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DMB to play second show at stadium

After days of speculation and rumor, the Dave Matthews Band confirmed yesterday that it will give a second benefit concert at Scott Stadium on Sunday, April 22. At a press conference yesterday at the Omni Hotel downtown, Coran Capshaw, the band's general manager, said the band made the decision in the interest of raising more money for local charities and to allow more fans from out of town to attend. Most tickets for the first show on April 21 were sold March 3 during the pre-sale for local residents and few tickets remained for the general public.


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Conference explores Holocaust-era music

On Saturday night, fourth-year College student Benjamin Levy's vision for the International Conference on "Music Suppressed by the Third Reich" culminated in a revival of an era of music not heard in more than 50 years. Levy, a music major, organized the three-day International Conference as part of his distinguished music major project.


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Students may boycott QualChoice

Upset over another upcoming rise in QualChoice health care rates, some graduate students are about to say they have had enough. QualChoice is the University-sponsored health care plan many graduate students use because it is the only plan recognizing Student Health as an authorized care provider. Over the past three years, however, QualChoice has raised its rates for graduate students. Graduate students now have two different package options.


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Mending e-commerce with micropayments

It is prevailing wisdom that users will not pay for content on the Internet. Even if one Web site charges for information access, there is always another site that will provide the same information free of charge.


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Democrats debate Va. Leadership

As part of the Democratic Primary Debate Series, three of the four candidates for the Democratic attorney general nomination met last night in the Chemistry Auditorium in a debate sponsored by University Democrats. Consensus on many key issues characterized the debate.


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Lowry addresses students on conservative quandaries

Students and community members gathered in New Cabell Hall last night to hear Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of the political magazine The National Review, share his unique and pun-filled views on politics and issues conservative Americans face in today's world. "It's great to be back at U.Va.," said Lowry as he thanked The Virginia Advocate and the Jefferson Issue Foundation for inviting him to speak.


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Campaign calls for smoke-free dorms

As the number of students on college campuses who smoke continues to rise, a Washington-based group called the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is lobbying colleges and universities to create more smoke-free residence halls and anti-smoking programs for college. The University now allows smoking in individual residence hall rooms if both roommates consent, but smoking is not allowed in common areas. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids bases its current effort on two studies by the Harvard School for Public Health that were published this week in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and the Journal of American College Health.

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