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Police Blotter

By Kate Oczypok | April 4

Wednesday, March 30 A female student on the Tenley campus reported simple assault after she was grabbed by an unknown male. The student walked toward Congressional Hall to get away, and the male ran across the street and hid in some bushes. Thursday, March 31 Bon Appetit employees reported theft in the Mary Graydon Center.

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Opinion

Smokers, butt out of public places

April 4

The District of Columbia is considering banning smoking in bars, restaurants and workplaces. If city council passes the measure it would join several other cities that have banned public smoking in one way or another since New York City passed its ban in 2003.

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News

John Paul II 'hero' to many

By Emily Carone | April 4

Area churches celebrated Masses in honor of Pope John Paul II's life and 26-year reign as pope. St. Matthew the Apostle Cathedral in Northwest D.C. held a special Mass in honor of the pope Saturday night, attended by President Bush and his wife. The Pope celebrated Mass at St.

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News

Campus Brief: School plans week to promote unity

By Mary Specht | April 4

The School of Communication's "SOC Week" kicks off today and includes activities ranging from forums to food. The week is an effort to bring members of the school together, said Laurie Bernstein, president of the SOC undergraduate council, which helped organize the event.

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Sports

On opening day, a look at the next 161 games

By Jesse Epstein | April 4

As April rolls around, our national pastime returns, despite hell freezing over last year when the Boston Red Sox finally won the World Series. Will they repeat? Will the Evil Empire New York Yankees return to prominence? Will the National League surprise people and break through? Here's a division-by-division look at this year's Major League Baseball season.

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Sports

Madness, how I will miss thee

By Ian Quillen | April 4

Every year on Selection Sunday in mid-March, college basketball fans across the nation gaze at their television sets like children staring at packages under the 6-foot spruce on Christmas morning, or the ruffled Playboy they found in Uncle Jim's bathroom during a July 4 barbecue.

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News

Pope remembered by university

By Kate Oczypok | April 4

Pope John Paul II, who led the Catholic Church for 26 years, died Saturday morning after a long battle with Parkinson's disease and weeks after undergoing a tracheotomy to aid his breathing. The pope's heart failed on Thursday, and his kidneys and circulation began to fail, which caused his condition to worsen.

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News

KPU speaker announced

By Jess Reamy | April 4

Former vice presidential candidate John Edwards will speak April 10 at 8:00 p.m. in Bender Arena, after $15,000 was appropriated to pay for the event by the General Assembly, the legislative branch of the Student Confederation. The assembly approved the Kennedy Political Union's request for the funds on Sunday.

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News

Music notes

April 4

The Bravery "The Bravery" (Island) Sounds like: a grittier Killers B In this mix of synthesized and traditional rock instruments, Sam Endicott of the Bravery shares stories of his personal sliminess on the band's self-titled debut - he "can't control himself" and "doesn't have a ring on his finger" (which obviously gives him free reign to nail as many chicks as possible).

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News

In defense of the 'Caveman'

By KAYLA CARTWRIGHT | April 4

Men were hunters and championed their spears as weapon of choice. Women wandered and gathered and filled their baskets. No, the previous statements are not rehash of early world history. Yes, it is okay to interpret them with a guttered mind. Actually, Rob Becker, creator and writer of the play "Defending the Caveman," would have it no other way.

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Sports

AU splits windy weekend homestand

By Kevin Hilgers | April 4

Last weekend's matches at Reeves Field showcased two sides of the Women's Lacrosse team: the one that's assertive only late in the game, and the one that can put a team under pressure for all 60 minutes. The latter side showed up Sunday for the Eagles (5-6, 3-0 Patriot League), who led LaSalle (5-5) in the opening minutes before striking hard in the second half as they broke a two-match losing streak with a 17-13 victory.

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Sports

Lacrosse splits weekend

By Kevin Hilgers | April 4

Last weekend's matches at Reeves Field showcased two sides of the Women's Lacrosse team: The one that's assertive only late in the game, and the one that can put on 60 minutes of pressure. The latter side showed up Sunday for the Eagles (5-6, 3-0 Patriot League), who led LaSalle (5-5) in the opening minutes before striking hard in the second half as they broke a two-match losing streak, 17-13.

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Sports

Sports breif: AU Men still swinging with a hot racket

By Ian Quillen | April 4

The AU Men's Tennis team kept rolling this weekend, dominating in a critical Patriot League clash Sunday at Navy, 6-1, after dismissing St. Bonaventure by the same score in a home tilt on Friday. The pair of victories puts AU at 10-3 overall and 2-0 in a still-young PL season.

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News

Local Fraternrity Raises Money with Dodgeball Event

By Jesse Epstein | April 4

Local Fraternity Raises Money through Dodgeball Event WASHINGTON DC- Delta Tau Delta hosted the First Annual Delt Dodgeball Tournament on Saturday, April 2nd , in Bender Arena. The tournament raised over $1300 and all proceeds will be donated to the Adam Friedman Fund for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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News

Starbucks defends free-trade position

By John Riley | April 4

The Residence Hall Association voted 12-1 Sunday night to endorse the Pura Vida coffee company over Starbucks in the ongoing debate over ownership of a future on-campus coffee shop in the Mary Graydon Center. After hearing from students representing the two companies, the RHA voted to determine which company it would endorse when it meets with Housing and Dining this afternoon.

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News

D.A.R. falls to 'pieces'

By Sarah Arnio | April 4

College students are not typically obsessive Ashlee Simpson fans. They don't go to her concerts because they think she has a good voice but because they want to dance to some pop tunes and have fun with friends. They do own her CD, though. Don't tell. At the Ashlee Simpson show held at Constitutional Hall Tuesday, the expectation was to find a bunch of 'tweens accompanied by their parents, clutching "I Love Ashlee Simpson" posters in their hands.

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News

Censorship focus of SOC study

By Chris Nye | April 4

Many news editors practice self-censorship of graphic images and descriptions of the Iraq war, and news organizations often use the Internet to publish information they don't offer in other media, according to a report published in mid-March by School of Communication professors Jane Hall and M.

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