The Cavalier Daily
Serving the University Community Since 1890

Liz Bird


Pure as the untouched snow

You may have heard about something called a purity test. These online tests are lists of questions that when answered will help determine how "pure" you are.

Singing the blues

College campuses are filled with people having sex. The young, willing, able and drunk have found themselves thrown together for a glorious four years and intend to take full advantage of it.

Orally speaking

Trench mouth is an infection of the gums caused by excess bacteria. It got its name because it was common in soldiers living in the trenches of World War I.

VQR wins national awards

In the past three years, the Virginia Quarterly Review has grown from an unknown publication to a prestigious award winning literary magazine. Recently VQR was nominated for six National Magazine Awards, or "Ellies" as they are nicknamed.

Anti-antibiotics?

Yesterday, I realized that we have less than two weeks left in the semester. While Springfest, class registration and the increase in the warm weather should have tipped me off to the fast approach of finals I remained happily in the dark until I woke up with a sore throat and a headache to match.

The battle of the bulge

The shape of America is changing quite literally.Since the 1960's the number of peoplesuffering from eating disorders has doubled and obesity has become a full blow epidemic.

Half Baked?

If someone said a certain very fashionable pairof jeans caused cancer and increased agingand that over 28 million Americans knew of these dangers and were still wearing these jeans on a regular basis, what would you think? Fortunately, no medical research has ever linked any pair of jeans to these harmful health side effects.

The barefooted truth

I went to the Dominican Republic for Spring Break. Before we left, a doctor warned us that if we didn't wear shoes, small parasites would burrow through our feet.

More articles »

Puzzles
Hoos Spelling
Latest Video