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Forecast sunny for film

By Chris Patriquin | October 27

Gore Verbinski continues to amaze, consistantly bringing his A-game to the director's chair. This outing he brings neither pirates nor intelligent mice, but a story about life. The life in particular is that of a weatherman who must learn that, like the weather, life is not always predictable or pleasant.

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Sports

Ditch the Betamax, BCS

By Jordan Beane | October 27

JORDAN BEANE Right now there are six college football teams in the top 25. Six. Surely not all of them will make it through the season with an unblemished record, but I'm certainly pulling for it. Anything to mess with the creators of the Bowl Championship Series is fine by me.

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News

Universities nationwide face presidential scandals

By Brian Kalish | October 27

Following the removal of Benjamin Ladner as AU's president, students, faculty and administrators have been wrapped up in news reports and student protests, but AU isn't the only school that's faced a change in leadership after a presidential scandal in recent years.

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Opinion

Ben Ladner's new joke on AU students

By Chris Hunter | October 27

There's a new joke being passed around the halls of American University these days. It goes something like this. How do you know when your University's Board of Trustees have been corrupted? When you wake up in the morning and Ben Ladner's there to pee in your corn flakes because he stole your milk money.

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Sports

Maryland halts field hockey's streak at 15

October 27

The No. 5 AU field hockey team suffered its first loss, 2-1, Wednesday to its rivals, the No. 3 Maryland Terrapins at Jacobs Recreational Complex. It was the most anticipated match-up in AU field hockey history, with a possible No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament on the line.

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Opinion

Fmr. board members on Ladner severence package

October 27

We write to set the record straight. The golden, now platinum, parachute given Ben Ladner is not a mere $950,000 the Board of Trustees has disingenuously claimed. It is the entire $3.75 Million reported in the newspapers. Each and every dollar is a gift. The University owes Ben Ladner nothing.

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News

Horoscopes

By Tamara Brown | October 27

Aries (March 21 - April 19) Be on the lookout for a wicked witch with a vendetta. This weekend, she will find you and try to put a spell on you. Even if you have a huge bucket of water on hand, you might just have to choke a witch. Don't stop until you hear, "I'm melting! I'm melting!" Star-recommended costume: Naughty nurse.

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News

Drag queens race to reign Dupont

By Kyra Smerkanich and Alexis Fabbri | October 27

The rain and cold did not stop hundreds of people from watching the 19th annual High Heel Race, a D.C. Halloween tradition where men dressed in elaborate drag costumes run down 17th Street near Dupont Circle. Volunteers remarked that numbers were down for the event due to the rainy weather, but the streets were filled nonetheless.

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News

Book turned movie is a good fit for Steve Martin

By Marjorie Korn | October 27

When he finished writing his novella about Ray Porter, Steve Martin was satisfied he'd written something that would never be made into a movie. Now, seven years later, Martin plays Porter in "Shopgirl." The story follows Mirabelle (Claire Danes), who, having moved from Vermont to Los Angeles, watches the city glitter from behind the glove counter at Saks Fifth Avenue.

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News

Fitted for fate

By Marjorie Korn | October 27

"Shopgirl," a film based on Steve Martin's 2000 novella of the same name, brings together three different but ultimately complementary actors. Martin, who plays millionaire Ray Porter, woos the young Mirabelle, played by Claire Danes. Meanwhile, Jason Schwartzman plays Jeremy, who spends the movie on the road with a rock band in order to ready himself to come back to Mirabelle.

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News

Georgetown students on alert after four neighborhood robberies

By Steve Dorsey | October 27

Georgetown University students are being warned to stay alert after a series of robberies occurred near their campus over the past three weeks. School officials sent out a campus-wide e-mail last week informing students of of four robberies that took place in and around west Georgetown.

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News

Metro brief: Rapper shot after leaving D.C. nightclub

By Kelly Kerr | October 27

Rapper Cameron "Cam'ron" Giles was shot in both arms shortly after midnight on Sunday in Northwest D.C as his car waited at a traffic light, according to The Washington Post. Giles was treated at Howard University Hospital and released on Sunday. He was in the city for Howard University's Homecoming over the weekend and had just left H20, a Southwest D.

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News

With so many possibilites in the city, why sleep alone?

By Blair Bryant Nichols | October 27

Since I began writing this column, I've resisted the urge to sound like Carrie Bradshaw. But I can no longer resist talking about the peculiarity of sex in the city. Life in the city moves either very quickly or very slowly, and London is no exception. Whether you meet someone at a club and have sex just an hour later, or wait days for a double-decker bus, there seems to be no constant to the amount of time it takes to get from A to sex.

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News

Campus calendar

By Kate Oczypok | October 27

Thursday, Oct. 27 Third Annual Practitioner's Perspective on Trafficking in Persons 9:00 a.m.- 8:00 p.m., WCL room 603. During this conference, sponsored by the Immigrant Rights Coalition and the Women and International Law Program, panelists will discuss legal remedies available to trafficked persons in the U.

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News

Out of context

October 27

"I guess that ends his Festival of Lights." -Santa Claus (played by wrestler Bill Goldberg) after stabbing a man with a menorah in the movie "Santa's Slay." The TV commercial for "The Legend of Zorro" includes some pretty positive critical acclaim from some random critic no one has ever heard of.

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Opinion

Field hockey reigns but few fans stand by the Eagles

By Ryan Spilhaus | October 27

Last Wednesday the 5th ranked AU Field Hockey team beat 20th ranked Virginia in one of the most exciting games of the year. Unfortunately, there were almost as many Virginia fans as there were AU fans on hand to witness the spectacular overtime finish. Sadly, this is becoming a trend at AU sporting events, where sometimes the visiting team's fans even outnumber AU's.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Ben Ladner's platinum parachute opens wide

October 27

The sweetness of Ben Ladner's dismissal from AU has been soured by the board of trustees' recent decision to award his dishonesty and unethical behavior with a $3.75 million severence package. He will receive $950,000 in compensation, as well as rights to a $1 million life insurance policy and $1.

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