In 2004, Frommer's rated Charlottesville as the best city in America to live in. That same year, Irated Charlottesville as the longest word I knew how to spell (that title still holds). So what makes this town the best?
A chilly breeze whipped against people's faces as streetlamps and lights from the restaurants lining the street illuminated a typical night on the Corner.
Having essentially crafted her own undergraduate and graduate career in interdisciplinary fashion, it is no wonder that Asst.
Jagshemash! Aren't familiar with my greeting? Then you desperately need to get yourself to a movie theater or at least log on to YouTube.
In a university setting rich with history, the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society holds a distinguished position.
When I came to college as a tender and innocent 18-year-old, I tried to pay heed to all the various warnings I received: "Don't eat too much -- it's easy to gain weight in college," "Get enough sleep every night," "Don't drink the punch, whatever you do." I've done pretty well with all of these, a claim that, as long as there are no scales around, no one can dispute. I received one additional mandate before leaving home: "Remember, you need to do more studying in college than in high school.
At the University, the diverse student body not only includesstudents of varying race, gender and sexul orientation but age as well.
Usually, I am not one for making predic-tions, as I have learned by now that my predictive power about equals that of Miss Cleo.
Fresh-faced high school graduates, we entered college ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Finally Switzerland has another claim to fame besides delicious chocolate and its cowardly neutrality during World Wars: the eradicator of mankind, the Earth, the Universe and perhaps even cockroaches.
Ever since my mother decided to place me in kindergarten at the age of 4, I have been cursed. I was the last person in my class to pass the five-foot mark, the last person to obtain a driver's license and the last person to reach that vital legality of 18 years.
Tired of being accused of "just making things up" and "writing about nothing" by my Opinion columnist friend, I decided to embark on a journey to discover the true secrets of the place we call "Club Clemons." My original intent was to report back in the form of entries into my private diary.
Trying to come up with a topic for my column this week was tough. There are many things in our lives, socks for instance, that are important but not worthy of space in this newspaper.
I didn't dress up for Halloween this year. Maybe I was just being a party-pooper, or perhaps the quest to find the perfect costume, which for today's modern woman includes fishnet stockings and a "cute" corset of some kind, seemed like more trouble than it was worth.
A raven sits on the windowsill, a stack of books beside it. In the corner stands a wooden desk, a book lying open on top. Alongside the hustle and bustle of students rushing to and from class, there stands a room different from all the rest: West Range 13.
English Prof. Cynthia Wall said she tries to introduce a whole world when she teaches English literature. "I suppose it started with the fact that I have always liked old houses," Wall said. This interest in setting has translated into Wall's current work. Wall said her scholarly efforts often examine space and description in literary texts.
So, Halloween is great. In every way and for all ages. It is an equal-opportunity funployer. Trick-or-treating on the Lawn, as I hope you all know from personal experience, is one of the best of the University's modern traditions.
As Students Promoting Fair Trade (SPFT) would tell you, coffee -- usually thought as a lifesaver during midterms or a constant companion while writing papers -- in fact has a much more interesting story than being a run-of-the-mill caffeinated drink. Fourth-year College student and Secretary of the SPFT Lizzie Heaney said it is important to distinguish what fair trade really means. "Many people mistakenly categorize Students Promoting Fair Trade as an anti-free trade group," Heaney said.
By day, Blandy Experimental Farm is a research facility owned by the University. The environmental science department uses Blandy's 700 acres for both graduate and undergraduate research work.
When I was little, like most of you girls -- and probably boys, though they won't admit it -- "The Little Mermaid" was one of my favorite movies.
