I can't say that I'm on top of things this semester, considering that my desk chair, purchased in late August, remains unassembled in its box.
LGBT Resource Center serves up "Chutney Popcorn" By Lytle Wurtzle Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Reena seems to have her share of problems: her traditional Indian mother will not accept her lesbian lifestyle, her girlfriend Lisa is suffering from commitment-phobia, and she wants to act as a surrogate mother for her unwilling sister. Reena, the heroine of director Nisha Ganatra's first feature film, "Chutney Popcorn," grapples with the same issues that many young people face in their everyday lives, including family divisions and relationship dilemmas. But "Chutney Popcorn" serves up these issues with a queer bend, which is why the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center will feature it Wednesday night at their weekly Queer Movie Night. "Popcorn," a romantic comedy starring former "Law & Order" actressJill Hennessy, is being shown at 7:15 tomorrow night at the LGBT Resource Center, located in the faculty apartments on Rugby Road.
T hey're fast. They're fierce. And they'll whip you into shape. Last weekend at the University of Maryland at the ninth annual fitness exposition, entitled Beginning to Balance, University aerobics instructors and trainers took fitness to a whole new level. Amidst photographers and professionals, participants, including a group of about 30 fitness instructors and trainers from the University, engaged in a series of activities that invoked the feeling of a hard-core work-out video. Colorful spandex-clad women and men decorated the spacious gym, and water bottles quickly circulated throughout the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, this time we've really done it. The mustard is leaking from our ears, softening the pulsing rhythm of locomotive persistence.
By Lauren Akselrod Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Graduation looms ahead. The "real world" is out there and closer than ever before. Whether it's the pursuit of a career in health care or the wish to work for a microbrewery, now is the time of year students start to squirm at the realization that the comforting University world soon will be a distant memory. Yesterday in the Newcomb Hall ballroom, the College of Arts and Sciences and University Career Services sponsored their annual job fair.
Sign on for Short Courses By Laura Good Cavalier Daily Associate Editor From the quick moves and high lifts of prep step dancing to the alcoholic etiquette and "mixology" of bartending, the University's short course program has an area of interest for just about everyone.
A bass player with a mop of curly black hair starts to play a gently thrumming back-beat. A drummer joins in, playing a softly swishing rhythm on the snare. Sitting backward on a piano bench, a man in jeans, a black sweater and trademark braids begins singing in the voice of the saxophone. Such is the magic of Bobby McFerrin. McFerrin came to the University this weekend to conduct three master classes and play two concerts. Music performance faculty member John D'earth summed up the feelings of many of the participants during his introduction. "This is a precious moment, and it will be gone," he said. McFerrin is an internationally famed jazz singer whose improvisational skills have earned him numerous awards and accolades, including a gold album and 10 Grammys.
About a month ago I started getting that itch that college students get over winter break. You know, the one that starts bugging you while you're sitting on a couch that you haven't moved from in so long your skin has begun to graft itself to the leather.
Not so 'super' Bowl By Alexandra Valint Cavalier Daily Senior Writer It is undeniably the largest sporting event of the year.
The Thai 99 of old offered a dimly lit, cozy but slow dining experience in what felt like someone's living room.
W hen it came time to decide on a major, fourth- year College student Bahie Rassekh wasn't interested in merely following the pre-med path or limiting her studies to the confines of a single discipline. So she joined the ranks of students who have majored in fields such as "Irish Studies" and "Persuasion." Coming into the University, Rassekh had a strong interest in studying health and she thrived on the challenge of completing her pre-med requirements. But she also liked sociology and psychology, and she thought that a health-centered education would be incomplete without focusing on the social aspects that affect a person's well-being. Rassekh instead wanted to personalize her major to encompass community service, along with the educational and medical issues that affect health. And she discovered that she did not have to resort to a traditional program of study to accomplish that goal. Rassekh took advantage of the Interdisciplinary Major Program and put together her own requirements.
There's an impromptu concert on the piano in the main lounge in Newcomb Hall, open to the public and free of charge.
When we were younger, adults used to tell us we were capable of doing something if it was "as easy as riding a bike." I could handle this analogy, understand this concept: my own training wheels came off with relative ease, and I avoided any traumatic experiences when learning to pedal.
By Lauren Akselrod Cavalier Daily Senior Writer What is the meaning of true liberation?
I n class, former Russian history Prof. Jim Hart always taught his students compassion. When he retired from the Uni versity and became director of volunteer programs at the Charlottesville Salvation Army, located off of Ridge Street, he was able to continue teaching the same values.
This bid's for you By Lytle Wurtzel Cavalier Daily Senior Writer What do DeBeers Jewelers, BMW, Gap and Dave Mathews Band have in common with Inter-Sorority Council Recruitment? They've all influenced slogans featured on the Bid Day t-shirts of the new sorority pledges. On the first night of sister-bonding, replete with pledge class photo sessions and group dinners all over town, pledges receive the ultimate wash-and-wear symbol of their new affiliation.
Every week or so second-year College student Melanie Arthur receives a package from home. Usually covered in stickers and pleas to the postal service for careful handling, they bear maternal gifts and tidings.
In a New Light By Christa Dierksheide Cavalier Daily Senior Writer Nearly five months after the fact, Sept.
Just aikido-it By Katie Sullivan Cavalier Daily Senior Writer The third floor of Newcomb Hall reverberated yesterday afternoon as full-grown men flung each other to the ground in Newcomb Hall Ballroom. The only potential damage was to the floor itself, however, because all the fights were just part of the Martial Arts Expo. The expo, organized by fourth-year Engineering student Jae Woo Pak, was designed to increase the martial arts presence on Grounds. "I get frustrated because it's hard to book good rooms," Pak said.
I'm in limbo these days. While this veritable see-sawing between whatever's in store and whatever's past might seem normal for any other fourth year embarking on her last semester at the University, in many ways, it's just downright scary. First, there's the idea of actually graduating from college and getting a real job.
