Emir Delic's basement shakes violently as grenades fall around his home. Trying to forget, he plays chess.
They were standing at the entrance of Dumlupinar University in northern Turkey when the University Rector Dr. Hakki Duger made his announcement. "I want to make you a gift," he said. A crew of six faculty from the University's satellite school, the College at Wise, had just spent two weeks visiting Dumlupinar University and its surrounding town Kutahya in the summer of 1999.
Finally. It's time to eat. While Parents Weekend is meant for warm hugs, news from home and familiar faces, we all know the truth: it's time to eat. The Virginia Brunch served at the dining halls this weekend may appeal to some, but the large majority of University students will not be sitting down to a dinner that requires them to scan their University ID and pick up a tray.
Clark Hall blasts off Need a change of pace in your study schedule? Clark Hall has been shaking it up lately. About four times a day, starting at 8:15 a.m., construction workers blast through the solid rock between Clark Hall and Kerchof Hall as part of the renovation of the Environmental Science building.
Athletes stop, drop and roll Fire engines and sirens, oh my! It's Fire Prevention Week on the Downtown Mall, and the University's Student Athlete Mentors, along with Captain's Council, are adding fuel to the fire. "We're educating kids," said men's track team captain Marion Mason, a fourth-year College student.
It has been the dining place for the Queen of England and once boasted a cow on its roof. Sitting majestically at the top of the Lawn, it is an architectural icon as well as home base for University streakers. Since 1826, the University's Rotunda has burnt down, been rebuilt, torn down and built up again.
Marilyn Manson is sitting on a shelf next to Bach, and Sisqo is right below them. No, this isn't the prelude to Celebrity Deathmatch; it is just another day in the Music Library. Although it sits smack in the middle of Grounds in Old Cabell Hall, thousands of students stroll by every day, oblivious to the fact that an amazing resource is right in front of them.
I have this roommate who is pretty nice, but sometimes she really gets on my nerves. One thing that bothers me is the fact that each morning when my alarm goes off she jumps into my bed and starts shaking me to wake up.
Food for Honor The Honor Committee is giving away food this week. Doughnuts, Papa John's Pizza and Big Jim's Bar-B-Que are all part of the Honor Committee's Honor Awareness week. "The main goal of Honor Awareness Week is to create a discussion of the honor system," Vice Chair for Education Luke Mitchell said. Yesterday marked the kickoff of the committee's Honor Awareness Week with free doughnuts on the Lawn and at the Chemistry auditorium.
Last Monday, Fox television's tongue-in-cheek "Sexiest Bachelor in America" contest drew millions of women viewers to the sassy version of a men's beauty pageant, in which 51 studly contestants vied for the title as well as a $100,000 grand prize. So what was it like to stand in front of legions of American women and sustain a barrage of objectifying comments from host Caroline Rhea? "It was lots of fun," claims 1999 Commerce School graduate Teddy Sears.
As she swatted a yellow jacket away from her soda, Newcomb balcony diner Sonia Gosain grimaced. "They're like telemarketers, they just won't go away," said the second-year College student. Gosain and other diners will be kept busy swatting this time of year, when swarms of yellow jackets and hornets descend upon dumpsters, trash cans and hapless diners around Grounds. During the summer months, wasps and hornets stay at their nests.
Hands-on wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis has become an increasingly popular sport for the physically disabled in recent years.
By I turned 20 this past July. At first glance, my 20th year seems to be an uneventful one except that I finally obtained the right to vote in the Canadian Pepsi/Coca-Cola Taste Challenge.
Money. Having it can make college life a little more bearable, and not having it can make college your worst nightmare. Sometimes the money your parents put in your checking account just isn't enough to take care of all those credit card bills, weekend road trips and late-night lattŽs. Many students find themselves taking part-time jobs to cover those expenses Mommy and Daddy won't pay for.
Spinning into drama Chilling tales about male stalkers. A look into race issues on a college campus.
Chris Cole sat on the Newcomb Dining Hall balcony, swatting away a swarm of bees as he ate his lunch. Although Cole, a second-year College student, dined with his friend, Martin Radzio, he said always having an eating buddy isn't necessary. "I like to see what the girl situation is.
Raw fish. For some, these two words do not evoke images of artful, culinary masterpieces. Yet that is just what the fortunate diner who wanders into Sakura gets when he orders raw fish - a wondrous meal which succeeds in both taste and aesthetics. Sakura, located just off the Corner on 14th Street, transforms raw fish into the Japanese culinary specialties sushi and sashimi.
I've been reading for the past four years straight. Occasionally, I would put a book down long enough to write a 10-page paper on it.
Caught up in choosing which library to study at for the night or which restaurant to eat at down on the Corner, students may find themslves trapped in the bubble of Univeristy life. But with just a quick hop on the Hoo Bus or a five-minute drive, a whole different world is waiting at Charlottesville's Downtown Mall.
MTV invasion Cut from the Real World auditions? Today will be your chance to score a few seconds of airtime on MTV as yourself, a University student, without having to live with six complete strangers. MTV invades Grounds today, armed with cameras and a crew team to record students' opinions about college life. MTV will be filming before and after the Wyclef and De La Soul concert tonight in U-Hall, sponsored by the University Programs Council (UPC). "We definitely went after them," third-year College student Jbeau Lewis said of bringing MTV to Grounds.
