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I just wanted to say good luck to the rugby team at States this weekend. -- Repeat Caller I just want to say that strip Metro Center is absolute sheer genius.


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Taste Buds

Sushi and Noodles. So says the headline at the top of Sakura's dinner menu. But as we found on a wet Monday night, this Corner establishment, specializing in all forms of Japanese cuisine is much, much more. Located adjacent to Frank's Pizza on 14th Street, Sakura has a flare for both the traditional and the exotic as its chefs master the art that is sushi and sashimi making.


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Body Art

Second-year College student Ben Justice was at the Commerce School Career Fair, conversing professionally with suit-and-tied business folk, when an unsettling thought suddenly crossed his mind: Hidden underneath his collared dress shirt -- safe from the eyes of future employers -- lay 10 tattoos spread all over his torso. "I couldn't help but think yeah, my body's covered in ink," Justice said.


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Scandalous creations

Ghastly wigs and grisly bodysuits. Magical capes and spooky masks. While Halloween traditionally entails concealing your identity in a scary witch or ghost costume, many people have altered the practice.


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Project Art

Big, ugly, red construction walls. These eight-foot-tall eyesores stretch throughout Grounds from the Aquatic and Fitness Center to Lambeth Field.


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Explore the alternative

"To bring together members of the University community who would not have otherwise interacted in their usual social spheres, in a common goal of service to the global community and cultural awareness and understanding." So reads the mission statement of Alternative Spring Break, a fairly new and independent CIO on Grounds. The organization's expansive ideology is reflected in its ambitious plans for Spring Break every year.


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Return of the hated acronym: The GRE makes high school's SAT seem like child's play

A level of Dante's hell should be reserved for the GREs. And by that I mean for the nefarious, sadistic individual who had the brilliant idea of torturing poor (literally, the test costs $115) stressed fourth-years with a slow and painful death by bombardment of multiple choice questions. To all you lucky, blessed students who are ignorant of the Graduate Record Examination (which is very few I'm sure, since everyone these days is going to graduate school.


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Here and away: A short history of away messages

I hardly ever use an away message. Therefore, I often return to my computer after hours of absence to find thousands of instant messages from friends frantic to determine my location. Instant Message 1: IloveyouAJ07: Hey A-J! Instant Message 2: IloveyouAJ07: What's the matter?


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Priceless Art

The 2003 Fringe Festival, a four-year companion to the annual Virginia Film Festival, kicked off its exhibition Friday, Oct.


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Course Offering Decisions

Once again it is almost time to choose classes for next semester. The new Course Offering Directory was posted online late last week, and although many students said they were unaware that it is available, others already have begun thinking about their new schedules. Second-year College student Jeff Bean said he hasn't looked at the new COD yet, but he wasn't concerned. "I usually base my classes on what has the most interesting name," Bean said. He said he also chooses based on suggestions from his older sister, Echols reviews and how quickly classes fill up. As a transfer to the College from the Engineering school, Bean said he is enjoying his newfound freedom to choose classes he is interested in although he has been unable to choose a major. "I haven't taken two of any single subject yet except Econ," he said. Students who had already viewed the COD expressed different reactions to their potential schedules for next semester. Fourth-year College student Greg Nizewitz said there are fewer courses he wants to take this semester than in the past. "It just seems like there's a lot less diversity in the classes," Nizewitz said. As a history and politics double major, he said he will be able to find enough classes to take, but he does not expect to enjoy them as much as usual.


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No Place Like Home

Townies. They're everywhere -- at the football games, at the grocery store, at the mall. And in your classes. Dozens of students who grew up in Charlottesville attend the University each year, bringing their own unique perspective on the pursuit of independence, the role of family and what it means to be a "townie." Going to college for most University students involves an actual, physical move away from familiar surroundings into a totally new environment, but for these students, dorms may be as close as a 10-minute drive from home. First-year College student Sarah Borish moved to Charlottesville before attending high school.


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Home Sweet Homecomings

From putting on ties and sundresses before a football game to taking it all off to streak the Lawn, the University has its fair share of traditions.


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For the Love of Dance

Gathering nightly in the Student Activities Building with a shared passion for dance, acceptance and culture, the members of Mahogany Dance Troupe practice diligently for tonight's performance.


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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.