During her first year at U. Va., third-year College student Paula Andrea Bolivar trekked from Hereford Residential College to the Barracks Road Shopping Center every weekend, rain or shine. Having arrived in Charlottesville with only $20 in her pocket and with no other source of income in sight, the Miami native went out and secured a job at Old Navy on her second day at school.
If you're craving dialogue about contemporary issues, Food for Thought -- a program sponsored by the Office of African-American Affairs -- is a new lunchtime option. The bi-weekly discussion series at the Luther P.
The two recent assaults on women at Ivy Gardens and Georgetown Greens are reminders that even in a "college town" such as Charlottesville, attacks can and do happen.
"Get out of my drinking water!" Novice crew team coxswain Suzanne Pinckney remembers the cry well.
Having never lived in a big city -- and by this I mean a Wash- ington, D.C., or a New York -- coming to Rome, Italy was tough.
School of Commerce COMM 341: Commercial Law I COMM 342: Commercial Law II Q: Where did you grow up? A: Amherst, Va. Q: Where did you go to school? A: Well for high school, E.C.
Most of the students that attend the University are proud to be Cavaliers for many reasons, whether it's because of the beautiful scenery, the atmosphere, the people or something of the like.
Fifty years from now, I'm going to sit down on a hovering rocking chair of the future and tell all my grandchildren to gather about my well-manicured feet.
Lousy professors -- try as we might to avoid them, we've all had a bad experience at one time or another.
What else is there to do?" he asked. "I've never been able to sit life has to have a purpose, it has to be used.
First off, no one at this school knows where Akron is. Second of all, it's Homecoming, just go to the game.
Babaloo defies labels. That's what happens when a band that expands its linguistic horizons by singing in seven different languages in the space of a single stanza. In between playing in Tobacco Road in New York City today and in Northern Virginia on Sunday, the seven member multilingual group is giving a free concert tomorrow night at 9 p.m.
If you're into retro decor and gimmicky-theme restaurants, by all means, visit the Hardware Store.
A bowling pin continuously twirls on top of the Always Means Fun (AMF) Xtreme machine, while small Sponge Bob key chains dangle inside the plastic casing of another.
Tonight, people besides English majors can get excited about an author visiting the University -- the Peters Rushton Bequest to the Department of English is sponsoring a reading by novelist Chang-Rae Lee at the University Bookstore at 8 p.m. Lee is widely recognized as one of the rising stars of the Asian-American literary scene. "He has this way of bringing you into other cultures through his language," said Lisa Russ Spaar, director of the English Department's creative writing program.
It's about 9 p.m. on a Tuesday, just around the time when the swarms of students descend upon Clemons library.
Question: Where are you most likely to hear the opening strains of "Fur Elise?" A) at a middle school piano concert. B) in the movie version of a Jane Austen novel. C) in the middle of your 350-person literature class as someone's cell phone rings. I don't actually have to tell you the answer to this, right? One of my professors this semester has a brilliant policy: If your cell phone rings out loud in class, he's going to answer it for you. I think this rule should become a UJC-enforced Standard of Conduct, but with one specific amendment -- if a cell phone rings in the middle of class and plays a song, it promptly will be thrown out the nearest window.
Samantha Lavin First-yearCollege student Q: Which dorm do you live in? A: I live in Echols. Q: How is your first year going? A: Good!
The dozen women enrolled in Sage Blaska's "Dance/Movement Composition as Art" lounge on gym mats piled against the far wall of the makeshift dance studio. Clad in bright tank tops and athletic shorts, the dancers focus on center stage, as a fellow classmate takes a deep breath before throwing herself into a dramatic performance.
After a month of living in your new apartment, you may notice it's looking a little sparse. In need of a rug, a table, a refrigerator and a Hewlett Packard printer, you could spend your whole weekend traveling between Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Lowes. Or you could check out the auction block at the University's Surplus Property Depot. Rain or shine, the auction begins at 9 a.m.
