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Sideline scholars: Cross has faith in purple

By Ian Quillen | February 7

What's in a name? Not much, if you're the AU Eagles. And a whole lot if you're the Holy Cross Crusaders. Holy Cross has beaten its fair share of Patriot League men's basketball teams over the last five seasons. Luckily - or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it - I haven't had the luxury of seeing most of these games.

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News

The Hit List

February 7

This weeks hit list

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News

Call for D.C. voting rights returns to Congress

By Emily Carone | February 7

For the third year in a row, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) introduced a bill that would grant the District full voting rights. At a press conference last week, Norton, Lieberman, an Iraqi-American and two local Iraq war veterans showed support for the bill.

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From streets to runway: MPD plays fashion police

By Mary Specht | February 7

About 50 aspiring teen models spent four hours learning to strut and swivel down the runway Saturday as officers from the Metropolitan Police Department looked on, preparing for MPD's D.C. Fashion Idol fashion show, a program to keep girls out of gangs by offering something more rewarding to do.

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Indie Art Supply: Campus group spreads artistic vision

By John Riley | February 7

They aren't called "starving artists" for nothing. For independent musicians, filmmakers, painters, photographers and any other artists trying to get their work out to the public, getting a big break isn't always easy. Most of the time, people aren't aware of an entire world of creative work that goes beyond the average gallery or theater. The Independent Arts Collective is looking to bring independent art to AU, and planning a number of different events in hopes of inspiring students to create art and showcase it through non-traditional channels.

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News

Hillel plans trips to Israel

By Rochelle Chounet | February 7

AU Hillel, a Jewish group on campus, is planning an alternative spring break trip to Argentina and a Birthright Israel trip for the spring semester. This comes after 13 students returned from a Birthright trip less than a month ago. For 10 days in December and the beginning of January, AU Hillel sent 13 students from its campus to Israel through Birthright Israel, a partnership that brings together Israelis, Jewish philanthropists and Jewish American communities.

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Kogod first school to give grad students BlackBerries

By Jeannette Kimmel | February 3

AU will be the first school in the world to provide BlackBerry 7100t phones to its graduate business students, AU media relations announced last week. AU gave out 50 of the T-Mobile phones to faculty, staff and graduate students of the Kogod School of Business during a Jan.

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Sports

Students prepare for Super Bowl parties

By David Bergman | February 3

For some it is the culmination of the ultimate sports season; for others it's just a time to watch some of the world's best commercials. It's the Super Bowl - one of college students' favorite events. At AU and all over the country, students will gather on Sunday night to watch one of sports' and television's greatest spectacles.

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News

SC starts spring election process

By Claire Maude | February 3

About 40 students signed up to run for the Student Confederation class and school council at last week's Board of Election information session, leading up to the SC nominating convention on Feb. 13, Board of Elections Chair Hye-Jin Lee said Monday night. "We may not have enough candidates to fill spots," said Lee, mentioning that there may be one or two extra information sessions this week for students who were not at the one last week.

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Sports

The game that will never be

By Jesse Epstein | February 3

No one likes to go through life saying, "Coulda. Woulda. Shoulda." But for argument's sake, I will. Ten days ago, I attentively rooted for a Roethlisberger-Vick shootout, a Super Bowl Sunday of the Cowher Scour and More-a Mora. My hope of a Steelers-Falcons Super Bowl was not to be.

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Opinion

Bush addresses problems

By Mike Inganamort | February 3

Talk about a good week for President Bush, Americans and democracy-loving peoples around the planet. Fresh off the heels of an extraordinarily ambitious and upbeat Inaugural address, President Bush, in his State of the Union address, let Americans know just how serious he is about ending tyranny in our world.

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Comics

February 3

This Weeks Comics

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News

Tenley-Bethesda bus stops

By Ryan Grannan-Doll | February 3

The shuttle operating on the Park Bethesda to Tenley Campus route ceased operation on Tuesday due to low ridership, according to Park Bethesda Resident Manager Greg Gadren. The shuttle bus, operated by Reston Limousine, was started in order to provide transportation for Washington Semester students who were assigned to live in Park Bethesda due to an overbooked program.

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Opinion

Bush hasn't kept promises

February 3

(In his second Inaugural address, President George W. Bush used the word "freedom" 27 times and "liberty" 15 times over the course of the 17-minute speech. This amounts to the appearance of either word about 2.5 times per minute. I was there. I saw it.) Hi.

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News

Howard gets $250 million for AIDS testing

By KEOSHA JOHNSON | February 3

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded Howard University's Student Health Center a $250 million development grant to begin a Routine Rapid HIV Testing program on campus this year. The health center plans to start the program on Monday, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day.

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Opinion

Tuition - mo' money, mo' problems for AU?

February 3

Provost Neil Kerwin announced this week that students can expect a 4.5 to 6.5 percent increase in tuition for each of the next two years, based on the expected university budget. The increase reflects AU's rising status in college-ranking lists, and the money is intended to go toward finishing the Katzen Arts Center, building a new School of International Service building and improving the University's library.

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Movie Review: 'Wedding Date' a mess for Messing

By LEANA ZBOROVSKY | February 3

In "The Wedding Date," directed by Clare Kilner ("How to Deal"), Debra Messing ("Will & Grace") plays Kat Ellis, a single New Yorker going to London for her younger sister's wedding. Kat hires professional male escort Nick Mercer, played by Dermot Mulroney from "My Best Friend's Wedding," to be her date, mostly because the best man at the wedding is Kat's ex-fianc?, Jeffrey, who dumped her two years earlier.

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