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By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 2, 1999

Burn, baby burn Running enthusiasts looking to get in touch with nature participated in the Blue Ridge Burn-10K Saturday morning. The 6.2-mile race was organized by Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine. Although no ghosts or goblins were seen, a few runners came in costume, including a runaway bride and a red devil. Winding up and down the forest of Walnut Creek Park, most runners found the 6.2-mile all-terrain course challenging. For a few unlucky individuals, roots and rocks were unavoidable, leading to some nasty spills.

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Nobility of League of Windsor aims to dress University up

By Rupa Mishra | November 2, 1999

You open your window and check to see if you'll need to wear duck boots and your winter coat or if you can wear your favorite faded T-shirt and ripped jeans.

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Halloween, college-style: fun-size candy just doesn't cut it

By Lee Camp | November 1, 1999

This past weekend most of you no doubt acted like deadly beasts, cartoon characters, pimps and prostitutes.

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By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 1, 1999

Uncle Tom's Web site Movies have world premieres even though most will be out on video in the U.S.

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Fighting for peace at home

By Christie McLaughlin | November 1, 1999

All seemed normal in the lush countryside and bustling, crammed towns of Ireland on the morning of Aug.

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Urban legend haunts Lefevre dorm residents

October 29, 1999

At this time of year, most first-year students have settled into their new surroundings. Gone are the stresses of unpacking, meeting hall-mates and navigating unfamiliar territory.

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By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 29, 1999

Smashing pumpkins Rather than merely celebrating Halloween Friday and Saturday nights, University Union hopes to convince students to head to the Ruffner parking lot Sunday afternoon from noon to 4 p.m.

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Levinson, concert honor jazz great

By Andrew Merson | October 29, 1999

It was 1955, and then-fourth-year College student Peter Levinson realized he had been born too late - the age of big band jazz was over.

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Thai '99 tests diners' stamina, but not their wallets

By Brandon Rogers | October 29, 1999

It takes guts. Some people sweat and cry. But the temptation is overwhelming to try the Native Thai Sauce, listed as Very HOT in the menu, when visiting the Thai '99 Restaurant on Fontaine Avenue. Opened Aug.

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Closeted easy listening fan comes clean

By Kate White | October 28, 1999

I blame my mother for the sickening breadth of knowledge I possess when it comes to Easy Listening Artists.

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Faculty spotlight Tolson, black artists

By Josie Roberts | October 28, 1999

Melvin Tolson, a poet who wrote during the turbulent Civil Rights Movement, challenged the traditional view of black art as a medium for social change by writing poetry that was not confined to a solitary theme.

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By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 28, 1999

'Hoos in the hall? Bruce Hornsby will be among the entertainers performing tomorrow at "Hoos In the Hall," an event designed to introduce the women and men's basketball teams. The event tips off at 8 p.m.

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A nightmare on Emmett Street: Sidewalk rage and need for speed lurk behind smiling pedestrian's face

By Abby Fifer | October 27, 1999

Until this year, I always assumed that road rage was confined to those who actually drive. I now realize this assumption is incorrect.

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By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 27, 1999

Brother on a pole Don't be surprised if you see a University student sitting up on a pole this week on Rugby Road. Pi Lambda Phi fraternity is holding its eighth annual fund raising event for the Charlottesville Sexual Assault Resource Agency.

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A 'day' to remember

By Sarah Culvahouse | October 27, 1999

What do 1,400 doughnuts, 10,000 pounds of apples, 800 McDonald's hamburgers, 10 large Domino's pizzas, a thousand Wal-Mart dollars, 500 Christmas cards, hundreds of better-off children, clean communities, innumerable cans of food and thousands of Wahoo volunteers add up to?

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Activist tradition continues as students take a stand for diversity

By Adam Reno | October 26, 1999

Participating in activities on Mr. Jefferson's fabled Lawn is just another of the many special opportunities that make up the University experience.

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Spaar explores theme of insomnia in new poetry anthology

By Christa Dierksheide | October 26, 1999

A woman with fluffed blonde hair sits in the corner office of the Creative Writing Department. She gets up, moves around the cluttered office piled high with papers and passes a shelf stuffed with books of poetry -- Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Bishop, along with various anthologies.

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By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 26, 1999

A pounding challenge Wannabe boxers from around the University gathered in the Amphitheater yesterday afternoon to work out and win prizes. HBO, ESPN The Magazine and Student Council co-sponsored the "Pound-for-Pound Challenge College Tour" which began at noon and ended with a drawing at 4 p.m. "It's a promotional event to get college students interested in boxing," said John Finley, fourth-year College student and Student Council chief financial officer. After signing a waiver, participants tried their hand at various activities from punching a smaller speed bag, a larger heavy bag, jumping with a skip rope, partaking in the Slam Man Showdown and joining a workout session. Students won prizes based on the number of activities they participated in.

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By Cavalier Daily Staff | October 25, 1999

Ringing in the third year First years have Convocation; fourth years have graduation, but what about those who are stuck in the middle of their undergraduate experience?

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Professional wrestling is foundation of civilization

By Lee Camp | October 25, 1999

With professional wrestling becoming increasingly popular many people are asking the question, "Is pro wrestling a sport or some other brand of entertainment that resembles a porno movie gone horribly wrong?" Here are the basic qualifications of major sports: Men and/or women wearing tight clothes, referees making terrible calls, people getting badly injured or killed and screaming idiot fans. Going by these qualifications alone, one would assume that wrestling is a sport.