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Thoughts of Palestine

By Elizabeth Katz | November 11, 2003

While the American media frequently covers the conditions and issues of the Middle East, few University students can grasp the far-reaching consequences of the reports. Almost no one will ever fully understand the frustration felt by suicide bombers, experience the humiliation of passing through checkpoints on a daily basis or live in fear of enemy soldiers, but one student has. Second-year Engineering student Raya Yusuf is the only student attending the University from Palestine. Born in Jerusalem, Raya grew up in Ramallah in the West Bank with her parents and three younger siblings. She attended a private Christian school for girls run by nuns although she and most of her classmates were Muslim. "Over there, there is no difference between Christian and Muslim," she explained.

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Sock It to Me

By Michelle Jamrisko | November 10, 2003

The bagel necklaces, the pocketed stuffed animals, the Caesarean leaf crowns. Frantic victims running from attackers armed with socks. This scene has become familiar on Grounds in the past few weeks, as most of the first-year dorms have set up their own Assassins tournaments, arranging for all interested residents to partake in a game that might be described as a cross between hide-and-go-seek and tag.

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The Cavalier Daily Crossword

By J.J. Feminella | November 10, 2003

ACROSS 1. Police sting 5. Arrow complements 9. Sunkist and Sprite 14. Hater's prefix 15.

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DTD had a frat, and in that frat there was a pig

By Amber Davis | November 7, 2003

Walking down Rugby Road today, students are likely to see a new face. Not a new fraternity guy or a face lift on one of the fraternity houses, but instead, a smaller change, and a pinker change, a rounder change ... Delta Tau Delta's newest acquisition, Charlie, the female miniature pig. Even if you are not a frequent visitor to Rugby, Charlie is by no means a sedentary swine.

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Shake your body

By Jennifer McDaniel | November 7, 2003

In the hiatus from home football games, organizations have taken it upon themselves to schedule their own events during the upcoming weekends.The Virginia Dance Company has jumped on the bandwagon along with others, making certain not to miss their opportunity.

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Newcomer to Charlottesville, Garden of Sheba Caribbean restaurant is 'jammin, man'

By Allison Correll and Daniel Stern | November 7, 2003

In the words of the great Bob Marley, "One Love! One Heart! Let's get together and feel all right." This song, and others like it, greeted us last night as we sat down for a meal in the fairly new Garden of Sheba, an Afro-Carribean restaurant located just past the Downtown Mall on East Market Street, across from the parking garage. We walked up to the restaurant very disappointed that we could not sit in the courtyard dining area due to the torrential downpour.

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Sound Bytes

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 7, 2003

Thanks to the guy who straightened out the mess in the tray deposit of Newcomb Hall today. If everyone were as responsible as you, the belt wouldn't have gotten overloaded in the first place, and the University would be a much cleaner place to live. -- Appreciating Civic Duty Look, if you're going to get to class 10 minutes early, for the love of God, do not sit right on the aisle so everyone else has to climb over you.

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Aces Up!

By Clare Ondrey | November 6, 2003

Once upon a time names like Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth Jr. and Chris Moneymaker were just that -- names.

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Timing: The prerequisite to relationships

By Callan Blount | November 6, 2003

It only took me two weeks at the University my first year to find a guy I wanted to date. As one of my best friends said to me last year, I am always up to something (and I am). So, I did the typical girl things that would help me get this guy to like me.

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Smitty: Currently fortified with eight nutrients and 15 different vitamins

By Andrew Smith | November 6, 2003

So many things to go over this week. Where to start? I think it would be best to pay homage to two of the greatest hours of television ever created: The Disney Afternoon.

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Efforts from exile

By Patricia Cooper | November 6, 2003

Joseph Abdel Wahed and his family were expelled from Egypt in 1952 because they were Jews. Wahed was one of thousands of Jews given a "one way ticket" out of the country and forced to leave behind family, friends and personal belongings. Despite the horror of this forced removal, little is known of what Wahed calls the Forgotten Exodus. Fourth-year Commerce student and president of Hoos for Israel Matthew Rubin was touched by Wahed's story, printed in National Review.

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In the middle of a mid-college crisis

By Megan Peloquin | November 5, 2003

I have this odd obsession with time. I think it's a control issue -- because time is intangible and constantly running, I am a fanatic about keeping track of it -- to an embarrassing degree. Oh yes, I'm the girl who slashes each and every day in her planner as they end.

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Renaissance Man

By Hannah Woolf | November 5, 2003

A smallish, sprightly man darts through parkedcars at the Aquatic & Fitness Center. Students may recognize him as "Bill, that guy who writes tickets." Bill Kelley is a 61-year-old man who may look his age, but he certainly doesn't act it. When he walks he bounces.

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Don't sweat the job hunt

By Neela Pal | November 5, 2003

"Work It!" exclaims the cover of Allison Hemming's book, which can be found among the shelves of resources at the University Career Center.

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Hear O Israel

By Elizabeth Katz | November 4, 2003

Petite and feminine with bright eyes and a big smile, it's hard to imagine first-year College student Michal Duvdevani serving as a lieutenant in the Israeli army. It's hard to imagine how she felt when her mother was rescued from a bombed building or how she feels when she reads the news and sees the names of her friends listed among the casualties. At 22, she has seen more tragedy and has been under more intense pressure than most of her fellow first years probably will experience in their entire lives. These experiences have forced her to mature more quickly than many of the American students around her, giving her a unique perspective on the value of life, the importance of family and citizenship and the meaning of the college experience. Michal's family immigrated to Israel generations ago and has been very supportive of the country that saved them from European persecution.

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Escaping reality

By Brett Meeks | November 4, 2003

It's that guy sitting in front of you in class doing the crossword instead of taking notes. It's the people who play video games for hours at a time instead of doing their homework.

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Red-eyed in Iceland

By Jason Motlaugh | November 3, 2003

Modern legend has it that Icelanders are world-class hedonists, burning with a strain of cabin fever that only 20+ hours of daily blackout during winter can breed.

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Separating work and play in a technological world is no easy 'multi'task

By Lytle Wurtzel | November 3, 2003

Although it may be hard to recall during this spell of beautiful fall weather, it was not too long ago that Hurricane Isabel blew through Charlottesville. In writing about the aftermath of the storm, I mentioned how refreshing it was to have a momentary break from the computer, cell phones and email. Apparently, I am not the only one who questions our reliance on technological devices to get through the day.

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Major decisions

By Meghan Moran | November 3, 2003

There are an inevitable series of questions adults ask college students upon first meeting. "So where do you go to school?" "What's your major?" A stop by the Arts and Sciences Council Majors fair might be beneficial for the many University students who still answer this last question with the catch-all "undecided." In Newcomb Ballroom today, from 11 a.m.

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Color Scheme

By Chad Anderson | October 31, 2003

People making their way down Rugby Road cannot help but notice that the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity house is bright yellow.