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Vani-T-Pl8s

Personalized license plates.We see them everywhere. Heading to work or going to school, the cars passing us by along the way exhibit a myriad of unique numbers, letters and symbols.


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Veggie Delights

The festival atmosphere provides a markedcontrast to the normal milieu of Lee Park. An aroma of chickpea curry mixed with kettle corn and coffee, the press of hundreds of bodies and the buzz of myriad conversations forces one to forget he or she is in a park normally populated by pigeons and the occasional midday napper.


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Sound Bytes

I just wanted to say that there is a guy and he has a Veggie Tales backpack, and it's hot purple, and it is the greatest thing I have ever seen.


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Four bands, one cause

Tomorrow, a chill will be in the air, leaves will be falling and music will be blaring from Rugby Road. The Alpha chapter of Chi Phi will be hosting its eighth-annual Hoodang concert to benefit the American Cancer Society. The concert will begin at 12:30 p.m.


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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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Indieheads is one of many Contracted Independent Organizations at the University dedicated to music, though it stands out to students for many reasons. Indieheads President Brian Tafazoli describes his experience and involvement in Indieheads over the years, as well as the impact that the organization has had on his personal and musical development.