First is the call to prayer.On the lawn outside the Hillel Center, Muslim students prostrate themselves before God, facing in the direction of Mecca. Inside, Jewish students recite the services for Shabbat, or the day of rest.
The similarities were the most striking. The languages, the customs, the values and the American experiences of the Muslim and Jewish communities are incredibly.
The depth of information available to students on health issues can seem too vast to absorb. Organizations like ADAPT, HOPE and SAFE provide helpful outlets but sometimes overwhelm students with resources.
It may only be April, but for me, this weekend marks the unofficial start of summer. No, it's not because of the gorgeous weather outside.
In the name of God the most beneficent most merciful. "O mankind! We created you ... and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (and not despise each other). Verily the most honored of you in the sight of God is the most righteous of you.
We have all been rather startled to find each day in Cabell Hall that a whole network of ringing, clanging, etc, bells signals the start and finish of each class.
Printmaking 200-400 Post baccalaureate seminar Q: Outside of your classes, what do you do academically? A: All of the faculty are professional artists here.
Many University classes are difficult to get into, but the American Sign Language program is arguably the hardest.
Sex, drag queens, dinner in a Garden and a trip to Washington, D.C. all come together this week during "Proud to be Out" week sponsored by the Queer Student Union. Last night featured Justin Lee addressing "Christians, Gays and God: finding truth in a biased world." The Queer Christian Fellowship and the Serpentine Society cosponsored the event. Sex columnist Eric Garrison is speaking about "The G-Spot" at 7 p.m.
Sunshine, a booming bass line and the smell of spicy chili wafting through the air drew students away from Cabell and toward the parking lot behind Sigma Pi Epsilon last Friday afternoon.
I think it was Thomas Wolfe who said, "You can't go home again ... because every time you do, you find out someone from high school is pregnant." For me, this quote is especially poignant because I went to high school with a bunch of girls with on-the-verge wombs and well-oiled ovaries.
They're the ones plastered on the posters in every first year's dorm room. They're No. 34, the quarterback, the recruit.
When the University of Virginia opened its doors on March 7, 1825, it started a new trend in education.
I am a minority student, and 20 percent of the activities at the University should be for minorities, because that's the appropriate percentage of students who are minorities.
The coat rack in the corner resembles a toothbrush and a little dentist figurine bobs its head. Advertisements for toothpastes and whitening products clutter the end table and anxious patients browse through the magazine selection.
As the weather in Charlottesville continues its struggle to decide between snow and sun, Escafe, too, seems to be undergoing an identity crisis. Located at the end of the Downtown Mall, Escafe is in a perfect spot across from the ice park.
Tomorrow Madison Bowl is going to be transformed. What usually serves as a field for Frisbee games and sports scrimmages will become a celebration of spring, better known as Springfest 2003.
It's Friday night on the Corner, and something special's going on. Added to the usual bar crowds, there is a peculiarly long line in front of Espresso Royale Caffe.
Twenty scoops of ice cream, four bananas, three cookies, one brownie, four ladles of hot fudge and four additional toppings.
"Frat-tastic." It's a word often heard around Grounds -- but not a word often defined. The same goes for its feminine counterpart, "srat-tastic." Sure, we love to throw these words around -- as in, "Wow, that cigarette burn in his North Face fleece is so frat-tastic") -- but what do they actually mean? Usually, when we seek to discover the meaning of a word, we turn to a reputable source such as a dictionary.
