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ODDS & ENDS

By Alexandra Valint | October 18, 2002

Traipsing across the Lawn yesterday, you might have seen the gathering around the familiar sight of Homer's statue or heard a voice ringing out: "pray to the gods, all the Trojan women." It was the Classics Club's birthday celebration for Homer, legendary Greek poet of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." It resembled a campout, with a grounded green tarp holding various victuals (a bag of lollipops and a large vanilla-frosted cake), and a blue sweat-shirted student pacing, giving a dramatic rendition of the Trojan war. Fourth-year College student and Classics Club president Kristen Boose said the club "just got started this semester, so we were looking for an activity that would be available to all University students." The festivity included a 24-hour reading of "The Iliad" in front of the statue, which started at 9 a.m.

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Wontons galore -- a meal fit for any king at the Buffet

By Chris Makarsky and Thomas Ross | October 18, 2002

If you're in the mood to stuff your face with bland but plentiful Chinese dishes, the China King Buffet is the place to be.

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On the SIDELINES

By Jennifer McDaniel | October 18, 2002

Minutes tick by on the scoreboard at Klöckner Stadium. Grunting and booming sounds resonate through the arena as the members of the varsity men's soccer team furiously attack the ball in an effort to defeat Marshall. Fans cheer.

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That lovin' feeling

By Katie Sullivan | October 17, 2002

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you love your body and you know it, get a massage. University Programs Council, Inter-Sorority Council and the University chapter of the National Organization for Women sponsored free massages in Newcomb Hall Yesterday. At 2:30 p.m., the line of people waiting for a session stretched down the hall outside the massage room in Newcomb Hall Room 168. First-year Engineering student Katie Jogerst said she hoped the massage would alleviate the stress from her classes in the Engineering School. "It's a great idea," Jogerst said.

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Fashion Conscious

By Lauren Akselrod | October 17, 2002

It's time to say goodbye to that oh-so-familiar but terribly tacky blue-and-green umbrella. Once welcoming shoppers to Fashion Square Mall, the outdated sign has been replaced by a modern-looking silver-and-gray square.

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LIZ-ISMS

By Elizabeth Stanek | October 17, 2002

Back in the heyday, the letter 'H' and I had such good times together. In Hawaii we drank Heinekens in hammocks.

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DWI: Dialing while intoxicated

By Megan Peloquin | October 16, 2002

I am going to be honest with you -- it has not been easy adjusting to life at the University of Virginia. I don't know what's wrong with me.

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A Reel Good Time

By Daniela Montalvo | October 16, 2002

Dancing prep step in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom -- sounds like your typical University short course.

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ODDS & ENDS

By Lytle Wurtzel | October 16, 2002

Tonight, men's basketball coach Pete Gillen will leave the dome of U-Hall for the Dome Room of the Rotunda, as the first speaker in the Athletic Lecture Series. The series, which begins at 7 p.m., was the brainchild of third-year College student Justin Ferira, whose life-long love of sports and commitment to his interdisciplinary major led him to develop the project. "I took a University Seminar two years ago with Craig Littlepage, the Director of Athletics, on issues in college athletics," Ferira said.

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Rotunda Stop...

By Karenna Balallo | October 16, 2002

Q: What activities have you done so far? I did the Twister and the mixbeat thing on the computer.

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Happy Days

By Patricia Cooper | October 15, 2002

Reza Shah woke up last Thursday and went outside for a cigarette.

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He said, she heard

By Laura Good | October 15, 2002

A guy comes up to you and pulls out this stunning pick-up line: "Those pants look really good on you.

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Professor Profile

By Alexandra Valint | October 15, 2002

Department of Chemistry CHEM 181: Chemical Principles CHEM 911: Research in Inorganic and Organmetallic Where did you grow up? I grew up in California.

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Under the Covers

By Kelly King | October 15, 2002

I think there should have been a clause in the University's honor code to cover broken hearts. After all, the honor system is supposed to protect and prevent us from lying, cheating and stealing, isn't it?

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Historian's Corner

By Steve Ander and The University Guide Service | October 14, 2002

Having left the public spotlight in 1809, Thomas Jefferson moved back to his home, Monticello. In his private, final years, Jefferson delighted himself with many hobbies including agriculture, correspondence, riding and natural history.

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Highlytes

By Lytle Wurtzel | October 14, 2002

It's October 14. Do know where your bed will be next year? At Mr. Jefferson's University, the rush is on.

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ODDS & ENDS

By Lauren Akselrod | October 14, 2002

With the local weather still stubbornly dry, many students are conserving water to the tee. Whether it's cutting back on showers or waiting three times to flush, every little drop helps. But despite all the rain dances and water prayers, Charlottesville remains dry.

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Web Secrets

By Katie Sullivan | October 14, 2002

Young girls associate the word "diary" with emotional outpourings, and most of all, secrets. But in this age of the digital revolution, not even this time-honored tradition has been left untouched. The new, digital form of diaries, called blogs, or Web Logs, enable the user to post his or her innermost thoughts on the Internet for the whole world to read. Bloggers link to their friends' blogs, creating a chain of links in which people closely follow the lives of others they do not even know. And starting your own blog is just as easy -- and cheaper -- than buying a diary. Blogger.com boasts that you need only three minutes to set up a blog using their templates. According to fourth-year College student Amy Hawkins, there's also no need for prior computer knowledge. Hawkins started her own blog with no Web programming experience whatsoever. Third-year College student James Layman, who has held jobs involving Web technology similar to that used in blogs, said he finds the templates provided to be adequate for his blogging needs. "All I added was a comments section," Layman said. Hawkins said she finds maintaining an Internet journal much easier than a written diary. "I never wrote in a private journal on a regular basis," she said. First-year College graduate student Katie Bowers has been updating her blog almost daily for the past two years. "It gets addicting, like caffeine," Bowers said.

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Sound Bytes

By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 11, 2002

"I have something very important to say, very important, okay take note. Why do you date someone for three years?

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Odds & Ends

By Alexandra Valint | October 11, 2002

You might indulge from time to time in guilty eating pleasures. Those strange, ritualistic feats of ingestion in that split second when the kitchen is empty, except for you. And in that moment you eat peanut butter by the spoonful, drink right from the milk carton or take a sip of that translucent green juice from the half-empty pickle jar.