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Firemen and Sirens: Ruminations on the Art of Seduction

By Katja Schubl | October 18, 2004

In 1958's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Elizabeth Taylor authored her infamy. When people refer to her younger years, she's still shown wearing the white chiffon dress that gushed around her during the coin scenes. We inevitably see her with her head cocked and one black brow arched, fondling the charm at her collarbone with a lazy wrist, lips plump and faintly parted, her neckline scooped so low that it abandons the camera frame.

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HEALTH EVENTS THIS WEEK @U.Va

By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 4, 2004

Oct. 3-8: "Love Your Body" week Sunday night marked the beginning of "Love Your Body" week. "We are trying to help people celebrate their bodies," said Lauren Russo, president of NOW@U.Va., the University chapter of the National Organization for Women. Often when people celebrate their bodies, they glorify unrealistic body types, Russo said. "This is an opportunity for people to value their body and health in a different way, a more fulfilling and satisfying way," she said. The week kicked off Sunday afternoon with a film festival. The featured event today is a panel discussion titled "Feminism and Sororities: Changing Traditions." The event begins at 7:30 p.m.

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Running: an on-Grounds phenomenon

By Jessica Halper | October 4, 2004

Overall a physically active school, the University has a large population of runners. At any given time, the streets are filled with joggers. Track and Field coach Randy Bungard said the University's population, in terms of its recreational activity, is "one of the best in the country." "I've never been anywhere where running and fitness is such a big priority," Bungard said. The reasons students stay physically active range widely. "[Running] is an easy way to relieve stress," second-year Nursing student Jenna Centini said.

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Study suggests gender "hard-wired"

By Mary Pumphrey | September 27, 2004

Questioning 30 years of research that attributes the differentiation between male and female brains to the influence of sex hormones, a study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles claims to have identified 54 genes that may trigger the differences between male and female brain development long before birth. The authors of the study claim that their findings may offer physicians a tool for gender assignment for babies born with ambiguous genitalia and may lend support to theories of biological determination of gay and lesbian identity. The findings are included in the October issues of "Molecular Brain Research," a scholarly journal. Researchers hope to use their research to answer broad questions about gender identity, said research leader Dr. Eric Vilain, assistant professor of human genetics and urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, in a press release.

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Debate continues over pornography

By Jon Breece | September 20, 2004

Over the last 40 years, pornography has gone from peep shows in dingy alleys to a multi-billion dollar industry which advertises new releases on billboards in Manhattan. The pornography and erotica industry is growing at a seemingly relentless pace.

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Breakfast critical meal, nutritionists say

By Anne Deady | September 20, 2004

Whether they chug java on the way to class, munch on a bowl of sugary cereal or grab plates full of eggs and bacon at the dining hall, college students are notorious for eating bad breakfasts. Some students are lucky if they eat anything at all. "I just don't have time," fourth-year College student Katie Booth lamented.

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The stars hold the secrets to one's sexual personality, authors write

By Kurt Davis | September 13, 2004

Welcome first years and returning upper class-men. Initially, readers should be aware that this article is for the single and relationship (whatever type suits your fancy) yearning persons. You must read, "Sextrology" by Stella Starsky and Quinn Cox, before venturing around Grounds in search of your "new conquer," "new girlfriend," "new partner" or whatever sly phrase you use to cover up your sneaky and often dirty ways. Like many of you, I know it is hard to find your type of man or woman while avoiding the lost souls that can create a bump in your path.

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Massage becoming more popular

By Anne Deady | September 13, 2004

As the semester progresses, work loads become heavier, time commitments to clubs and organizations become more pressing and overall stress levels tend to increase.

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Examining a climate of fear: Won't you be my neighbor?

By Katja Schubl | September 13, 2004

I've been here for years, but I can count off thenumber of gay people I've met on one hand. Everywhere I have been, provided I stayed there longer than a few weeks, my circle came to include more people with homo-, bi- or transsexual tendencies than in all of my time here. And it was not for lack of trying.

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Emergency health options on Grounds plentiful

By Anne Deady | September 6, 2004

Leaving the comfy boundaries of your high school can be a scary time, especially when you are making the transition to the University. With a large campus and many undergraduates, a trek to Rugby Road from first-year dorms can seem like a potential breeding ground for sexual assault disaster -- especially in light of the serial rapist scare.

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Normless lovin'

By Katja Schubl | July 19, 2004

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Though jeering at self-help manuals is a personal hobby I like to advertise, there's a very good reason why this slogan has become engrained our minds and conversations over the last decade.

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Students with disabilities often undiagnosed

By Mary Pumphrey | July 19, 2004

Editor's Note: "April" is a recent University graduate. Her name has been changed for this article. When April, a recently graduated English major, began to have trouble getting her work done in the fall semester of her fourth year, she thought she might be depressed. During a screening interview at Student Health, April revealed that she had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder in high school but she had not felt it necessary to treat the disorder in college. April worked with Student Health's Learning Needs Evaluation Center during her fourth year, and eventually was prescribed a combination of drugs and therapy.

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