Whether it's grabbing a bite to eat at Miller's, catching some live music at the Charlottesville Pavilion or simply getting outside to enjoy the weather, the Downtown Mall is a staple of life for city residents and University students alike.
Warning: This column is a much-needed vent session - and it is not about chest hair, as I previously promised.
Someone once told me, "People are just people." I was 16 at the time and completely sure of the wisdom of these words.
Few people would have guessed that two comedians successfully could organize a semi-political event, drawing more than 200,000 people to the National Mall this weekend.
Walking behind two girls last week, I overheard the following conversation: "That is a great jacket!
Tomorrow, television political attack ads, signs and speculation will come to an end - at least until 2012. After winning the White House, majority in the House and super-majority in the Senate in 2008, the Democratic Party is faced with the possibility that the Republicans will sit in the majority of both houses of Congress, jeopardizing President Obama's ability to push his legislative agenda.
Our generation has lost most forms of etiquette - it's a bold claim, albeit a true one. I have my own theories as to why this decline happened - the substitution of old-fashioned methods of child-rearing with the "I'm your buddy, not your parent" model, the refusal to believe that this is actually real life and that if you say something nasty, MTV won't intervene with a bleep or a conveniently placed commercial break.
It all started with Ben Franklin and his silly kite and key. He stood in a thunderstorm, and soon enough, we had electricity.
Horror films appeal to students for wide range of reasons: Some love the artistic elements, others enjoy the pure fun of the fright.
"Don't fight the fabric. Change it!" - Elle Woods. You can always count on Elle Woods to give killer fashion advice.
At times, life as a pre-med begins to feel less like a course of study and more like a tightrope act.
It was Saturday morning, and I was trying to make a game plan for the day so I would actually be productive instead of lounging around watching CMT's top 20 music video countdown and complaining with my roommates, yet again, about how they should have hired a cuter guy as Taylor Swift's love interest.
"I have CF but I don't let it get in my way. After all you only get one chance at life so you better make the best of it!" Joseph Roberts' Facebook biography is a moving encapsulation of what made his life, which ended Sept.
I received a C on a paper earlier this week. I then proceeded to have a mini life crisis. There are a number of things at which I don't excel - adding numbers in my head, pretending I like obscure bands, coordinating my hands and eyes - but writing a paper is not on this list.
From bar nights to 5k runs, University students participate in many events to raise money for various causes.
Students interested in business often dream of working at large firms in global cities. What many people may not realize, though, is that they may not have to travel outside of Charlottesville to launch a successful business career. SNL Financial is a company that supplies investment professionals with news and data before they decide to invest in various securities.
Third-year College student Keisha Blackmoore had a boyfriend at age 15 - a boyfriend whom she met and became increasingly close to using MSN messenger. "We talked online and then decided to date.
It is No. 3 on my most visited websites, third only to Facebook and Gmail. Texts From Last Night?
Patience is not my virtue. People who turn left just slow enough that I miss the light, late arrivals, missing a call by two seconds and calling right back and the person doesn't pick up, Ke$ha, misbehaved children in the grocery store, birds who chirp too loudly in the morning, the morning in general ... the list of things that I find annoying could go on and on. I've recently had a very unsettling realization about all these aggravations, however: I'm guilty of most of them.
Date: Friday, Oct. 1 Time: 6:45 p.m. Location: Himalayan Fusion Laurance Third-year Engineering Student Major: Computer Science What are you involved in at U.Va.? Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team, Sailing club, tutoring for computer science What else do you like to do?
