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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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Ed Tyler's choreography creates a frightening 'Sanctuary'

By Marissa Chmiola | October 20

Most people would imagine their sanctuary as a beach house on a private island or a secluded log cabin in lush forest. Washington choreographer Ed Tyler's idea of a sanctuary is a bleak room with chain-link fences, eerie fluorescent lighting and white, padded walls.

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National briefs

By Kate Oczypok | October 20

Plans to cut food stamps dropped by Senate Plans to cut the food stamp program have been dropped by Senate Republicans, according to www.washingtonpost.com. The plans were dropped just as the chamber's leaders hurried to assemble a $35 billion spending cut measure.

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Sports

Field hockey lashes Lehigh, takes first place

By Kevin Hilgers | October 17

The scoreboard at Jacobs Fitness Complex wouldn't turn on until moments before game time Saturday when the AU field hockey team faced Lehigh. The Mountain Hawks might have wished it had stayed that way. The No. 5 Eagles (13-0-0, 2-0-0 Patriot League) scored early and often to squelch Lehigh, 9-1, and take sole possession of first place in the conference.

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American Five gets political at Katzen

By Drew Richardson | October 17

The Katzen Arts Centers' Oct. 14 inaugural performance went on in front of a capacity crowd in the Abramson Family Recital Hall. The concert, titled "The American Five" for the five AU faculty composers that were part of it, featured a plethora of diverse instrumentation, synthesized musical technology and even a politically charged presentation, making for an engaging but often uneven performance.

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Campus calendar

By Lauren Gardner | October 17

Monday, Oct. 17, 2005 Greenwood Follies and Other Old French Plays Arena Stage, 14th and T streets NW. Theatre Productions presents John DuVal's translation of Adam de la Halle's "Greenwood Follies," Rutebeuf's "The Miracle of Theophile" and an excerpt from "The Play of Adam.

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GW's Square 54 sparks debate between residents and school

By Lauren Gardner | October 17

Plans to build a mixed-use development at the site of the former George Washington University hospital has caused heated debate between planners at GW and Foggy Bottom residents. The complex would provide both Foggy Bottom residents and university students with much-needed retail and grocery stores, the city with tax revenues and GW with the investment income to develop other projects, namely more on-campus housing for students, said Tracy Schario, director of media relations at GW.

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News

'Waiting' gives nothing but bad service

By Drew Richardson | October 17

While watching "Waiting...," a new comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, the audience will probably start to have thoughts that evoke the movie's title. Some of these thoughts may include, "I can't believe I waited in line for this," or "I don't think I will wait to go to the bathroom," or - most popularly - "I can't wait until this movie is over.

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The hit list

October 17

1. "The Simpsons," Arabic Style One of America's favorite cartoon families has made it to the screens of televisions in the United Arab Emirates. "The Simpsons," or "Al Shamshoon," debuted on MBC, a satellite television network, earlier this month. This version, however, features lovable dad Omar Shamshoon, who doesn't consume beer or bacon, which are against the Islamic religion, or hang out at the seedy Moe's Tavern.

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Internet facilitates celebrity stalking

By Melissa Beal | October 17

A few years ago, stalking someone was quite difficult. It took long hours to discover someone's class schedule, what they were looking for in terms of relationships and their favorite music and movies. Only a lucky few stalkers could gather contact information like email addresses, screen names and cell phone numbers.

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Drama about power and relationships bores Studio Theatre

By Bethany McMillion | October 17

"Hilda," written by French novelist Marie Ndiaya and directed by Carey Perloff, begins with the wealthy Mrs. Lemarchand (Ellen Karas) seeking to employ Hilda as a maid through her husband, Frank (Michael Earle). Though the audience never actually meets Hilda, they quickly become aware that she is now the obsession of the very dominating and controlling Mrs.

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