If you ask a bunch of little girls what they want to be when they grow up, odds are many of them will say they want to be ballerinas.
"Democracy is the dream of every Iranian," Religious Studies Prof. Abdulaziz Sachedina said. Students of universities in Tehran go so far as to whisper that they want the Americans to come, that America "did good" in Afghanistan and in Iraq. In the Dome Room of the Rotunda, so full that some students had to be turned away, Sachedina delivered a hopeful and sometimes controversial lecture on recent Iranian elections and the possibility for a true democracy in the Middle East. But not all Iranians hope for the arrival of American troops.
P1. Sometimes it becomes necessary to break the boundaries of conventional social norms and do something completely different and random.
When I was a first year at a university far, far away from here -- a couple of islands deep in the South Pacific named New Zealand, to be somewhat more exact -- I was enrolled in a course that proposed to "engage" with relations between religious communities.
You first years think you can just waltz in here and own the place? Well, you can't. Edgar Allan Poe thought he could do that back in 1826, and he lasted all of one semester.
What do University students typically do during the summer? Most would say internships, jobs or travel. The students who spent this summer in a program called Bike and Build, however, would give a far different answer. Imagine climbing the Rocky, Sawtooth and Appalachian mountain ranges.
Over the past week, I've learned two valuable lessons: ISIS is for chumps, not champs, and "Final Registration" is not the Man trying to keep me down. However, I combined the writing skills of my English major and the lying negotiation skills of my politics major to create the ultimate schedule. My first plan of attack was to blitz e-mail all the professors in both departments. Professor Shakespeare, I am a third-year English major with no English classes.
Look in the mirror. What do you see? I'm not asking you to do any self reflection or any of that super-Freudian-psychoanalytical-everything-has-something-to-do-with-your-relationship-with-your-father-or-your-mother-or-the-pet-goat-you-had-when-you-were-eight thing. I just want you to take a look at what you're wearing.
How do you answer the question, "How are you?" or "What's up?" in the short time it takes to pass someone on Grounds? Students constantly are running around to make their next class, meeting or social event.
I think I'm gonna try a running theme throughout the columns this year [which I'm sure will only last a few weeks] of highlighting "This Week's Favorite Awkward Moment." If The Cavalier Daily production team could get some fancy font for that title, I'd really appreciate it.
It's no surprise nowadays to hear about another starlet who has "magically" lost twenty pounds in what seemed to be less than a week.
M ost University students would agree there's a fascinating beauty and appeal to Charlottesville.
So I have three big, slobbery chocolate Labradors at home. One is incredibly old, one doesn't really like people and the third one is dumber than a box of rocks. And I miss them terribly. There's nothing worse than an unrequited dog-lover, either.
As older and wiser fourth years writing a column about "relationships," we probably should be filling the first 125 lines allotted to us by The Cavalier Daily with profound advice.
Each week, The Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them.
How would you decide between American citizenship and loyalty to your native country? This is the decision that Korean male students at the University must face.
We were going to Savannah. In my most recent attempt to live the ideal college experience, I decided to join my friend Mark on an 18-hour roundtrip to Georgia to pick up a car that he had just bought on eBay.
Finally, the days of collar angst -- pop or not? -- may be behind us. An alternative to the polo is sweeping across campuses, thanks to nine budding entrepreneurs at the University of Michigan. Despite their full-time student statuses, these college seniors/business partners found a way to launch a T-shirt company that will celebrate its first anniversary this October.
For some University upperclassmen, there is a dirt lot on Alderman Road that just can't be replaced by the new Observatory Hill dining hall. While many upperclassmen are torn between mourning the loss of the Tree House and admiring the features of the new facility, only a select few first years are able to compare the new and old versions of O-Hill. First-year College student Lauren Pearson was able to recall the old O-Hill from her visit a few years ago. "It looks a whole lot better than it used to," Pearson said. Other first years, although they are left without something to contrast, said they are quite impressed with the new dining hall as well. "It's really spacious and well air-conditioned," first-year College student Hannah Peria said. First-year College student Kate Leeming agreed, adding that she liked the modern design. "The food is so good, and there's enough variety that it's hard to choose," Leeming said. First-year Engineering student William Barnhardt mentioned the benefits of the upper-level seating area. "The outside view from the top [level] is nice," Barnhardt said. Yet some students, both first years and upperclassmen, encountered some problems with the layout of the new building. Barnhardt pointed out that there are no clear lines of traffic and others mentioned the difficulty in carrying a tray up and down stairs to reach the top level seating area. "I'm kind of ambivalent about [the new O-Hill]," fourth-year College student Ken Alston said.
Back in the glory days of elementary school, one of my favorite back-to-school activities was "What I did on my summer vacation" sharing time.
