The University of Virginia first confronted the issue of coeducation in 1892. In that year, Caroline Preston Davis applied to test for a Bachelor's degree in mathematics.
The first week back is always the hardest. After waiting what feels like an eternity for Spring Break to arrive, it comes and goes faster than you can say "Cancun." Before we know it, we're back on the Blue Bus to Central Grounds, pulling all-nighters in Clemons and subsisting off ice milk in the dining halls. Some people may still be rocking back and forth while they walk down the Corner, as if they're still on the cruise ship.Some people still have the golden glow of a new tan or the restful look that comes after sleeping 10 hours a night for a week. But after a week, the rocking wears off, those tans begin to fade and dark circles reappear under those once-rested eyes. Added to the usual stress of returning to classes, the University has been a stressful place for some students over the last few weeks.We've had to grapple with issues of violence, politics, race and acceptance in the midst of some difficult situations. Try looking outside our Charlottesville bubble, which is often hard to do when you're submersed in college life.
You feel the first pangs of hunger. You run to the kitchen searching for anything to satiate it. You look in the refrigerator -- nothing but a moldy lemon, some expired milk and a half-eaten jar of pickles.
I don't understand why some of the football players in Newcomb Hall decide that they don't have to bring up their trays to the place where you put your trays away.
They can't all be the Bavarian Chef.We were forced to find that out at Rhett's River Grill and Raw Bar this week.
A mentally disabled man is lost in the urban sprawl of Tidewater. The family calls the police, and the police call emergency management.
Boys toting gift-laden wicker baskets and a blanket of sorority chalkings professing love for [insert a girl's name here] across the quad can only mean one thing: Big Sis weeks are here. Spring 'tis the season when all new sorority pledges are rewarded for their hours of dashing up and down Rugby Road in uncomfortable shoes for rush. The timing of Big Sis Week varies for each sorority.
The next two weeks will bring an extra taste of Hispanic culture to the University as part of Hispanic Awareness week. Among the range of events being offered in the busy time period are a Latin jazz concert and a play on Latina women.
Before last Thursday, I had never indulged in the realm of the Swedish massage, but I had seen it on TV.
After taking one last gulp of fresh air and hugging my roommate goodbye, I braced myself for the fateful locking of the hotel door behind me -- a sound that would commence my solitary confinement for the next five days and nights. A quick survey around my fairly spacious room revealed two double beds, a desk and a medium sized TV set.
Q: What did you do for spring break? A: I went on a cruise to Key West and Cozumel, Mexico. Q: How is it returning to Charlottesville weather? A: It was nice at first, but it's a little cold now -- it's still better than it was when we left. Q: What brings you outside this afternoon? A: Just to walk around, I've been doing work all day, so I just wanted to get out and walk the dog while the weather was nice. Q: How is it having a pet at school? A: It's not a problem.I live with five other guys, so we all just take turns taking her out when she needs to be walked.She generally just barks at us when she needs to go out. Q: What are you looking forward to most about spring? A: I play a lot of golf.I just like being outside, walking around.I just love the warmer weather, hanging out outside, cookouts. Q: What spring activity at U.Va.
Over Spring Break I tried out for a new marriage reality TV show called "Who Wants to Marry A Bachelorette I Think Is a Millionaire but Really is a Transexual Convict with an STD in America." It was such an amazing journey, and I discovered so much about myself, and the world, falala.It was a once in a lifetime experience, fa la.
Yesterday, members of the secret Z society painted two of their Zs black, leaving a statement explaining their actions and a famous quote about persecution nearby.
Before the sun had even peaked over the mountains on the morning of Feb. 23, Madison House volunteers were congregating in the Architecture school parking lot for the one-hour caravan ride to Massanutten Ski Resort.
DRAM 307: African American Theatre Q: What made you decide to teach? A: I had spent a lot of years as an administrator, but my goal was always
You don't have to run, bike or swim to be a winner at this marathon. In fact, all you need is an open heart and a pair of dancing shoes.
The streets were slick with rain and beer sludge and oozing of hedonism. The fires of hell threatened to lick it all up.
Every single spring break idea we had didn't pan out. No one wanted to shell out the money to leave the country.
Over the past day, the University has been forced to accept ownership of a hate crime. What follows is an assortment of thoughts -- varying in intensity -- roused in response to the assault on Student Council presidential candidate, Daisy Lundy. Donald Houser, fourth-year College "At first I thought it wasn't true.
As students across Grounds lie nestled in their beds, visions of spring break dance through their heads.
