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From the Soul

The flier is an open invitation. "All we ask of you is an open mind, as we will take pleasure in doing the rest and providing this thing we call 'food for your soul.'" It's a Friday night in February, but the arctic cold doesn't penetrate to the upstairs room of the Starr Hill Music Hall where tightly packed listeners eagerly divide their attention between the poet onstage and scanning the stylishly dressed crowd around them.


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Symposium showcase

By Alexandra Valint Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Suppose you spend almost a year researching your thesis for your undergraduate research project, a combination of computer science and anthropology, and the final product simply lies in some obscure corner of a library, quietly collecting dust.


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Sound Bytes

A new addition to the Cavalier Daily Life section coming every Monday and Friday Instructions: Fill this space with your gripes, your praises or just your own views on life at the University or life in general.


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A Period of Patriotism

This is the second article in a two-part series looking at how the University community confronts war, both in the 1970s Vietnam conflict and the Sept.


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In India, a sampling of chai, saffron-cardamom milkshakes and an elephant-headed god

India is.... Hmmm... elegant and gaudy; ancient and modern; familiar and foreign; extraordinary and ordinary; full of rickshaws with photos of Hollywood stars and gold streamers, ghee, street urinals, lentils, unparalleled generosity, Green Apple Fanta, yogurt, stray dogs, and water buffalo... All at the same time! -- Shulamit Warren Eric Littlepage In this article, my study abroad companions and I will undertake an impossible task.


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A Period of Protest

This is the first article in a two-part series looking at how the University community confronts war, both in the 1970s Vietnam conflict and the Sept.


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Psyched up

It's 6 p.m., you're hungry and you're broke. Coincidentally, tonight you're also in luck. Beginning this evening at 6, the psychology department will hold Psychology Experiment Night in Gilmer 190.


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A Model For All Nations

A gavel pounds and a roundtable discussion ensues. Sixteen people, identified by the countries they represent, sit and decide the fate of the world. It is the year 2025 and a troop of Manoan super-soldiers has just invaded Austria - or so it appears within the confines of the Emergency Bioethics Committee, one of the 11 committees within the 2002 Virginia International Committee Simulation.


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Speaking Spirituality

Concepts like tradition, scholarship and practicality compose the very core of University life. The Office of Admission strives to find the most driven and goal-oriented students.


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Word Association

At age 21, Jimmy Santiago Baca entered prison illiterate. Five years later, he came out a poet. He has transcended the odds - and survived to tell about it - through writing that is praised internationally for its style, cultural richness and honesty. Baca came to Charlottesville this past Friday as part of the Virginia Festival of the Book.


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Making waves

Last night at 7, area air waves got an international infusion of music that rocked the globe with the premier of "Culture Shock," a new radio program sponsored by the International Studies Office and WUVA 92.7 Kiss FM.


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Culture collage

By Alexandra Valint Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Imagine using a few easy clicks to upload an entire novel into a portable, convenient technological device.


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Night Light

He stood on the Lawn early one November morning, surveying the University's architectural jewel, wondering how he could transfigure Jefferson's legacy. "This can't look like a carnival or a barber shop," Ralph Himelrick said to fourth-year trustee Michael Huneke.


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Appreciating the dirty work

From sweeping the carpeted hallways, to cleaning the bathrooms, to hanging ready-to-use trash bags over each student's door knob, the housekeeping staff cleans up after the messes left behind by residents daily. These housekeepers, who work daily in first-year students' living quarters, encounter the same students day after day in their robes, running to class or brushing their teeth. And the relationship gets personal.

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With the fall season underway, Cavalier Daily Sports Desk writers Victoria Blankenship and Ryan Weiner discuss the University’s Sabre Points System, how it works and why it matters for Virginia athletics. From football Saturdays to volleyball courts, they share how the system strengthens student turnout and shapes the athletic experience on Grounds.