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The orange effect

While some Virginia football team supporters were stocking their coolers or looking for their pearls Friday night, others were gathered at the Downtown Mall for Paint the Town Orange,? an event that gave Virginia football fans a chance to celebrate the kickoff of the home football season. Paint the Town Orange offered something for every Cavaliers fan.


Life

The Intern Wears Zara

While spending my semester abroad in Valencia, Spain, I found that the University became my golden haven, representing all that is good and pure in the world.


Life

Traversing Rocky Grounds

Every incoming class admitted to the University is declared more diverse than the last, but some forget diversity describes more than race or gender alone.


Life

Why study wine?

In 2004, the movie "Sideways" was released, receiving critical acclaim, box office success and, eventually, five Oscar nominations.


Life

Spice at your own risk

It's a downtown mainstay, and even if you don't remember having seen it before, trust me, you have. It's Downtown Thai, Charlottesville's best-known Thai restaurant, located on Water Street.


Life

Summer drinks

Although Labor Day is often pegged as the official end of summer, the characteristic mugginess continues long enough to still merit trips to the pool and dinnertime grilling well into September.


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Recipes

Microwave Scrambled Eggs Makes: One scrambled egg No equipment needed Ingredients: 1 egg 1 tablespoon milk or water In a coffee cup, scramble together egg with milk or water. Cook in microwave for 45 seconds. Smoothies Makes: Two cups You will need: Blender Ingredients: ½ cup low-fat plain yogurt ½ cup low-fat milk ½ cup fresh, frozen, or canned fruit Sugar to taste (optional) ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional) Blend all ingredients until there are no large chunks. Blender Cleaning Tip: Immediately after making your smoothie, fill the blender with water and a few drops of dish soap.


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The marching band refused to yield

A week before his classmates would make their first awkward acquaintances on Grounds, first-year College student Blair Burnett had already eaten, slept and commiserated with dozens of new friends and performed half-naked on stage to raucous applause. The Cavalier Marching Band held its annual band camp for a week last month in Charlottesville, spending seven sweltering hours a day mastering the complicated choreography and familiar songs that thrill the Sea of Orange every football season. More than 220 band members trekked to the turf of Carr's Field every morning, drill books in hand and drill position number memorized.


Life

The big two-one

My life changed dramatically after I turned 21 last week. Having never tasted alcohol before I became legal, my first few sips hit me like a ton of bricks.


Life

'Hoos pregnant?

I casually walk into Student Health and approach the receptionist. Me: Hi, ma'am! I'm here to see a qualified medical practitioner regarding my damaged anterior cruciate ligament.


Life

Putting the dumb in dumbbells

Besides McDonalds, there are more gyms than any other building in the world. This is because old people are always building gyms so as to have quiet and accepting places in which they can walk around naked.


Life

Northern exposure

One thing I love about this University is that we are an adventurous bunch of Wahoos. Many of our peers have just returned home jet-lagged but smiling after studing abroad or just plain exporing in Europe, Asia or South America.


Life

From book book reports to TPS reports

As a prospective English major, I'm not sure what I want to do after graduation. Sometimes I think about becoming a journalist, traveling around the globe following leads and interviewing interesting people.


Life

High school versus college

As a new school year begins, it's easy for upperclassmen at the University to pick on incoming first-year students for their bright-eyed optimism, ability to get lost regardless of where they are or where they're going and, most importantly, their ever-so-obvious desperation to make friends.


Life

Earn your wings

Air travel has revolutionized the world as we know it. It has connected far-flung regions of the globe and made crossing vast distances a much quicker process.


Life

A sigh of relief?

Police forces from the University, City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and Waynesboro had reason to celebrate August 13.

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