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.
We've all heard the news by now -- Frank's Pizza is no more. Neveragain will we come together as a student body in the same way.
Well, welcome back, everybody. Great to see you all again. I missed Grounds profoundly when I was back in the wilds of Cleveland or in the more literal wilds of the American West whilst crossing the country with my older brother, of which I will tell much more in future columns.
For women students attending classes in the University's Law School and Graduate School of Business Administration, the evening hours are a source of fear. In the wake of 15 rapes which occurred in Charlottesville and Albemarle County during 1976 the North Grounds Security Committee has targeted several parking lots and sidewalks which pose dangerous threats to students' security. The panel's recently released report recommends: -increasing the lighting at the rear of the Law and Business Schools and in the immediate vicinity of the new cafeteria; -finish the installation of the courtyard lamps; -increase the lighting in the Copely III parking lot through the installation of low posted lamps; -clear the underbrush around the sidewalk along Arlington Boulevard and increase the number of street lamps on that road and/or install low posted lamps along the walk; -install lighting in the University Hall parking lot, especially around the bus stop; -improve bus service, including increased frequency of evening runs, earlier evening service along Arlington Boulevard, and expanded service on weekends; and -construct an adequately lighted sidewalk between the Law and Business School and University Hall. The panel polled over eighty women last year to learn what areas are considered unsafe.
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is now attempting to overcome one more obstacle in his life: allegations from tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc that he used illegal drugs to enhance his performance in the races. According to The Washington Post, a recent drug test in a Paris laboratory has shown that Armstrong was taking EPO, a drug used as a red-cell booster, before his first tour win.
