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Life

Scent of a Wahoo

By Meghan Moran | September 8, 2003

Humans have altered their natural scent for ages.Years ago, explorers risked their lives making voyages to the far east for priceless fragrances only royalty could afford.Today, a voyage to Macy's can't be made without the risk of being ambushed by spritzing, smiling women behind glass-topped counters. Perhaps this obsession with smell can be traced back, Charles Darwin style, to a time when scent was more about survival and less about Chanel No.

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Ramblings in the key of 'who cares?'

By Brett Meeks | September 8, 2003

So you had been planning to go fishing Saturday for pretty much the whole week, but when Saturday morning came, you were too damn hung-over to drive down the street, much less to a stream.

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First Year Firsts

By Preston Gisch | September 8, 2003

From football games to frat parties and hypnotism to hangovers, first years across the University have already experienced many things for the first time in their newly-minted college careers. First classes on that Wednesday morning brought bleary-eyed first years in pursuit of higher education out of their dorms at ungodly hours.

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Photo Essay

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 5, 2003

An inside view of the U.S. Open.

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Taste Buds

By Allison Correll and Daniel Stern | September 5, 2003

So, it's a Saturday night, the game is away this weekend and you and your roommates are picking a place to go out to dinner.

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Odds & Ends

By Jennifer McDaniel | September 5, 2003

The Lawn was filled with expectant students Wednesday night, eager to check out new a cappella tunes and find their a cappella crush for the year.

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A Mark to Remember

By Patricia Cooper | September 4, 2003

Among the worn brick pathways, white columns and freshly seeded Lawn, the wandering eye notices perfectly stenciled white symbols adorning walls and sidewalks.

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Go Greek

By Patricia Cooper | September 4, 2003

Academic. Social. Philanthropic. Leadership. Brotherhood and sisterhood. These are some of the top reasons to be Greek, members of the Inter-Greek Council told first-years, transfers and Greeks in attendance at the Greek 101 session last night. Greek Week was supposed to kick off with a barbecue on the Lawn, but that event was cancelled because of inclement weather.

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The wild, wild diary of a summer ex-intern

By Elizabeth Stanek | September 4, 2003

9:00 a.m.Sometime in June The photocopy room is my haven. It is there that I can stare out the tinted window to the Washington, D.C.

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Rotunda Stop

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 3, 2003

Abbey Atwood CLAS III Q: Why do you want a class ring? A: It's a memento from college. Q: Which finger will you wear it on? A: My ring finger on not-my-wedding-ring hand. Q: Do you want gold or silver? A: I am probably going to get white gold because it is more my style. Q: How many karats do you want? A: Probably 14 karats. Q: Which style are you getting? A: I am debating right now between the petite and the small.

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Rain check

By Neela Pal | September 3, 2003

Even if you hadn't heard about the Rotunda sing last Wednesday, the masses that systematically descended on the lawn were hard to ignore. Who could resist such an evening?

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Take a Hike

By Katherine Hunter | September 3, 2003

Feeling the sun's scorching rays nearly burning a hole into the top of your head, sweat annoyingly dripping down your brow, lip and back.

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An ode to my brother: The coolest guy I know

By Megan Peloquin | September 3, 2003

I'm just going to come right out and say it: I hate my brother's girlfriend. (I've been sitting here for the last 20 minutes trying to think of a tactful way of phrasing this fact, but the words "dislike" and "not my favorite person" are euphemisms for the truth: I hate her.) Unfortunately, I have to credit this girlfriend with teaching me an important lesson about boys and girls -- really, the only invaluable and enlightening thing I learned during an excruciatingly long and hot Arizona summer (there is something to be said for detox, however). One might think I should not care so much about "the girlfriend," but my 15-year-old brother and I have an uncommonly good relationship -- to the point where it almost is disgusting how well we get along.

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Finishing Touches

By Jennifer McDaniel | September 2, 2003

Perfectly placed kitchen chairs that match the place mats and silverware, bedrooms that look like palaces rather than a place to get your daily dose of rest and kitchens that are far more immaculate than the food that is produced within.

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Race relations: Then and now

By Elizabeth Katz | September 2, 2003

The University is the only school in the United States that has ever purchased a slave, according to fourth-year Engineering student Justin Steele said. Steele came across this fact and many others while researching the history of African American students at the University. He will be presenting his findings with fellow fourth-year Engineering student Ermias Abebe on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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'So how was your summer?'

By Brett Meeks | September 2, 2003

"So how was your summer?" "Well, I'd tell you, but I honestly have no idea who the hell you are." This little conversation has been the summation of my past few days, and everyone else's too, I am assuming.

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Twist on tradition

By Meghan Moran | September 1, 2003

This Saturday, as our own Cavaliers put another seven points on the board against Duke, students' ears registered the typical roar of the crowd, followed by something a little surprising. This Saturday, a note from a trumpet or a beat from a drum did not signal students to cross arms and sway.

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The 'Real' World, and other four-letter words

By Lytle Wurtzel | September 1, 2003

With few exceptions, the University of Virginia is still a school of traditional values and social codes. Gentlemen will occasionally hold a door open for a lady or give up their seat on the bus for an elderly person. Women, especially Southern women, still consider it appropriate to wear pearls for every activity from dental fillings to debutante balls. And every polite Virginia student knows it is taboo to utter four-letter words in mixed company. There is one four-letter word in particular that U.Va.

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Three's a CROWD. Ten's a PARTY.

By Meghan Moran | September 1, 2003

How was your summer?" "What classes are you taking?" "Where are you living?" Finding out where friends will call home for another year in Charlottesville is an inevitable part of August reunions.

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Martha's Cafe revives ideals of Sunday Brunch

By Allison Correll and Daniel Stern | August 29, 2003

Sunday brunch: a meal often forgotten in a college town. Besides those days long ago when we waited in the dining halls for the Belgian waffles to bake, or the rare occasion when Mom and Dad come to visit and the Boar's Head beckons, it's either breakfast or lunch. This past Sunday morning, however, as the lingering effects of a rough Saturday night started to fade, we strolled down Elliewood Avenue.