CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 25 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release:
Sunny skies and mild temperatures marked the first day of classes at the University of Virginia on Tuesday. Grounds buzzed with new-school-year excitement.
"I was studying abroad in the spring, so it's been a really long time since I've been in the same classroom as my friends. I'm really looking forward to that," said Emma Hartman, a fourth-year student and Lawn resident.
Before her first class of the day, on 17th-century women's writing in Spanish, Hartman enjoyed Bodo's Bagels with her fellow Lawnies.
Best friends Sayonee Patel and Sheree Saad were the first students in line for University Communications' first-day-of-classes photo booth. T...