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Sports

Seats taken

October perennially seems to be the month when the bandwagon pulls out of the garage and makes its stops, picking up the derelicts who wait on the street corner for their team to finally come around. Ahh, the bandwagon, that rollicking inferno that sets ablaze a never-before-seen passion in lost and wayward fans.

By the October 9, 2003

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By the October 9, 2003

Voices

Correction

The photo caption for “At VMI, turnovers cost football first win” (Sports, Oct. 2) attributed Andrew Crawford as a sophomore. Crawford is a junior.

By the October 9, 2003

News

‘Flick’ed off

In Alexander Payne’s 1999 film Election, Omaha high schooler Tracy Flick will stop at nothing to get ahead. And getting ahead means winning, at nearly any cost, the student council election. She’s hyper-ambitious and eager to climb the next step on the career ladder.

By the October 9, 2003

Features

Poker nights

COVER BY PAUL MCCARTHY Check or bet? Call or raise? Bluff or fold? Poker’s the new thing on and off campus—if you listen closely, you’ll hear the sounds of chips being stacked and wax playing cards gliding across the table. This is the story of one man’s journey through the exploding number of student poker games.

By the October 9, 2003

Leisure

More ballyhoo

I’ll just come right out and say it; I am deeply ignorant of football. Hailing from football-maddened Texas, it seems impossible that the nuances of the game remain so utterly lost on me. But then again, I don’t even remember the Alamo. I’m using this chance to let everyone know I will not be in attendance at this weekend’s game, so I won’t spoil anyone’s spectator experience with my irritatingly basic questions about tackling or “downs.

By the October 9, 2003

News

Former associate dean accused of abuse

NEWS BY ROB ANDERSON A former associate dean of the College resigned as the president of another Jesuit university on Tuesday after accusations of sexual abuse surfaced against him.

By the October 9, 2003

Features

The industry strikes back

COVER BY DAVE STROUP Since September, the RIAA has issued over 1600 subpoenas and 261 lawsuits. Students across the country have found themselves in the organization’s sights. What will happen if they come for you?

By the October 2, 2003

Editorials

More unnecessary rules

For the past two weekends, Residence Life has limited residents of University townhouses to no more than four registered parties per weekend night. According to Dmitry Vovchuk, hall director for Alumni Square and University townhouses, the new cap is intended to limit weekend activity to a “legitimate number of parties” in order to address concerns over trash, noise and excess foot traffic.

By the October 2, 2003

Voices

The blunt end of the hurricane

When the lights went out, I was sitting on my couch, watching a Harrison Ford movie. In retrospect, I wish I had been up on the Village A rooftops catching Isabel full in the face. Instead, after a muddy round of tackle football, I retreated indoors, possibly due to my roommates’ infectious paranoia in the face of Mother Nature.

By the October 2, 2003