centered on eating - or rather, overeating - platefuls of turkey, stuffing and pie.

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Life

Magic for muggles

By Katie McNally | November 23, 2010

Attending a midnight premiere is not for the faint of heart. By 11 p.m. last Thursday, the parking lot of Charlottesville's Regal Cinemas was packed with people of all ages attempting to claim their seats for the midnight premiere of the first cinematic installment of J.K.

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Life

Thanksgiving warm-ups

By Katie McNally | November 23, 2010

This is it people - Thanksgiving is upon us. Are you ready? Not the finished-with-work-turned-in-all-assignments kind of ready, but I mean are you prepared for Thanksgiving?

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Life

Somewhere in between

By Abigail Sigler | November 23, 2010

One of the many benefits of living in Charlottesville is the city's music scene. C'mon, we gave Dave Matthews his start.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection

By Elizabeth Stonehill | November 22, 2010

Chris Fourth-year engineering student What are you involved in at U.Va.? Alternative Spring Break, U.Va.

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Life

Meet the parents

By Jordan Hart | November 22, 2010

Meeting the parents in college is a much bigger deal than it was in high school. In high school, your boyfriend had to meet your family within the first couple weeks of dating because, well, you lived with them, and they still had a lot of control of what you were doing.

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Life

Pitching the budget

By Michelle Kim | November 19, 2010

Most departments at the University draw funding from the state, private sources and student fees. But the athletic department's funding model relies on entirely different sources to generate revenue and pay out millions of dollars in scholarships to student-athletes who compete with 25 different teams across each athletic season. Funding model Ticket sales, payments from the Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA, private gifts and student fees constitute the bulk of the department's revenue.

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Life

I want to take naps

By Vanessa Stephenson | November 19, 2010

What do Leonardo da Vinci, P. Diddy and Bill Clinton all have in common? They have all been rumored to have "alternative sleeping habits." With papers galore, quizzes and exams, go ahead and add me to the list. I have always admired the few determined souls who are able to commit to a regular sleep pattern, especially one of a full eight hours' worth of beauty rest, each and every night.

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Life

A love of Frostys

By Sheila Bushman | November 19, 2010

Sometimes I think college students are too focused on the social scene near 14th Street and Rugby Road.