In February of my freshman year at New York University, my friend Elena and I took a Greyhound overnight to Montreal for a long weekend.
During fall 2005, I began researching Thomas Jefferson?s motivations for constructing his home at Monticello.
As if balancing schoolwork, extracurricular activities and a social life is not enough, some University students have extra weight on their shoulders: pets.
Once I returned to Grounds after Winter Break, I was forced to participate in a semiannual U.Va.
Happy belated New Year, faithful Cav Daily readership! I know I?m a few weeks late, but let?s pretend you just finished ringing in 2009.
Why does it rain some days, while the sun shines on other days? Why is it usually cold in January, but sometimes a day creeps in that feels more like spring than winter?
The month of January tends to conjure up some dismal images and emotions in about 99 percent of the population in the northern hemisphere.
Being a wise, wise boy with all the answers, people ask me a lot of questions.
Applications for admission into the University?s Commerce School are due soon ? Jan.
Many Americans were initially reluctant to support the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program that Congress passed last October.
What do your Commerce School professor, MTV?s Lauren Conrad and President-elect Barack Obama have in common?
College is a place that requires major decision-making. With dozens of possible subjects to choose from, selecting an area of study is not always easy for University students.Topping the to-do lists of most first-year students are activities like ?do the laundry? and ?study for tomorrow?s history test.? Few include the long-term planning of deciding a major, which takes both time and research.While students in the College have until the end of their second years to mull over possible career choices and undergraduate degree programs, students in the Engineering School must declare a major by the end of their second semester.Undergraduate Engineering students may choose from 10 degree programs, from aerospace engineering to computer science to mechanical engineering.
Students from the University get to celebrate all sorts of holidays during winter break.
Next Monday, I?ll be off on the adventure of a lifetime. I knew I wanted to do Semester at Sea even before I decided which college to attend.
Go to Egypt, Argentina, Ireland! Take a free notepad, have a pen, grab a pamphlet and write your e-mail address on this card!
The official beginning of President-elect Barack Obama?s term in office is expected to draw thousands ? possibly even millions ?
So, here I sit. It?s 10 days before I am supposed to leave for South Africa, and I still do not have a visa.
Thomas Jefferson fought to make America a democracy, writing that ?all men are created equal? in the Declaration of Independence.
There are questions that have baffled scientists for millions of years: What the heck is eggnog?
It all started out as a ?harebrained idea,? said 2002 alumna Mary Elizabeth Luzar, now the Alumni Association?s assistant director of reunions and class activities.At the start of her fourth year, the Sept.
