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STUDENT SURVIVAL '08: Money: Paying your way

OK, freshman. You've made it to college. Gone are the days when report cards, newsletters, and class schedules get mailed to your parents instead of you. Now, the envelope that comes is yours to cherish, and the five- or six-figure tuition bill sitting inside is your

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STUDENT SURVIVAL '08: Entertainment: Music downloads

More and more things are becoming extinct everyday. Some of the most recent victims include CDs, cassettes, and records. We're the millennial generation. We've gone digital - and so has our music. Since the birth of Napster around the turn of the century, music downloads

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STUDENT SURVIVAL '08: On- & off-campus options for vegetarians and other socially conscious eaters

Eat, drink, and be merry. Now that you're off in the college world, dining halls will help you rediscover how much fun meals with friends can be. And though you may know who's sitting at your table, you may not know what's sitting on your plate.

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STUDENT SURVIVAL '08: Planning the ultimate all-nighter

You've just started school, but mid-terms will be here before you know it. Freshmen, prepare to feel stress like never before. Here's a guide to the perfect cram session, from locations to brain food to caffeine options.   Location, location, location There are

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SPORTS: Poags Hole Hill Climb (8/17)

Dozens of daring drivers will race their 10-foot-long motorcycles up a 625-foot hill at the 12th annual Poags Hole professional hill climb Sunday, August 17. Hill climbing, which reportedly started in England in 1897, is one of the oldest and most popular spectator motorcycle sports

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RECREATION: Lockapalooza (8/16-8/17)

Take a splash in the Genesee Waterways Center's man-made whitewater kayaking course at the fourth annual Lock 32 Lockapalooza Festival Saturday and Sunday, August 16-17. A slalom race, boater-cross, food, raffles, and flatwater kayaking will keep attendees busy and entertained from 11 a.m. until dusk at

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THEATER: "Woman in Black" (8/15-8/23)

Blackfriars Theatre closes its summer season with "Woman in Black," a psychological thriller based on the book of the same name by Susan Hill. Performances start Friday, August 15, and run through August 23 (there will be no performance on August 18) at the theater at 28 Lawn Street.

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EVENTS: Cool Kids Can-imals

If you've got some spare canned goods lying around the house and kids who need something to do, head out Saturday, August 9, to the Cool Kids Can-imals event, where kids of all ages will be building sculptures out of thousands donated canned goods. Starting at

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SPORTS: Carriage Driving Competition (8/13-8/17)

It's off to the races Wednesday, August 13, through Sunday, August 17, with the annual Walnut Hill Carriage Driving Competition. The event will be held at Walnut Farm, 397 W Bloomfield Road in Pittsford, and will feature horse-drawn carriage races, a dog show, sheep herding, and

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SPECIAL EVENT: Pirate Weekend (8/8-8/10)

Get your parrots, eye patch, and peg leg ready, because at this year's Palmyra Pirate Weekend - taking place Friday, August 8, through Sunday, August 10 - you and your swashbuckling crew can enjoy a boatload of fun with movies, music, races, and a parade, all

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