Life

Life

A whole new world

By Victoria Brayton | September 14, 2005

For many students, college represents a brand new start and a chance to break out of high school identities.At least that's what it represents to students who come to University without knowing anyone.But what if you came here with dozens of people from your high school or your hometown? First-year College student Ethan Carroll, from Arlington, Va., intentionally avoided the 21 other kids from his high school who also came to the University this fall.

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Life

Social evils at U.Va.

By Daniel Young | September 14, 2005

"MARSHALL AND GOODWIN SPEAK ON SOCIAL EVIL" -- that's the headline of the Sept. 30, 1914 edition of College Topics, the former name of the newspaper you're reading right now.

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Life

Free Food Nation

By Marine Olivesi | September 14, 2005

What do you think French students find the most astonishing when arriving at the University? The beauty of the campus?

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Life

THX, DU

By Eric Cunningham | September 14, 2005

The other day, I realized if I wrote my autobiography it wouldn't have an appendix -- because I don't have one. It would, however, contain many falsified stories with pirates, dinosaurs, ghosts and a small dog with whom I solve mysteries.

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Life

Settling In C-ville

By Michelle Jamrisko | September 13, 2005

She would finally be leaving Charlottesville. Becky Trudel hadpacked all her things for her freshman year at Tulane University in New Orleans, excited to begin anew in a place far from home. "I was one of those Charlottesville kids who didn't want to go to U.Va.," Trudel said. But Trudel, now a temporary first year in the College, was one of many Tulane students forced to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina swept through the southern states.

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Life

All grown up

By AJ Aronstein | September 13, 2005

The only thing missing is a shuffleboard court. Friday night I found myself sitting at a dinner table with nine friends, eating arroz con pollo and drinking wine. There were candles on the table.

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Life

Worlds are colliding!

By Meghan Moran and Megan Fanale | September 13, 2005

Some say there is a "Seinfeld" reference to match every situation in our real lives. These people are right.

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Life

20 Questions

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 13, 2005

Each week, The Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them.

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Life

Shhhh ... I'm studying

By Erin Gaetz | September 12, 2005

Try as I might to change this fact, the sad truth is I absolutely cannot study in my room. I have no reasonable excuse for this, as my mother insisted on buying me a red (she would only buy it in red -- apparently, "honey" was too generic for her tastes) desk from Pottery Barn Kids that is roughly the size of Greenland in order to facilitate my studies.

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Life

Losing your religion?

By Jessica Vanatta | September 12, 2005

It is common knowledge that college life is very different from high school life. There are new friends, new living arrangements and new freedoms and responsibilities.

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Life

The mail bag

By Dan Strong | September 12, 2005

Last week I reached a milestone in my career as a journalist: my first piece of fan mail. It came in response to last week's column that focused on life (or lack thereof) in Hereford and offered survival tips to first years recently placed there.

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Life

Hoos in black

By Marcus Burke | September 12, 2005

Aug. 29, University students were put to the test: Wear a black T-shirt as a form of protest in light of recent race-related incidents.

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Life

Conquering Katrina

By AJ Aronstein | September 9, 2005

In the days immediately following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, University students have mobilized to respond to the crisis on the Gulf Coast. As early as Aug.

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Life

Nice guys fight back

By Mansij Hans | September 9, 2005

Are you: 1) Routinely labeled a nice guy? 2) The kind of guy who has actually gotten coffee with a female friend just because she was mad about something? 3) The kind of guy who actually loves what he does academically? 4) The kind of guy who believes he can make a small, significant difference in the world? 5) Able to talk to any girl you just met for hours, but completely unable to have a first date set up by the end of your conversation? 6) Someone who has more majors than girls' phone numbers? If you fit the above criteria and are hitting your third or fourth years, you are probably starting to notice something odd.

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Life

Debating marriage

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 9, 2005

By Amber Davis Cavalier Daily Associate Editor California, known for its definitely progressive actions on many political and social issues, has yet again lived up to that reputation: This past Tuesday, the California Assembly, after heated debate, voted in favor of same-sex marriages.

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Life

Back to the daily Grounds

By Connor Sullivan | September 9, 2005

You know, it's strange how differentand how much better and how much worse and how much the same it is to come back here.

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Life

A long road to recovery

By Meghan O'Leary | September 8, 2005

Life for many Universitystudents has not quite been the same since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast Aug.

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Life

No résumé polishing needed

By Lindsay McCook | September 8, 2005

I had a crisis last week. Not a "'Full House' DJ's got a pimple on school Picture Day" kind of crisis, but a real-life one.

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Life

Cupid's AIM

By Demetra Karamanos | September 8, 2005

Asking someone out on a date is a difficult process that, for some students, can be nerve-wracking. Some students may choose to ask out that special someone by doing something creative or unique, others may use more traditional means like flowers and still others may just do it in person or over the phone. Some students may resort to technology -- specifically, AOL Instant Messenger. Students who do this, however, may not be met with positive results. "If someone asked me out on AIM, I wouldn't take them seriously [because] you can't see facial expressions, and it's hard to interpret," second-year Education student Suzy Natz said. Other students said they don't even take the romantic potential of AIM into consideration. "I don't do it whatsoever," second-year Engineering student George Leffue said.

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Life

Killing a tradition

By Bayless Parsley | September 8, 2005

I may be jumping the gun, but so far I've noticed a disturbing trend among the Class of 2009. Perhaps I should say that I've noticed the disturbing lack of a trend