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The University Party swept to a complete victory at the polls yesterday, winning every contest in which it had a candidate, bowling over the rival Students' Party with the smooth precision of a jet fighter.


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Mr. Chuck T. Diesel

Did you know that the chief export of Chuck Norris is pain? Or that outer space exists only because it's afraid to be on the same planet as Chuck Norris?


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Bald is beautiful

As spring draws closer, people become inspired by a heightened sense of excitement and anticipation, yet there are some who aren't able to experience that joy.


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Five insights for the romantically confused

There are many difficult aspects to Virginia life: Parking, for one, is miserably minimal, the traffic makes you want to reconsider higher education and lines outside of bars on weekend nights make me want to scream because I am actually allowed to be inside and yet, I'm the one waiting. Another tricky part of being a Wahoo is that moment when you have gone on a few dates or hung out with a person you are romantically interested in and have no idea whether or not you have a boy/girlfriend.


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Still Surfing

Since the World Wide Web was introduced over a decade ago, the Internet has become a fixture of daily life. "It's something we've all gotten used to at home, like cable TV," Haw said.


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Project Greek

Philanthropy has brought together members from all different sects of the culturally and racially diverse Greek community. After months of planning and fundraising, the Inter-Greek Habitat for Humanity House began construction on Saturday.


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The Spring Break Effect

Here at my research facility, also known as "Club Clemons" to lay people, I've been doing some background research on the effects of Spring Break on the student psyche. Boy, are the effects awesome. In one week, many of you, my faithful readers, will be lounging, drinking, clubbing and building houses. Wait, what? Ah yes, those of you with a conscience will be doing wonderful things for the good of humanity.


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DHL = Damn Hot Legs

As the Cav Daily reported on Monday, the Semester at Sea program has recently met with skepticism from some faculty members concerned about the program's educational integrity.


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Perplexed Election

With the polls opening today for Student Council, Honor and University Judiciary Committee elections as well as a variety of referenda, the University finds itself caught up in election fever -- or not. Second-year College student Abi Hymes said although she is aware of the elections, she is not sure how she intends to vote. "I know that elections are happening because of Facebook invitations to join groups and the Cav Daily," Hymes said.


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Couch me if you can

On its debut excursion last week, the Couchcar received enthusiastic cheers mixed with confused stares from the University community. With "Couch me if you can" spray-painted on its back, and a #1 racing number displayed on its side, the combination of a love seat-style couch and a big kid's tricycle makes the Couchcar an unusual sight. "It was just a random idea that occurred to me one night," fourth-year College student Dave Lee said. Lee said the tricycle was found in the dumpster and the love seat was household furniture. After stripping the plastic seat off the tricycle, Lee constructed a frame out of scrap wood to attach the love seat.


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Monticello

On Tuesday I spent the afternoon visiting the hallowed grounds of Monticello with my parents. The sky was blue and stripped of any ominous clouds that might hamper our endeavor.


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Why I love buttons

After spending the past week or so "studying" (read: watching the Olympics), I've "decided" (read: been forced to because of poor grades) to become a televised amateur ice skating competition commentator. The Olympics has shown me that, in order to be a successful commentator for NBC, I just need a hilariously funny name.


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Lazy Wednesday

This week I learned Subway has officially disbanded the Sub Club. First of all, why was this not more widely publicized?


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Women in the White House

"Do you, Madame President, solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States?" That's what Marie Wilson, founder and president of the White House Project, hopes to hear in 2008.


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All good things...

After nearly a year of writing the historical column for The Cavalier Daily, I've decided to set aside the quill pen and inkwell and move on to greener pastures.


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Foiled again

Last Thursday, President Bush revealed a terrorist plot of 2001 to pilot a hijacked plane into the Library Tower in Los Angeles, the tallest building on the West Coast.


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Crystal clear

While many students complain about the prospect of enduring hours inside a laboratory, the work done by University researcher Dr. Wladek Minor, a professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, has caught the attention of fellow scientists around the world.

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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.