WHILE some are valedictorians, class presidents, star soccer players and honor students; for tens of thousands of high school students who are undocumented immigrants, the future of their education ends in 12th grade. In a case brought against several Virginia colleges and universities by the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, a U.S.
HECTIC: a word many people would use to describe the process of signing up for classes at the University.
IT SEEMS that, for Virginia at least, it's time to amend the old adage about death and taxes. The only things certain anymore, it would appear, are taxes and virulent opposition to taxes. In time for last month's primary, Americans for Tax Reform, a special interest group that advocates a flat tax, bought out advertising space in subways and newspaper to post their "Virginia's Least Wanted" list of the names and pictures of the 19 Republican delegates and 15 Republican senators in the statehouse who voted with the governor on desperately needed revenue increases this year.
While there are many excellent attributes to the University itself, the most important thing I have learned in my two years at the University has implications that reach beyond the college experience.
I PROBABLY should not have to tell anyone that things are usally more complicated than they at first seem, but that is a lesson students should learn during their first year the University of Virginia.
WRITING an advice column almost never comes easily. Avoiding clichés can become an impossible task.
COMING to the University as a law student, my first experience with the University was being racially profiled.
THE UNIVERSITY has a wide variety of interesting and, to be honest, often confusing or seemingly random traditions and terms.
DESIGNING your dream schedule is easy. The University offers hundreds of challenging, fascinating courses on all of the subjects you could ever want to study.
FREE FOOD. Many students equate these two words with class councils. While we take pride in competing with Dining Services for the stomachs of University students, the mission of class councils does not actually revolve around pizza and barbecue.
ALTHOUGH Thomas Jefferson referred to himself as "the Father of the University of Virginia," his only official title was first rector of the Board of Visitors.
THE HONOR system at the University of Virginia is more than just a piece of University history. Founded in 1842, the system was created as a means for students to enforce a set of standards by which the community committed to abide.
LIVING on-Grounds in one of the University's many residential facilities is an exciting way for students to immerse themselves in the University community, to meet new people and to continue learning beyond the doors of New Cabell, Small or Campbell Hall.
WHEN SETTLING in to your new home at the University of Virginia, much of what surrounds you will likely be overwhelming.
MANY OF you who have returned from weekend-long Summer Orientations probably learned the basics of how to navigate from Old Dorms to Alderman and register for classes.
THIRTY-FOUR years ago next month, my parents and I packed the family station wagon (minivans hadn't been invented yet) and headed down I-95 to college.
On the next pages you are going to be bombarded with advice and wisdom from some of the best and brightest at this University.
Recent high school graduates often find themselves bathing in America's great septic tank of advice, but rarely is someone there to answer the truly important questions about starting college -- like "how is all of this getting into the car?" There are two solutions to this problem: either you bring less stuff or more cars.
DURING 4 am study sessions, when words in the textbook begin to melt into the page and the only sound penetrating the silence of the library are panicked keyboard strikes and the snores coming from the adjacent study station, no student could be blamed for wanting an extra boost of energy.
AS AN incoming first-year student, you are being inundated with a tremendous amount of information intended to help you to become acclimated to the special community you are about to join.
