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Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat

Halloween is this Tuesday, although it started yesterday for many here at the University. While first years are probably sick of hearing advice, and at this juncture figure they are finally well-adjusted members of the community, I must make one small comment to spare some embarrassment: This is not the Halloween you remember.


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A religious experience

By Defne Gunay Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Out of all the departments at the University, the religious studies department perhaps has the most definitive stamp of approval -- that of the U.S.


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Legally bound

At the University, if you fight the law, the law just might win -- in your favor. Ted Hogshire, who is currently a Charlottesville circuit court judge, served as the first attorney for Student Legal Services when it was started in 1972.


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House psychiatrist

Remember how in the Peanuts cartoons Lucy would set up that booth and Charlie Brown would come and ask advice about the little redheaded girl?


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Engineering endeavors

Eyebrows furrowed in confusion, shoulders shrugging, exasperated sighs -- often times, undergraduate students remain without an answer to the inescapable question, "So, what are you going to do after you graduate?" For William Walker, associate professor of biomedical engineering (BME) and electrical and computer engineering, the answer came before his fourth year as an undergraduate at Duke University. "Between my junior and senior years, I got a research fellowship to do work at Duke," Walker said.


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Wah-BOO-wah

Contrary to what you may think, you're not too old to be celebrating Halloween. That is, of course, unless you're a fourth year.


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Fall into the season

Halloween costume shopping If there is one inevitable it is that we grow older each day. However, there is one day of the year where aging seems to have no effect --- Halloween.


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Meet Thomas Jefferson

We talk about him all the time; we know him as "Mr. Jefferson," "TJ" or sometimes, "Tom." Yet, how much do we really know about the founder of our University? There are many generalizations that people associate with the third president of our nation, but they are exactly that -- generalizations. In order to truly get to know Thomas Jefferson, we should try to get to know him on a deeper, more personal level. So let's take a closer look at our founder in a form that displays who he really is -- a résumé. Thomas Jefferson Marital Status: Married to Martha Wayles Skelton.


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Polo: not just a brand

Fast-paced horses, swinging mallets and tailgates -- sounds like a polo match. The concept of polo is similar to other competitive sports: get the ball in the goal. But, trying to score atop a thousand-pound animal with a mallet only a little larger than the ball while other players and horses are trying to bump you out of the way complicates matters a bit.


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Can you spare some karma?

I am the first to admit that I am not the type of person you could accurately refer to as "intellectually curious." This is not to say that I am without interests.


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Critic schmitic

So I was rummaging in my fan-mail bag this morning, and I happened to stumble upon a rather derogatory letter by a student named "Dan." Now, this wasn't my first hate letter -- far from it.


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Artistic license

"Would you drink out of that?" fourth-year College student Meredith Powell asked a group of young children Friday afternoon. They responded with a resounding and definitive, "No!" Powell, an art history major, had just shown the children a picture of a work of art by surrealist Meret Oppenheim.


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Eaten by a tarp-covered Zamboni

We don't really know why we wanted to go to Disney on Ice. We just knew we wanted to attend. And the price was right, $12 for "100 Years of Magic." That's only, like, $0.12 per year of magic, for those of you who aren't good at identifying a bargain. The premise was a simple one: In just two hours, performers were going to present 100 years of Disney's best music and magic, and they were going to do it on ice.


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Clash of the titans

Alderman: Phew, am I glad that week is over. The work never ends! McCormick: Dude, I feel you.


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Artful expression through film

When wandering in the Newcomb Hall basement, one might notice films being shown in the theater. Quite often, these films are ones created by students who are a part of the University's Film Makers Society (FMS). For instance, a movie called "Roskosmos" premiered last weekend in Newcomb, which drew a crowd of about 100, fourth-year College student and Vice President of Production for FMS Steve Robillard said. There are about 60 active members in the society, but many more students are associated with FMS, working on projects at different times during the year, Robillard said. "We're really just trying to encourage student film in any shape or any form," Robillard said.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.