Life

Life

Inner Peace: inconceivable at age 21?

By Alexandra Valint | January 21, 2004

Wracked by the emotional turmoil of my 21-year-old angst and prematurely high levels of anxiety and stress, last semester I finally resolved it was high time to obtain some inner peace. Time to balance the yin and yang, establish a harmonious existence between my mind, body and soul, focus on my seven chakras, strengthen my inner chi and, most importantly, emulate Madonna and reach nirvana. Ah, inner peace.

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Life

Back in action

By Cliff Roberts | January 21, 2004

There's nothing like new faces and a new challenge to spice up the cold winter days. And Student Council's annual Winter Activities Fair from 12 to 5 p.m.

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Study abroad, tranquillo

By Jason Motlaugh | January 21, 2004

When vacation season rolls around I prefer self-improvement to be incidental, much like how eating an ice cream cone also happens to be high in calcium.

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Adding some humor

By Brett Meeks | January 20, 2004

In honor of yesterday's Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration, the Office of African-American Affairs, in conjunction with Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, have scheduled renowned civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory to speak tonight at 7:00 p.m.

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Lifting heavy things is fun

By AJ Aronstein | January 20, 2004

I feel pretty svelte these days. I'm feeling the burn. Getting in shape. Releasing my inner Adonis.

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Burning Down the House

By Elizabeth Chan | January 20, 2004

Deep inside the quiet Fontana, Va. community, large gray smoke clouds could be seen rising from a series of buildings being consumed by flames.

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Life

Missing Out at U.Va.?

By Liza Bance | January 19, 2004

Maybe it was listening to a girl from Jerusalem argue with a German girl over the aftermath of the Holocaust.

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Life

New Year's Eve: A True Story

By Jake Hostetter | January 19, 2004

Wow. I'm still reeling from my New Year's Eve shenanigans. What was I thinking? I mean, I've gone through my entire life feeling like a lonely pea in a pod big enough for two.

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'Spirit of the class'

By Chad Anderson | January 19, 2004

After finishing their first semester at the University, African-American first years and transfer students celebrated their accomplishments in the annual Harambee II held yesterday afternoon.

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Life

Sound Bytes

By Cavalier Daily Staff | January 16, 2004

I'd like to complain about the cold. It's really freakin' cold outside. My hands get cold. My face gets cold.

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Life

Locked Out

By Neela Pal | January 16, 2004

By mid-semester the stresses of unfilled schedules will have long since passed, ironically replaced by the anxieties of days that are too full.

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Searching for a Future

By Katie Sullivan | January 16, 2004

As graduating fourth years finally log in to ISIS to complete final registration, they are forced to confront the reality of their final semester.

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Goodbye Expresso, hello Qdoba: A fairly worthy replacement

By Allison Correll and Daniel Stern | January 16, 2004

We won't lie to you. We miss Espresso Royale. It was so utterly Charlottesville, the way that the true intellectuals flocked there for a latte, a much different crowd than the gotta-go Starbucks.

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Podium preparations

By Elizabeth Katz | January 15, 2004

As students begin preparing for their classes by purchasing books and making last minute adjustments to their schedules, professors are putting the finishing touches on weeks of preparation. Last minute trips to the bookstore and desperate attempts to log onto ISIS to change discussion sections hardly compare to the time and effort professors spend to provide their students with the best classes possible. Economics Prof.

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Life

14

By Meghan Moran | January 15, 2004

Gregory Smith peers out from beneath a shell of straight, golden hair and answers interview questions with the assurance and poise of a well-practiced public figure.

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Is caution overrated?

By Callan Blount | January 15, 2004

I don't stretch before I run. It's one of those things I have always hated to do. I mean, really, if I get up enough energy to get off my butt and stop watching "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" in order to physically torture myself, I am not going to take the time to slow down and stretch.

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Life

Breaking the Silence

By Michelle Jamrisko | January 14, 2004

She's had her life threatened by the Iranian government countless times. She's suffered the grotesque conditions of a prison run by Islamic extremists.

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Escaping the harsh New Year's cycle of resolution, attempt, failure

By Megan Peloquin | January 14, 2004

I hate New Year's.I know that's a bold statement, but I cannot help it. The holiday has never felt right to me, and up until last week, I could not figure out why.

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Booking It

By Meghan Moran | January 14, 2004

It's January again -- time for a new year, a new semester, new classes and some shiny new books to match.

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Season's Feastings

By Per Midboe | December 4, 2003

As the semester winds to a close, the hearts and minds of many students stray from papers and projects to restful memories of the holiday season.