November 4, 2009

Third Annual Sustainability and Renewable Energy Forum at Darden
Last week the Energy and Net Impact clubs hosted Darden’s Annual Sustainability and Renewable Energy Forum. In its third year at the school, the two-day event consisted of two keynotes speakers and two panel sessions from eight different organizations.

The event kicked off on Wednesday with the first panel of the Forum focusing on the role of sustainability in the “new economy” and featured representatives from GE, UPS, MeadWeastvaco and ClearCarbon Consulting. Panelists discussed a variet
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Alumni Memorial Dedication
October 16, 2009 Charlottesville, VA

The time that we spend at Darden is precious. It offers each of us challenging academics, the promise of new and perhaps more lucrative careers, and myriad social events and clubs. The most meaningful benefits are lifetime friendships and the network that we cherish after we exchange the rigors of the academic world for the rigors of the real world.

It is those friendships that the Class of 1994 celebrated today. Our friendships with Lindsay Perkins an
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Bizarity
Like lurid dreams involving your sister, Darden can be a pretty weird place sometimes. Beyond the manicured greens, crisp collars, and sterile learning environment (applies only to second year resources) lurks bizarity. Like the word I just wrote, the stories, people and events in this article may or may not be real.

Garage Balcony

My first question when I visited Darden was, “why does Darden have an inaccessible balcony on its rotunda-fashioned garage?” Perhaps the architect envisi
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Darden News in Brief - 11/04/09
20 year old Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington disappeared on Saturday, October 17th and was last seen alone at approximately 9:30 pm crossing the Copeley Bridge near the Ivy and Copeley intersection. Police say Harrington was wearing a black "Pantera" T-shirt, a black mini skirt, black tights and black knee-high boots. Lt. Rader encourages all students at Darden to review video and pictures from the event and to be observant for any clues discovered related to this incident based on th
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Darden Halloween 2009
madeline and kim garrett

Kim Garrett holds daughter Madeline dressed in a clever chicken costume.

ray dana david alex lamas

The Lamas clan is ready to take flight: From left, Ray, David, Alex, and Dana Lamas
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Section B Bird

I had a call with the section B bird recently. Needless to say, he’s a bit tired after his month-long stint with Section D, but he was kind enough to tell me how it all went down.

“It all started so innocently. There I was, enjoying a bit of Vodka with Dennis Alexander on a Thursday night. It was our typical routine. He would rub my feet, and I would listen to his pointless stories without complaining. Then it got weird. He started talking about how business “really goes down
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The Phils
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Left to right: Phil, Phil, Phil, and Phil

Q1: "What was your initial reaction when you discovered there were four Phils in Section C"?

Phil: "Phantastic".
Phil: "Phabulous".
Phil: "Phortuitous".
Phil: "Phreaken awesome"

Q2: “What are the chances Phil Pfeifer would face three other phils in a single DA section?”

Phil: slim
Phil: pretty low
Phil: Under certain assumption it is 1-BINOMDIST(2,42,p,true), were p is the probability a male born 26 years ago was named "Phil"
Phil: One o
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