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Everybody wants to be... an RA

By Victoria Brayton | April 7, 2006

Every year, new students join the University community and a new group of students are selected to serve on Resident Staff as Resident Advisors. These individuals serve as guides to new and returning students living on Grounds, keeping them informed of upcoming events and opportunities while enforcing University regulations. Students apply to be RAs for various reasons, including leadership opportunities, the ability to aid new residents and the chance to give back to the University. Second-year College student Alexandra Arango said her RA from her first year really helped her adjust not only to the college lifestyle but to the American culture as well.

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Adam Trusner: Renaissance man

By Victoria Brayton | April 6, 2006

At age 25, third-year Law student Adam Trusner has already experienced more of the world than most would in a lifetime. With a father in the United States Air Force, Trusner was born in Greece and moved all over the United States and across the globe.

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Sounds like George Clinton in there

By Lindsay McCook | April 6, 2006

So, it's the beginning of spring, and soon spring will turn into summer. Spring and summer mean one thing (other than heavy daytime drinking): outdoor concerts.

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The real fresh prince

By Bayless Parsley | April 6, 2006

We've got royalty among us, a monarch-to-be who has been eluding detection from under our very noses for nearly four years. And I bet its news to you. "I knew about John Grisham's kid," you're thinking.

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Separation Anxiety

By Nicole Ponticorvo | April 6, 2006

With approximately two-thirds of the undergraduate population at the University hailing from Virginia by law, it is clear that the majority of students live within reasonable proximity to their families.

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In the public eye

By Sage Garner | April 5, 2006

Marcus Vick, Bill Clinton and Kobe Bryant all have one thing in common -- their sexual conduct were made public, and because of that scrutiny they paid a heavy price.

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Pranks for nothing

By Eric Cunningham | April 5, 2006

When I woke up Saturday morning and realized that no one had pulled an April Fool's Day prank, I was sorely disappointed in the world. When I woke up Sunday morning and found out I had been cheated out of an hour's worth of sleep, I thought, "The day after April Fool's Day ... I didn't even see it coming!

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Watch out, Van Wilder

By Lindsey Wagner | April 5, 2006

Virginia's General Assembly passed a bill March 15 that, if signed by Gov. Tim Kaine, would add a fee in addition to tuition for students who take more than 125 percent of credits required by a certain program, such as a major or minor, at all Virginia public schools. The fee will be an extra $6700 a year, or about $224 per credit.

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A clean fight

By Mary Baroch | April 5, 2006

I have come to the conclusion that there are pros and cons to choosing who you live with at the University.

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Wonderful world of webjunk

By Eric Ast | April 4, 2006

Before I start giving awards to the best time-wasters the Internet has to offer, I need mention MTV2's "Wonder Showzen." This is partly because it's hilarious, but mostly because it happened to come on when I started writing this column. This show has used the tried and true "give a goofy little kid a microphone and an ear-piece and have him talk to people" method that "The Man Show" often used for instantaneous hilarity.

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Sparking activism

By Vinu Ilakkuvan | April 4, 2006

By definition, the word means "to set fire to," but no definition, no dictionary, no words, can describe what Ignite has come to mean to second-year College student Katherine Klem and other young adults across the nation. Ignite, according to its mission statement, is "a grassroots organization empowering young people to hold the tobacco industry accountable by directing public officials to act responsibly." The organization was founded by Klem in 2002 when she was a sophomore in high school in Louisville, Ky. "I was simply outraged that an industry that was generally accepted by the public was handing out free cigarettes to kids in Asia and saying things like, 'Today's teenager is tomorrow's potential regular customer,'" Klem said, citing a Phillip Morrisreport.

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When parents play pong

By Callan Blount | April 4, 2006

It's 2 a.m. and the guy across from you at the beer pong table is swaying back and forth, talking big game about his skills.

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I'm better than you

By Clare Ondrey | April 3, 2006

Disclaimer Number One: "I'm better than you" refers to the "I" in the collective sense, not in the "I, Clare Ondrey, am better than you, general Cavalier Daily reader." Disclaimer Number Two: The title of this piece is actually a phrase meant to question, and not state, the idea of the normalcy of our community and how we fit into the population of the world. Maybe I should have titled this, "Are we Normal?" but I thought it was too obvious.

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Mural, Mural on the Wall

By Daniel Reinish | April 3, 2006

Straddling the bend in McCormick Road, set back atop a handful of lengthy, slightly crooked steps, the brick façade of Clark Hall resembles most of the other nearby buildings. However, take just one step inside, and you are confronted with a less usual entryway design. The hall is surrounded on two sides by a two-story mural.

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Mowing the Lawnies

By Brendan Collins | April 3, 2006

The Lawn, in addition to being Charlottesville's most famous nudist gathering point, also happens to be the University's most prestigious on-Grounds housing.

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Time Flies

By Daniel Reinish | April 3, 2006

"Time flies when you're having fun" -- or when you set your clocks an hour ahead in the middle of the night. Since around the time of World War I, Americans have been observing the federal mandate known as Daylight Saving Time. The practice requires most of America to make the adjustment and consequently lose one hour before daybreak on the first Sunday of every April. Although this happens each spring, students said it is possible to forget. First-year College student Jeri Maynard said she always finds herself asking, "Where did that hour go?" She said she really only pays attention to the end of Daylight Saving Time, when the lost hour comes back in the fall. Although the sun rose an hour later Sunday morning, not all who forgot the change were left in the dark. "I'm actually a little oblivious," first-year Architecture student Ryan Wall said.

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What I have learned in college

By Chris Garland | March 30, 2006

I have been in college too long. Or at least it feels that way. Whilst this might be a standard feeling that a number of you share with me, I am going to attempt to do something about it.

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Golf pro

By Victoria Brayton | March 30, 2006

In his 34th year as a teacher and his 28th year teaching at the University, Prof. Jack Lindgren said he uses the same philosophy for his Commerce School students that he uses for his golf game. "Don't ever think you've mastered it -- keep trying to achieve more," Lindgren said. Lindgren started out as a general marketing professor focusing on consumer behavior, but in 1979 he created the University's first course in advertising at the request of one of his students.

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The Silent Shiner

By Tim Ciesco | March 30, 2006

In only a few short months, 19-year-old Lauren Munchak made a profound impact on the Uni-versity community.

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A new take on the news

By Amber Davis | March 29, 2006

This semester, aspiring journalists had the opportunity to immerse themselves in both media education and experience without setting foot outside of the classroom.