Life

Life

The marching band refused to yield

By Lauren Caldwell | September 4, 2007

A week before his classmates would make their first awkward acquaintances on Grounds, first-year College student Blair Burnett had already eaten, slept and commiserated with dozens of new friends and performed half-naked on stage to raucous applause. The Cavalier Marching Band held its annual band camp for a week last month in Charlottesville, spending seven sweltering hours a day mastering the complicated choreography and familiar songs that thrill the Sea of Orange every football season. More than 220 band members trekked to the turf of Carr's Field every morning, drill books in hand and drill position number memorized.

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The big two-one

By Dan Dooley | September 4, 2007

My life changed dramatically after I turned 21 last week. Having never tasted alcohol before I became legal, my first few sips hit me like a ton of bricks.

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Life

Baby needs a new pair of shoes

By Daniel McNally | September 4, 2007

In the world of sportswear, there are two kinds of shoes. The first kind includes the pricey, highly regarded Nikes, Adidas and Reeboks.

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Life

'Hoos pregnant?

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 3, 2007

I casually walk into Student Health and approach the receptionist. Me: Hi, ma'am! I'm here to see a qualified medical practitioner regarding my damaged anterior cruciate ligament.

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Life

Putting the dumb in dumbbells

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 3, 2007

Besides McDonalds, there are more gyms than any other building in the world. This is because old people are always building gyms so as to have quiet and accepting places in which they can walk around naked.

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Life

Northern exposure

By Mary Baroch | August 31, 2007

One thing I love about this University is that we are an adventurous bunch of Wahoos. Many of our peers have just returned home jet-lagged but smiling after studing abroad or just plain exporing in Europe, Asia or South America.

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Life

Diamonds in the Rough

By Kelly Underwood | August 31, 2007

Diane Lee, a 2005 graduate of the University, finds herself as one of few females in the field of engineering.

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Life

From book book reports to TPS reports

By Kelly Underwood | August 30, 2007

As a prospective English major, I'm not sure what I want to do after graduation. Sometimes I think about becoming a journalist, traveling around the globe following leads and interviewing interesting people.

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Life

High school versus college

By Ed Cao | August 30, 2007

As a new school year begins, it's easy for upperclassmen at the University to pick on incoming first-year students for their bright-eyed optimism, ability to get lost regardless of where they are or where they're going and, most importantly, their ever-so-obvious desperation to make friends.

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Life

Sleep can wait for August...

By Vinu Ilakkuvan | August 29, 2007

As a sleep-deprived college student, only the most incredible of circumstances would prompt me to give up precious sleep over the summer.

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Life

So easy a CavMan could do it

By Cavalier Daily Staff | August 29, 2007

First-year students typically come in with all sorts of crazy questions and concerns and diseases.

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Life

Earn your wings

By Cavalier Daily Staff | August 28, 2007

Air travel has revolutionized the world as we know it. It has connected far-flung regions of the globe and made crossing vast distances a much quicker process.

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Life

A sigh of relief?

By Erik Silk | August 28, 2007

Police forces from the University, City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and Waynesboro had reason to celebrate August 13.

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Life

Rest, relaxation and reflection

By Cavalier Daily Staff | August 25, 2007

I'm in Wisconsin on vacation and it's ... what day is it again? Saturday the 25th. Right. I'm leaving for Lyon, France in 3 days.

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Life

To Virginia from abroad...

By Lauren Caldwell | August 25, 2007

In Indonesian cuisine, rice is a staple. It is eaten plain or with a spicy mixture of beef, pork and vegetables.

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Life

Encyclopedia Bro-tannica

By Cavalier Daily Staff | August 25, 2007

Move-in Day: You get out of the car, nervous with anticipation, eager to say good-bye to mom and dad and meet your new roommate.

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While the students are away, the professors will play

By Bailee Barfield | August 9, 2007

Students aren't the only ones taking advantage of their time off from school -- faculty members did it all this summer, from international research to health awareness to influencing public policy.

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Life

The "cultural experience" of a "lifetime"

By Cavalier Daily Staff | August 9, 2007

In 58 B.C., Julius Caesar began his campaign of conquest against the Gauls. This summer, 2,065 years later, I set out to finish what he started. I ran into a couple of problems, though.

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Life

Great Expectations

By Andrenne Alsum | August 2, 2007

There are many lessons and experiences I hope to take away from France. I have mulled over the possibilities and even made tentative lists of opportunities I hope to take advantage of during my time there; however, I also expect that much of what I learn in France will be things I could never predict. My biggest goal, the motivation that has driven me forward in the journey to France, is fluency.

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Life

Destination Crozet

By Sarah Peeden | August 2, 2007

Located just 10 miles away via Interstate 64 West, Crozet, Va. is the perfect destination for anyone looking to escape the standard routine of University life.