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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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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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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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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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Students start off Black History Month

By Janel Knight | February 3

The Black Student Alliance kicked off Black History Month at AU on Tuesday with a speaker commenting on "The Essence of Blackness," this month's theme. Keynote speaker Todd Robinson, an AU history professor and '95 alumnus, said that during a trip to the barbershop he realized that the essence of blackness could not be defined in just one word or phrase.

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Opinion

BlackBerries for Kogod

February 3

Kogod recently announced that it will be giving 300 free BlackBerries to students, faculty and administration in the graduate school. In addition to the hardware, it will be giving them six months of free service. This is being made possible by an agreement between administration and T-Mobile, distributor of BlackBerry 7100t.

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Sex columnist status scares 'em off

By Jessica Bacharach | February 3

Being a sex columnist is ruining my sex life! Yes, it's sad but true. Most men out there in the abyss I call "the black hole of dating" want a virgin in the bar and a beast in the bedroom. But where does a woman that spends her days writing about sex, between her look of innocence and her foul-mouth, fall in this virgin-slut dichotomy?

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Sports

Tennis serves in new year

By Kevin Hilgers | February 3

AU Tennis wrapped up its first month of the spring season last weekend as the men outlasted George Washington, 5-2, and the women stumbled at Penn State, 7-0. The men (2-1) didn't manage a doubles victory but took five matches from the Colonials in singles play.

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SIS forum looks at relief for Sri Lanka

By Janel Knight | February 3

Two native Sri Lankans shared the effects of the recent tsunami that hit their home country and discussed relief efforts at an AU forum Wednesday. "Tsunami Relief: Now and In the Long Term" was part of the School of International Service's International Issues Forum.

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