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Worth the Weight?

By Cliff Roberts | November 24, 2003

Bigger isn't always better, according to second-year College student Steve Crenshaw. Although the Aquatics & Fitness Center is the largest gym on Grounds, Crenshaw -- along with many other fellow University students -- feels there are plenty of reasons to use the University's three other facilities. "The AFC does seem to have the most equipment, but it's usually too crowded for me, so I usually just end up going to the Memorial Gym," Crenshaw said. Second-year Engineering student Brian Cunningham agreed with Crenshaw that sometimes the crowds can be a deterrent for attending the AFC.

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Cavalier Daily Crossword

By J.J. Feminella | November 24, 2003

ACROSS 1. Police sting 5. Arrow complements 9. Sunkist and Sprite 14. Hater's prefix 15.

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Sound Bytes

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 21, 2003

I'd like to remind everyone to drink up on Saturday for the first round of the fourth-year fifth.

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Great atmosphere, okay food: South Street doesn't live up to its first impression

By Allison Correll and Daniel Stern | November 21, 2003

For this week's review we were searching for a place that students could escape to during the stress and chaos of finals that is rapidly approaching.

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Documenting a Miracle

By Elizabeth Chan | November 21, 2003

He definitely stood out -- the only one at the Donna Klein Jewish Academy with an Afro. Lamont Carr, former power forward for the University's 1976 basketball team, the only University team to win an ACC tournament championship, was employed as head basketball coach at Donna Klein in Boca Raton, Fla.

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Shopping for a cause

By Jennifer McDaniel | November 21, 2003

Have you ever wished you could avoid the constant tangle of shoppers that pack the malls during the holiday season?

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Distracting you during class, one Thursday at a time

By Andrew Smith | November 20, 2003

To get the ball rolling this week, we start with an e-mail from one of our beloved readers, which continues last week's restroom theme: "Public bathroom etiquette such as the newspaper shuffle or the cough to allow newly arriving public bathroomers to become aware there are other bathroomers in the vicinity is key.

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Season of Love: Value beyond Excitement

By Callan Blount | November 20, 2003

It was one of those days where I didn't get enough sleep; I, in all my inexperienced, Texas stupidity, was underdressed for the fall weather, hadn't eaten since breakfast and after four straight hours of class was on my way to my 6 o'clock discussion.

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Smoke-Free Zone

By Neela Pal | November 20, 2003

Twenty-four hours in a day -- and an infinite number of ways to fill them. Today, the Peer Health Educators, along with the Center for Alcohol and Substance Education and F.O.R.C.E., are giving student smokers desiring to quit one purpose to their day: 24 hours of abstinence. The Great American Smoke-Out, which will take place from 12 to 4 p.m.

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What goes around comes around

By Tricia Carlisle | November 20, 2003

As the 2003 fall semester comes to a close, many fourth years anxiously are contemplating life after graduation and the dreaded job search that may lie ahead.

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Wa-hoo - Wasted

By Katie Sullivan | November 19, 2003

As the end of the semester approaches, fourth years celebrate -- and mourn -- many "lasts" for their college careers.

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Front line

By Patricia Cooper | November 19, 2003

Todd Billet shoots a three pointer at the buzzer to win the game for Virginia. There are a few claps and shouts among the sea of mostly empty bleachers.

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Escape from University bubble: The beauty of 'mini-vacations'

By Megan Peloquin | November 19, 2003

We sat back to survey the carnage of our gluttonous, yet oh-so-delectable, feast: Salads composed of lettuces other than Bodo's romaine; authentic Neapolitan wood-fired pizzas with toppings like goat cheese and imported olives; almond cake, baked pears and cannoli (yes, we ordered everything on the dessert menu). My stomach churned at the thought of what I would be doing if I was in Charlottesville at that moment -- a Saturday night 'Progressive,' consuming mystery liquids from those little paper cups they use at the dentist

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Culebra: 100 percent carefree

By Jason Motlaugh | November 19, 2003

After a midnight bus ride with Chinese workers to New York, a flight to San Juan that we should have missed, an hour-long van drive to the port of Fajardo and a ferry connection that seemed to move vertically more than horizontally, a white van pulled up to the Dewey pier with italicized cherry letters that read "Playa Flamenco." We had come to Culebra to confirm a rumor: That 17 miles off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico lies an island virtually unknown, alleged to shelter the best stretch of sun-kissed bliss this hemisphere has to hide.

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Dave Kittlesen - Biology Department

By Jennifer McDaniel | November 18, 2003

BIOL 121: Human Biology and Disease BIOL 201: Introduction to Biology Q: What brought you to U.Va., and how long have you been teaching here? A: I came here in 1991.

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Bad Hair Day

By Lauren Akselrod | November 18, 2003

As the winds get stronger and the air gets colder, Thanksgiving is just around the corner. The University bustles with activity and many students are anxious for a much-needed break.

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Beating the odds

By Elizabeth Katz | November 18, 2003

Doctors gave David Bailey six months to live after diagnosing him with a malignant brain tumor. After that July 4, 1996 diagnosis, Bailey left his corporate career to return to singing and performing as he had done earlier in his life, according to his Web site.

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Higher Education

By Brett Meeks | November 18, 2003

First week, first year of college, first discussion section. A simple religion class repeating the basic theological concepts I had been learning continually since birth, but this particular discussion would leave me with a new question I had not yet considered. Many of you may be familiar with the initial meeting of discussions that our beloved University has deemed as "let's-meet-the-other-kids-in-your-class time." My section opted for the traditional truth and lies game, where each student writes down a couple of facts and a couple of falsehoods about themselves and the rest of the class gets to guess what's true and what's not.

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Teachers' Pets

By Meghan Moran | November 17, 2003

The fact that professors wield the pens that will soon ink final grades isn't the only reason students might be seen sweet-talking their teachers for the next few days; This week is also American Education Week. The celebration was begun by The National Education Association and applies to grade schools, high schools and institutions of higher education nationwide.

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Global Scale

By Defne Gunay | November 17, 2003

If you thought that this weekend the Grounds was only affected by the upsetting football loss to Maryland followed by a soccer win, 50 mph winds and huge piles of leaves that surpass Mt.