Amid the parties, date functions and formals, philanthropy plays a significant role in the University's Greek community.
Hello there, girl wearing ridicu-lously oversized sunglasses. I have to be honest, I saw you looking my way and just couldn't help but come over and say hello.
As a good college student, I spend a decent amount of time signed on Instant Messenger, whether I'm there or not.
Although the name suggests otherwise, First Year Players is a University CIO enjoyed by students of all years.
Last week I had an interesting experience in a bar. With that opening statement this column could go in any direction.
As if little kids needed another reason not to eat spinach: "Don't worry, Billy. Greens won't kill you ... except spinach.
All over Grounds, there are voices from the past. Even when no one else is around, a student can use their sage wisdom as a guide.
Other columnists have written recently about the boredom of routine (Lauren Pappa) and risk-taking (Daniel McNally), and they are right, but the situation runs deeper than that.
Skirts whip past as their wearers twirl at alarming speeds, changing partners within the circle formed at the center of the stage as someone calls out moves.
Here today, gone tomorrow. Not just a saying for reality TV celebrities and nonsense fads, this too is the tradition on Beta Bridge, the University's very own ever-changing canvas of expression. Clubs and Greeks often wake in the wee hours, sluggishly sleep-walking to the bridge with a paint bucket in one hand and a brush in the other.
John and Sarah are now friends. John is listening to Sarah McLachlan and he is loving his Sarahs. Sarah is listening to John Mayer, waiting to be seduced by her Johns. John added "Sarah" to his interests. John joined the group "If this group reaches 100,000 my girlfriend will have a threesome." Sarah posted on John's wall: "Why would you be interested in joining a group like that when you have a girl like me?
Trying to find a bone marrow donor is challenging for anyone in need of a transplant, but a person's ethnicity can unfortunately make the challenge even tougher.
One would think that growing up in the years of Disney movies such as "Lady and the Tramp," most college-aged guys would have gotten the point that what every girl really wants is to be treated like a lady.
Traditions mean a lot here at our University. We defer to our founder, Mr. Jefferson, on everything from architecture to exercise.
By Defne Gunay Cavalier Daily Associate Editor There are some names out there that every University student is familiar with, even if only by name -- Shakespeare, Hemingway and Salinger, to name a few, but it is the English department with whom these giants resonate the most. Department Chair Jahan Ramazani said, although having a long history at the University, the English department took on its current shape beginning in the 1960s, under the leadership of Fredson Bowers, who assumed the position in 1963.
The energy, the spirit, the color" -- these are the qualities that director Willard Carroll said attracted him to the world of Bollywood, the Indian film industry.
Last week, I wrote about fraternities at the University. To clear up any confusion that you frat guys may have had, I would like to reiterate that just because I didn't call out your frat specifically doesn't mean you don't suck.
Think of the last time you were faced with a decision between taking a risk or settling for a guaranteed, perhaps less desirable, outcome.
There is something inescapably fascinat-ing about celebrity gossip. "Jessica Simpson dates John Mayer!" "Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson wed!" But gossip is really fascinating when it involves one of the original creators of the University. Stanford White was a pretty popular guy back in the day.
Imagine you are a first year. You have just been accepted to the University and it is now time to pick your housing.
