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Going once, going twice

By Hannah Woolf | February 12, 2004

The countdown to Valentine's Day is almost over, and you're single. Oh, what to do? Buy a date. Out on Rugby, the Asian Student Union and the Queer Student Union are joining forces to host a date auction tonight. And there's a twist -- you can bid on anyone, opposite sex or same sex. "When people conceptualize a date auction, it's always in heterosexual format," said fifth-year Education student Anthony Whitten, president of Out on Rugby and chief organizer of the auction.

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Calling all musicians

By Cliff Roberts | February 11, 2004

Students dance to it, workout to it and study to it. Now, they can perform it as a means to help others. Musicians on Call, a volunteer organization founded by fourth-year College student Anna Palumbo, gives students this opportunity, providing therapeutic music for patients at the University hospital. "The main purpose is to bring music into the hospital," Palumbo said.

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On the market

By Erica Schaul | February 11, 2004

MONEY. Who would have thought that a simple five letter word could become so important? It is the source of complaints, excitement, frustration and most every other emotion a college student feels.

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Thanks, Mom and Dad: Pondering parents' selfless love

By Megan Peloquin | February 11, 2004

In the past week, I've been a horrible daughter. If I were my parents, I would just stop answering the phone. It all started with the Spring Break fiasco -- Destin, Bermuda, Nassau.

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Thursdays: Hazing yourself on a school night

By Brett Meeks | February 10, 2004

It feels kind of like trying to carry a bowl full of water across an obstacle course, and each time you let any spill, arrows are launched at your head -- the pain is excruciating. You have, of course, brought this all upon yourself.

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Where the artists live

By Youyoung Lee | February 10, 2004

Think the country's best artists only live in New York City? Think again. Fleming Cunningham Lunsford has been around Charlottesville for awhile.

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Liquid lift

By Michelle Jamrisko | February 10, 2004

The best, or perhaps worst, part of waking up for many University students is a steaming cup of coffee. Students described various motives for seeking out that crucial cup of java.

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Dancing the night away

By Chad Anderson and Cliff Roberts | February 9, 2004

"It's an amazing thing -- I can't believe people would stay up all night to do this for kids and their families," said Zoe Padron, whose son Iggy will benefit from funds raised by the 24-hour Dance Marathon, held last Friday and Saturday in Memorial Gymnasium. Padron, whose son, Iggy, will benefit from funds raised by DM, was only one of the many astonished parents who came for the last few hours of the event.

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Fractions, variables, GMATs, Oh My!

By Lytle Wurtzel | February 9, 2004

Everybody hates fractions. That's what my professor told us on the first day of MATH 110 -- well, on my first day of MATH 110, which was about a week later than everyone else's first day. I had transferred in from MATH 120, after failing the first quiz. Everybody hates fractions.

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Let's talk

By Chad Anderson | February 9, 2004

With Black History Month well underway, the University is scheduling numerous cultural and intellectual events to celebrate and promote African-American culture and history.

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Sam's Kitchen: Heaven for post-Saturday recovery

By Allison Correll and Daniel Stern | February 6, 2004

The situation: You wake up Sunday morning/afternoon after a fun, but fairly rough, weekend. The ritual: Breakfast with the roommates to recap the happenings and debauchery of the weekend.

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A Spanish Side Story

By Michelle Ruiz | February 6, 2004

The University Spanish Theatre Group has been a labor of love for Spanish Prof. Fernando Operé for more than two decades, but when asked about the birth of the group, he seemed to shun the dramatic.

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Soundbytes

By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 6, 2004

"So I'm in an E-school building and I'm about to starve to death and I have no cash.But I figure, 'E-school.They're all about the technology -- they'll take Cav Advantage.'So I find a hot drink machine, but that won't take cards.So I go to the soda machine, but no, that one doesn't take Cav Advantage either.What's up with that?I blame ARAMARK entirely for me falling asleep in class." --Cashed out "As a proud member of my gender, I would like to say I appreciated the Janet incident on Sunday.

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Ping (not Beer) Pong

By Defne Gunay | February 6, 2004

For most University students, the notion of table tennis (or "ping-pong" as the cool kids call it) is closely associated with another very well known game that involves red plastic cups and yes -- a ping pong ball. The University's Table Tennis Club, however, takes this familiar game much more seriously.

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Up, Down and All Around in San Francisco: An Insider's Shortlist

By Jason Motlaugh | February 5, 2004

San Franciscans don't really care. Whereas a cabbie in Queens with an Italian flag dangling from his rear-view might insist that he lives in the best damn city on Earth, it's likely that the Mexican-Filipino cable car conductor on Powell Street would quietly go about his business. To accept the tag that San Francisco is the most "European" of American cities, as is done all too often, is shallow.

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'Hoo's homeless

By Hannah Woolf | February 5, 2004

Second-year College student Rob Sanchez is in a bit of a bind for the upcoming year. He applied to be an Residential Advisor but did not pass the test.

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The Super Bowl -- pontificated

By Elizabeth Stanek | February 5, 2004

I have reason to believe that rodents are copulating in my oven. In all honesty, I've actually never opened the oven during the five month period that I've lived in my apartment, but that only serves to strengthen my notion.

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Hot Shots

By Chrissy Lyman | February 4, 2004

On a typical weekend night, bar patrons stand amid a crowd, desperately trying to make eye contact with the bartender, hoping to be noticed and served the next drink.

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ISA Dance Party

By Cliff Roberts | February 4, 2004

If the 24-hour Dance Marathon scheduled for this weekend sounds a little too intense, try the Indian Student Association's first semiformal this Friday from 8 p.m.

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Speechless: The elusive quest for second language skill

By Alexandra Valint | February 4, 2004

Once upon a time, long, long ago, when the pace of life was slower and children respected their parents and, you know, in general, everything was, um, better than it is now, I joined an after-school Spanish club. We met once a week for an hour and learned such infinitely valuable, life-saving terminology, such as the colors of the rainbow, how to count to 10 and how to name the different parts of the face. Perhaps I was driven by a sense of duty, a sense of the opportunities for a blooming bookworm heroine like me.