Though finals are just around the corner, holiday spirit is beginning to roam the air around Grounds.
I am the type of person that picks up her phone to call someone the moment I am left alone on my way to class or in my car.
It’s the Sunday after fall break, and I’m exhausted, hungry, and have a ton of work left that I procrastinated doing over the weekend.
Last week, feeling it was one of our last chances of the semester to be social, my friends and I decided to go out for one final hurrah. After performing the hour’s worth of rituals associated with getting ready to go out, we left our hall.
Almost as soon as I woke up Sunday morning to catch my flight back to Charlottesville, I felt the waves of a homework-induced headache descend over me.
While many University students left early last week to return home, not everyone can say they actually left Charlottesville’s city limits this Thanksgiving break.
For third-year College student Daniel Rosenfeld and third-year College student Sky Miller, working on research for the State Department counts as normal after-class activity.
At age 6, most children are counting to 30, learning to read or maximizing tag time before dinner.
Last Friday, my friend Sarah and I briefly retired from the traditional first-year nightlife routine of frequenting frat parties.
I have a strange love for road trips and plane rides. I hope anyone going home for the holidays will ultimately be able to understand this sentiment — though I know it may take some explanation first. You see, while there are certainly downsides to traveling — having to wait in massive security lines, having your flight cancelled or, in the case of a road trip, being stuck in terrible traffic —overall, I tend to see the experience as an enjoyable one. First, there is the people-watching.
Great ideas, stimulating speeches and burgers — what more could you want from a weekday night at Boylan?
“I am a cheesy house full of romances, happiness and humor.”
Last Friday, O Records — a student-run record label — put on a charity concert at O’Hill forum, showcasing its diverse and talented musicians in a casual but meaningful manner.
It’s no secret reaching an optimal level of pre-competition energy is a key to athletic success. Put more simply: the age-old “pump up” routine proves what happens outside competition can be almost as important as what transpires during it.
1. When asked about your love life If you don’t have one, make one up. There’s no avoiding the 12 million questions which, coming from any and all parties, concerning your romantic interests — a topic apparently of utmost relevance to anyone who shares even a drop of your bloodline.
First semester of fourth year is coming to a close, but my conversations are beginning to resemble those of a high school senior.
At the University, music is omnipresent. Walking through dorms, you can hear an eclectic mix of songs permeating through the walls.
Finding God An agnostic’s church experiences by: Grace Muth The congregation had come before the altar, before the pulpit and stage, and we crept through the back entrance, hands lifted in song lyrics projected onto the white walls.
Kim Brooks Mata lives by one philosophy: dance is a reflection of life, while life is a reflection of dance.
To quote our nation’s most revered nightrider (pun intended): “The turkeys are coming!” Well, no, those may not have been Paul’s words verbatim.
