Life

The suckiest column that ever sucked

The other week, one of my roommates and I had a fantastically Zoolanderesque exchange over a trip to the Treehouse. "You are coming to the Treehouse." "That is not true!" "Yes it is, Eric!" "Okay." Throw in some mindless nodding on my part and bam, "Zoolander." After we had a good chuckle, I got to thinking about my favorite "quotables": those movies or TV shows that you can't help but recite line-for-line like a complete idiot.

Breaking up is hard to do

At this point in our lives, I bet all of us have been in love at least once. Granted, it may have been with Dylan McKay or Kelly Kapowski, but nonetheless, we've felt the joy of love and, unfortunately, the pain of lost loves. I remember my first breakup.

Friday the University's amphitheater was full of bubbles, paint and clean mud ... all in the name of education.

Y'all should read this

Ohio-raised, Pennsylvania-born, I have no right to go around asking where "y'all" are going, or how've "y'all" been.

Zing!

I offend people. Sometimes I intend it, other times I don't, but either way lots of people are offended by my existence.

Eyeing the Issues

The dimly lit artistic Gravity Lounge provided the perfect ambiance for the unveiling of a milestone.

Bad eye for the pinkeye guy

So, this has been a pretty rough semester. I mean, I've been pretty busy at many times in my life, and that's frequently impacted my mental stability and physical well-being in a variety of ways.

Evaluating the evaluations

This semester marks the debut of the new online course evaluations provided in the Course Offering Directory.

Lending a nursing hand

Nursing Students Without Borders: NSWB. Although this name may not ring a bell with many students at the University, this relatively small group of about 15 to 20 active student members has been making large changes in remote areas half a world away from the safe environment surrounding the University community since 1999. The group was originally established here at the University by two Nursing students and has now expanded to chapters at Purdue, Virginia Commonwealth University and other universities.

Jean-esteem

I don't think I know one person who doesn't own a pair of jeans. I'm not sure what I'd wear if I didn't have any.

Totin' or packin'?

Textbooks, notebooks, paper and pens, a wallet and a cell phone, not to mention a bunch of other items -- University students carry around all of these on any given day.

I love me some B&J

I love "Law and Order" because it is, by far, the sexiest show on TV. The spin-off series, all 2,000 of them, try hard but fail to elicit as much teenage girl thrill as I get from the original.

Profiles in Leadership

With elegant vases overflowing with vibrantly colored tulips on each elaborately set table, hundreds from around the Charlottesville community gathered yesterday afternoon to honor a long-time public heroine with the presentation of two awards that celebrate women's leadership. The Emily Couric Leadership Forum, an annual event to honor the late state senator and sister of University alumna and NBC's Today show host Katie Couric, was held at the Omni Hotel on Main Street yesterday.

Marquis and me: Jefferson and Lafayette

Most of us probably only remember the Marquis de Lafayette vaguely, in a sort of fifth-grade, social-studies, vocabulary-test kind of way.

I'm too sexy for my legs...

Toward the end of the semester, students are finding it increasingly difficult to concentrate because of the warmth of the spring weather -- the consequences of which include the abandonment of unshapely winter clothes.

A 'band of brothers'

In Hindi, "Awaaz" means "voice" -- a voice that third-year College student Shalin Sood, founder of the a capella group Awaaz, thought was missing from the University.

Anatomy of the gauntlet

T he Gauntlet -- (n.) A short strip of land between Cocke Hall and mid-Lawn, under the constant vigil of one Homer Statue.

Two decades of self-deprecation

At what point does the quarterlife crisis kick in? I expect it to sneak up on me in the library, tap me on the shoulder, and say, "Hey, you're 20 years old now.

Each week, the Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them.

I love you like a fat kid loves cake

Have you ever been asked the question: "If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could bring an unlimited supply of only one type of food, what would it be?" The experts say it should be avocados because those suckers have a lot of vitamins and moisture and stuff like that.