Melissa Schrettner

It’s that time of the year again, kids; time to find out where you’re living next year. House-hunting and lease-signing can be a real pain, plain and simple. From beginning to even think about looking for a place to live to the very moment you’re settling in, the entire process can often be a big hassle that no one really wants to deal with (or even has the time for). But, if you go to U.Va., it’s something that you inevitably have to face, and sooner than you probably expected.Read more...

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With the global economy wallowing in the drain, people and companies across the world have been tightening their coin purses and watching what they spend. However, one corporate giant in particular seems to be doing the exact opposite and is receiving a lot of media flak for it. After accepting billions of dollars worth of federal government bailout money, American International Group (AIG) took a large chunk of that money and handed it out to its employees—as bonuses.Read more...

When asked to describe themselves previously, Mahjongg only said, “We have computers and a bass and percussion. Lots of drums, lots of speakers, and there’s singing.” And that’s it. They recognize that the individual plays a large role in making the music, but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters to Mahjongg is the output. Luckily, The Dec managed to snag an interview with the band in which we delve a little bit deeper into their driving mechanisms and attempt to figure out just what their music says about them.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, is worth a lot of money. Like, a lot of money. $1.5 billion dollars worth of money, to be exact. He is young at twenty-four, a computer genius, and a Harvard dropout—essentially, he’s Bill Gates version 2.0, which is sort of fitting considering that, like Gates, Zuckerberg is wrapped up in all sorts of lawsuits and media frenzies.Read more...