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For AU, PL's ugly soccer is beautiful

By Ian Quillen | November 3

If you've watched the AU men's soccer team compete in the Patriot League over its five-year PL history, you know this much: AU does not play like a PL team. Under head coach Todd West, the Eagles play a technical style based on quick passing, spacing, and thoughtful runs, something more akin to the nation's elite squads than to the long-ball, mad-fray-in-the-box approach of most PL rivals.

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News

Students draw parallels between Ladner and Libby scandals

By Kelly Kerr | November 3

Some AU students are drawing a connection between the recent removal of former AU president Benjamin Ladner and the indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Ladner resigned as president after a months-long investigation into his dining and entertainment accounts showed he used university money for personal expenses.

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News

AU board cooperating with U.S. Senate investigation

By Megan Slack and Josh Goodman | November 3

The AU board of trustees is cooperating fully with the U.S. Senate investigation into its decision to award a $3.75 million severance package to former President Benjamin Ladner, and is turning over all documents related to the probe, according to recently elected AU board of trustees chair Gary Abramson said.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Students on Board; non-profit reform

November 3

Good news AU: it doesn't look our new board of trustees chair is completely out of touch with the way boards are run. The new chairman, Gary Abramson, has signaled that he would like to include students and faculty on committees when the board is reformed.

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News

National brief: Charles and Camilla make first U.S. visit since marriage

By Kate Oczypok | November 3

Prince Charles and his second wife, Camilla, visited the United States on Tuesday for the first time since their marriage. The two began their trip in New York at Ground Zero and visited with 9/11 survivors' families, according to The Washington Post. They ended with a champagne reception at the Museum of Modern Art.

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News

Horoscopes

By Tamara Brown | November 3

Aries (March 21 - April 19) There will be a peculiar noise coming from your refrigerator on Tuesday. You will ignore it until an odd smell surfaces around Thursday. You will totally intend to investigate it on Friday afternoon, but by then it will be too late.

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News

Slip into some slacks

By Annie Rebekah Gardner | November 3

Adolescent girls may be the last people on earth who haven't yet noticed Seven Jeans are so over. Here are six premium denim brands to check out and, quite possibly, make an investment in: *Editor's pick* Paper Denim & Cloth - Well-fitting and superbly made, Paper Denim & Cloth jeans are a favorite among fashionable Japanese girls.

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News

'Cavalia' horses no 'Cirque de Soleil'

By Blair Mersinger | November 3

Put on the blinders and saddle up for Cirque de So-Lame. From the artistic mind of Normand Latourelle, creator of Cirque de Soleil, comes "Cavalia," a perplexing circus-like spectacle that blends passable acrobatics with melancholy horsemanship. The show's premise is poignant in theory and inherently Cirque-esque; that is, it traces the evolution of man's relationship with his equine counterpart in 18 five-minute vignettes.

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News

Out of context

November 3

"Anyone who disses on Harry Potter is a snob." -Professor Kelly Joyner to a man, in a creative writing class Halloween brings out the best in everyone. Case in point: an anonymous tip-dropper claimed two females and a male were seen throwing toilet paper in the general direction of Ben Ladner's residence around 2:15 Sunday morning.

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Opinion

All thumbs

November 3

Thumbs up... One-Millionth Book... Bender Library recently received a special delivery: book number one million. No word yet on how useful students will find it, but there's a lot of books like that over there. Mickey D's health labels... Rumor has it that the fast food giant will start to label their burgers with health information.

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News

D.C. may go smoke-free

By Steve Dorsey | November 3

Some Tenleytown businesses said they are not overly worried about new D.C. legislation that would outlaw smoking in most indoor public places. Last week, the D.C. Council's Health Committee approved legislation that would ban smoking in all bars and restaurants in the District by 2007, according to The Washington Post.

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News

Police blotter

By Josh Goodman | November 3

Friday, Oct. 28 A staff member reported that property was missing from the Kogod School of Business. The property is believed to have been misplaced. A student parked in the Sports Center Garage was discovered to have fraudulent parking registration. The car was booted and fines were assessed.

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News

DJ group Ishlab brings hip-hop, go-go back to Bethesda

By Ben Lozovsky | November 3

Whatever happened to D.C. funk? That banging, bass thumping, conga-pounding groove that used to permeate out of second story balconies and basement windows. Has it gone to nostalgia like the purity and social impact of mainstream hip-hop, only to be replaced by flavorless chunks of preservative filled, radio-friendly fluff? It's a tough question to address, but it's one to which the hip-hop band-turned-musical collective Ishlab has an answer.

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Sports

Sports brief: Men's soccer shut out at Penn

By Kevin Hilgers | November 3

The AU men's soccer fell, 2-0, at Penn Wednesday in its last non-conference match of the season. The Eagles (5-9-1) were outshot, 13-6. Junior midfielder Garth Juckem led AU with five shots Penn (9-3-1) scored first in the seventh minutewhen Derek Hobson scored an unassisted goal.

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News

Male population on U.S. college campuses dwindles

By Lauren Gardner | November 3

National trends have shown that the number of college-going males is dwindling, making gender diversity an issue on many college campuses, according to USA Today. Nearly nine million women attended college in 2001, compared to 6.96 million men the same year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics' Web site.

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Sports

New blood, Hadavi's return key for AU

November 3

The AU women's basketball team began practice for the 2005-06 season with new faces, but the same approach: win the Patriot League title. Despite preseason polls picking AU fifth in the PL, second-year head coach Melissa McFerrin and her staff will expect big things from the Eagles.

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News

Investigative journalism maintains quality, panel says

By Lauren Gardner | November 3

Companies that own newspapers do not have a great commitment to investigative journalism, but journalistic quality has not weakened since the era of the Watergate investigation, a panel of journalists said at an American Forum Tuesday. Patrick Sloyan, director of the Fund for Investigative Journalism, said the current trend at newspapers has been against investigative journalism.

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