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McGregor makes audiences 'Stay'

By Chris Patriquin | October 20

What if one man's nightmare became another's reality? "Stay," the latest vision from "Monster's Ball" and "Finding Neverland" director Marc Forster, explores a surreal world where the line between life and death, sanity and psychosis and dreams and reality are blurred.

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Campus calendar

By Kate Oczypok | October 20

Thursday, Oct. 20 Training Opportunity: Preventing Harassment, Promoting Respect 10 a.m.-noon, location TBD. Mandatory for all full-time staff members and must be completed within the first six months of employment. Registration required; contact Katie Boggs at boggs@american.

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Opinion

Board: Don't give Ladner a "golden parachute"

By Dr. Stanley J. Weiss | October 20

American University is a tuition-supported institution where many students work for meager hourly wages to make ends meet. Circumstances very often force them to take out loans to pay their tuition, loans they will be struggling to repay for many years after they graduate.

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Sports

Volleyball fetches win vs. Retrievers

By Dan Jacobson | October 20

From the opening game to the final point, AU woman's volleyball team had played better matches. Multiple times during its bout against the Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers Tuesday night at Bender Arena, there was miscommunication between the AU players that led to several Retrievers points.

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Board of trustees names Gary Abramson as new chair

By Kate Oczypok , John Riley and Josh Goodman | October 20

Gary Abramson, an AU alumnus, has been selected as the new board of trustees chair, in the wake of former chair Leslie Bains' resignation on Oct. 9. The board of trustees met for three hours Thursday afternoon to discuss naming a new board chair, as well as the issue of former President Benjamin Ladner's severance package, which could reportedly be as much as one million dollars or more.

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Horoscopes

By Tamara Brown | October 20

Aries (March 21 - April 19) There's nothing wrong with taking it easy and trying to let things go sometimes. So do something a little out of the ordinary this week. Let a bottom-feeder use you to serial cheat on their significant other. Every player gets a prize.

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Fall Out Boy rises from obscurity to major label

By Marjorie Korn | October 20

To call Fall Out Boy an emerging band would be to imply they have some kinks to work out. But it seems the band, now six-years-old, has finally found what works for them. Their new album, "From Under the Cork Tree," was their first release under a major record label and was met with critical acclaim.

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Sports

What would Johnny U. think of the dresscode?

By Jordan Beane | October 20

The NBA recently announced that a dress code would be going into effect for the new season. The new code says that basically, whenever an NBA player is seen in public, he can't be wearing doo-rags, shorts, T-shirts, jeans and in a code I think needs to be adopted here at AU, no sunglasses indoors.

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Student organizations plan earthquake relief

By Steve Dorsey | October 20

Student clubs are among the many local and national organizations that have begun organizing relief efforts for the regions of Pakistan and Kashmir that were devastated by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake over a week ago. As national organizations like the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and UNICEF are working to deliver aid to South Asia, the South Asian Student Association is working to raise money to send to the ravaged areas.

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Sports

Mountaineers too tall for men's soccer

October 20

A controversial goal by West Virginia helped bury the AU men's soccer team Wednesday at Reeves Field, 2-0. A shot off the foot of West Virginia sophomore Andrew Halsell early in the first half clanked the crossbar and bounced directly down to the goal line as AU (3-8-1) lost its early-game momentum.

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Ravi and Anoushka Shankar impress Strathmore crowd

By Michael Reichenberg | October 20

Standing ovations were commonplace on Sunday as sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar performed at the Strathmore Music Center. The sold out show was filled with an eclectic audience, from sari-clad women to enthusiastic ex-hippies. The two-part performance featured Ravi Shankar and his daughter, Anoushka Shankar, as well as talented musicians playing an assortment of classical Indian instruments.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Earthquake response

October 20

While AU students were on fall break, a massive earthquake shook Pakistan and the Kashmir region bordering India. This area is far from structurally sound, and crumbling homes and buildings only added to the death toll, which is believed to be as high as 79,000.

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Alcohol Awareness Week begins

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 20

The Office of Campus Life sponsored various events and activities this week to inform students about the dangers of alcohol in college as part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. The week of hands-on activities was designed to help students learn about staying safe and healthy, and ranged from root beer pong in the LA Quad to a documentary about Scott Krueger, a student at MIT who died from alcohol poisoning.

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Ladner changed athletics

By Kevin Hilgers | October 20

Barry Goldberg has been around the AU athletics department about as long as anyone. His 17 years as volleyball coach began during a period of five university president transitions, and more recently, he has gone through four athletic director changes. In 1994, Goldberg welcomed a change and a sign of commitment when former President Benjamin Ladner was hired and promised he was here to stay.

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Sports

Isaiah is no Knick messiah

By Dan Jacobson | October 20

One of the most remarkable feats in recent sports is that Isiah Thomas keeps getting hired to lead NBA basketball teams. This when the fact is that Thomas has screwed up three NBA franchises and an entire basketball league. I understand why he got his first chance with the Toronto Raptors in 1994.

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Film may 'Doom' dates

October 20

He said ... B+ There are three facts in life: Queen Latifah is a goddess, "Mighty Ducks 3" sucks, and if a scientific laboratory becomes a place of monsters and deranged human beings, The Rock has to be the one to save the day. Luckily, the film "Doom," based on the popular video game, supports at least one of these facts.

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Out of context

October 20

"That'll teach you to wear such a huge belt buckle, Dan." -One overweight man overheard regarding another during a sumptuous, $16.95 all-you-can-eat buffet meal at the Flamingo Resort and Casino, Las Vegas. Anheuser-Busch, which has been promoting "Bud-Pong" since July, is now saying that it meant for the game to be played with water the whole time.

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