Life

Book Smarts

Some say knowledge is priceless, but Student Charge accounts tell another story. The combined four-year bill students pay for their books can equal enough to purchase anything from a small car to a ridiculous number of shoes.Imagine a world in which almost half of the huge bill for books at the start of a semester is refunded at the semester's end. Last year, Ned Rice, currently a sophomore at the College of William & Mary, helped make this dream a reality through the creation of a student-run book exchange.

Weathering the cold: It's all about the layers

For the first 18 years of my life, I lived in Florida--a place where "bundling up" meant putting on a shirt with sleeves.

The Kissing Disease

Some experiences are common to every definition of college life. All-nighters, roommate horror stories, frat parties and delivery pizza would surely make the list.

Up next on Fox: Anna Nicole vs. Joe Millionaire

He's handsome. He's charming. He's got a heart of gold and a body of steel. He has a 1000-watt smile that can light up a room.

Surplus opportunity

This morning at 9 a.m. sharp, numerous members of the Charlottesville and University communities will be ready and waiting, coffee cup in one hand and bid card in the other, for the start of another University surplus property auction.

We tracked down third-year Engineering student Ji Song practicing piano in Old Cabell Hall Q: What brought you down here today? A: I was just practicing. Q: Are you practicing for a class or just for fun? A: Just for fun, I just wanted to play. Q: Have you been playing for long? A: I started playing when I was five years old and stopped in middle school.

Is That Legal?

Forget worrying about spending all your money on depressants or stimulants if that's your thing, because they are no longer the most addicting problem out there.

Beyond flashcards: Learning for the 21st century

Rarely, if ever, do we stop to consider the integral role concepts such as math play in our daily lives.

Professor Profile

McIntire Department of Art ARTS 252 Introduction to Photography II ARTS 352 Intermediate Photography II ARTS 407 Public Arts & Social Activism ARTS 454 Advanced Photography Q: How did your educational background lead you to photography? A: I didn't go to college until I was 26.

Odds & Ends

After rushing from class to class all day, braving the winter winds and bundling up against below-freezing temperatures, who wouldn't want to come home to a warm kitchen, filled with the smells of a Scandinavian winter supper?

Winter mix-up

Bundled up in heavy coats, fleece hats and cozy gloves, University students have been bracing themselves during the last two weeks against the elements of a Charlottesville winter.

J-Lo's block ain't that funny

I took George Bush Jr., Condoleezza Rice, and uhmmm, the Pope, and first posed with them in a funny hat picture, and then second, shook them all like maracas.

Historian's Corner

Thomas Jefferson began the construction of the first building of Central College on October 6, 1817.

A Last Office Hour

I was sitting in the first floor entryway of Bryan Hall, next to the fluores-cent, plastic glow of the vending machines.

"Now I know it's unusual, but with all the gray squirrels that abound on this campus, why is it that the most aberrant of squirrels appears frolicking outside the confines of Gilmer Hall, where biology houses its offices?

Strategem set to strike

Since it's just too cold to be outside tonight, come to Espresso Royale on the Corner, grab a cup of coffee and be there for the free premiere of the fourth and fifth episodes of "Stratagem" -- an original television series produced by WHOO-TV, the student-run TV station at the University. The show follows five students enrolled in a summer psychology program at the fictional Blackwood College.

The 'Jab,' a bench warmer until it proves it can play on the Corner needs to prove it can p[

A new restaurant is a lot like the potential to be great, but it has to find its niche. Think of the Corner as the ACC.

On a high note

In a small room of 1512 JPA, first-year College student Zo Chen stands in the middle of a semicircle.

Clonaids double double your enjoyment

There has been some strange stuff going down in the year 2003, I kid you not. First of all, we have the mysterious Harris Teeter potato chip aisle fire, which I have suspicion to believe was ignited by a bunch of yoga enthusiasts in their persecution of trans fatty acids.

Fruits of Labor

A "Now Open!" sign hangs in front of the Harris Teeter in the Barracks Road Shopping Center. Colorful balloons fly throughout the checkout area in the front of the store.