Life

Life

The missing Link

By Leslie Keena | February 26, 2008

Fourth-year College student Preyasha Tuladhar is on a pre-med track, but not in the typical sense. "The human side was missing," she said. Tuladhar wanted to combine science with history to get a sociocultural perspective, encompassing both the physiological side of medicine as well as how people are affected by it. "I wanted to make the most out of my education, [but] I didn't find what I was looking for in science or the humanities," she said.

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Life

A physics phenomenon

By Hunter Tammaro | February 25, 2008

When Physics Prof. Lou Bloomfield first started teaching his now-famous physics course, "How Things Work," the expectations were low.

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Life

Tuning your date

By Andy Taylor | February 25, 2008

Many people mistakenly think that a date starts whenever you arrive at the desired location of fun that was planned for the evening.

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Life

So fresh and so clean

By Chris Shuptrine | February 25, 2008

Upon arriving at college, I was positive dental visits were over. They were merely relics of my childhood when some man would stick his fingers into my mouth, feel around, mumble numbers and say, "I'm actually the janitor.

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Life

Letting go

By Ian Smith | February 22, 2008

April showers came early this year as I cried my eyes out watching "For the Bible Tells Me So" in Newcomb Theater this past Tuesday night.

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Life

Technologic

By Lindsey Wagner | February 22, 2008

A group of nerdy guys playing video games is not what you'll find at a typical meeting of the Gamers Club -- at least not for the whole time. The Gamers Club is a group dedicated to the art, the meaning and yes -- the playing of video games, according to Co-President Erik Hansen. Founded five years ago, the Gamers Club began "on a whim," and members would meet in each other's rooms to play games, Hansen said. Although Hansen holds that the club "has not evolved much," the organization boasts between 20 and 30 regular members, and meetings have moved to Newcomb Hall. "It's a place to show up for two hours and game and talk about games," Hansen said of the club's current atmosphere. For the first hour of their meetings, members take turns leading a presentation on some aspect of video games.

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Life

Popping the bubble

By Mary Baroch | February 22, 2008

When I think about my Charlottesville experience as it draws to a close, two separate physical spaces come to my mind: the Grounds/Corner area (including JPA and 14th Street) and the Downtown Mall.

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Life

The land down under ... and above

By Austin Wiles | February 21, 2008

It can happen at any time of the day or night. When it does, there is nothing you can do to stop it.

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Life

Save those Hillary posters!

By Bailee Barfield | February 21, 2008

During the elaborate student hubbub last week on the South Lawn in preparation for Senator Clinton's visit, I kept myself busy by gathering up the multitude of posters and walking away like a kid retiring from a very successful trick-or-treat.

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Life

Going for the gold

By Keely Latcham | February 21, 2008

On a dreary Friday afternoon, as most University students are heading home to unwind before the weekend, fourth-year College student Ryan Hurley and fourth-year Continuing Education student Pat Mellors are preparing to dive into the water for a two-hour swim practice. It's their second of the day.

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Life

There's more?!

By Erik Silk | February 21, 2008

This time a year ago, I was somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, fresh out of Brazil's Carnaval and en route to South Africa, to date my favorite country that I have visited.

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Life

Not another brick in the wall

By Rasheda Nipu | February 20, 2008

Every year, many University undergraduates are admitted into law schools, medical schools and business schools.

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Life

True to life

By Bailey Stephens | February 20, 2008

Warning: Objects in photos are not as large as they appear. This disclaimer should be tagged on every tour guide pamphlet and history book so poor innocent American students studying abroad don't finally arrive at Stonehenge only to react, "Huh, well ... I guess it was important to see it." I'm not kidding.

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Life

Big Brother is watching

By Courtney Kessler | February 20, 2008

For the past month, someone has been following me. I don't know who or where he or she is. All I know is that someone has been monitoring my every move since the day I arrived in London, and to tell you the truth, I'm a bit freaked out. London is known as the most "watched" city on the planet because of the high threat of terrorist activity.

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Life

Musically delicious!

By Betsy Graves | February 19, 2008

For all music lovers in constant search of new independent bands, the solution may be in sight: Welcome to guavagarage.com. First-year College student Daniel Brown, one of the co-founders of guavagarage, described the Web site -- which is in developmental stages -- as "an online music community dedicated to independent bands." Co-founder Mike Logan, a sophomore at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania, added that guavagarage will allow music groups, recording artists and studios to form a tight-knit online community while providing music artists with a way to find venues, distribute their work and connect with fans. Brown said he and his friend Daniel Kessler, a sophomore at Muhlenberg College, developed the idea for the Web site last summer.

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Life

Our good friend Joe

By Matthew Warring | February 19, 2008

I had one of the most peculiar experiences of my college career the other day in Alderman Café. It was about noon on a Sunday and I had gone there to enjoy a little coffee and finish some reading.

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Life

From PC to OT to RP

By Dan Dooley | February 19, 2008

When Tom Cruise asked me to join the Church of Scientology last week, I was shocked. Why would Tom Cruise, a level VII Operating Thetan (OT), care so much about me, a regular person (RP)? Why did he choose me out of all the patrons dining at Denny's that Sunday afternoon?

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Life

He's got class

By Chris Shuptrine | February 18, 2008

10:00: I'm currently in my English class listening to my professor speak passionately about an important literary topic, although he mumbles so much that I'm not sure whether he's talking about Hamlet or about how cute the Care Bears are (so cute!). But every few minutes, like a dolphin resurfacing for air, I can understand a word he says, and, like a dolphin, I become so excited that I flop around and squeak for fish.

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Life

Working around the world

By Dalia Mortada | February 18, 2008

Students sat in Newcomb Hall Feb. 9, eagerly soaking up all the wisdom they could from the five panelists sitting in front of them.

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Frozen fabulousness

By Maggie Jones | February 15, 2008

Ice cream: truly the greatest food ever invented. It deserves hours upon hours of investigation, research and indulgence.