Imagine being released from prison with no contacts, a check for $25 and a prison uniform as your only clothing.
Recently the world saw the most impressive feat in female shark history since Susan the sand shark brought suffrage to all female sharks.
Yesterday I went to a chili cook-off, a fraternity philanthropic event that I've enjoyed for the past four years.
It's that time of year again, when the fate of our futures is left to a freshwater fish and an Egyptian goddess.
Guilty pleasures are often dorky pleasures. Everyone can agree that watching "The O.C." is a guilty pleasure, but since Seth Cohen is so cute and funny, you can get away with it.
The journey to Mecca, formally known as the Hajj, is a dream for Muslims all over the world, who believe they should make the pilgrimage once during their lifetimes.
This past Saturday was the annual Charlottesville Ten Miler. I had a friend who planned to run in it, and he got me thinking about whether I'd like to run in it as well.
Date: March 28 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: three. restaurant on the Corner Phi: "I met him outside of the restaurant.
My devoted readers have probably noticed that my column has not run recently. Mom, Dad: the wait is over!
Cocke Hall is a tough place to be a chair. In most buildings, the job's not so bad. You plunk yourself down on one side of the room, wait for a body to plunk down on you and for the next 50 minutes, just hang out right there.
Some of my fellow students have showed a bit of concern that I and others like me are a little over a month shy of graduation -- and unemployed.
A recent article in The New York Times called "How to Survive in New York on 99 Cents" details the experience of a tightwad gourmand who discovers the surprise bounty of top-shelf items at dollar stores throughout the city and then attempts to prepare a week's worth of gourmet meals using mostly these finds. As you read this, perhaps you're recounting an unsavory dollar store experience.
R.L. Buller & Son Fine Old Tokay (Victoria, Australia) Price: 14.99 Grade: A When most people think of dessert wine, Porto or Sauternes come to mind.
Aroma's Café was aptly named. Once I opened the door, the stench of Five Guys' greasy fries, Casella's marinara sauce, and Hair Cuttery's shampoo dissipated, and my senses snapped to attention.
If you see Graduate Arts & Sciences student Kate Ranganath around Grounds, she might seem like any other overworked doctoral candidate at the University.
"Dance," they told me. "Chris, come on. You can do it." "Get up from the ground," they told me.
We all have periods in our lives when things just won't work out. These periods can be brief or prolonged, and the problems tangible or emotionally rooted.
The recent release of the COD sparked a downward spiral in my disposition. The University's course offerings are plentiful and vast, yet I could not find a single class I wanted to take.
University Economics Prof. Bruce Reynolds characterized it as a "phoenix risen from the ashes." Unfortunately, he did not mean the U.S.
The Thursday, March 27 Life feature "The decline and fall of Bear Stearns" stated that Bear Stearns stock was worth about $553 March 13.
