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Redefining girl power

Something seems amiss. At a school where 54 percent of the undergraduate population is female, why -- individual School Council elections aside -- did women comprise only 39 percent of candidates in the spring elections? A closer look at the numbers reveals a deeper problem in certain sections of the ballot.


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Academic rejection

Whether used for social or academic purposes, e-mail is an indispensable tool of everyday life. E-mail aids students in getting into classes when ISIS is crazy, inquiring about a grade or letting a professor know they are going to be absent from class. But what happens when professors refrain from responding to students' e-mails? Electronic mail is not like a telephone call; a student can leave multiple messages on an answering machine or talk to a secretary, but it is less acceptable to write multiple e-mails repeatedly making the same request.


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Shrine of the Silver Monkey

Dear other schools, You may think it's cool to cancel classes during heavy snow and instead spend the day relaxing or cramming some more for midterms, but you forget what is really important about education: A sterling record of school-openage.


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A PANorAMA of Paradise

Students around Grounds have been holding their breath, counting down the days until Friday. Although this anticipationis a weekly occurrence for most, the end of this week holds special meaning with the promise of a fun (and rest)-filled Spring Break.


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Snowy Sentiments

Last Monday, many University students said they were not sure what surprised them more: the fact that the ground was coated with a fresh blanket of snow or that the University was running on a normal operating schedule. The University's Inclement Weather Policy states the following: "All schools and departments of the University remain open during regularly scheduled hours while the University is in session regardless of weather conditions.


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Taking the house

Dance Marathon co-Chair Ann-Henley Saunders said that planning for this year's event, which garnered more than a quarter million dollars, began when "we walked out of Mem Gym last year." Saunders said Dance Marathon "reinforces the meaning of collaboration and teamwork," speaking not only of the 17 members on the executive board, but of the many students and student groups that participated in the event. Roughly 1,000 students came in and out during the event's "open hours" period, Saunders said.


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Losing Gonzo

It was a dull shock. Losing someone close to you is always hard to bear, but when you lose an icon, a celebrity, someone you never actually have met, the feeling is a little weird. As the headlines reported last Monday, Hunter S.


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20 Questions

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


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Rebuilding a sense of unity

Doesn't Charlottesville in February sound like the perfect place for summer vacation? For José Luis Incio, a fourth-year Law student at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, it's just that -- except this vacation is of more significance than most, because Incio is at the University to discuss his experiences with terrorism in Peru. The University is presenting a series of events about the 20 years of violence and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, or Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación.


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I'm not an alcoholic

D ue to the recent attack on my person insinuating that I constantly havesome sort of alcohol running through my bloodstream, I received an IM from my mother asking if I was an alcoholic.


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From the ARCHIVES

Two party's candidates will vie for College offices tomorrow in the annual college elections on two tickets, that named by the University party, and that named by the Interim Governing Committee. Candidates for president are Bob McKinley of Avon, N.J., on the University ticket and Downing Tait of Lawrenceville, Virginia on the Victory Ticket.


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A War of Words

I love the University so much it should be illegal. I mean, the kind of deep, pas-sionate, primal, physical love I hold for Mr. Jefferson's University -- and Mr. Jefferson himself, truth be told -- is rarely found in human affairs.


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Cultivating Community

By Chad Anderson Cavalier Daily Senior Writer Wednesday evening saw what several people in attendance deemed a historic day at the University.


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'There

Two weeks after his tragic death, many of Shawn Bryant's friends still say they cannot find words that would do justice to his memory.


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Giving bikes, getting smiles

For some University students, bicycles arouse feelings of envy. As bikers whiz by them, students may wonder why they can't ride a bike to Cabell, thus cutting their walk time to class in half. Yet bikes may arouse feelings of envy in the hearts of some Charlottesville residents for other reasons: They don't have the means to buy or repair a bike.

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Latest Podcast

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.