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Game on

By Michelle Jamrisko | September 24, 2004

By Michelle Jamrisko Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Those expecting to find a shady spot to study or eat on the Newcomb patio yesterday afternoon may have been shocked to find the tent sheltering video game gurus, truants and several students simply looking for a good time. The tent event was the 2004 NCAA Football Challenge, a 16-school video game tournament sponsored by gaming company EA Sports and organized by the University Program Council's Special Programs Committee.

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Divine bovine at the Aberdeen Barn

By James Darragh and Ann Hopper | September 24, 2004

In the beginning, there was steak. The moment when humans decided that cows looked better on a plate than in the field has to rank up there with learning to stand upright. Vegetarians, be warned: This is not the column for you.

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First Stop After Last Call

By Defne Gunay | September 24, 2004

There are many different things that make up a student's life experience at U.Va. Prof. Kenneth Elzinga's ECON 201 class perhaps, having Dean swipe your student ID at O-Hill, picking your major and maybe most importantly, the nights out with your friends that seem to have a beginning but no end.

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Say cheese!

By Hannah Woolf | September 23, 2004

The digital camera market has thrived over the past few years, turning a novelty item into a commonly-owned commodity. Many students have embraced the new technology, while others prefer to stick with traditional film cameras. So, which is better? First-year Engineering student Ryan Gilbert said he is strictly digital, primarily because he likes the ability a digital camera gives him to manipulate his photographs. Using the computer, "I can touch up the photo, change the colors, change brightness and saturation all myself, and then I can take it to a professional printer," Gilbert said.

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The answer is... 'vintage'

By Demetra Karamanos | September 23, 2004

One hypothetical question, with two hypothetical answers. Which answer do you think sounds more unique and, in turn, is more exciting? #1: "Hey, I like your shirt.

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Behind the laughter

By T.J. Rodigas | September 23, 2004

What do a sponge, a wad of meat, a crew living in an aquatic facility, a bunch of foul-mouthed fourth graders and a talking baby all have in common? This is a tricky one.

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Now, I don't want to get on a tangent, but...

By Eric Cunningham | September 22, 2004

Sometimes I wish real life mimicked cartoons. That's why I don't carry a wallet. I much prefer the tan sack with a dollar sign on it.

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Lunch on the Range

By Defne Gunay | September 22, 2004

Sick of those long lines at the Pav? Don't want to battle the bees on the Newcomb Dining Hall balcony?

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The footsteps of Boots...

By Meghan Moran | September 22, 2004

The University of Virginia is a place where tradition and change, history and modernity, the classic and the innovative live side-by-side.

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Flip Fest

By Crissy Lyman | September 21, 2004

The Lawn was transformed into a rare scene Saturday morning. Students and visitors who stumbled upon "Pancakes for Parkinson's" unaware may have felt like they were in a dream-like state, where the situation is recognizable, just somehow tweaked a bit.

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Optimism

By Brett Meeks | September 21, 2004

Struggling through the crowds on the way to class, you try to push through a sea of people who want nothing more than to accomplish the same goal.

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Spicy new scene

By Cliff Roberts | September 21, 2004

Just when students thought they had tried every restaurant and bar on the Corner, the Buffalo Wing Factory opened its doors Sept.

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EXPOSED

By Elizabeth Katz | September 20, 2004

Does that girl sitting next to you in class look familiar? Think you've seen her before? Naked, perhaps? Maybe she's one of the three University students featured in the October issue of Playboy, which includes several pages of girls attending colleges in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Last semester Playboy sent modeling scouts to ACC schools to find girls for its October issue, and second-year College student Briana Timmons, third-year College student Paige Gellar and fourth-year College student Ariel Iverson* each made the cut. Introducing Briana Timmons The morning of her first autograph signing, Timmons shared some of her experiences from the past several months. The first step in becoming a model for Playboy was her audition, which consisted of taking trial photographs last April.

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What you wish you had done this weekend

By Clare Ondrey | September 20, 2004

Friday afternoon around 3 p.m. or so, a friend and I went to the Lucky 7 to buy a 12-pack. Our plans were to watch some big screen television and wait out the torrential rain.

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DO IT: make the call, speak your mind, find your type and never settle

By Callan Blount | September 17, 2004

I spend a lot of time talking. I talk on the phone, I talk to roommates, I talk in class. I text message, I IM, I e-mail.

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State of Mind

By Teresa Wood | September 17, 2004

On an average day wandering around Grounds, a student could be overwhelmed trying to count all of the popped collars, pearls and number of times someone says "y'all." For many out-of-state first years, these common sights and sayings around the University come as an enormous culture shock.

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Pizza Pie Perfection

By James Darragh and Ann Hopper | September 17, 2004

From New York's thin crust to Chicago's deep dish -- people everywhere have their own (at times rabid) opinions about what pizza is the best.

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Frenzied raptors of the night

By Richard Mathera | September 16, 2004

While walking along the worn-brick paths of the Lawn, you may find yourself glancing down at a cute, fuzzy little critter gazing up at you quizzically, or a scruffy, devilish varmint, startling you with its penetrating gaze.

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Life col

By Megan Peloquin | September 16, 2004

After receiving criticism about the quality of content in my columns last semester, this August I spent some precious free time at home reading back on two years' worth of my tirades against cold weather and glorifications of digital cable. Not surprisingly, I came to the same levelheaded conclusion as my critics: the intellectual level of this University community could be shamed if I continue to speak to my audience as if it actually cares about things like "The O.C." and "90210" when our country remains faced with terrorist threats, a weak economy and a little something called a presidential election.

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Crazy for country

By Hannah Woolf | September 16, 2004

It divides friends. It polarizes peers. It breaks up lovers. "It" is country music. And while it sometimes seems to set the record for drawing the most devout despisers, this brand of music has an equally powerful way of creeping into a person's listening regimen. After all, if the country haters won out, would the Recording Industry Association of America be able to declare country artist Garth Brooks the fourth best-selling artist of all time? A key to the spread of country listening is the phenomenon of conversion: one country aficionado introduces a non-fan to the music, and after a bit of listening, the latter becomes a self-proclaimed fan. First-year College student Francesca Tarant is responsible for at least one conversion. "My dad likes it now!" Tarant said. Tarant, however, wasn't always a follower of the cowboy hat-wearing, Southern twang-wielding world of country herself.