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Life

Al Gore wins again

I realize I wrote my fall fashion column at the end of September, full of delightful combinations of trendy tights and boots.


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Particulars

Eventually, you have to leave. Graduate, I mean. People tell you this, occasionally, as though it helps.


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The legend of porto

Dow's Fine Tawny Porto Price: $12.99 Grade: A- In 1703, two English merchants, while traversing the countryside of Northern Portugal, came upon a ramshackle monastery.


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Discovering Dracula

Perhaps the least believable part of University alumnus Paul Bibeau's new book about Dracula is that it was his wife's idea to spend part of their honeymoon at the famous vampire's real castle.


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Blatant advertising

This is our country. This is our truck," my television repeats for the 4,742nd time. Apparently, I forgot to switch channels during the commercial break and have subjected myself to yet another Chevy commercial.


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Something wicked this way comes

The elevator doors open and you face rows and rows of shelves filled with books and the heavy air of silence.The squeak of your shoes and the small sounds of your breathing disturb the quiet, until you hear a creaking door open behind you.


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A foreign focus

"The whole world is learning Chinese, Confucius's words are spreading internationally, The whole world is speaking Chinese, Our language makes the world listen up." Pop music isn't often a source of academic enlightenment, but one could gain a valuable lesson in international relations from a Taiwanese girl group. S.H.E.'s latest single, "Zhong Guo Hua (Chinese Language)," celebrates the growing popularity of Mandarin Chinese, the most widely-spoken native language in the world. China's rise on the world stage, in part due to its booming economy and the upcoming Beijing Olympics, has captivated students across the globe.


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Gallon challenge

Every few thousand years, a great challenge is born, one that stirs individuals to action, forces them to choose right from wrong, and provides them with something to fight for besides who gets the last Cheeto.


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A statistical analysis of dating

The world of dating is very much an environment of uncertainty for the young college male and is made even more mind boggling by the hazy feedback that most girls give in response to basic preferences in courting rituals.


Life

Patience is a virtue

Eight years old, life is simple. I eat cereal for breakfast, wear clothes my mother picks out, and my Sega Genesis is working out just fine for me.


Life

A radical discussion

On a night of earnest reflection and heated debate, Hoos for Israel and Students Defending Democracy hosted a screening of the film "Obsession -- Radical Islam's War Against the West." Hoos for Israel supports the existence of an independent Israeli state.


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Police blotter

Virginia ABC store victim of larceny-shoplifting on North Emmet Street Oct. 23 at 9:43 a.m. Restricted victim of assault-simple on 10th Street NW between 12:45 p.m.


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I enjoy long walks...

As most of us know, you've got a better shot of finding an e.p.t. in a convent than an available parking spot somewhere at U.Va.


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Art from down under

"What? I didn't know we had that." This, more or less, is students' standard response when they hear about the University's Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.


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B all that you can B

Second week of fifth grade, late 1996. New school, new teacher, nervous kid. Art/history assignment entailing creating your own personal sarcophagus.


Life

Strike!

Apparently, strikes occur more frequently in France than in the United States because of what the French consider their inalienable right to demonstration.


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Decoding the COD

Time to party! Ever been to a party and thought there's something missing? Perhaps that something was a bit of academic advice. The Arts & Sciences Council held COD release parties earlier this week, providing students with pizza, soda and advice about course registration. ASC's department representatives advised students to fulfill their requirements early and to choose professors, not classes.


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24/5

I awake at 4 a.m. on a Sunday with a start. I shoot up in my bed, mumbling the word "sociology." I need to do my sociology reading.

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All University students are required to live on Grounds in their first year, but they have many on and off-Grounds housing options going into their second year. Students face immense pressure to decide on housing as soon as possible, and this high demand has strained the capacities of both on and off-Grounds accommodations. Lauren Seeliger and Brandon Kile, two third-year Cavalier Daily News writers, discuss the impact of the student housing frenzy on both University students and the Charlottesville community.