Life

Life

Aging hipsters storm C'ville, Coldplay makes me cry

By AJ Aronstein | October 11, 2005

Yeah, that's right: real hippies." The drunken gentleman behindme and my friend Rachel wore a tie-dyed shirt that said "Stoned at the Stones" on it. He probably has a wife named Sally, two kids, a cocker spaniel and takes medication for minor hypertension. But he was here last week to rock out with Mick. One day, I thought to myself, I will be that man too. The last two weeks reaffirmed why I listen to music, go to concerts and specifically, why I wish I could move my hips the way 62-year-old Mick Jagger does. I saw Coldplay at Nissan Pavilion a few weeks ago, for the closing show of their American tour. "It was life-changing," I said to my friend Nick a few days later. His response is unprintable in a respectable college daily newspaper. Laugh it up, I can take your worst shots. I love Coldplay. I can't help it.

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Fasting in faith

By Saman Hussain | October 11, 2005

Oh no you're fasting! I'm so sorry," is a common remark that greets me upon initial encounters with my well-wishing non-Muslim friends as the month of Ramadan begins.

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20 questions

By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 11, 2005

Each week, The Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them.

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After me

By Dan Strong | October 10, 2005

How many times has this happened to you? You're walking to class, taking your time, with no particular reason to rush.

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Last chance to see The Rolling Bones?

By Molly Seltzer | October 10, 2005

I've been to a lot of concerts in my time. I've seen big bands, little bands, good bands, bad bands, rubber bands -- you name it, I've had that experience. And while it wasn't the most fantastic show I've ever witnessed, The Rolling Stones concert is something I won't forget for a long time. It all began with a press pass.

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Rolling with The Stones

By Marisa Roman | October 10, 2005

Your parents boasted about seeing The Rolling Stones when they were strapping British rebels complete with skulls and rattlesnakes.

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Still fratastic?

By Erin Gaetz | October 10, 2005

There was a time in the not-so-distant past (read: five days ago) when my weekend wish list consisted of nothing more than logging some quality hours at an ultra-fratastic gathering on Rugby Road or surrounding areas.

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Fear and loathing with Las LSATs?

By Emily Goldstein | October 7, 2005

Last Friday found many students travel-ing around Virginia for a reason unrelated to Monday's reading holiday.

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Security on the Frat Front

By Susan Anspach | October 7, 2005

I n light of the recent attack on Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra-ternity, the University's Greek students are guarded,perhaps more now than ever before, against outside dangers penetrating the fraternity and sorority environments.

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Don't fear the reaper

By Connor Sullivan | October 7, 2005

I love this time of year. As someone who has happily spent his whole life luxuriating in the weather patterns north of the Mason-Dixon Line, I find it somehow deeply disturbing when we enjoy such exhaustingly fine weather for so long.

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Major for Mario?

By Amber Davis | October 7, 2005

Can't decide on a major that interests you? Like video games? Finally, for loyal gamers, the solution is here to solve both questions -

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Surly streakers

By Bayless Parsley | October 6, 2005

Are people genetically predisposed to blow me off, or has humanity at large been colluding in a worldwide Bayless-snub as of late? For starters, Rebecca still hasn't responded to my wtf@virginia.edu story, a full two weeks later.

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Strawberry Saturdays overseas

By Marcus Burke | October 6, 2005

It was late June 2004 during the Summer Language Institute for Spanish. The past preterit had barely been taught and after two weeks of seven-and-a-half-hour class periods, my most complex sentence was, "Me gusta beber el vino"

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Give me a break

By Vinu Ilakkuvan | October 6, 2005

From iPods to IMing, from Nintendo to night-time jogs -- within every pastime is hidden the potential for ... a study break.

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Meat your new roommate!

By Lindsay McCook | October 6, 2005

We're halfway through first semester now, and the first years are starting to settle in to the rhythm of college life.

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Rolling across generations

By Jessica Vanatta | October 5, 2005

Usually when the University student population is counting down the days until the end of the week, it is for the end of exams, an upcoming break or just the beginning of weekend fun.

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Arabian nights (and days)

By Maya Ujie | October 5, 2005

"Oh Lord! She's gonna come back a terrorist!" Sadly enough, that was the No. 1 response I got from people in my hometown last spring when I told them I would be spending my summer in the Middle East.

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Big Orange Couch

By Eric Cunningham | October 5, 2005

Well, Fall Break is over, everyone's back from their hometowns and we never have to be reminded of how awkward we were in high school again -- until we go back for Thanksgiving. Last Wednesday the University announced three student nominees for the Rhodes Scholarship program in an effort to allow these students to continue research projects in a post-graduate setting.

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Celebrity for service

By Michelle Jamrisko | September 29, 2005

If somebody falls out of a tree and breaks their arm or falls off their horse and breaks their back or gets pinned under a trac-torin the middle of a pond, you can rest assured -- you call the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, they'll arrive with state-of-the-art equipment.

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Behind enemy lines

By Teresa Wood | September 29, 2005

How many Virginia Tech students does it take to change a light bulb? Three: One to change the bulb, and two to discuss how they did it as well as a U.Va.