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Springing in a new wardrobe

Sophomore Amanda Chilli adds a great look to her overall outfit with a pair of cuffed jean shorts. (Rosa Lee Harkrader/The Captain's Log)

Flowers are emerging, beach sessions are commencing and jackets are being shed because spring is finally here! I bet you’re thinking about how you can’t wait to get your hands on all the new spring items. Here are the biggest trends that are up and coming this season, along with affordable stores where you can [...]

April 4th, 2012 | Posted in Featured,Lifestyle | Read More »

Profiled for employment?

Regardless of privacy settings on one's Facebook profile, employers can screen applicants' pages before making a hiring decision. (Rosa Lee Harkrader/The Captain's Log)

When looking for a job, going online and updating their Facebook page is not high on college students’ to-do lists. However, a study by Northern Illinois University, University of Evansville and Auburn University, reported by the Wall Street Journal, warned students to be cautious of what they post online, because an estimated 50 to sometimes [...]

March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Lifestyle | Read More »

Between the sheets: The Wingman

Regardless of whether you’re male or female, you can always use a good wingman (or wingwoman). A little extra support is always helpful when approaching new people in social settings, and can definitely be helpful if you’re trying to get lucky in the sack. Before even leaving to go out, establish who will be playing [...]

March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Lifestyle | Read More »

App draws users to new game

Draw Something, the new hype in mobile applications, allows players to compete against friends in a pictionary-type game. (Rosa Lee Harkrader/The Captain's Log)

Looking around campus you can always find a handful of people, phone in hand, completely fixated on the screen.  It is assumed that they are texting; however if you get a glance at their screen chances are you will not be seeing any juicy texts. Instead, you will see their fingers gliding across the screen [...]

March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Lifestyle | Read More »

Read between the ‘stache

Junior Gregory Coots sports facial hair. (Rosa Lee Harkrader/The Captain's Log)

                                  What do James Bond, Superman and Jacob Black all have in common (other than being in the daydreams of most women, of course)? They all have wonderful relationships with their razors! Researchers from Canada and New Zealand have [...]

March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Featured,Lifestyle | Read More »

Shopping for a cause

Shopping is a favorite pastime for many Americans and has been for decades. Stores are even more accessible today with the advent of the internet, where all it takes is a click of the mouse and a credit card to buy that new pair of shoes. For some sites, a portion of the money spent [...]

March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Lifestyle | Read More »

Chocoholic dream

The Twisted Sisters Cupcakes truck passed out samples of their red velvet cupcakes. (Brittany Marks/The Captain's Log)

Hundreds of chocolate lovers around the Hampton Roads area piled into to the Art of Chocolate Festival on Saturday to indulge their taste buds for a day of chocolate sampling, sales, entertainment, chocolate wine tasting and chocolate demonstrations. Every kind of chocolate imaginable was at the event, varying from chocolate truffles, chocolate cupcakes, chocolate popcorn, [...]

March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Featured,Lifestyle | Read More »

New diet monitors food alkalinity, acidity

by Adrian Howard and Brittany Marks A new Hollywood food trend is sweeping the nation: the alkaline diet, a diet that supposedly alters the body’s chemical composition by maintaining the alkaline-acid ratio. By eating more alkaline rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables, to optimize one’s energy levels, people have reported feeling younger and healthier. [...]

March 21st, 2012 | Posted in Lifestyle | Read More »

Academically in love

Professors James Cornette and Jennifer Cornette both work in the English department; they were married in 1998. (Rosa Lee Harkrader/The Captain's Log)

Meet the couples: Dr. Scott Pollard and Dr. Kara Keeling, Professors of English Pollard and Keeling first met in the early 1990s in a hotel room. “That’s the line we always give them,” Keeling said with a smile. Pollard was on a search committee for a children’s literature specialist, when he first saw Keeling. The [...]

March 21st, 2012 | Posted in Featured,Lifestyle | Read More »

At your service

Most people go out to eat, whether just for fun, to celebrate something, discuss important business matters, or spend a romantic evening with someone they love. Waiters are probably some of the people we encounter the most in our lives. But there is a lot more going on behind the scenes for a waiter than [...]

March 21st, 2012 | Posted in Lifestyle | Read More »

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