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Thefts prompt students to lock doors

By Kate Oczypok | April 7

Nine laptop thefts have been reported on campus since February, prompting students to begin locking their doors at all times, a practice that many admit they've never done before. "We never locked our doors until the robbery happened on our floor," said Hughes Hall resident Anna Friedlander, a freshman in the School of Public Affairs.

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Scholar compares Italy, Japan identities

By Veleka Burrell | April 7

The history of political leadership in Italy and Japan is as fascinating as it is different, according to a scholar who studies both countries. Dr. Richard J. Samuels, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke at AU Tuesday about the history and leadership styles of Italy and Japan.

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Movie Matches

By Daniel Longino | April 7

Okay, so even if we forgive "Taxi," Jimmy Fallon's new romantic comedy "Fever Pitch" still looks God awful, even if you're a Red Sox fan. With this new Farrely brothers movie (who have officially "lost it"), Fallon now officially wishes he was Adam Sandler, co-starring with Drew Barrymoore.

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Campus Brief: Kogod names new dean

By Mary Specht | April 7

Richard Durand will become dean of the Kogod School of Business July 1, Provost Cornelius Kerwin announced Monday. Durand is currently the dean of Lehigh University's College of Business and Economics and professor of management and marketing. Before he became a dean at Lehigh in 1999, he was a professor and chairman of the faculty of marketing in the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

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All that glitters is not Gucci

By Rebecca Armendariz | April 7

Spring weather floats in and out of these April days like rubbish on the banks of the Potomac, tempting some to blow their hard-earned snow-shoveling money on name brand and designer duds. However, that wad of cash can be spent more productively with help from the amazing, underpriced new spring lines from the likes of Payless Shoe Source, Target and H&M.

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Transvestite 'time warp' rocks Ward

By Emily Samstag | April 7

Madness took control of Ward 2 Friday night as the transvestites, trixies and Transylvanians from the student performance group Androids Fighting returned for another midnight performance of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Continuing the success of last semester's debut performance, the cast took an already unconventional tradition and made it even more unconventional with unique casting, choreography and callback lines.

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Sports

Sports Brief: Jaysingh named Player of the Month

By Ian Quillen | April 7

AU senior Juan Jaysingh won recognition as the Patriot League Men's Tennis Player of the Month for March, league officials announced Tuesday. As the team's only senior, Jaysijngh normally plays in the No. 3 singles position, and he went 5-2 in his singles matches for the month.

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'Insider' inspiration shares views on morality, smoking

By Anne Godlasky | April 7

Dr. Jeffrey Wigand last saw "The Insider," the film about how he blew the whistle on Big Tobacco, during a pre-release screening in 1999. Six years later, Wigand said he doesn't expect seeing it at the School of Communication Reel Journalism Film Festival on Friday will be very different.

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Out of Context

By The Scene staff | April 7

"I think it's our responsibility to fight the white man, seriously. But my pain began the day the first native was killed here. I was born dead just by being white!" - Devendra Banhart, wacky white folk singer. You know that moment when you realize that your life is actually comprised of scenes from sitcoms and after school specials, when you live the melodrama and seemingly ridiculous dreams of some mid-'90s balding TV writer, or when you feel yourself living out "Dammit" by Blink-182, or an episode of "Degrassi: the Next Generation?" Yeah, that sucks.

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Activists propose new ways to teach evolution

By Lauren Gardner | April 7

The debate over how to teach the origins of life in the nation's schools has spilled over into America's colleges and universities. Activists are proposing new ways for teachers to approach the subjects of evolution, creationism and intelligent design in public schools in Alabama, Georgia and Kansas.

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Opinion

Opinion: Reflections on a War Much Remembered

By Edward Smith | April 7

This year marks the 140th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, the single most significant event in all of American history. In effect, the war redefined us as a people, and in so doing it served to refine the purpose of our national mission, which, with much difficulty, has always been to try to translate into reality the idealist rhetoric of the introduction of the Declaration of Independence, which is often viewed as the "birth certificate" of the American Dream.

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Opinion

Take action on immigration

By Seth Johnson | April 4

Mexican President Vicente Fox recently called security walls along the U.S.-Mexican border "discriminatory" and "against freedom." Well that's funny, I never knew that anyone had the right to just walk into America and say, "Here I am, give me a job." Perhaps Fox should talk to our Democrats, since apparently our Constitution is just as much a "living" document to him as it is to them.

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All thumbs

April 4

Thumbs Up Michael Prather wins Mr. American ... Congratulations to Michael Prather on being named Mr. American in a pageant that took place at the University Club on Friday. African fashion show ... Though we gave a thumbs down last week to African Week's lack of self-publicizing, this event was a highlight of the weeklong event, and an intriguing display.

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Top Things To Do When It's Beautiful Outside

By Marissa Newhall | April 4

1. Walk the monuments Remember freshman year, when you went to see the monuments at night 37 times in three weeks? It's time to venture out again. This time, go during the day. The experience will be dramatically different; the paths will be peppered with pink blossoms gently waving in the spring breeze, not with shady nighttime characters loitering around the reflecting pool.

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Metro Brief: D.C could go smokefree in workplaces

By Kelly Kerr | April 4

Several D.C. councilmen introduced an act on March 10 that would prohibit cigarette smoking in all public indoor places, including restaurants and bars. The Smokefree Workplaces Act awaits a decision by the Committee on Government Operations before the full council will vote.

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D.C. photographer shoots to transform convention

By Greg Wasserstrom | April 4

Washington, D.C., is where our national identity is housed, protected and put on display for the masses. D.C. has also become known as a city of museums. Large, significant museums, houses of our national history and culture, most of which are free to the public, can be found in D.

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Top ten blooming tunes

By Chris DeWitt | April 4

Imagine, if you will, walking down the mall gawking at the beauty of little pink flowers. What's in your iPod? The following is a list of suggestions for making picturesque things sound that much more enjoyable, making it that much easier to throw your hands (or hat) up like Mary Tyler Moore, enjoy your life and the things in it.

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