Lessons on the Lawn Most people study and do homework for their classes on the Lawn.
Meatloaf and fine dining. It is not often that the two worlds of ground cow bricks and culinary excellence collide - at least not pleasantly.
Flashback to the Friday prior to Thanksgiving - the "Sisters of Diversity" are swaddled in sweats, heavy T-shirts and baseball caps, finalizing plans for the University's first multicultural sorority.
When I returned to the University late Sunday night, Mariah Carey was singing loudly next door.
MFA One-Act Festival Wondering what to do on the last few nights before you start cramming for exams?
Painfully difficult exams and papers larger in scale than Katherine Harris's newfound fame - this is what the next several weeks hold in store for us.
(This is the fourth in a four-part weekly series about dating and relationships at the University.) Justin Ferko and Craig Foster have been together for 10 months.
Make a Difference at Dinner When state Sen. Emily Couric (D-Charlottesville) was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last July, 2000 College graduate Joshua Scott wanted to find a way to honor her. He found his answer with the Make a Difference Day organization, committed to improving local communities.
Dear Dockter Duval, I have a roommate who has all but kissed off the rest of the semester because he is doing poorly in all of his classes.
Promoting Awareness Though the traditional symbol of World AIDS Day is the remembrance quilt draped over the Mall in Washington, D.C, a portion of this symbolic quilt has become a part of World AIDS Awareness Week at the University.
BLACKSBURG, Va.-VT. The branded-orange logo easily caught the eye of even the most unresponsive drivers. The dingy maroon windsocks strapped on the tops of the SUV's were unmistakable.
I live with a friend of mine who is really sweet, but she has one really annoying pet peeve that I can't stand.
While many students will give up their Saturday afternoons this week to watch the Virginia Tech game, a number of the players will forgo a conventional Thanksgiving dinner at home in order to face the Hokies. Thanksgiving football acts as a unifying force for many families, yet for University players such as Earl Sims, Yubrenal Isabelle and Jermese Jones, distance and time constraints separate team members from their loved ones over the holiday. Three years ago, as a first year, Virginia linebacker and Miami resident Sims faced the prospect of spending his first holiday away from home stranded in his dorm. That year, however, the families of Billy Baber and Jared Woodson, now fourth years, offered to cook Thanksgiving turkey for the stranded football players.
Imagine moving 3,000 miles away from home to a foreign country, with vast oceans separating you and your family.
Nutty recall Students spooning out pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream is as common a sight at the University as squirrels scurrying across Grounds. But, because the company may have accidentally put tree nuts in its Peanut Butter Cup flavor, Ben & Jerry's is in the midst of a massive recall. Tree nuts, according to benjerry.com, can cause severe allergic reactions in people who have food allergies to these nuts.   Related Links Ben & Jerry's Web site The recall only affects the Peanut Butter Cup flavor. Only pints with expiration dates before Oct.
Alcohol inevitably becomes a spotlight issue in the week leading up to the last home football game and the legendary fourth-year fifth.
I demand QualChoice contraceptive coverage. In case you're a stupid caveman or an ignorant Christian, here's the deal.
In college, penny pinching is a way of life. But at the University, even poor students can aim for riches with the not-so-novel concept of investing. With the philosophy "learn now, the sooner the better," Commerce Prof.
The very heart of what it means to be a patriotic elementary school child during this season may be donning clumsily made bonnets and colorful, feathered headdresses to recreate and celebrate the historical culinary, non-restaurant-based spectacle between the Pilgrims and Indians. Although little has changed about this yearly ritual of yams, turkeys, pumpkin pies, homemade costumes and fairytale depictions of the Mayflower and its weary and, more importantly, hungry passengers, what has changed are the key actors in this drama de cuisine. With the advent of the era of political correctness, what had traditionally been a feast between Pilgrims and Indians became one between Pilgrims and Native Americans. Thus, we are left to wonder, what would this historical meal have been like had it truly been a feast between Pilgrims and Indians?
