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Academical inferno

By Defne Gunay | September 29, 2006

As the University prepares for a night of fireworks at the Rotunda for the kickoff of the largest capital campaign in University history, some benefits of which will be dedicated to the South Lawn Project, one is reminded of another event at the Rotunda involving fire, crowds and much activity -- albeit of a different, and more devastating, nature. As it is infamously known, Thomas Jefferson's focal point of the Academical Village was seriously damaged in a fire Oct.

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The skinny on everyday style

By Alex Jospin | September 29, 2006

The truth about skinny jeans: I don't care what all the magazines say, you cannot wear skinny jeans.

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The classics continuum

By Vinu Ilakkuvan | September 28, 2006

While the University is home to 72 academic departments, the classics department has the honor of being one of Jefferson's original 10 academic disciplines.

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Eatin' good in the neighborhood

By Lindsey Wagner | September 28, 2006

You've finished classes for the day and are just settling down to tackle your homework when your stomach starts rumbling.

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Going somewhere

By Winnie Chao | September 28, 2006

I have just started my fourth and final year of college. I haven't finished my majors, I don't know what "area requirements" are, and I haven't bought a single book for class.

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Your mom's an Easy Bake oven

By Laura Sisk | September 28, 2006

The English language is full of terrifying phrases: "You have an incurable disease," "Your credit card bill is past due" and "You don't know me but I love you." Quite frankly, all of these statements pale in comparison to that question asked so frequently in Charlottesville this time of year: "Do you want to live with me next year?" (We both know you just heard the theme from "Jaws" and had to create a makeshift paper bag from The Cavalier Daily to stop hyperventilating.) I keep coming back to my house here in Charlottesville and wondering why all of my roommates are not at home, even though all four of them are in the living room.

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NES: Never-ending splendor

By Daniel McNally | September 27, 2006

The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was the most successful gaming console of the 1980s. Anyone with a happy childhood knows first hand how great it was and can attribute countless hours of fun to it.

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Vote Dooley-Burger in 2008

By Dan Dooley | September 27, 2006

They say to write what you know. I know words. Hence the following campaign speech, which explains my platform as a candidate for the next U.S.

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Trotting tall

By Daniel Reinish | September 27, 2006

They walk and trot. Some of them canter. Some of them jump. The horses may be asked to do many things, but the students who make up the Virginia Riding Team are the ones being judged. Riding is a club sport at the University whose members compete at shows sponsored by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. Members compete in different classes based on experience.

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Star light, star bright

By Bailee Barfield | September 27, 2006

Mr. Jefferson's University embraces just about every activity, interest and whim of its diverse student population.

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System restore

By Daniel Reinish | September 26, 2006

The big paper you just finished writing is due by Saturday at 8 a.m. All you need to do now is e-mail it to your TA.

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God does not play dice

By Matthew Warring | September 26, 2006

I am always impressed by graduate students as they work through the final obstacle standing between them and the promised land of academia: the dissertation.

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Honoring the honor system

By Maryann Li | September 26, 2006

Tradition has always been one of the most defining characteistics of our University. When talking about our school, we reinforce the idea that we have a "living history" -- that the principles Jefferson used to found the University are the same today as they were in 1819.

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The book of job

By Chris Shuptrine | September 25, 2006

For this past summer, I really wanted to land that dream job, the one everybody searches and searches for.

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Just play along

By Erin Gaetz | September 25, 2006

I know people -- good, solid people -- who tend to turn to very adult courses of action when they feel the need for a little perspective in their lives.

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What's in a Guide?

By Nicole Ponticorvo | September 25, 2006

I didn't need to be at the University long before I realized that what my high school Italian teacher and University alumna Jaclyn Bevacqua told me was true: Every activity the University calls an honor is something that other schools would have to beg of their students.

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Trading up

By Lauren Caldwell | September 22, 2006

One year and two months ago, blogger Kyle McDonald had a single red paper clip. With this paper clip, he would trade for bigger and better items, and track his progress on his blog (oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com). Last July, in exchange for a movie role, McDonald became the newest occupant of a two-story home in Kipling, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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The mullet

By Maggie Jones | September 22, 2006

Mullet: n. Any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray, cylindrical fishes of the family Mugilidae. Well, actually, nobody cares about that kind of mullet.

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My life without pants

By Ed Cao | September 22, 2006

Normally, we're not supposed to use our columns for personal causes. For instance, we can't write about how awesome Hoo Crew is if we're in Hoo Crew.

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The joy of learning (and cooking)

By Lauren Pappa | September 21, 2006

I've found that we college students, in our anti-establishment, cynical way, tend to view learning as uncool.