The robot is on a mission
This Saturday, at the Sigma Pi fraternity party, attendees were encouraged to dress like robots. But the party took on a whole new dimension.
"Everybody went pretty hardcore, and one guy was in a total robot getup. [He] had on a full-sized box," said Matt Keller, second-year College student and Sigma Pi member.
It was only the beginning.
The Robot then was spotted at various locations around Grounds - in front of Newcomb Hall and Alderman Library.
Something went wrong, according to third-year College student Brennan Breed, a "friend" of the Robot, and the Robot's programming was changed drastically.
"Apparently he's being controlled by a scientist - a crazy Russian reprogrammed him," Breed said.
He told The Cavalier Daily that the scientist also was here in Charlottesville, and that he could ask him to visit the office.
The "scientist," who identified himself as "Dr. Pulaj," approached The Cavalier Daily wearing a blazing red kimono, speaking in a practiced Eastern European accent, and carrying around a Nintendo-64 controller in his hand, its cord dragging the ground.
The Robot, he explained, was originally designed in Eastern Europe for the dual purpose of making shoes and promoting a revolution for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, in order to get more Eastern Europeans into this country, said "Dr. Pulaj".
He is bringing the Robot under control, and hopes to restore the Robot to its original shoe-making, INS-busting capacity, "Pulaj" said.
The Robot no longer will be seen in Charlottesville if the malfunctions in his programming are successfully repaired, he added.
The Nintendo-64 controller is actually a controlling mechanism for the Robot, "Dr. Pulaj" said. Someone must have mistakenly stolen it from his house, he said.
In the meantime, the Robot has its own agenda.
"Some [computer science] classes program robots. [The Robot] said to me that he 'wants to release the robots from the fleshy ones,'" Breed said.
CHS wins state tournament
This Saturday, Charlottesville High School won the highly competitive Virginia High School League State Scholastic Bowl in the AA high school division, squaring off against some of the best high schools in the state. Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was a runner-up in the AAA division.
To qualify for the competition, schools had to win at the district and regional levels to participate in the state meet.
Eight schools in each of the three size divisions competed at the state level, answering questions ranging from traditional academic staples like math and English to general knowledge and sports questions.
Each match consisted of 15 toss-up questions team members must buzz in to answer, followed by ten questions directed at each team, and concluding with 15 additional toss-up questions.
The matches are conducted in a tense double elimination format in six rounds slowly narrowed the schools down to the best and brightest - ultimately to one champion.
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