The velvety ripples of Beaver Creek reflected the cloudless, sunny sky and the endless horizon of trees and hills which enclosed the lake and protected it from the outside world.
Searching for gold All students are on a quest. Some search for meaning in their lives while others search for edible food in their refrigerators.
With each new highly publicized sexual assault, fear sets into the community and most ask themselves, "What can I do to prevent this from happening to me or my friends?" But according to sources such as the Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA), this is not necessarily the best approach to take.
It was the damnedest thing that I have ever seen. Let me repeat that. It was THE DAMNEDEST thing that I have ever seen.
Fraternities may gain notoriety around the country because of their parties, alcohol and scandals, but a successful Greek recycling program now entering its second year is helping to change this stereotype at the University. University Greeks who drink canned soft drinks and beer can make their famed exuberance pay off for both the environment and the Charlottesville community. "By recycling, fraternities are showing some responsibility to do everything we can to lessen the impact of dwindling resources," said Denny Clark, University superintendent of facilities management. The Greek recycling program allows fraternity and sorority houses to earn money for collecting aluminum cans.
Talkin' Tuesdays What University student can think of a better way to spend his or her Tuesday evening than to spend it mingling with faculty members?
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night by destruction equal to 400 Hiroshima bombs in 43 seconds.
Imagine sitting in a little coffee shop decorated with hanging plants, cozy couches and colorful pictures on the walls.
Flying high for football Maybe some Virginia fans watched the Clemson game on TV this weekend.
First-year Engineering student Jeremy Lynn spends several nights a month hustling through the streets of his native Charlottesville in a large truck.
Now that you have met all of your new professors, I'm sure there is an obvious, yet important, question on everyone's minds: Have aliens landed on Earth?
It's hard not to notice the presence of University Guides around Grounds. After all, they lead large groups of perspective students and exhausted parents through the University every day.
Let's say that, after almost getting run over by a speeding SUV, sitting through a smoldering class at Cabell Hall, and violently wrenching your shirt free from the back of a wooden desk, you are finally on your lunch break.
Undiestudies update The www.ebay.com posting by a supposed University first-year student auctioning her used panties for tuition closed last Friday at $31, after a total of 16 bids were placed.
Students are darn proud The Darden School announced its student award winners for the 1999 Samuel Forrest Hyde Memorial Fellowship, the William Michael Shermet Awards and the Class of 1987 G.
The weeks between the end of August and beginning of September have become almost a ritual for students and faculty: Students make their annual pilgrimage to the bookstore, Tom DeLuca hypnotizes large crowds in the Amphitheater and the McIntire Department of Art holds the Faculty Exhibition at the Fayerweather Gallery. The show, which opened Aug.
For many first-year students, the first few weeks of school are filled with the anticipation of getting settled into college life and nervousness about finding the right classes.
Every semester some University students take a break from their college routines and inhale the sights and sounds of cultures across the globe.
Picture it: July 31, 1999, Alltel Pavilion in Raleigh, N.C. The air is hot and sticky from a day's rain and it's the worst heat wave in years.
A phone call a day Been spending too much time on your computer reading e-mail and think you have carpal tunnel syndrome? "Health Calls," a new segment on news station NBC 29's Live at Five newscast, brings in doctors from the University Medical Center to answer basic medical questions on the air. Viewers can send in postcards with their specific questions and NBC 29 will contact experts at the Medical Center to come on the air. NBC 29 News Director Dave Cupp created the segment.
