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Dishing locally

Hospital food is notoriously unappetizing, but the offerings available in the three dining halls at the University don't fare much better - at least to some students. But the University Health System is looking to change that perception by overhauling and incorporating local produce in its daily cafeteria menu as part of a partnership with the Local Food Hub, which gets local produce from small family farms within 100 miles of Charlottesville.


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Living for the weekend

Today, The Cavalier Daily launches its first Weekend Edition to replace the traditional Friday edition of the newspaper. As we outlined briefly with one of our first editorials this semester, there is one principal goal for the Weekend Edition - to make our content more relevant and engaging for readers.


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Discussion sections

Sept. 24, the University will hold its first-ever "Day of Dialogue" devoted to open and honest discourse about community responsibility and campus safety.


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Party of three

Republican party candidate Robert Hurt is refusing to enter a debate with opponent Tom Perriello in the Cumberland County NAACP debate because third party candidate


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Three cheers

If I may, I would like to amplify the much appreciated and well-written article by Alborz Meshabi ("Grad students receive space," Sept.


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Rotund costs

In yesterday's Cavalier Daily, an article was printed discussing the Board of Visitors' plan to preserve and restore the Rotunda, with renovations costing the University $22.9 million


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Living the dry life

Sept. 15's editorial ("The drinking game") states that, "Fraternities and sororities foster values like maturity and independence in their members when they function more or less autonomously." However, Greek organizations have self-policed themselves for decades, with little effect, on the issue of underage drinking.


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Three-day weekends

For state employees, the usual 9-to-5 grind might soon be a thing of the past. Gov. Bob McDonnell's Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring has recommended that 25 state agencies move to four-day workweeks that comprise of 10 hours each day.


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The drinking game

For those students who considered attending the College of William & Mary, their decisions to matriculate at the University may now be vindicated.


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Rankings redux

The Wall Street Journal released its list of the top 25 colleges across the nation for the first time yesterday - and interestingly enough, the rankings look little to nothing like those released annually by U.S.


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Working from home

In many ways, the University of Virginia is among the best places to be during America's worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.


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Three is a crowd

Last week, Student Council's Legislative Affairs Committee discussed plans to host an on-Grounds debate between the Fifth District congressional candidates during the coming semester.

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