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'Baby' flies over 'Aviator' in Actors Guild awards

By Daniel Longino | February 7

"Sideways" was the big winner at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards on Saturday and proves to be the underdog choice for Best Picture at the Oscars on Feb. 27. For their roles in the comedy about wine, Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh took home the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Bush ignores genocide

February 7

I waited in vain during the State of the Union address for President Bush to utter one single word: Darfur. My hope grew as powerful words kept flowing during the State of the Union address. Sentences such as "A society is measured by how it treats the weak and vulnerable" or "One of the deepest values of our country is compassion" seemed to comfort my expectation.

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Sports

AU sweeps matches at GMU

By Eric Fantigrossi | February 7

Mark Cody's first year as head coach of the AU wrestling team in 2003 saw the Eagles prevail over an overconfident George Mason squad in a dual meet decided by tie-breaking criteria. As the frustrated Patriots left the gym floor, their coaches suggested they would never lose to AU again.

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Opinion

Editorial Cartoon

February 7

Ryan Keller

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Sports

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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News

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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News

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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News

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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