Life

Healthy EATing

Living in a culture that is often image-conscious can make healthy eating habits and an appreciation of one's own body difficult to attain. To combat this problem, the Hoos Open to Preventing Eating disorders has teamed up with the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services to host an event titled "Exploring your Relationships to Food, Exercise and Self-Esteem," in Dabney's Residence Life Conference Room from 4 to 5 p.m.

Contemplating Comm

The McIntire School of Business carries with it prestige and an aura of excellence not uncommon to that carried by the University as a whole.

Professor Profile

What is your educational background? Well, I went to college at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and majored in anthropology there.

Bioethics and Botswana

Whether spending Spring Break in Botswana or interested in public health issues, all University students are invited to attend a lecture this evening hosted by the Bioethics Society.

Feared fifteen

It's the warning from family and friends before departure for college. It's the endless chit-chat in the bathrooms as teeth are being brushed.

When will it end?

So what? You can make it two more weeks. Can't you? Well, unfortunately, I don't think I can. I just feel that mask of sanity slipping off the edge of my face -- the monster is going to break out and the villagers will flee to the hills in a massive horde, screaming. Spring Break is approaching fast, but not fast enough, damnit.

They work hard for the money

Close your eyes and think about your daily schedule for a minute. You scrape yourself off the bed, maybe take some Advil to get over your unnecessary hangover from a Wednesday Margarita night.

Is reality TV turning viewers into real-life bullies?

TV is killing my social life. Gone are the Wednesday nights crowded around a table of friends and $2 margaritas. That same group is now huddled around a television set, watching the latest episode of the O.C. Trying to get together a group of classmates to go out after "Friends?" Forget it -- "The Apprentice" is on. Factor in episodes of "American Idol," "Survivor," "Real World," and "Newlyweds," and the week is over. If I'm reduced to drinking alone, it's not my fault. Reality TV is breeding a new generation of alcoholics. Maybe I completely missed the memo on this one, but when did reality TV replace ... well, reality? I don't know about you, but my reality has never been quite like the shows on TV. I've never lived in Paris under the watchful eye of MTV's camera.

The Cavalier Daily Crossword

ACROSS 1. Hoard 6. Cut, with a knife 10. Dorm room staple video game 14. Conical dwelling 15.

Daring drama

From politics to dancing to pyrotechnics, the Drama department's production of Lorraine Hansberry's "Les Blancs" has a little bit of everything.

Distant location and mediocre BBQ at Sweetbones

We'd both been very good this week. Our schedules showed religious outings to the gym -- you know, the kind that seem to show up on everyone's calendars the weeks before Spring Break.

Stepping into the Real World

While first years are skipping classes and procrastinating on their work, some of the University's "mature" and "responsible" upperclassmen are slowly beginning to think about their future careers. University Internship Program provides these students with the opportunity to get a taste of the working world. UIP is holding internship interviews until March 2 for rising fourth years who want to intern this summer or next academic year. "We usually have 300 to 400 students involved in our program each year," UIP Director Nancy Gansneder said. The application process involves completing an online application form and scheduling a "match-up interview". "The application tells us what the student is interested in, and they identify the placements they are interested in," Gansneder said.

Back in Vietnam Part Two:

The saucy South Whether it was to the croon of Edith Piaf, the swoon of James Brown and now the globo-dance-pop of Kylie Minogue, Saigon -- make that Ho Chi Minh City -- still swings.

"I would like to voice a complaint about the swim meets at the AFC. I think it's totally cool that our swim team is really good and all, but it's totally ridiculous that the AFC is going to be closed for days at a time because of these meets.

News for those hiding under a rock

Tap Leaks, Jaberwoke's Bouncers Covert Identity is Blown.The University wasn't kidding when they sent out those safety alert e-mails.

On my honor as a professor

The University prizes its tenet of student self-governance. But when it comes to the Honor System, faculty -- and not just students -- are also affected. As a gesture of student-faculty cooperation in honor, the Faculty Senate and Honor Committee are co-sponsoring a presentation today at 4:30 p.m.

Back in Vietnam Part One:

Vietnam is red, hot and ready for you. Nominally communist, but unabashedly capitalist, these days it's rockin' from the Delta way beyond the old DMZ thanks to free market reforms that have attracted foreign investors and budget travelers.

Soulful stretch

I was driving to my first yoga class ever. Visions of peace, balance and spiritual health danced in my head.Suddenly, I heard a bang, and my vision-filled noggin snapped toward the windshield.

Calling for Counselors

For many students, summer is a time to get as far away from stressful University life as possible.

Say it with style: the lost art of 'romantic' communication

I think it's high time for a little adventure and danger in our lives. It's time to be rebellious, flirt with the uncertain and indulge in the mysterious.