In many ways we're all pretty casual in college. We wear jeans and flip-flops like there's no tomorrow, eat and drink unhealthily, and watch really bad television instead of studying.
As most of us know, you've got a better shot of finding an e.p.t. in a convent than an available parking spot somewhere at U.Va.
"What? I didn't know we had that." This, more or less, is students' standard response when they hear about the University's Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.
Second week of fifth grade, late 1996. New school, new teacher, nervous kid. Art/history assignment entailing creating your own personal sarcophagus.
Apparently, strikes occur more frequently in France than in the United States because of what the French consider their inalienable right to demonstration.
Time to party! Ever been to a party and thought there's something missing? Perhaps that something was a bit of academic advice. The Arts & Sciences Council held COD release parties earlier this week, providing students with pizza, soda and advice about course registration. ASC's department representatives advised students to fulfill their requirements early and to choose professors, not classes.
I awake at 4 a.m. on a Sunday with a start. I shoot up in my bed, mumbling the word "sociology." I need to do my sociology reading.
I often wonder if I'm stupid. Not 'I accidentally pot-roasted my toothpaste' stupid, but rather, 'I have no control over my thoughts' stupid.
Insurrection and murder When the University opened its doors in 1825?, the student body consisted of the sons of wealthy white landowners who were typically around the age of 16.
When you're a fourth-year, they give you this shiny poster with a list of the top things to do before graduation.
All of a sudden, everybody's all up in arms about global warming. Just a couple years ago, it wasn't uncommon to see corporations get together for a "plunder-the-Earth-off." Now they all want to "go green." The dining halls are trying to get off Styrofoam.
Today was chilly and windy. My kind of weather. Fall is without a doubt my favorite season.
It wasn't until the beginning of the 19th century that Thomas Jefferson could begin to materialize the vision of the Academical Village he had long dreamed of since the construction of his own home, Monticello. His architectural design for the University was to be far different from that of existing educational institutions, which featured a large house and subsequent identical houses that were built only when the student population grew and funds were available. The conception of the Academical Village In a letter to the Trustees for the Lottery of East Tennessee College, Jefferson wrote that his University would allow "dry communication between all the schools.
Perception is a tricky thing. Our vision teaches us to rely on the tangible, to trust the observable and in many instances, to question the invisible.
Cult/kuhlt/ n. 1. Worship; reverential homage rendered to a divine being or beings. 2. A particular form or system of religious worship; esp.
So, it's that time of year once again. The lovely autumn season hosts brisk air, brilliant leaves and the best holidays.
Some say Kwanzaa; some choose Easter; but for me, the best holiday will always be Halloween. One of the things I may miss the most about college is that I probably won't be able to celebrate Halloween for nearly two weeks next year.
For all of the emphasis placed on the honor code here at the University, one might guess we would be less prone to stealing the traditions and trademarks of other schools. The Sea of Orange, implemented by Al Groh after he was hired as head coach in 2000, is one notable example.
People say when Richard Rorty was a professor of philosophy here in the '80s and '90s, the most frequently spoken phrase on Grounds was, "I disagree with Richard Rorty." The second-most common was, "I agree with Richard Rorty -- to an extent." These became the most frequently printed phrases in the self-consciously intellectual branches of the American press June 8, 2007 -- the New York Times, Slate, Salon.com, the like.
I've had an acorn squash sitting on my kitchen counter for a while. Although it has been taking up space, I've purposely been setting it aside to use after the supplies of late summer and early fall crops are exhausted.
