As the spring semester progresses, enrolled students are not the only members of Charlottesville who will get to enjoy the pleasures of learning here at the University.
Just before I start: if this column is conspicuously short, rest assured it's because some of my Sofka-related jokes were cut. Ever since this whole Sofka saga played out in the Cavalier Daily last week, everyone is offering up their own second-hand tales of their professors' alleged sex lives.
Many University students are aware of their connection to former Virginia students-turned-celebrities, including "Today Show" host Katie Couric, "Save the Last Dance" actor Sean Patrick Thomas and "The O.C." star Benjamin McKenzie.
Every spring, hundreds of University students make the journey to Rugby Road to participate in one of the most anticipated events of the semester: sorority and fraternity rush. During the rush process, the University's 31 fraternity houses and 16 sorority houses are bustling with activity, inviting students to compete for a limited number of openings in their houses for the coming year.
A cappella has been a long-standing tradition at the University and has become one of the most popular types of concerts to attend, for first and fourth years alike.
There may be more to course enrollment than maneuvering past the "Users Exceeded" message on ISIS. Each semester, students must decide not only what classes to take, but also when to take them.
University graduate and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind settled into his office in the West Wing of the White House in 2002.
You've probably seen the flyers on the walls in your dorm, or maybe posted in the bathroom stalls.
I have a problem. It seems really inane and kind of random, but here goes... What do you wear when you go out and it's cold?
By Demetra Karamanos Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Rushing out of their dorms, houses or apartments, students sometimes forget certain objects in the scuffle to get to class or meetings.
...there must be some Toros in the atmosphere. Well, it's clearly winter time, and that means but one thing: Eric whips out his beanie hat.
Barely a day after last month's tsunami ravaged parts of Asia and Africa, a small group of University students thousands of miles away from the disaster began a conversation that has developed into a large-scale relief effort. Students walking by Minor Hall Monday night may have seen signs directing them inside to a major tsunami relief fundraiser that featured speakers reading survivors' accounts, a bake sale, tea, souvenirs from Thailand and raffle prizes -- one of which was a $100 gift certificate to Jaberwoke. Students may also have stopped by the Buffalo Wing Factory for a bar night last night that donated proceeds to post-tsunami aid. In mere weeks, what began as an exchange of words between second-year College students Caitlin Howarth and Daniel Pike and third-year College students Andrés Gil and Dina Hardy transformed into a CIO called UVA-SHARE (Students Helping Asian Relief Efforts) -- the organization responsible for these fundraisers and potentially more events in the future. "We were all talking online, checking the news and watching the numbers of deaths rise every hour," Hardy said.
This is the first interview in a series that will appear every Tuesday. Each week, a different student will be asked 25 questions and can eliminate any five. Kate Daughdrill is a second-year College student majoring in Government and Studio Art. A-J: What was the most spectacular thing you did over break? Kate: Spending a week in Florence and a week in Rome. A: Do you have any pets? K: Two yellow labs, Vanilla and Nike A: Are you rooting for the Patriots or the Eagles in the Super Bowl? K: The Eagles, because I like rooting for the underdog. A: Did you play in the snow? K: I went sledding on 14th Street. A: What is your favorite book? K: "Letters to a Young Poet," by Rainer Maria Rilke A: Favorite extracurricular? K: UPC: I am chair of Special Programs, which deals with things like Homecomings and Spring Fest. A: What is the greatest challenge facing the Bush Administration? K: Unifying the country A: What was the last thing you ate? K: Animal crackers A: Do you prefer Alderman or Clemons? K: Alderman, definitely A: If you could blow up any of the books you've had to read in college, which would it be? K: "Thucidites" A: Who's dumber: Ashlee or Jessica Simpson? K: Ashlee A: Who gets on your nerves most? K: Closed-minded people A: If you could ballroom dance with anyone in the world, who would it be? K: Jeff Tweedy from Wilco A: What's your CD or song of the moment? K: Ryan Adams, "Gold" A: Mulberry, Webmail or Outlook? K: Outlook A: On a scale of 1-10, how annoyed do you get when you see someone walking a poodle? K: 7 A: Letterman, Leno or neither? K: Letterman A: Do you regret doing this interview? K: Slightly A: What time did you wake up today? K: 8 o'clock A: Would you rather climb Mt.
I lay on my back again. It was the third time I had fallen in almost the exact same spot on the exact same slope.
As spring semester begins, another class of University fourth years return to school in good spirits.
All it took was 96 letters. That's how many protest letters Tuttle residents had to write to their congressmen to win a free keg party Saturday night. The letters and party were part of an effort sponsored by First Year Council and the Student Council Committee on Financial Aid to combat proposed cuts in federal aid programs. If the cuts go through, they could cost the University over $2.5 million in lost aid, committee Chairman Doug Page said. Page spoke to FYC Wednesday night and encouraged representatives to get their dormitories involved in the campaign. "Offering a keg of beer to a Cavalier would motivate him to do just about anything," one Tuttle resident said. "I probably wouldn't have done it otherwise," she added. Page presented FYC with the plan at their meeting last Wednesday night.
If 19 and a half years on this earth have taught me anything (a debatable proposition, to be sure), it is that any so-called "icebreaker" game will end in personal calamity for me.
Peering out the window, we could see the glimmering Mediterranean Sea, the small, white houses and larger skyscrapers in the distance.
In The Cavalier Daily's last paper of the fall semester, I wrote about the sharp and radical changes I had seen in my life because of my experiences, my new friends and all the rest of the vibrant consuming life of the University.
