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Surplus opportunity

This morning at 9 a.m. sharp, numerous members of the Charlottesville and University communities will be ready and waiting, coffee cup in one hand and bid card in the other, for the start of another University surplus property auction.


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We tracked down third-year Engineering student Ji Song practicing piano in Old Cabell Hall Q: What brought you down here today? A: I was just practicing. Q: Are you practicing for a class or just for fun? A: Just for fun, I just wanted to play. Q: Have you been playing for long? A: I started playing when I was five years old and stopped in middle school.


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Is That Legal?

Forget worrying about spending all your money on depressants or stimulants if that's your thing, because they are no longer the most addicting problem out there.


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Professor Profile

McIntire Department of Art ARTS 252 Introduction to Photography II ARTS 352 Intermediate Photography II ARTS 407 Public Arts & Social Activism ARTS 454 Advanced Photography Q: How did your educational background lead you to photography? A: I didn't go to college until I was 26.


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Odds & Ends

After rushing from class to class all day, braving the winter winds and bundling up against below-freezing temperatures, who wouldn't want to come home to a warm kitchen, filled with the smells of a Scandinavian winter supper?


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Winter mix-up

Bundled up in heavy coats, fleece hats and cozy gloves, University students have been bracing themselves during the last two weeks against the elements of a Charlottesville winter.


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A Last Office Hour

I was sitting in the first floor entryway of Bryan Hall, next to the fluores-cent, plastic glow of the vending machines.


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"Now I know it's unusual, but with all the gray squirrels that abound on this campus, why is it that the most aberrant of squirrels appears frolicking outside the confines of Gilmer Hall, where biology houses its offices?


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Strategem set to strike

Since it's just too cold to be outside tonight, come to Espresso Royale on the Corner, grab a cup of coffee and be there for the free premiere of the fourth and fifth episodes of "Stratagem" -- an original television series produced by WHOO-TV, the student-run TV station at the University. The show follows five students enrolled in a summer psychology program at the fictional Blackwood College.


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On a high note

In a small room of 1512 JPA, first-year College student Zo Chen stands in the middle of a semicircle.


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Clonaids double double your enjoyment

There has been some strange stuff going down in the year 2003, I kid you not. First of all, we have the mysterious Harris Teeter potato chip aisle fire, which I have suspicion to believe was ignited by a bunch of yoga enthusiasts in their persecution of trans fatty acids.


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Fruits of Labor

A "Now Open!" sign hangs in front of the Harris Teeter in the Barracks Road Shopping Center. Colorful balloons fly throughout the checkout area in the front of the store.


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Global writes

Considering the many guest speakers that filter through Grounds daily, it's no easy task to keep tabs on them all.Today is no exception. This evening features a lecture by J.M.


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A Pav less traveled

It's a Sunday afternoon, birds are chirping, children are playing and the stomach is calling for a tasty home-style meal from Cranberry Farms.


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:-) IM HAPPY :-)

What do cows, telephones and cash registers have in common? The answer might not be obvious to our grandparents, but college students know these make the charming sounds that announce someone signing on to AOL Instant Messenger. "Instant Messenger is a free service provided by American Online," AOL Product Information Consultant Jane Connely said.

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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.