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Roughing it in the wilds of C'ville

When I was a Boy Scout, I didn't think sleeping on the hard ground was good for anything besides "putting hair on your chest." At least that's what our fearless adult leaders told us so we would stop complaining. But my experience as a Boy Scout did come in handy earlier this month, when I slept on the hard floor of a friend's apartment for 10 straight days. The people in the apartment were moving out, so there was no furniture.


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TALES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

The temperature on the Lawn is about 80 degrees Fahrenheit, but underneath the University, in a network of tunnels 5.5 miles long, the thermometer displays temperatures of up to 130 degrees. These are the steam tunnels that carry heat, steam and data wires to the University community.


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Car stereos blast sounds of summer

It's officially summer. And in the words of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, it's time for us to "adjust the bass and let the Alpine blast." Summer is when testosterone-driven males come out of hibernation, blasting their car audio systems loudly enough to set off alarms, kill anyone with a pacemaker and communicate with deaf whales. There is some kind of primeval male instinct at work here, a sort of my-club-is-bigger-than-your-club mentality that dates back to the caveman days.


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No Day But Today

Twenty-two years ago, Katie Couric walked down the Lawn to receive her degree in English from the University.


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Battling for Life

As Abigail Burroughs sits at a table at Starbucks, sipping a cup of coffee and nibbling at a chocolate croissant, she seems calm and content.


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My Fair ... Pygmalion The Chinese Student Association is taking center stage with a production of "Pygmalion," the basis of the 1964 hit film "My Fair Lady." The CSA will present the play tonight at the Student Activities Building at 8 p.m., free of charge. Though a traditionally western play - it's set in England - the CSA chose it for exactly that reason. "We were looking at Asian-American plays in particular, but we wanted to do something different this year," said CSA cultural co-chairwoman Lily Yang.


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Dude, where's my board?

With his eyes focused ahead of him, third-year Education student Brian Davis rolls down the slated platform outside Runk Dining Hall and heads straight for the huge trash can that looms a short distance away.


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Gender rules Women and politics don't mix. At least that is the message that tonight's panel discussion on "Women in Law and Government" will attempt to dispel. At 7 p.m.


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Almost a millionaire Who wants to be a half-millionaire? First-year Law student Steve Perry does after his $500,000 win on Sunday night's episode of ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millioniare?" "It was a completely surreal experience," Perry said of his 25 minutes in the hot seat opposite host Regis Philbin.


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Perfect summer job turns into problem child experience

With summer almost here, I'm sure many of you are looking for jobs. Because all the normal, steady jobs are taken already (I don't think there's an available mime or pimp position anywhere near Charlottesville), you may need to branch out to other possibilities.


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Pump Up the Volume

It's late afternoon and most doors along the first floor of Dabney residence hall are closed. But from behind one door, music blares as an aspiring disc jockey, Mike Karnjanaprakorn, perfects his playlist.


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Stop and smell the roses With barely more than a week of classes left in the semester, students and faculty alike are stressing over end-of-the-year papers and exams.


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Boomerang before Dave Tomorrow morning from 10 until noon, the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University will host a lecture and demonstration on the art and sport of boomerang at Carr's Hill Field. Ben Ruhe, the founding father of boomeranging in the United States and an honorary consultant in boomerang for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, will lead the event. Ruhe is the author of two books on the Aboriginal art, "Many Happy Returns: The Art and Sport of Boomeranging" (1977) and "Boomerang: How to Throw, Catch and Make It" (1985). He is the brother of Edward L.

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