Cloistered away, down dusty, gravel access roads, a community of 10 women rise at 3 a.m. They pray, they read, they pray more, they work, they sing, they pray again and they sleep -- time passes like this here, amid the barren foothills of the Blue Ridge.
Beneath the tented area temporarily in front of the University Bookstore, bargain-hunting students meander their way through racks of clothing in search of brand-name fashions at the cheapest prices. The event is a biannual sale sponsored by the University Bookstore, allowing Forrest Haskins, owner of The Missing Button, to bring in trucks full of overstocked and discontinued items from stores like Gap, Old Navy, American Eagle and Abercrombie & Fitch. "We're a traveling outlet," Haskins said.
Everyone comes to the University looking for a niche. Some find theirs in intramural sports or acting troupes, others, in a cappella groups and the mainstream Greek system.
If I were a unabomber ... I mean, if I abandoned the use of my Mach-3 in favor of Taliban facial hair and migrated to a dilapidated chicken coop where I would cackle maniacally as I synthesized mounds upon mounds of TNT, I would have to go Pearl Harbor on the Aquatic & Fitness Center.
The cringing middle-aged couple resolutely kept their heads down as they stealthily tried to make their escape up the center aisle of the Charlottesville Performing Arts Center.
By Lauren Akselrod Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Hunger - it makes our stomachs grumble, it makes us reach out for the nearest carbohydrate-packed snack food. It also takes the lives of over 23,000 children everyday. Although food is taken for granted by many,in poverty stricken countries, often it is extremely hard to come by.
By Mary Vause Cavalier Daily Staff Writer Ask vegetarians about their lifestyle and you may just put down that hamburger. You see them sidling nervously to the fringes of the cookout.
G o ahead. Just try to find a place to eat in Charlottesville on a Monday night. We dare you. Local restaurants close down more often than the ITC server at the start of each week, which we disgustedly learned in our failed attempts to dine at Immigrant Soul, Moondance Cafe, Escafe, Monsoon and Tokyo Rose and thought better of daring CJ's Bomb Shelter and El Girasol.
By Alexandra Valint Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Anyone who is cognizant of the mysterious and universal applications of that wonder known as duct tape, will definitely appreciate today's "Duct Tape-Off." The event is part of the Engineering school's E-Week, which started last Sunday and ends today. Second-year Engineering student Jake Harmon, co-director of E-week, said the preliminaries of the duct tape competition commenced Monday.
When 20 students with blankets and pillows in tow trek across Lambeth Commons on an early Sunday morning, it may look like they're off to a sleepover.
What if you chuck all of this monotony, the spreadsheets and the unbridled passionate dream of a bulging stock portfolio?
A piece of living history will address the University today. Retired Air Force Col. Charles McGee will speak this afternoon about his experiences with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.
By Lytle Wurtzel Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Last weekend, the Ballroom Dancing Club took center stage at the Harvard Invitational and waltzed its way through the both bronze and silver levels.
These days, Clark Kent would have serious trouble finding a phone booth to make a speedy change into his Superman outfit.
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad station sits on the 250-east Bypass, right next to the skate park.
Sorority girls in tight dance outfits, fraternity pledges in their most embarrassing moment and numerous University organizations all raising money for a great cause.
They're everywhere you turn - guys clad in neatly pressed khakis and button-down collared shirts and girls parading around in fully coordinated outfits straight out of the latest Neiman-Marcus catalog. They frequently can be spotted at the trendiest cafes and bars in town, or at the most talked about frat party of the week.
At the beginning of this year, I realized I didn't have enough chaos in my life, so I decided to become a big brother through Madison House.
Nestled in a romantic Ruckersville shopping center, beyond the Bamboo House, between an antique store and a veterinary clinic, you will find Jody.
Winter seems to be playing a game of peek-a-boo this year. Now you see it and now you don't as temperatures fluctuate between 30 and 70 degrees any given week. Even in the midst of crazy weather patterns, the skiing and snowboarding physical education classes, PHYE 153 and PHYE 154, remain the most popular physical education classes the University offers. Perhaps with the inspiration of this year's Winter Olympics, or perhaps with the goal of just trying something new or getting away from Charlottesville and stress, students flock to nearby Wintergreen Ski Resort on any night of the week.
