Life

Life

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.

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Life

Indefinite article

By Dan Dooley | September 16, 2005

Check out these sweet U.Va. football cheer palindromes I came up with: Go Cavalier! Us? Sure, I lava-cog. Do, Groh!

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Judiciary Judgments

By Amber Davis | September 16, 2005

The death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist has catapulted nominee John Roberts into the Supreme Court spotlight as his potential successor.

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Life

Furniture for families

By Demetra Karamanos | September 15, 2005

As students continue to get situated in their new living areas, they still may be looking for furniture for their new place.

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Home is where the meth is

By Winnie Chao | September 15, 2005

Gooch or Gucci? Copeley or Coach? Brown or Balenciaga? Much like what you wear or what bag you carry, where you live is a key factor in how "cool" you are.

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"This is the best of all possible worlds"

By Hannah Woolf | September 15, 2005

First-few-week fervor hasn't fizzled out entirely. I'm still running into friends I haven't seen since last year, still doling out my standard "How was your summer?" with an earnest shot of enthusiasm.

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Boys: What not to wear, Part I

By Demetra Karamanos | September 15, 2005

It's that certain thing. That thing you can't stand. That thing that makes you shudder (or scream or laugh or hit someone) when you see it. There are certain things, certain articles of clothing in this case, that gross girls out. If they see a guy on the street wearing that article of clothing, it makes them turn around and walk the other way. Any potential the guy could have had to be cool/get a date/meet her cute friend is gone. The pet peeves of fashion are a tricky business, as they are intrinsically linked with personal preference.

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Life

Kanye battles outside the rapping arena

By Jessica Vanatta | September 14, 2005

In the midst of the numerous fundraising campaigns for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, most people taking part in the relief effort are focused purely on helping those in need.

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A whole new world

By Victoria Brayton | September 14, 2005

For many students, college represents a brand new start and a chance to break out of high school identities.At least that's what it represents to students who come to University without knowing anyone.But what if you came here with dozens of people from your high school or your hometown? First-year College student Ethan Carroll, from Arlington, Va., intentionally avoided the 21 other kids from his high school who also came to the University this fall.

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Social evils at U.Va.

By Daniel Young | September 14, 2005

"MARSHALL AND GOODWIN SPEAK ON SOCIAL EVIL" -- that's the headline of the Sept. 30, 1914 edition of College Topics, the former name of the newspaper you're reading right now.

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Life

Free Food Nation

By Marine Olivesi | September 14, 2005

What do you think French students find the most astonishing when arriving at the University? The beauty of the campus?

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THX, DU

By Eric Cunningham | September 14, 2005

The other day, I realized if I wrote my autobiography it wouldn't have an appendix -- because I don't have one. It would, however, contain many falsified stories with pirates, dinosaurs, ghosts and a small dog with whom I solve mysteries.

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Settling In C-ville

By Michelle Jamrisko | September 13, 2005

She would finally be leaving Charlottesville. Becky Trudel hadpacked all her things for her freshman year at Tulane University in New Orleans, excited to begin anew in a place far from home. "I was one of those Charlottesville kids who didn't want to go to U.Va.," Trudel said. But Trudel, now a temporary first year in the College, was one of many Tulane students forced to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina swept through the southern states.

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All grown up

By AJ Aronstein | September 13, 2005

The only thing missing is a shuffleboard court. Friday night I found myself sitting at a dinner table with nine friends, eating arroz con pollo and drinking wine. There were candles on the table.

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Worlds are colliding!

By Meghan Moran and Megan Fanale | September 13, 2005

Some say there is a "Seinfeld" reference to match every situation in our real lives. These people are right.

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20 Questions

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 13, 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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Shhhh ... I'm studying

By Erin Gaetz | September 12, 2005

Try as I might to change this fact, the sad truth is I absolutely cannot study in my room. I have no reasonable excuse for this, as my mother insisted on buying me a red (she would only buy it in red -- apparently, "honey" was too generic for her tastes) desk from Pottery Barn Kids that is roughly the size of Greenland in order to facilitate my studies.

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Losing your religion?

By Jessica Vanatta | September 12, 2005

It is common knowledge that college life is very different from high school life. There are new friends, new living arrangements and new freedoms and responsibilities.