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Pep Band marches to the beat of a

By Beth Bland | November 9, 2001

The percussion section starts its cadence and about 120 members of the pep band take off and do anything and everything on their way to take their positions for the first song. The Virginia Pep Band consists of students from every year and every school - and even some alumni that are only students at heart - and plays at men's basketball and football games. "Basically you take out everything that sucked about marching band in high school," said third-year Education student Heather Pozun, the director of the pep band.

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Wedding day turned weekend photo shoot

By Lytle Wurtzel | November 8, 2001

I finally understand where Steve Martin was coming from. As the movie "Father of the Bride" opens, his character reclines in an oversized chair, removing his shoes like Mr. Rogers, and explains that he once thought a wedding was a simple case of boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, they find a ring and a dress, then say "I do." Having just experienced his daughter's wedding, the exhausted father of the bride says he was wrong.

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Odds and Ends

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 8, 2001

All you can eat By Daniel Stern Cavalier Daily Associate Editor It's a Thursday night and your wallet is a bit too thin to fund a trip to Cafe Europa or a call to the College Inn.

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WARNER'S

By Julie Hofler | November 7, 2001

RICHMOND Yellow and black "Win with Warner" billboards lined the streets of Virginia's capital yesterday as the state went to the polls to elect the future governor and other state representatives.

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TO THE BITTER END

By Kelly King | November 7, 2001

RICHMOND Mark Earley is a family man. At 3:00 p.m. on Election day, Earley canvasses Short Pump Middle School with two of his sons.

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Not Silent

By Alexandra Valint | November 6, 2001

Rarely have two words caused such controversy in the University community. However, the addition of the chant "not gay" to the University's "Good Ol' Song" has created a ferment of opinions, campaigns and editorials from those defending or criticizing it. The University's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, nationally a group motivated by defending individual rights and liberties, recently launched its own effort to eradicate the chant. Five black and white flyers read: "not gay," "not black," "not Asian," "not female" and "not Jewish." A picture of a person meant to represent one of the respective characteristics stares out at passersby. "We wanted to show people that saying a racial slur like 'not black' is analogous to saying 'not gay,'" said third-year College student Andrew Borchini, president of the University's ACLU.

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FAITH IN NUMBERS

By Catherine Dunn | November 6, 2001

10:10. A time. A place. A message. It's Wednesday night in Jefferson Hall, and, even though it's Halloween, the religious discussiongroup 10:10, which derives its name from the time it meets each week, is ready to start. Fourth-year Engineering studentPhil Helin tosses a few loaves of sunflower wheat bread to the gathering of about 30 students.

Life

Odds and Ends

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 6, 2001

Grateful Dead drummer revives style By Daniel Stern Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Mickey Hart, the long time Grateful Dead drummer, will be coming to the University tomorrow night in a University Programs Council-sponsored event. The concert kicks off at 8 p.m.

Life

Odds and Ends

By Kelly King | November 2, 2001

You may have been tricked. You may have been bribed. You may even have been threatened or physically forced.

Life

Cavalier Advantage

By Patricia Cooper | November 2, 2001

Garbed in orange and blue, he can be seen on horseback or on foot. He stirs up the crowd and encourages the sports teams.

Life

The music connection

By Arshiya Singh | November 2, 2001

Akanksha Sanghi cannot leave home without them. They give the first-year College student a sense of place, a reminder of her native home of India - 10,000 miles away from the University.

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Tossing and Turning

By Ruth O'Gara | November 1, 2001

Laundry - it's an inevitable part of every college student's life. Some people have done their own laundry since they were old enough to reach the dials on the washers, but for others, college is the first time they take their clothes into their own hands. On-Grounds housing has its own laundry rooms, and laundromats such as Suds on Maury Avenue and the Cavalier Washette on Ivy Road are convenient for students living off Grounds. For students who just don't have the time or the willpower to do their own laundry, Suds offers a semester drop-off plan, which includes unlimited wash, dry and folding for $240. "They say only your doctor knows, or your husband knows," said Laura Batson, an attendant at Suds, "but the person who does your laundry knows. You can tell a lot about a person just from their laundry." But besides the drawbacks of having someone else sort through your dirty laundry, most students, especially first years, choose to use the on-Grounds facilities. "I do my laundry based on how many pairs of boxers I have left," first-year College student Andrew Huxsaw said.

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'Tis the season to be date

By Elizabeth Stanek | November 1, 2001

Maybe it's the crinkle of the leaves on Rugby and the scent of pumpkin pie and burning logs. Or perhaps it's the puffy bags under many eyes, and those group e-mails that say so-and-so lost their credit card and a size 11 shoe.

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A Spiritual Journey

By Catherine Dunn | November 1, 2001

Rev. Lauren Cogswell, dressed in black pants and a sleeveless cream-colored turtleneck sweater, could almost pass for one of the students in the Westminster Presbyterian campus ministry. Instead, the 1996 James Madison University graduate recently was installed as an associate pastor of the Rugby Road church, where she hopes to serve as a resource for students who want to continue their faith in college. The red stole and white alb, or robe, that she wears for the Sunday service hangs neatly on the door of her sunny office. "I'm a minister because I had a great campus ministry experience in college," Cogswell said.

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Odds and Ends

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 1, 2001

IRC Halloween party gives a treat By Julie Hofler Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Twelve-year-old Meetra Najrabi smiled through green face paint as she proudly showed off her Halloween costume - the Statue of Liberty, complete with tin foil crown and torch. Najrabi, a refugee from Afghanistan, celebrated her second Halloween yesterday at a party held at the International Residential College. "It's a really cool holiday," she said.

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