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How to Write a Love Poem1
Jul 18, 2011
Though most Americans aren’t regular readers of poems, few have never written one. And chances are that when they did, their subject was love. Who can resist a summertime letter from a distant love, a young man wooing his beloved with honeyed lines or the spouse’s affirmations of lifelong devotion? Each love poem is written to achieve a goal—acquiring love, renewing it, begging for forgiveness for that Christmas party peccadillo—and the better the poem, the more likely its desired effect. After all, July is the honeymoon month after the many June weddings; we can all make that feeling last.But how…
The Most Amazing Instrument You’ve Never Heard Of9
Jun 13, 2011
When Greg Howard was a third-year student at U.Va., he decided he was ready for a new musical challenge.He’d played saxophone, clarinet, piano, organ—even volunteered to carry a sousaphone in his high school marching band in Northern Virginia. “They’d say, ‘We need somebody to play bells in this tune.’ Nobody could do it, so I said, ‘I’ll do it,’” Howard (Col ’86) recalls.So he went into a D.C.-area music store thinking he’d invest in a new keyboard, one with the latest high-tech gear. Instead, he tried a little-known instrument called the Chapman Stick—and fell instantly in love.
WTJU a ‘Driving Force’0
May 12, 2011
“In the rest of the country, if you ask people three things about the University of Virginia, they’ll say sports teams, Thomas Jefferson and WTJU,” Rolling Stone writer and former WTJU disc jockey Rob Sheffield (Grad ’91) said in an interview last summer with C-Ville Weekly. WTJU, U.Va.’s freeform, volunteer-run radio station, is special to many. For WTJU’s rock programs, DJs design two hours’ worth of music, plucked from playlists on their computers or from WTJU’s massive record collection.“A lot of people in Charlottesville don’t realize what a unique thing WTJU is. There are really not many stations in the…
Music Roundtable0
May 11, 2011
What was the music scene like in the ’60s and ’70s? How has it evolved over the years? Join five U.Va. alumni from top bands—Skip Castro, SGGL, Indecision, the Deal and Johnny Sportcoat and the Casuals—as they discuss good times and great music in Charlottesville.
Who Are We Becoming?1
Apr 18, 2011
Demographers at the Center for Public Service study America's changing population.
At the Ends of the Earth2
Apr 17, 2011
High school teacher Katey Shirey (Col '04, Grad '07) travels to Antarctica to study the fabric of the universe.
HIGHLIGHTS
Life Lessons on the Green
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen
175 Years of Engineering
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.
Look Book
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.
Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form
The Simple Things Said It All
On being in the first class of women.
Costly Cartoons?
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children
In the Age of Slavery
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell-ringer Henry Martin
14 Reasons to Love Charlottesville in Winter
Stacked Up
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.
Fighting Fire at the University
In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.
Scientific Six Pack
Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics U.Va. researchers are exploring.
A Funeral Procession for the Marquis
An alumna explores La Fayette’s connection to the University
