Life

Cruising

By Katie Urban | February 25, 2011

"Dad, did you get the PowerPoint I e-mailed you?" Yes, my sister Jennifer made my dad a PowerPoint, and yes, it contained the sound of a car engine roaring. The Urban family debate that culminated in this PowerPoint had begun a few weeks earlier when I packed up the contents of my first-year dorm room and headed north on I-29 toward home. After I began a full-time internship that required a 45-minute commute to Falls Church, my sister was relegated to having our mom pick her up after school in the minivan and drive her to work.

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Life

The pre-med freight train

By Courtney Hartnett | February 25, 2011

In a recent meeting with my pre-medical adviser, I heard what is likely the most apt characterization of the pre-medical concentration yet: It's a freight train. What she meant, of course, is that once you start on the curriculum track, it's hard to stop.

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Life

Hold 'em for hunger

By Caroline Massie | February 24, 2011

Months after Lady Gaga rocked Jones Paul Jones Arena with her poker face, University students will have the chance to bring their own steely gaze to the table.

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Life

The art of not being cool

By Connelly Hardaway | February 24, 2011

There are three things I never have discussed in a column. Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Now that I've got you excited, I'll talk about rock 'n' roll.

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Life

Keepin

By Kristin Ulmer | February 24, 2011

Undoubtedly, every sport has its own culture, and along with it comes an implicit dress code, which all members subscribe to in varying degrees.

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Life

First year 15?

By Charlie Tyson | February 23, 2011

Any student who has dragged himself out of bed before 9 a.m. on a Saturday probably has heard some strange noises on his way to breakfast: panting and heaving and the slap of shoes on the sidewalk.

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Life

Investing in

By Harrison Freund | February 23, 2011

"Green," "Sustainable," "Reusable," "Repurpose" - all commonly used words that encapsulate a growing worldwide mind-set.

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Life

The middle kingdom

By Hideyuki Liu | February 23, 2011

Last month, President Obama spoke in his State of the Union address about the need for a better national infrastructure.

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Life

You've got a friend in me

By Kristin Ulmer | February 22, 2011

After spending an entire childhood in a house with siblings, you'd think that college would finally offer the perfect opportunity for brothers and sisters to forge their own paths in life. So, why then, would siblings decide to attend the same college?

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Life

Close to home

By Stephanie Waties | February 22, 2011

I wouldn't be surprised if most of the people that I've met during my four years here think that I'm from Philadelphia.

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Life

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide

By Katie McNally | February 22, 2011

I'm being followed and there's nothing I can do to escape. My pursuer is clever, a stealthy camouflage master who stalks me wherever I go.

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Cody and Irma

By Jordan Hart | February 21, 2011

Cody What are you involved with at the University? Club golf What are your hobbies? I play basketball and I play guitar in my band. How would you describe your ideal date? I like any ethnicity.

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Life

Putting the ME in resume

By Kathleen Baines | February 21, 2011

Ricky Bobby said it best: "If you ain't first, you're last." We all want to be the best. We all want to have the best job.

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Life

The writing on the wall

By Laura Lyons | February 18, 2011

Ducking chain link fences in the dead of night, carrying a backpack full of aerosol cans, an artist scopes out his potential canvas and selects a high wall waiting to be graced with a spray paint masterpiece.

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Life

Get off the wheel

By Vanessa Stephenson | February 18, 2011

It never crossed my mind that my apartment's hamster and I might have much in common until now. Our precious Rafi, whose formal name is "Rafiki," is a little part of Charlottesville that we Northern Virginians gladly tote home each and every break with us.

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Life

Girls can play ball

By Sheila Bushman | February 18, 2011

How many times have you seen a girl playing basketball on the AFC courts? Zero, one, maybe two times.

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Life

Not your average ride

By Caroline Massie | February 17, 2011

With its neon colors, hanging dice, surround sound and flat-screen TVs, the Wahooptie certainly isn't your average cab.

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Life

My oldest youngest friend

By Connelly Hardaway | February 17, 2011

My best friend visited Saturday night. She is tall and beautiful. She is hilarious and politically incorrect.

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Life

Snack time

By Simone Egwu | February 17, 2011

Recently, I have come to terms with one thing: My teammates and I love food. Usually I chalk this up to playing an intense sport, one that involves a lot of banging into each other as hard as we possibly can for two to three hours a day, running until we feel light headed (then continuing to run) and shooting the same shot until our arms feel like rubber.

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Life

Raising a beam to remember the fallen

By Caroline Newman | February 16, 2011

When Charlottesville's newest fire station opens on Fontaine Avenue, it will contain more than just equipment.