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Massaging Your Worries Away

By Katie Sullivan | April 11, 2002

As the semester winds down and the University heads toward exams, stress levels rise in proportion to the number of term papers and art projects that soon will be due. The University Programs Council offered students a break from that stress yesterday under the Big White Tent outside of Newcomb Hall by hiring three professional massage therapists to give free massages. Fourth-year College student Christen Pendleton said her massage was "awesome." "I had an hour to kill before a meeting and I saw a flyer," Pendleton said.

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Open Door Policy

By Melissa Wei | April 10, 2002

Printed neatly at the top of our syllabi each semester, office hours are announced almost as quickly as they are forgotten.

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Out of Bounds

By Christine Wilder | April 10, 2002

By Christine Wilder "Masiari!" "Ndaa!" My companion for the day, a second-year Nursing student, raised his arm to the old man who had greeted us. "What does that mean?" I asked. "It's a greeting - like good afternoon." "Un-dah," I attempted. "No, no!

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American beauty

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 10, 2002

By Lytle Wurtzel Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Tonight, Camille Cooper of "General Hospital" fame reveals that the beauty of a soap opera star does not always exist before the director calls "lights, camera, action." As Cooper discloses, beauty in the media industry is not a product of a simple directionbut, rather, a labor of lighting, camera filters and touch-ups. Billed as the "big ticket" event of Health and Wellness Week, Cooper's talk, "The American Beauty Myth," is sponsored by the Health Unity Council.

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'Why isn't Nursing more Newsworthy?'

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 9, 2002

By Laura Good Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Medical doctors are known for their reception of fame, glory and of course, money.

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FOOD

By Patricia Cooper | April 9, 2002

S trolling out of Observatory Hill Dining Hall with full stomachs, or even fuller carry-out boxes, a small audience of diners often gathers near the bulletin board plastered with yellow suggestions slips. "We typically stop and review the comment cards about three times a week or whenever updated," first-year College student Carrie Keefe said.

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Making the Cut

By Lauren Akselrod | April 8, 2002

By Lauren Akselrod Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Salmagundi, the Film and Media Society's annual film festival, will give University students something that won't let their eyes wander tonight. "This is a chance to give local film makers a chance to screen their work to the public and get something back from the work they put into their films," said fourth-year College student Carlos Marulando, the president of FMS. FMS is an organization for people who are interested in making and editing films. "We are here to encourage students to explore film as a form of art or as a media of expression," Marulando said. The club sponsors several projects throughout the year, but the Salmagundi show is their biggest one. This year, Apple Computers is sponsoring the event, and one filmmaker will win a computer.

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A Card for All Occasions

By Stephanie Milbergs | April 8, 2002

F or fourth-year Engineering student Evan Edwards, a bee sting or insect bite could be fatal. A hint of peanuts in a candy bar or a late-night snack of eggs at IHOP could be traumatic. Edwards, along with an estimated 43 million Americans, suffers from anaphylaxis, a food and insect bite allergy that is only treatable with a dose of epinephrine, a form of adrenaline that stabilizes victims until they can make it to the hospital. Currently, epinephrine is injected in an emergency situation by a pen-like apparatus.

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Hoos sick of the same old traditions?

By Lee Camp | April 8, 2002

T his is the second to last humor column of my college career. Tragically, that means I only have two columns left to speak to my vast array of die-hard fans (meaning they're fans of the movie "Die Hard," not of me). Painfully, it also means I have but two columns left for which The Declaration can make fun of me.

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No bones about this finger-lickin' good barbeque

By Adam Reno and Caroline Altman | April 5, 2002

P rior to our dinner Monday night, "Sweetbones" was merely a term of endearment we reserved for one another.

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Singing their praises

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 5, 2002

By Alexandra Valint Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The cinema industry may have their glitzy Academy Awards and music may boast about the Grammy Awards but the international a cappella community has the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards.

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Wake Up Call

By Seth Wispelwey | April 5, 2002

I 'm about to meet Bono, the singer for the world-famous band U2, and I can't help but think that I'm going to flub it somehow.

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Puppy Love

By Stephanie Merry | April 4, 2002

Last December a Charlottesville man needed to find a home for six unwanted kittens. Looking over the small creatures, he noticed something curious about one of them: it was born without eyes.

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When looking for summer subletters, beware of the fine print

By Lytle Wurtzel | April 4, 2002

It is difficult not to look past the arrival of spring and see the signs of summer: flip-flops, watermelons, internships, action movies and popsicles are everywhere. But for every pair of Reefs I see and every summer blockbuster released, I'm reminded that this season often brings its share of dilemmas. The name of the game is summer sublets, folks.

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They're suede, they're gray, they're New Balance - and my dad used to wear them

April 4, 2002

My dad's not exactly a trendy sort of guy. In his world, nobody needs to get funkier than a polo shirt, and no tie should have a color spectrum more diverse than red or navy.

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Law school hosts national softball tournament

By Katie Sullivan | April 4, 2002

This weekend, law students from across the country will have the chance to release a little of their stress at the 19th Annual Virginia Law Softball Invitational. The tournament is run by the North Grounds Softball League, an organization made up of the many softball enthusiasts at the University Law School. This year, the tournament will host 90 teams from more than 50 different law schools, including Harvard, Yale and the University of Chicago and from as far away as San Diego, Calif. The organizers believe it may be the oldest and largest graduate-student athletic event in the nation. "The U.Va.

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One bumpy ride: Counting down the hours on the train to

By Nick Higgins | April 3, 2002

My most memorable, and physically exhausting, experience while I studied abroad in Beijing, China was one hellish train ride during the National Day Fall Break.

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Hoos in Playboy

By Lytle Wurtzel | April 3, 2002

In the past, the University has made it on the cover of US News and World Report. It has been heralded as a fine institution of higher learning and student self-governance.

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MUSIC MAN

By Lauren Akselrod | April 3, 2002

It's one of those days. You're rushing off to class, head down, hands in pockets and thoughts of midterms dancing in your head.

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Newcomb Hall Ballroom hosts religious ritual

By Laura Good | April 2, 2002

In a colorful and enchanting Chinese Buddhist ritual rarely seen in the West, Buddhist monks and nuns performed the "Rite of Universal Liberation" in Newcomb Hall Ballroom Saturday. This is the first time that such a ritual ever has been performed at an American university. "Generally, Chinese Buddhists believe that this ritual is able to alleviate the suffering of all creatures," said Hun Lye, a doctoral candidate and graduate instructor in religious studies.