23: the margin by which Virginia men's soccer outshot\nLiberty in Wednesday night's game, a 1-1 tie
23: the number of major polls since July 15 Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell has led compared to Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds
2: additional hours Clark Library agreed to be open each night during the final exam period, thanks to the efforts of Student Council's Student Life Committee
19: Charlottesville's rank on Money Magazine's list of top small metropolitan areas to start a small business
1: number of zombie emergency preparedness plans released by the University of Florida this semester (before being removed from the Web site earlier this month)
2: number of times first-year student Joe Riley has played the role of hero in the past few weeks, coming to the assistance of one College Inn patron who was choking and another girl who had fainted during a class
536: the total number of yards on offense that Virginia football unleashed on Indiana during last Saturday's game - its highest tally since the 2004 season - despite entering the game ranked 117th out of 120 Division-1 teams in total offense
298: pints of blood collected Tuesday for the Inter-Fraternity Council's Crimson War blood drive, the highest single-day total in the event's six year history
200: the would-be age of one of the University's most famous students, Edgar Allan Poe, had he not died exactly 160 years ago last Wednesday
0: number of turnovers Virginia football has committed in its last two games
7: number of turnovers Virginia football committed in its week one outing against William & Mary
50: the number of people who have opted for early absentee voting at the Charlottesville General Registrar's Office as of earlier this week
50: percent reduction in tuition that an in-state student would receive at any Virginia public college under Deeds' Virginia Forward Scholarship proposal, provided that the student agrees to fulfill two years of public service after graduation
60: number of miles traversed by the balloon that Colorado authorities believed was carrying Falcon Heene, a 6-year-old boy who went missing yesterday; he was later discovered hiding in a box in his family's attic
1: the number of Cavalier Daily Executive Editors under quarantine this week after being diagnosed with H1N1 influenza
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