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I am a minority student, and 20 percent of the activities at the University should be for minorities, because that's the appropriate percentage of students who are minorities.


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The Brushing Bunch

The coat rack in the corner resembles a toothbrush and a little dentist figurine bobs its head. Advertisements for toothpastes and whitening products clutter the end table and anxious patients browse through the magazine selection.


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Taste Buds

As the weather in Charlottesville continues its struggle to decide between snow and sun, Escafe, too, seems to be undergoing an identity crisis. Located at the end of the Downtown Mall, Escafe is in a perfect spot across from the ice park.


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Celebrating good times

Tomorrow Madison Bowl is going to be transformed. What usually serves as a field for Frisbee games and sports scrimmages will become a celebration of spring, better known as Springfest 2003.


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Business 101

It's Friday night on the Corner, and something special's going on. Added to the usual bar crowds, there is a peculiarly long line in front of Espresso Royale Caffe.


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Scoop o' Service

Twenty scoops of ice cream, four bananas, three cookies, one brownie, four ladles of hot fudge and four additional toppings.


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Greek-tastic lingo: Take it or leave it

"Frat-tastic." It's a word often heard around Grounds -- but not a word often defined. The same goes for its feminine counterpart, "srat-tastic." Sure, we love to throw these words around -- as in, "Wow, that cigarette burn in his North Face fleece is so frat-tastic") -- but what do they actually mean? Usually, when we seek to discover the meaning of a word, we turn to a reputable source such as a dictionary.


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Professor Profile

Fly-fishing connects art, travel, biology Jhon Arras Department of Philosophy Director of Bioethics Minor Program PHIL 154 Issues of Life and Death PHIL 359, 559 Research Ethics Q: What did you do before you became a professor at U.Va.? A: I began my career in California.


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Joining Forces

Students who were awake early Friday morning over spring break may have caught a glimpse of fourth-year College student Mark O'Brien on NBC's "Today Show." O'Brien said he was right over Al Roker's shoulder when Roker finished the outdoor weather segment.


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Odds & Ends

Architecture students bond during Charette Week and Engineering students connect and celebrate their profession during E-Week.


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Pool Players

Break out your brackets -- March Madness is in full swing. Spring is the time of year when every college basketball fan is glued to the TV, cheering for his or her favorite teams and cursing the competition.


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Clemons, Peabody open for business

Amid expressions of enthusiasm and relief by students and administrators, the long-awaited and long-overdue openings of Clemons Library and Peabody Hall took place yesterday. Clemons library director James Self described the opening as "exciting and nerve-wracking," explaining that his staff has been busy giving tours and getting used to new surroundings and responsibilities. Dean of Students Robert Canevari, whose new office is on the second floor of Peabody Hall, said: "We're very comfortable and pleased to be right in the heart of things on Grounds." Students cited Clemon's cleanliness, brightness and openness as advantages over Alderman. "Alderman is a terrible place to study.


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New and Improved

For those people who have let their sneezing, eye-watering allergies to dogs keep them from a relationship with what has long been known as "man's best friend," the hypoallergenic Labradoodle may be the solution. A breeder named Wally Cochran is credited with the first cross breeding of a labrador and a poodle, according to Tegan Park Breeding and Research Center, one of two main breeders of the Labradoodle.


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Letting the Dogs Out

When Kasey Stiff ran down the list of volunteer opportunities offered by Madison House, it included choices of helping out at local elementary schools, befriending the elderly, building housing for the poor and helping the environment.


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Odds & Ends

The sound of Limp Bizkit's "Faith" reverberates loud and clear, causing some to look around for a radio in the vicinity.


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Body Love

Late-night hours, eating binges and erratic schedules don't exactly make college the healthiest time for many young people.

Latest Video

Latest Podcast

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.