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Integrity policy easy to cheat on

By Stephanie Furman | March 17

Integrity is a moral code that demands the highest ethical behavior of a person. Today's society has increased pressures for university students to take the easy route in life. Theoretically, members of our own university who choose to disregard a rule or uphold standards of psychopathic plagiarizers will suffer in the long run.

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News

Out of Context

By The Scene staff | March 17

It was never clearer until Monday evening that members of the Davenport Coffee Lounge staff appear to actually live there. The tell-tale signs were all too clear: One Dav staffer draped herself over an entire couch while complaining about a Peace and Conflict Resolution reading assignment, despite several patrons sheepishly looking for seats; another was frolicking back and forth between the bookshelves and entryway while humming obscure indie rock; and a third was snoozing conspicuously at a back table, a copy of a really intellectual-looking book draped over her lap.

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News

AU loses Dorothy Ditter Gondos Beers, a living piece of history

By Kate Oczypok | March 17

Dorothy Ditter Gondos Beers, a former AU professor, died of pneumonia last month at a retirement home in Fairfax, Va., at the age of 95. Beers taught undergraduate and graduate history for 27 years at the University, The Washington Post reported. She served as chair of the history department and chair of women from 1949 to 1953.

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Sports

Sports Brief: Abdurakhmanov leads AU wrestling quartet into NCAAs

By Kevin Hilgers | March 17

Thanks to a record-breaking performance at its conference tournament two weeks ago, AU will send four wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, which begin today in St. Louis. It will be the largest delegation ever for AU at the championships, and its first trip since 2002.

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News

Kids 'from Mars' party like it's '1977'

By Joseph Popiolkowski | March 17

Any band that can count both Dave Grohl and his mom among they fans must have major crossover appeal. That holds true for veteran Irish rockers Ash, except when it comes to crossing over oceans. Ash, around since the early '90s, have consistently delivered fresh and solid material, yet have not become U.

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News

9:30 feels the Heat

By Rebecca Armendariz | March 17

With a sold-out crowd practically worshipping them on Friday night at the 9:30 club, Hot Hot Heat had enough motivation to pull off an intense, high-energy set marked by the constant bobbing of their mop-like coifs. Lead singer Steve Bays started off the show on a good - no, fantastic - note, with the unprecedented arrival of a pair of teeny panties at his feet.

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News

Pawn this tacky 'ring'

By Jen Turner | March 17

The horror genre seems to have strayed from the psychological, cerebral type of fear and given in to the more easily attained sensory experience of just shocking the audience with disturbing imagery. In the case of "The Ring 2," what was once a rather innovative plotline has caved to the whims of a director and cast bent toward insubstantial scares.

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News

Irish Blood, American Heart

By The Scene staff | March 17

Whether or not you're 100 percent Irish-Catholic and from Boston, or claim heritage from Spain and live in Santa Fe, N.M., it seems like everyone has a little bit of Irish to claim on St. Patrick's Day. This bountiful day falls in the category of random holidays we are all lucky to celebrate together here at AU, mostly because no one is truly justified in going home on the premise of drinking green beer with his or her parents (okay, so that's probably untrue).

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Opinion

Darfur inaction unacceptable

By Paul Perry | March 17

I knew I was in for the long haul when she wiped her snot on my hand. "Kleenex! Kleenex!" I told her. None were readily available, so she grabbed the closest thing within sight. My hand. Her nose began to run again. At one point there was a direct route of snot from her nose to her upper lip and then into her mouth.

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News

Police Blotter

By Kate Oczypok | March 17

Thursday Mar. 3 Graffiti was reported in Anderson Hall when several offensive remarks were found etched onto a restroom stall. Friday Mar. 4 Theft was reported in Bender Library when a student reported that a CD player was taken from the student's backpack when it was left unattended.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: Vote Taylor in SG presidential run-off

March 3

In last week's Student Government presidential election, Joe Gallina and Kyle Taylor both won about 30 percent of the vote, necessitating a run-off election between the two for Thursday. Though our endorsed candidate, James Gardner, did not earn enough votes to be part of the run-off, we will follow Gardner's lead and pass on our endorsement to Taylor in the run-off.

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News

Poor body image leads to poor health

By Ariel Amante | March 3

The Extreme Measures Tour of colleges kicked off its national body image campaign and Eating Disorders Awareness Week on Monday night at AU, as more and more young women have plastic surgery and eating disorders, said tour co-coordinator Beth Nichols. The event featured a woman who dealt with complications due to breast implant surgery, a plastic surgery expert, a woman who recovered from an eating disorder and a mental health professional, who all shared their experiences and knowledge to increase awareness of plastic surgery risks and eating disorders.

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Sports

Spring Break, a time for Mourning

By Ian Quillen | March 3

Spring Break. For every student, it is different. Some will venture to beach resorts in Florida, Mexico, or the Caribbean, tanning all day and then partying all night. Others will journey to visit family, friends, and scenery that they haven't seen in a couple months and miss dearly.

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Opinion

Opinion: Former opponents endorse Taylor

By James Gardner and Nick Johnson | March 3

Today is the run-off election for Student Confederation president. The choice before you is between Kyle Taylor and Joe Gallina, and we hope you all vote, especially since the margin of victory could be as small as the four votes that separated Taylor and Gallina in the general election.

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News

Teen poet slams opponents

By Blair Payne | March 3

Thirteen-year-old Rhia Hardman couldn't stop smiling after she found out she won third place at Wednesday's Poetry Slam in Kay Spiritual Life Center, beating out not only three of her fellow classmates, but also graduate and undergraduate students from AU.

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News

Castanets up close and personal

By Chris DeWitt | March 3

Read any biography on Ray Raposa, leader of San Diego band Castanets, and it'll mention how at the age of 15 he placed out of school and began traveling the country on and off for four years. And how a Castanets show, which graced the stage of George Washington University's Ivory Tower Community Center on Wednesday, relies on improvisation and chaos.

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News

Metro Brief: Howard's Hilltop makes history with daily

By Emily Carone | March 3

Howard University's student newspaper, The Hilltop, began publishing daily on Monday, making it the first newspaper at a historically black college to do so. The Hilltop started publishing every Tuesday and Friday in 2001, and is now making the jump to five issues per week under Editor in Chief Ruth Tisdale, a junior political science major.

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