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A Dumpling a Day

It is lunchtime on the Downtown Mall, and Chef Sun-Da is slicing cucumbers to toss into his sesame cold noodles.


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Cheers and Jeers: The Column's

If you've ever read the actual TV Guide magazine (I'm not afraid to admit I have), you might be familiar with the "Cheers and Jeers" section -- a column which comments on the minutiae of the television universe (think the E!


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Medieval mysteries uncovered

Some students might think of their lectures as torture. But how many actually go to lectures on torture? This afternoon, the option hails from the University of Cambridge French Prof.


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Alternate transport

Rachel Kallem scoots to class. Literally. Forget the bus, or huffing it on foot. The first-year College student rolls out of bed and hits the road on her scooter when it's time to get to lecture. For Kallem, who rides to all of her classes, scooting cuts 10 minutes off her old walking route.


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Testing 1...2...3

If you reach Academical Village People James Gammon and Mike Duguiso's voicemail, you'll hear an animated jingle, sort of a hybrid of "Doe, a Deer" and a Mentos commercial.


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No News in the Newspaper

If you think about it in pessimistic light, there really is nothing new about "the news." For the past week, The Cavalier Daily has published several articles about being preppy and flipping the collar up on polo shirts. Unfortunately, this "trend" is neither "new" nor worthy of ink in a printed periodical.


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U.Va. beat

"Hip hop and you don't stop." This week, LMNTal and Young Black Entrepreneurs are co-hosting the University's first Hip Hop Week, which features a variety of events around Grounds. Brian Kayser, second-year College student and the president of LMNTal, said Hip Hop Week is a part of the organization's efforts to promote awareness of hip hop culture on Grounds.


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Prep Squad?

On the way from Cabell to Newcomb, the reason for the University's preppy reputation becomes clear.


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Seeing the light: Isabel encourages focus on things that really matter

Hopefully by the time you read this on Monday morning, you're not still in the dark. Well, it is Monday morning, so mentally it may take a while for the lights to come on upstairs. But I'm talking about the darkness imposed by our dear friend Isabel, who blew into Charlottesville a week ago and took our electricity with her. For some people, the blackout was temporary: My power came roaring back to life at 6:00 a.m.


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Leading Ladies

Until 1920, the University's students were exclusively male. During these men-only years, Jill T.


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Sound Bytes

Can someone please tell me what's the deal with those people who come to class only to fall asleep five minutes into the lecture?


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Taste Buds

Man, was that worth it!For under $20 -- excluding tax and tip -- Asian Buffet, an all-you-can-eat Chinese/Japanese restaurant, is a sure winner, especially in a college town. Located north on Route 29, directly behind the old Chang House lot (tear), Asian Buffet is the white building resembling the many barns in the Albemarle area.


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Odds & Ends

Crisp mornings and cool evenings are among us. The North Face fleeces and clogs have been dragged out of the closet, and the cup of coffee that until recently added to the heat of the day now is a comforting warmth on the way to class.


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Double Booking

Every year around this time, I look at my calendar and try to figure out how I'm going to make up everything I'm missing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the two holiest days of the Jewish year. Rosh Hashanah begins tonight, so fortunately only Yom Kippur actually falls on a weekday this year, Monday, Oct.


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Bottles up

Coke and Pepsi -- the dominating forces of the soda industry -- have battled for the favor of soda drinkers for decades.


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Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father

Before we begin this week, we must first pay homage to perhaps the best commercial of the summer, and easily one of the greatest of all time: This chick's rockin' your bro on the dance floorBut she's towing an anchorA junior investment bankerWho's talking about herself and not much moreOh oh ohhhhSo buy her a beerIt's the reason you're hereMighty WingmanYou're taking one for the teamSo your buddy can live the dreamWINNNNNGGMMAAANNNNNNNNNNNN Here's to the Wingman Coors Light. And now for this week's ramblings, to the tune of The Princess Bride: 4Bow to the Queen of Slime, the Queen of Filth, the Queen of Putrescence.


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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.