I made a life-changing decision during the spring semester of my first year at the University: I was going to work as a substitute teacher for the Fairfax County school systems during the summer. I was convinced this was an incredible idea.
There are some days of the year that many people agree ought to be declared official holidays. The day after the Super Bowl, for instance, when you're still cleaning up from the mess left by the caveman friends you allowed to eat all your hot wings.
Well, I've done it again, I don't even know how long past the new deadline for column submission, with an empty head.
Recently named ACC Coach of the Year, Dave Leitao made his second year coaching the Cavaliers a notable one for basketball fans.
On Fourth Street SW sits a dilapidated house, windows covered with wooden blocks, doors and window screens leaning against the wall.
For some reason, I've found college students really enjoy replacing others' birth names with nicknames.
For thousands of students, the University extends far beyond Charlottesville. The University's School for Continuing and Professional Studies offers undergraduate and graduate programs across the Commonwealth for part-time students. According to Lynda Phillips-Madson, SCPS associate dean for academic affairs, there are between 15,000 and 16,000 students enrolled part-time in seven different Virginia locations. "There are seven U.Va.
Because spring has started -- or at least it had until this past weekend of arctic weather -- it is time to address one of the most important accessories of the season: sunglasses.
Inspired by the recent controversy about Jaber-woke's dress code, I have decided to ponder various Corner establishments.
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The network that brought us "American Idol" and "Joe Millionaire" has done it again: "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" premiered a month ago to a record audience, and like "Idol" and "Millionaire," humiliation is a prime objective. Host Jeff Foxworthy drills contestants with questions from elementary school textbooks, ranging in topic from mathematics and history to science and government.
Some University students and Charlottesville community members who have dreamed of attending medical school have a small opportunity to explore the University Medical School during its annual Mini-Med School. From today until May 3, participants will attend lectures by Medical School faculty, learn from informal question-and-answer sessions and visit research labs. Jerry Short, coordinator of the Mini-Med School and associate dean for medical education, said 139 participants were selected by lottery from a pool of 500.
That was actually supposed to read "Mauritius blew my mind," and there's proof of it right there.
Music has taken Prof. Melvin Butler to a variety of places before dropping him off at the University in the fall of 2005. Butler currently teaches two courses -- African-American Gospel music for undergraduate students and a graduate course, Music and Ritual. "It is a privilege to teach students who have such a passion for gospel," Butler said. Two years into his professorship at the University, Butler said he never planned on becoming a University professor -- it's just been part of the journey on which music has taken him. He said music had always been a part of his life, though, from playing the saxophone in his high school jazz band to applying to his dream college, the Berklee College of Music in Boston. "It was a 'just in case,'" Butler said, "and I ended up getting a scholarship." So, as a student at Berklee, he first majored in music education and then chose to pursue a degree in performance and jazz composition. Following graduation, Butler worked as a professional saxophone player in Boston.
"By bridging Vietnamese traditions with Vietnamese-American culture, we keep and change with the times, both making and breaking traditions as we go," the program for the Vietnamese Student Association's Tet Show stated. The program itself represented this mix of customs, including traditional red envelopes inside the programs, symbolizing good luck in the New Year, as well as modern advertisements and pictures of the students in their everyday lives.
Am I the only person still recovering from the horrible tease that is Spring Break? I think there is something wrong with a week of pure fun followed by six more weeks of class with assignments due and reading to be completed.
At the University, no figure casts a longer shadow than that of six-foot-11-inch basketball center Tunji Soroye.
About three weeks into what I have recently dubbed "the greatest college month of them all," I have realized that March is, by far, the greatest college month of them all.
David Shreve spent years listening to Lyndon Johnson. As an economic historian studying presidential recordings, Shreve had a front-row seat to the Johnson White House, studying tape recordings of the 36th president's conversations with activists, congressmen and bureaucrats.
Students explore many different opportunities to get hands-on experience in their fields of interest, such as internships, volunteering and even shadowing professionals.
