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Dishing it out

By Lytle Wurtzel | February 27, 2002

Tonight, the Russian House is getting wired. No, this is not the plot of a Cold War spy drama - the University's Russian House is being wired not for surveillance, but for satellite television. Beginning this evening, the house will receive two Russian TV channels via satellite, including a news station that will enable house residents and other Russian scholars to improve their language skills and their understanding of Russian current events. The Russian House, located at 102 Cresap Lane, is home to six students and Resident Manager Alexander Melmikov.

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Sister act

By Edmund Etheridge | February 27, 2002

Cloistered away, down dusty, gravel access roads, a community of 10 women rise at 3 a.m. They pray, they read, they pray more, they work, they sing, they pray again and they sleep -- time passes like this here, amid the barren foothills of the Blue Ridge.

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Brand-name Deals

By Laura Good | February 26, 2002

Beneath the tented area temporarily in front of the University Bookstore, bargain-hunting students meander their way through racks of clothing in search of brand-name fashions at the cheapest prices. The event is a biannual sale sponsored by the University Bookstore, allowing Forrest Haskins, owner of The Missing Button, to bring in trucks full of overstocked and discontinued items from stores like Gap, Old Navy, American Eagle and Abercrombie & Fitch. "We're a traveling outlet," Haskins said.

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Finding Your Niche

By Angela Manese-Lee | February 26, 2002

Everyone comes to the University looking for a niche. Some find theirs in intramural sports or acting troupes, others, in a cappella groups and the mainstream Greek system.

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A strategic plan to clear out the AFC bombs

By Jake Hostetter | February 25, 2002

If I were a unabomber ... I mean, if I abandoned the use of my Mach-3 in favor of Taliban facial hair and migrated to a dilapidated chicken coop where I would cackle maniacally as I synthesized mounds upon mounds of TNT, I would have to go Pearl Harbor on the Aquatic & Fitness Center.

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Funny Business

By Acacia Gaski | February 25, 2002

The cringing middle-aged couple resolutely kept their heads down as they stealthily tried to make their escape up the center aisle of the Charlottesville Performing Arts Center.

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Fighting hunger with hunger

By Lauren Akselrod | February 25, 2002

By Lauren Akselrod Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Hunger - it makes our stomachs grumble, it makes us reach out for the nearest carbohydrate-packed snack food. It also takes the lives of over 23,000 children everyday. Although food is taken for granted by many,in poverty stricken countries, often it is extremely hard to come by.

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Vegging Out

By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 22, 2002

By Mary Vause Cavalier Daily Staff Writer Ask vegetarians about their lifestyle and you may just put down that hamburger. You see them sidling nervously to the fringes of the cookout.

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Lunch and Dinner at Tiffany's

By Adam Reno and Caroline Altman | February 22, 2002

G o ahead. Just try to find a place to eat in Charlottesville on a Monday night. We dare you. Local restaurants close down more often than the ITC server at the start of each week, which we disgustedly learned in our failed attempts to dine at Immigrant Soul, Moondance Cafe, Escafe, Monsoon and Tokyo Rose and thought better of daring CJ's Bomb Shelter and El Girasol.

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Sticky situation

By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 22, 2002

By Alexandra Valint Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Anyone who is cognizant of the mysterious and universal applications of that wonder known as duct tape, will definitely appreciate today's "Duct Tape-Off." The event is part of the Engineering school's E-Week, which started last Sunday and ends today. Second-year Engineering student Jake Harmon, co-director of E-week, said the preliminaries of the duct tape competition commenced Monday.

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Body and Soul

By Stephanie Milbergs | February 21, 2002

When 20 students with blankets and pillows in tow trek across Lambeth Commons on an early Sunday morning, it may look like they're off to a sleepover.

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Who needs the Comm School anyway? Become a movie critic who fishes instead

By Elizabeth Stanek | February 21, 2002

What if you chuck all of this monotony, the spreadsheets and the unbridled passionate dream of a bulging stock portfolio?

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Flying High

By Katie Sullivan | February 21, 2002

A piece of living history will address the University today. Retired Air Force Col. Charles McGee will speak this afternoon about his experiences with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.

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Having a ball

By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 20, 2002

By Lytle Wurtzel Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Last weekend, the Ballroom Dancing Club took center stage at the Harvard Invitational and waltzed its way through the both bronze and silver levels.

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OFF THE HOOK

By Elizabeth Bishop | February 20, 2002

These days, Clark Kent would have serious trouble finding a phone booth to make a speedy change into his Superman outfit.

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State of Emergency

By Katie Sullivan | February 19, 2002

The Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad station sits on the 250-east Bypass, right next to the skate park.

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'Hoos in Sync

By Laura Good | February 19, 2002

Sorority girls in tight dance outfits, fraternity pledges in their most embarrassing moment and numerous University organizations all raising money for a great cause.

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The Root of All PREP

By Laura Good | February 18, 2002

They're everywhere you turn - guys clad in neatly pressed khakis and button-down collared shirts and girls parading around in fully coordinated outfits straight out of the latest Neiman-Marcus catalog. They frequently can be spotted at the trendiest cafes and bars in town, or at the most talked about frat party of the week.

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Just kidding around: all in a day's work

By Lee Camp | February 18, 2002

At the beginning of this year, I realized I didn't have enough chaos in my life, so I decided to become a big brother through Madison House.

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Mountains of food and service worth waiting for

By Adam Reno and Caroline Altman | February 15, 2002

Nestled in a romantic Ruckersville shopping center, beyond the Bamboo House, between an antique store and a veterinary clinic, you will find Jody.