This weekend, I attempted investigative journalism in its most serious form - a look into the importance of outfit quality when mingling, dating and partying.
With international students constituting nearly 6 percent of the first-year class, it is not unusual to catch snippets of conversations held in 6 different accents or in different languages entirely.
U.Va. is a courteous place. Whether you've been here for three weeks or three years, you've probably already seen numerous examples of students going out of their ways to lend helping hands.
Living in a dormitory my first year, I felt I had limited choices when it came to Italian food. I gorged on Observatory Hill Dining Hall's spaghetti, College Inn's cheesy bread and Domino's pepperoni pizza, but that was about it.
I don't know what role I play in my social group. My social group consists of my close friends, my less-close friends, my run-into-all-the-time acquaintances, my classmates and my family. I have no experience playing a defined role.
If you've traipsed across Grounds during the past week, you've surely heard the whispers. The stifled screams of frenzied fans.
Sometimes I am surprised by how stereotypical my college life is, though I can't say I'm ever displeased by it.
My byline is inaccurate. Apparently, at least as of Aug. 27, my name is Chuuuuuuu. Yes, I was hypnotized.
A typical high school morning for fourth-year College student Erin Avery began like any average teenager's.
As usual, Shakespeare had it right when he said, "All the world's a stage/ And all the men and women merely players." When we think of this quote, it often stirs ideas of the many roles we play throughout our life - student, worker, sister, brother, son, best friend and so on.
Since its founding in 1819, the University has had its fair share of well-known traditions, but it also has had an even larger share of secrets and forgotten history. This past Thursday, the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society and the Miller Center of Public Affairs honored the University's past with the event, "Secrets and Traditions of U.Va." The presentation was hosted by George Gilliam, the Center's assistant director for public programs and chair of the Forum Program.
Environmental Science isn't a real major. Neither is Studies of Women and Gender or Urban Planning or Art History or Systems Engineering.
To anyone else, walking to class may simply involve placing one foot in front of the other. To me, it's a fight for my life against the University's deadliest and most terrifying creatures.
My favorite things in the world are words. Words strung together harmoniously. Words placed piecemeal in an uneven hiccup of a sentence.
The last echoes of the Rotunda Sing had hardly faded when students began lining up to audition for the University's myriad of a cappella groups. With so many groups on Grounds, just about any interested student could find one that suits his tastes.
If you haven't recently heard someone start a sentence with the words, "Well, in this economy ..." then you've been living in a cave.
It seems that every time you turn on the television or listen to the radio, you're inundated by advertisements about buying gold.
First-year students have it easy. They check a website that tells them where they live and who their roommates are.
There is a secret that 6students at the University have worked hard to preserve throughout the years.
Kayla Second-year Nursing
