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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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Top 10 surprising finds at CVS

By Josh Kramer | December 1

10. Bacon Bits 9. Jump Rope 8. Teal Bingo Marker 7. Plush Teddy with Wood Dreidel 6. A Healthier You 2006 Calendar 5. Ultra Ultra Sheer "Brown Sugar" Stockings by Leggs 4. 60" Holographic "Merry Christmas" Sign 3. Isis Breast Pump 2. Washington, D.C., Playing Cards 1.

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AU hands over financial documents to U.S. Senate

By Mary Specht | December 1

AU will hand over dozens of documents to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee today, including information on how the trustees decided ousted President Benjamin Ladner's salary, as part of the committee's ongoing probe into mismanagement among nonprofit organizations.

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Campus calendar

By Kate Oczypok | December 1

Thursday, Dec. 1 Screening: The Peacekeepers 7:30-9 p.m., Ward 1. The Peacekeepers is a powerful new documentary about the United Nations Peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It documents the struggle to save "a failed state," taking the viewer back and forth between the United Nations headquarters in New York and events on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from summer 2002 until spring 2004.

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Metro brief: Howard students shot, robbed near their campus

By Lauren Gardner | December 1

Two Howard University students were attacked Sunday night while walking near the school's engineering building, according to Howard's student newspaper The Hilltop. One student was shot and the other was robbed during the attack, which took place around 9:30 p.

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Police blotter

By Josh Goodman | December 1

Wednesday, Nov. 16 A crowd gathered around two fighting students in Anderson Hall. Public Safety arrived on the scene, and one of the students, who may have been intoxicated, fled campus. The Metro Police Department was called in, but the student could not be located.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: House votes to cut student loan funding

December 1

As part of a larger bill to reduce the defecit and find money for relief for Hurricane Katrina victims, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to make it more expensive to secure federal student loans. The bill, which has been debated in the House Education Committee, would cut $14.

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News

Student loans get more expensive

By Steve Dorsey | December 1

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Nov. 18 that would make borrowing money from the federal government more costly for students, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The legislation would make consolidating federal student loans more expensive.

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News

Tech Cutie goes on road with Death Cab

By Rebecca Armendariz | December 1

Before the days of "Transatlanticism," the heart-baring boys of Death Cab for Cutie managed their own affairs. Now that things have expanded - the band is off Barsuk, the indie label and dirt that anchored their roots, and on Atlantic, a major label that helps them tour extensively - they need some help.

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Sports

Long before "The Punch," being Kermit wasn't easy

December 1

A week from tomorrow is the 28th anniversary of AU's most famous sports moment. No, it's not the 20th anniversary of our men's soccer team's loss in the NCAA championship game to UCLA in eight overtimes. And no, not the anniversary of one of the volleyball team's myriad of championships.

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News

Career track is an ideals trap

By Molly Norris | December 1

"You're so upwardly mobile!" Thanks, I reply in a choked tone from behind the gun muzzle parting my lips. No one enjoys forecasts of their future's success or failure. Even go-getters don't want a pile of looming expectations. Passing through college's clutches is a dizzying self-evaluation process, which leads to the ultimate question: What's growing up and what's selling out? Fired by ideals at day one, what lingers at day 1,460? After being weighed down by four years of theories and 14 years of debt, it feels good to be wanted, to be salaried.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Punishing students for AU fire alarms

December 1

AU's south side is notorious for its fire alarms, the most recent one was early Monday morning around 3 a.m. Students are frustrated that their sleep is interrupted, and rightfully so, but the administration is more upset that students are choosing not to exit Anderson, Letts, and Centennial, which seems all together very backward.

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News

GALA play gives patrons the 'Blues'

By Marissa Chmiola | December 1

"Eyewitness Blues," a tale of a tired jazz star and his feisty muse directed by Chay Yew, actually plays a lot like a jazz jam session: packed with passion and energy, but often lacking focus and direction. The play tells the story of Junior McCullough (Steven Sapp), a trumpet player who has lost his musical direction, and a visiting muse (Mildred Ruiz), who reminds him of the source of his musicality and leads him through a recollection of his past.

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Thrice gets musical, political

By Jorge Del Pinal | December 1

Orange County's heavy hitting rock band Thrice, which hit D.C.'s 9:30 Club earlier this month, have gained a diehard fan base and a major label record deal thanks to their poignant lyrics, melodic metal/hardcore influenced rock and relentless touring. The band's last two and previously most beloved records, "The Illusion of Safety" and "Artist In The Ambulance," were made with well-known rock producer Brian McTernan (Hot Water Music, The Movielife, Snapcase).

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Movie version of 'Rent' renews its lease on the big screen

By Robyn Abzug | December 1

So it's a given that "Rent" is a big movie. But try seeing it in the very first row. Oh yes. Mark, Roger, Mimi, Collins, Angel, Maureen, Joanne and Benny from an IMAX-worthy vantage point. Now that's huge. Let's start at the beginning: Mark (Anthony Rapp) and Roger (Adam Pascal) live in a very large loft in the East Village of New York.

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Past flings not good for present life

By Blair Bryant Nichols | December 1

Many people go abroad to experience an entirely new culture with entirely new people. We leave the familiarity of D.C. behind in pursuit of foreign flings and legal drinking, all artfully designed to make us forget about AU. But as the semester comes to a close, why is it that we begin to find the foreign not quite as exciting any more and wish only for the comfort of the familiar? To really get to the heart of the issue, I have to go back not just to the beginning of the semester but to the very beginning of college.

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Sports

Women split at Fla. tournament

By Jesse Epstein | December 1

The AU women's basketball team had little famine and then a little feast over Thanksgiving break, finishing third in the Florida International Tournament in Miami. The Eagles (2-3) suffered a 64-53 loss to Big East power Seton Hall Saturday before disposing of Western Michigan, 74-72, in overtime on Sunday to notch their first win of the season.

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