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Religious conflict cancels KU class

By Dave Colon | December 5

A controversial new course at the University of Kansas has been canceled after it was revealed its instructor sent disparaging e-mails about Christian fundamentalists and creationists, according to The Washington Post. The course, "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and Other Religious Mythologies," was to be taught by Professor Paul Mirecki until e-mails surfaced in which he called religious conservatives "fundies" and said his course would be a "nice slap in their big fat face," according to The Washington Post.

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Sports

Sports briefs

By Ian Quillen | December 5

AU swimmers get share of top finishes at Rutgers meet The AU men's and women's swim teams combined for eight top-five finishes in the first two days of the Rutgers Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Seniors Val Fomenko and Kevin Falkenstein led AU taking individual wins, Fomenko in a tie in the men's 100-yard fly and Falkenstein in the men's 100 backstroke Saturday.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: What exactly is the matter with Kansas?

December 5

A professor at the University of Kansas had to cancel the class he planned to teach after reaction to comments he made about religious conservatives. The course was entitled "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism, and other Religious Mythologies.

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D.C. kicks off holiday season with tree lighting

By Kyra Smerkanich | December 5

President Bush urged spectators to remember the displaced Gulf Coast residents and the servicemen and women abroad before lighting the National Christmas Tree at the Pageant of Peace Thursday night. "The lighting of the National Christmas Tree is one of the great traditions in our nation's capital," President Bush said as he addressed the spectators gathered on the Ellipse.

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Shakespeare play is 'Comedy' without 'Errors'

By Lindsey Marburger | December 5

Utter chaos is the best description of any showing of William Shakespeare's classic farce, "A Comedy of Errors." But in the case of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's latest rendition, the chaos has transcended pointlessness and evolved into well-controlled, carefully executed hilarity.

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Student advocacy group launches loan debt site

By Lauren Gardner | December 1

A student advocacy group launched its Web site last Monday to raise public awareness about the number of students who are in debt because of college loans, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Student Debt Alert, a project of the Student Public Interest Research Groups, features a Student Debt Yearbook on its site that resembles facebook.

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Opinion

Column: The best Iraq exit plan

By Jonathan D. McPike | December 1

In the week before Thanksgiving, as Congress was struggling to finish its business so they could rush home, the House of Representatives erupted into a nasty debate that made the Prime Minister's Questions look like a tea party. Earlier in the week, Rep.

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Opinion

All thumbs

December 1

Thumbs up... Ben Connors and Chris Kosek... AU's own won a contest through the Will Rogers Institute. Starring in the ad are Muppets and the beautiful Teri Hatcher. Go, Ben! BE Week.. All across campus students are celebrating who they are. Kudos to the SG for having a program that really resonates with the campus Pandas.

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News

Don't make film 'yours'

By Jeff Lambert | December 1

A widowed Coast Guard Admiral, Frank Beardsley (Dennis Quaid) meets his likewise widowed high school sweetheart, Helen North (Rene Russo), in a restaurant. Not ones to question serendipity, the pair hopes to pick up where they left off in high school. What they forget is that they have eighteen children between the two of them and that they each have their rising careers to worry about.

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Fire alarm dodgers risk steep fines

By Tiffany Heimbuch-Maybee | December 1

Many of the 800+ students living on the south side of campus are no longer leaving their dorm rooms during prank fire alarms that occur almost nightly, presenting a dangerous problem that AU Housing and Dining staff is beginning to address. Rick Treter, director of residence life sent out a memo explaining that the Office of Housing and Dining and the university plan to take serious steps to enforce the existing punishments for those who pull the alarms without reason as well as students who stay inside during alarms.

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'Be' week sparks campus unity

By Kyra Smerkanich | December 1

This week AU's Student Government is sponsoring "Be Week" in order to unite the campus. "The campaign has really taken off ... the ultimate goal of the campaign is to bring the campus closer," said Leah Kreimer, vice president of the Student Government who also planned most of the "Be Week" activities.

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Opinion

Dems: "get over" reaction to Alito

By William Keegan Gibson | December 1

Robert Idlett's column, "Stop Alito on Filibuster," on November 21st reminded me of one of my favorite songs by the Eagles: Get Over It. One of the song's lines offers advice to liberals who oppose the appointment of qualified judges to the Supreme Court: "Get over it.

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Theatre perfect for 'Starving' actors

By Andrew Yonki | December 1

"Pay What You Can" night at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre is easily one of the greatest things ever. For one measly dollar, one can take in a high-quality performance in the heart of Washington. After all, even if the play isn't of extraordinary quality, who can resist seeing a live performance for such a small price? Equally as cool as paying a dollar (or however much patrons wish to pay) to see a fantastic play is paying a dollar to see a fantastic play before anyone else in the world will see it.

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News

Horoscopes

By Tamara Brown | December 1

Aries (March 21 - April 19) Underwear on the outside of your clothes will be featured this week. Perhaps this outward gesture will give you the desire to reverse your usual behaviors in other arenas of life as well. Enjoy your newfound freedom, and give Quailman our regards.

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News

Commercial written by SOC seniors to make theatrical debut

By Brian Kalish | December 1

What began four years ago as a contest entry for the Will Rogers Foundation, AU seniors Ben Connors and Chris Kosek will soon have a public service announcement they produced featured in movie theaters across the country. As a teaching assistant in Professor Sarah Menke-Fish's Understanding Mass Media Class, Connors learned about the contest offered by the Will Rogers Foundation to write a public service announcement to be shown before theatrical trailers.

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Abroad column: Italians know to take enough time to enjoy 'la dolce vita'

By Erika Viltz | December 1

After waiting for the bus for a half hour, I leaned back against the Vatican wall to ease my aching feet. With no car and no home appliance store within walking distance of my apartment, I was on a quest to Rome's city center in search of the store that - as legend had it - sold space heaters.

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Finals, holiday season overwhelm already stressed students

By Kate Oczypok | December 1

As students returned to campus this week following the Thanksgiving holiday, many were welcomed back by thoughts of finals and the upcoming holiday season, which both have the potential to cause stress. "I feel like in the weeks between fall break and Thanksgiving, we're working really hard and just waiting for Thanksgiving break," said Melanie Mitzman, a senior in the School of Communication.

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