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Homecoming, after leaving home

By Jessica Vanatta | September 26, 2005

Homecoming: It is the time of the year when everyone gets excited about their school, participates in fun competitions designed to bring classmates together and form school spirit and looks forward to the second-best dance of the school year (compared to prom). There is discussion and debate concerning who will be crowned "King and Queen," which class will win the float and hallway decorating contests and whether the football team wins the big game.

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Two sides to every protest

By Chandni Challa | September 23, 2005

A calm wind cast itself over the afternoon sky as beams of golden sunlight glistened through the trees.

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Toward a cure

By Victoria Brayton | September 23, 2005

"I had lymphoma when I was 12," second-year College student Kim MacDonald said. At such a young age, MacDonald was forced to endure chemotherapy and surgery to combat her cancer.

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My grill won't talk to me

By Connor Sullivan | September 23, 2005

So, being a second year is unique in several fundamental ways. It isn't just a distinction of degree, either.

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Slump for the pump

By Amber Davis | September 23, 2005

As oil prices rise around the nation, Ford, General Motors and other national automobile companies are exploring ways to combat rising prices by increasing their production of a new type of car: the hybrid.

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wtf@virginia.edu

By Bayless Parsley | September 22, 2005

From: rbp4t@virginia.edu To: wtf@virginia.edu Cc: rmb3d@virginia.edu Subject: the algorithm = algo estupido Dear everyone at this school, I feel lied to.

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Raising the dead

By Lindsay McCook | September 22, 2005

In the spirit of livin' it up as a fourth year, I've decided to reinstate some long-gone U.Va. traditions.

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Soundtrack to your life

By Mary Ashton Burgh | September 22, 2005

Playlists are part of the iPod revolution that has taken over Grounds. Everyone is in his or her own world; students have become zombies with earphones.

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A dose of reality

By Jessica Vanatta | September 21, 2005

Many students at the University admit to guilty pleasures. Some may confess to their secret crush on Justin Timberlake, their love for statistical analysis or their habit of AIM stalking everyone they have ever talked to online. One of the most common subjects one can hear a student discussing is his or her obsession with a certain reality show.

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More like

By Eric Cunningham | September 21, 2005

Dear Admissions Office,I hope it's not too late, but I'd like to think I've made your job a lot easier.

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States of mind

By Sunita Perumpral | September 21, 2005

Geography can be a pretty dry subject in a classroom. But it seems geography is actually more important in social interactions than one would think, as many University students have found. A geographical tour of the United States reveals that students deal with a variety of stereotypes.

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"Forgive and forget" is just an alliteration

By Callan Blount | September 20, 2005

I have seen plenty of relationshipfights in my 21 years of life. Two people get in a fight and hold out on the "I'm sorry" until both have sufficiently complained about one another, as loudly as they can and with as many text messages as necessary (if the two are separated). Personally, I think it's a healthy thing to open up every once in a while. So, when most couples have it out, the guilty party apologizes and the world keeps spinning.

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A-blook-a-blook

By Eric Ast | September 20, 2005

Dear Cranberry Farms, Just because you put a layer of white-meat turkey on top of your platters, do not think you are fooling anybody.

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Coming to the AID of democracy

By AJ Aronstein | September 20, 2005

This summit has been an incredible failure," said Peru's U.N. representative Tina Vargas. She was speaking viavideo conference to students around the nation, including approximately 40 University students in Zehmer Hall Friday. The conference, organized by Americans for Informed Democracy (AID), gave students the opportunity to speak directly with leaders at the U.N.

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20 Questions

By AJ Aronstein | September 20, 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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Professor Profile: Creating 'that which never was'

By Vinu Ilakkuvan | September 19, 2005

The skinny nerd with glasses and a pocket protector -- that is exactly the picture that pops into many people's minds when they think of an engineer.

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Choose your fate

By Josh Cincinnati | September 19, 2005

After going through an inordinate amount of reading this weekend, I have finally figured out what makes my assignments so utterly boring.

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Playing the hand you're dealt

By Teresa Wood | September 19, 2005

Not many people can lose $10,000 in one day and just move on. But then again, most people don't win $360,000 in one day, either. Former University student Eric Froehlich recently became the youngest player to win a bracelet in the World Series of Poker and has grown accustomed to the world of high-stakes poker. But less than a year ago, Froehlich was still a student at the University.

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I have so much work right now

By Clare Ondrey | September 19, 2005

I have so much work right now I shouldn't even be writing this column. You have so much work right now you shouldn't even be reading it.

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Wahoos on the waves

By Lindsey Wagner | September 16, 2005

Every day, Charlottesville hears R&B and classic soul on "92.7 KISS FM, WUVA, Charlottesville's Ten In A Row Station." Behind the scenes, University students produce the shows, write the news stories and cover sports in the area.