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Welcome to the Idiot's Guide to American Politics. And by "idiot's" I don't mean for idiots. I mean by one. My political theory library includes four volumes, and three of them are Machiavelli's The Prince.
They're new, they're political and they're green. Ten students sat in a humid Cabell Hall classroom Tuesday, as the two-week old Greens at U.Va.
Vegetarians convene Mmmmm. The smell of sizzling veggies floats through the air as kids have their faces painted in vibrant colors.
Pipe dreams The 96-year-old E.M. Skinner pipe organ in Old Cabell Hall underwent a considerable amount of restoration over the past few years. The recent tune-up will be on display during a recital tonight at 8:15 by Peggy Kelley Reinburg. Reinburg, a graduate of Northwestern's School of Music, is a world-renowned organist.
"Where's Bodot, I thought you said he was coming." "He is." "When?" "Soon." "Oh." "Coming." It has been a familiar word on the Corner District, where Charlottesville's third Bodo's Bagel shop officially has been "coming" for over five years. Six classes have arrived on Grounds, two classes have walked down the Lawn, the Corner got a Starbucks and Scott Stadium got HooVision.
Easy-listening tunes crooned from removed speakers while waitresses busied themselves rearranging empty tables.
First years have the Castle and Plus Dollars. Cash free orders of Big Bird sandwiches and Pav dining.
As a lazy child, you watched your father sternly shake his finger at you and bellow, "Son, you are just standing here as the world passes you by!" Now that you have matured, removed yourself from the path of that shaking finger and made it to college, this admonition still may apply.
'One' performance 'Four' you You've seen the flyers. You've heard the name. You're wondering, "Who is 'One-in-Four' and what do they do?" In order to answer this question and much more, the all male group One-in-Four will be presenting their program in the Rotunda Dome Room Friday at noon. Normally, One-in-Four only performs for all-male groups.
Something new has landed in the Lambeth residence area. And it's not just the latest wave of students. WTJU, a University-owned radio station broadcast on 91.1 FM, has moved its headquarters from Peabody Hall to Lambeth Commons, and in the process, it has acquired a swankier studio. "The old studio was wall-to-wall with albums.
Hoop dreams Ever had the chance to see one of your professors scurrying around a basketball court in shorts and sneakers?
Driving down Route 29, the Blue Ridge Mountains seem to call out to Ashley Meeks every time she returns to Charlottesville. "I want to get out there," she often says to herself. Like many University students and area residents, the fourth-year College student is captivated by some of Albemarle County's most well-known landmarks.
Enter through the Scott Stadium doorway labeled Bryant Hall in bronze letters and expect to find a conventional football stadium.
Dear Dockter Duval,I've finally made it to college and everyone keeps talking about how many beautiful girls are at the University.
Women kick butt You're a woman walking home alone late at night and you're feeling spooked out.
Jolting U.Va. students into organization Have no fear, jolted first-years: The Daily Jolt is here. Every aspect of the University experience, social and academic, is intense. And your first year, even trying to find everything you need -- from location of classes to a specific Greek-lettered building down Rugby -- can be painstakingly difficult. The University "Daily Jolt" is a new Web site designed to help University students with everything from eating out to scheduling classes on time, said second-year Engineering student John Mell, one of the two designers of the Web site. Related Links The Daily Jolt @ UVA   The site comes complete with a discussion forum on University issues, a marketplace similar to the auctioning behemoth eBay, a listing of movies and TV shows relevant to college students, and an abundance of important University links, including ISIS and the Course Offering Directory. To produce the Web site, Mell and a friend, second-year Engineering student Jason Kearns, had to put in a lot of time over the summer. "Instead of working on my summer job, I did this," Mell said. "The Daily Jolt" is a network of collegiate Web sites designed to provide students with a compilation of convenient, useful links.
Like the majority of jaded Americans looking to waste half their life savings in one summer outing, I went to an amusement park this past August.
Mmmm. Chik Fil-A. Mocha-Java Shakes. Taco Bell. All-you-can-eat dining halls with soft-serve frozen yogurt.
Imagine yourself laid out on the white sand beach of a tropical island -- palm trees rustling around you while you alternate between sipping on the rum and coke in your left hand and chewing on the world-class cigar in your right.
