The penultimate month of the year has donned a new name — Movember — to raise awareness for testicular and prostate cancer, as well as men’s mental health issues.
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of taking 50 students from Charlottesville High School on a fall retreat in the beautiful mountains of Goshen, Virginia.
It’s been a hard semester for me. This is something that has taken me a while – specifically, the bulk of the past couple months - to admit to myself and it’s been a difficult conclusion to draw.
Coffee didn’t leave a good first impression on me. When I was first introduced to it as a child, it left a bitter taste in my mouth.
CIO Connections — a branch of University Program Council — held its annual Culturefest Saturday at the Aquatic and Fitness Center, featuring a multitude of cultural dances, food and activities.
More than 100 people gathered with bikes outside Observatory Hill Dining Hall Friday to participate in the University’s first Critical Mass Ride. The event was organized by fourth-year College students Dyanna Jaye and Alex Wolz in collaboration with the Climate Action Society.
The top 10 ways to recover from a not-so-classy weekend.
It is not an infrequent sight to spy me on the elliptical for a brisk 44 minutes. If you’d like to marvel at my lack of grace on low impact gym equipment, I’m most fond of the Aquatic and Fitness Center.
Today is Friday – and not just any Friday, Halloween. This coincidence has created immense joy for many University students before the clock strikes November.
My friends and I sit around a table at Newcomb, listening to Lance Bass throw his career away as he announces the next hit pop song from 2006.
Ten weeks into college and I’ve already got a reputation. Who am I, you may ask? Why, I’m that girl?the one who’s always parked at a picnic table outside O-Hill studying, socializing or simply sitting.Some people give the dining halls a hard time, and others rage into serious debates about which one is their personal favorite.
The contents of my mailbox tend to be immediately discarded. I don’t read the flyers or the announcements that often have nothing to do with me.
The extent to which Life columns resonate with our readers is palpable through the words of gratitude spoken by strangers and friends alike.
A few nights ago, as my CavAdvantage card was denied for the third time and my brights bled into each other in the dryer, I finally admitted to myself that before arriving on Grounds, I dreadfully romanticized the college laundry room.
Halloween is just around the corner, and the Charlottesville area offers plenty of seasonal attractions for students: apple picking at Carter’s Mountain, Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn, and, of course, paying a visit to Brown College’s Hauntings on the Hill.
Fourth-year College and Architecture student Katie Bailey and fourth-year College student Elizabeth Watson became the co-chairs of Relay for Life last year determined to increase the organization's connectedness with different groups on Grounds.
Members of the University chapter of Alpha Phi Omega — a coed service fraternity — teamed up this past Saturday at the community garden of Piedmont Virginia Community College, marking the culmination of the pledge project for APO’s most recent pledge class.
A new group on Grounds is working to connect University students with first through sixth grade students from local elementary schools, joining a nationwide effort to lend a helping hand to young kids.
On Thursday evening, over 750 students gathered in Scott Stadium to partake in the fifth annual Hoos under the Lights event as part of Homecomings weekend.
