When I was 14-years-old I decided to put “flying in large treacherous metal machines at 30,000 feet” at the top of my “greatest fears” list.
Although I always claimed to understand how great this college town is, I never really understood until I went to a place where most people associate 14th Street with the Union Square subway station. While I was away, I learned not only about New York, the magazine industry, and myself; I also learned a lot about Charlottesville.
Charlottesville is defined by its monumental attractions: Monticello, the Downtown Mall and the University of Virginia to name a few. These attractions are must-sees for any student, resident or tourist. But it is Charlottesville’s lesser-known venues that make it into the special place it is.
At this point in August, the Olympics have become about as stale as Ryan Lochte’s brain cells. But watching the Olympics religiously this summer — I mean, I even gave archery a shot — genuinely altered the way I view young adulthood and my place in it.
There is going to be a vicious, finals-esque fight for the #1 Bodo's ticket at this rate.
Of the responses to Sunday's news that University President Teresa A. Sullivan would step down Aug. 15, the parody Twitter account @RectorDrago ranks among the most viral.
Herbert Finder has visited the University four times in the past 10 years to speak to students in the introductory course "The Holocaust" about his experience as a teenager in the Nazi camp system.
If you ride the bus to class, Barracks Road, or back home late Friday nights, it is hard to imagine life without the University Transit Service.
The White Spot is well known to University students, alumni, faculty and Charlottesville residents for its specials.
If I had to state one main regret about my life, it's that
While most students are hanging out in their apartments, studying in Alderman, or out on the Corner into the early hours of the morning, there are a number of students working the late-night shifts of their jobs. Second-year College student Elissa Trieu initially began volunteering as an emergency medical technician for the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad to gain experience, as she hopes to enter the medical field.
