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Racy performances dominate 'Spring' ballet

By Vanessa Mueller | February 28

Originally commissioned in 1913, "Rite of Spring" was booed offstage midway through its Paris premiere. Since then, adaptations of the sexual and violent ballet have both shocked and titillated audiences worldwide. One performance featured dancers that were completely nude, except for designs painted on their bodies.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: AU makes unkind cut

February 28

The AU Athletics Department announced Thursday that it will discontinue the Men's Golf and Men's and Women's Tennis programs after this season ends. Though the decision was deliberated for more than a year, the Athletics Department never made the AU community aware until after the decision was made.

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Colombian exile: Coca-Cola abuses workers

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 28

Coca-Cola workers face assassination and exile if they try to stand up for their rights said Luis Cardona, a Coca-Cola employee exiled from Colombia, when he spoke to anthropology students as part of his campaign to "stop killer Coke" Tuesday. In an official statement, Coca-Cola called the Columbia allegations "a publicity stunt ... the allegations are false and it's outrageous to believe that The Coca-Cola Company would have anything to do with this type of behavior," the company stated in April.

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Campus Calendar

By Kate Oczypok | February 28

Monday, Feb. 28 Vote for Student Government 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mary Graydon 120 Choose the student you think will serve you best in Student Government and school councils. Monday is the last day to vote. Show up at MGC 120, the first room near the side entrance, with your AU ID.

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Campus Brief: SIS symposium tackles varied topics

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 28

It was standing-room only at Thursday's Eighth Annual School of International Service Undergraduate Symposium, which included 23 undergraduate panelists. More than 40 students put the symposium together, serving as panelists, moderators and analysts, according to Ben Sander, SIS undergraduate president, who called the event a "huge success .

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Dupont Undiscovered

By Olga Khanzan | February 28

With its energetic spirit and upscale artiness, Dupont Circle is just a few stops down Metro's Red Line and one of D.C.'s most vibrant neighborhoods. Men in scarves and women in designer heels weave in and out of the incessant traffic and into the various clubs, bars, shops and restaurants this cultural center offers.

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Opinion

Editorial Cartoon: Uggs

February 28

Editorial cartoon by John Anderson.

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News

Music Notes

February 28

Antony and the Johnsons "I am a Bird Now" (Secretly Canadian) Sounds like: the curious, decadent musings of a male Nina Simone, in the company of a chorus of 1,000 sexually ambiguous angels. B+ Artist Raymond Pettibon once said, "when I see a train, I want to take it into my arms.

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Sports

AU resurgent at PL swim finals

By Ian Quillen | February 28

Last year, the AU Swimming and Diving team found itself in an early-season crisis - though nothing as imminent as those engulfing AU's tennis and golf programs - when the athletic department announced it would be phasing out all of the team's 15 scholarships.

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Sports

AU sinks Navy for 2nd straight win

By Kevin Hilgers | February 28

Throughout its four-game losing streak this month, AU Men's Basketball struggled to put away opponents late - and that's if it even had a chance from the beginning. But in the final two games of the season, the Eagles seem to have turned things around. AU got 62 points from its five seniors in their final home regular-season game and overcame an intense Navy team to win its second consecutive game, beating the Midshipmen, 84-77, at Bender Arena Saturday.

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Athletes protest AU's cut of tennis, golf teams

By Kevin Hilgers and David Bergman | February 28

The Men's and Women's Tennis and Men's Golf teams will be eliminated after this season, AU Athletic Director Joni Comstock announced Thursday. The cuts were made to stabilize an Athletics Department that has developed a $500,000 deficit during the past fiscal year and lacked administrative consistency over the past four to five years, Comstock said.

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A few raised degrees doesn't call for shorts and tees

By Arienne Thompson | February 28

Spring fever definitely hit early this year. Stores like Banana Republic and H&M and lines like Ideology and H Hilfiger rolled out their flip-flops and tanks more than a month ago. While this is somewhat standard operating procedure for the fashion cycle, one of the ramifications for us regular shoppers is the burning desire to ditch our boots, coats and scarves in favor of halters, minis and sandals in a hurry.

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Sports

Women's hoops lose regular season finale at Navy, limp to PL tourny rematch v. Midshipmen.

By Ian Quillen | February 28

The AU Women's Basketball team had trouble generating offense at times without injured junior point guard Tala Hada, who hasn't played since an early-season ligament tear. But never did the Eagles struggle at a more inopportune time than on Saturday afternoon, when Navy held AU scoreless for the last 8:41 en route to a 49-46 win in Annapolis, Md.

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Protesters demand stronger HIV/AIDS relief from gov't

By Claire Maude | February 28

More than 3,000 students lobbied for increased HIV/AIDS awareness Saturday, waving signs and chanting slogans as they marched from the White House to Capitol Hill. "We're here to demand that the government take action," said Student Global AIDS Campaign coordinator Healy Thompson in the first speech of the event at Lafayette Park, just north of the White House.

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SIS students dance the night away at black-tie event

By Joseph Popiolkowski | February 28

Graduate student Will Owens, 25, and his girlfriend, Am? Brewster, 25, revel at the Graduate Council's Masquerade Ball Friday night at the National Press Club. More than 200 students enjoyed an hors d'oeuvres buffet, including dim sun, quesadillas and phyllo dough with goat's cheese.

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Mice make home in Tenley halls

By ERICA LEMASTER | February 28

Mice are scurrying about the halls and rooms of Tenley Campus, according to Washington Semester students. Jenny Nowatzke, a Washington Semester student from Omaha, Neb., said she and her two roommates caught at least three mice between January and Feb. 21 and found evidence of other mice.

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Presidential candidates debate

By David Hodges | February 28

The four Student Confederation presidential candidates debated their policies at a televised debate on ATV Thursday night. The candidates talked about Bender Library, the downloading program Ruckus and the need for a more transparent student government. The 30-minute debate, which was moderated by representatives from campus media, sought to provide a window to students on the candidates' platforms.

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