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Tax referendum two-step

THOUGH it is only late July, media attention for the upcoming ballot decisions is heating up. The Northern Virginia regional sales tax for transportation infrastructure is the most noteworthy of three public referenda that various regions of the Commonwealth will be voting on.


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The best way to fill requirements

LIKE IT or not, the focus of college is on the classes you take. This column is meant to help out incoming first years in the College make it through their first year or two as painless as possible. As you may have noticed, the College has an absurd amount of required courses.


Opinion

Insight into first-year frenzy

IF THERE'S one thing that can live up to the hype, it's college. There's no other time in your life when you find that perfect blend of childhood dependence and adult freedom.


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Beyond just a liberal artseducation

THERE are probably several things you expect to get out of your four years of education here at the University: some great memories, a few life-long friends, and the ability to discuss the symbolism in Dante's Inferno like nobody's business.


Opinion

Dealing with culture shock

ONCE AGAIN, it's that wonderful time of year. Everyone is enjoying their summer and anticipating the return to friends and good times here at the University.


Opinion

The McIntire shuffle

NO MATTER if hell freezes over, dogs and cats start talking, and the sun doesn't rise in the morning, there always will be a large group of first years clamoring to get into the McIntire School of Commerce.


Opinion

No freedom of speech for students

IF YOU thought you had the right to speak freely within the community of trust, think again. Under current University policies, you are free to state your opinion only so far as it aligns with the whims of the administration.


Opinion

Taming transfer woes

I WILL always remember my first visit to the University. I recently had been accepted as a transfer student from Syracuse University, so I drove to Charlottesville for summer orientation.


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Stay wary in first-year relationships

HERE IS a question that every first year should have to answer prior to their arrival at the University this August: What does a kind, considerate, loyal individual have in common with a self-centered, dishonest or even mean-spirited person?


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Solutions to roommate issues

AS YOU enjoy your final summer before embarking on the incredible journey that is the University, you are deluged with mailings from the school, but only care about that one envelope ... your roommate assignment.

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Latest Podcast

All University students are required to live on Grounds in their first year, but they have many on and off-Grounds housing options going into their second year. Students face immense pressure to decide on housing as soon as possible, and this high demand has strained the capacities of both on and off-Grounds accommodations. Lauren Seeliger and Brandon Kile, two third-year Cavalier Daily News writers, discuss the impact of the student housing frenzy on both University students and the Charlottesville community.