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Getting ahead, falling behind

By Bryan Maxwell | June 29, 2000

HIGH SCHOOL has never been so appealing, it seems. More and more students are choosing to stay in high school longer than they have to, taking what's called a "post-graduate year." This trend demands that we take a closer look at how we prepare students for college, and why an increasing number of students resort to a fifth year. Post-graduate programs, which allow high school graduates to take a fifth year of high school before going to college, have been in place at a few schools -- mostly private New England prep schools -- for several decades.

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From behind Senate doors

By Elizabeth Managan | June 29, 2000

WHEN I tell people I'm interning for my Senator this summer, I generally get two responses. First, they say that it's a great opportunity and that I must have worked very hard to get it.

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Advice for the rest of us

By Michael Gillespie | June 22, 2000

IT'S ALMOST upon us. Twice a year, in our summer mail-out issue and then once again in the Orientation Issue, The Cavalier Daily Opinion page offers numerous columns providing advice to those naïve first-years who might not yet understand the many traditions and peculiarities of "The University." Included among these are "Eat a Gusburger" or "Don't sign up for 8 a.m.

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Advice for making most of U.Va. stay

By David Z. Rose | May 20, 2000

SUDDENLY and without warning, four years disappear. It is the year 2000 -- graduation time -- and we fourth-year pseudo-journalists have been asked to impart some wisdom upon the loyal readers of The Cavalier Daily. Thus, I have included a total of 10 suggestions (five dos and five don'ts) for you to get the maximum benefit out of your short time here.

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Symphony of memories

By Claire Edwards | May 20, 2000

U.VA. IS replete with sensory experiences: the sight of red brick, white marble, and green magnolia trees; the taste of a Bodo's bagel or the Louisiana shortstack at Southern Culture; the smell of the stuff they put on the grass so that it will grow in time for graduation.

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Thanks for phenomenal family, friends

By Meg Scheu | May 20, 2000

WHEN MY term ended at The Cavalier Daily, I still continued to write. Now, this will be my last "story" ever, and despite how many lead articles I have written about law suits, the Faculty Senate, and the honor system, this one always will be the most important to me, because it's a story about the people I care about most. Dad and Mom -- I love you very much.

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Finding success in freedom to fail

By Dan Cooper | May 20, 2000

I SPENT two years of my time at the University studying Japanese. I did well at first because I had had some Japanese in high school, but my grade continually slipped each semester.

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