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Congress says farewell to civility

By Michael Stubel | March 24

The scene on Capitol Hill Saturday afternoon was fit for the plot of a surreal and twisted comedy. With most congressional offices open for the weekend in advance of Sunday’s greatly anticipated final vote on health care legislation, staffers hunkered down to answer an endless stream of phone calls from constituents hoping to make their voices heard.

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News

Eat locally to improve health and save environment

By Kelly Barrett | March 24

In my last column, I took a hard look at how our food system is failing our children and how this is contributing to our problem with childhood obesity in America. Tomorrow night, ABC will premiere chef Jamie Oliver’s new television series “Food Revolution.” Throughout the series, Oliver will work to combat this issue in the town of Huntington, W.Va., which was recently named the unhealthiest city in America. I can’t yet speak to the impact his efforts will have, but I support the show for bringing attention to a problem so often overlooked. Oliver chose an avenue where he can best combat it, which is through cooking and food education.

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News

AU neighbors vie for stricter conduct code

By Charlie Szold | March 24

Neighborhood complaints about AU students are urging the university to make changes in the Student Conduct Code to further cover off-campus activities.

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Opinion

A lesson from our religious elders

By Parvez Khan | March 24

Recently, I had found myself avoiding participating in and even attending interfaith events. The usual dance with the same crowd speaking the same rhetoric had dulled me to a point that I no longer found great benefit in their pursuit. Enter the National Cathedral and its historic Christian-Muslim Summit held there earlier this month.

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News

‘70s film screening captures modern journalism failures

By Linda Barnhart | March 24

The latest screening in the “Reel Journalism with Nick Clooney” series, co-sponsored by the School of Communication and the Newseum, featured a screening of the satirical film “Network.” The film follows network television and its sacrifice of integrity in the name of sensationalism and profits.

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News

Sense of humor defines Ben Folds’ sounds

By Maggie Hollander | March 24

Ben Folds has his own way of doing things. A veteran of the music industry, he has not only been in bands, but also had a solo career and even took a stint as a judge on NBC’s a capella competition “The Sing Off.” But what’s great about Folds is his attitude towards the music business. He always has a smile and a joke at the ready.

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Sports

Cannon defies expectations with All-American title

By Ben Lasky | March 24

When Mike Cannon began his wrestling career at AU, he was not expected to be much more than an average wrestler. As a redshirt senior and the team’s captain, Cannon leaves as one of the most successful wrestlers in school history.

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Opinion

An open letter to the Class of 2014

By Erin Cady | March 24

Accepted students for the class of 2014: congratulations! You’ve finally completed your college application process and are now faced with the equally daunting prospect of making your choice. I think it is important to remind our readers, especially any prospective students out there, that there is a reason why we are all here and write such passionate columns: we all love American.

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News

Curiosity leads to vet’s night in jail

By Ashley DeJean | March 24

Matthew Halbe, a veteran of the Iraq War, woke up last Friday with no intention of going to jail. By that night he found himself in a concrete cell hoping that he wouldn’t have to spend the night.

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News

Twitter brings musicians closer to Internet fans

By Maggie Hollander | March 24

Thousands of bands have them. Even more have one for each member of a band. Whether backstage at a show or on the bus headed to a new city, musicians across the country are tweeting. Purevolume was the perfect way for bands to put their music out there and be discovered. Myspace was a to way to stream music, blog and post tour dates. Facebook was the new Myspace. But Twitter? What exactly does Twitter have to offer the music world?

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Sports

Theodore provides stable goaltending for Capitals

By Andrew Tomlinson | March 24

With only nine games left in the season, the Washington Capitals have already found their playoff goalie — and it is not Semyon Varlamov.

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Caplan, Cusack save ‘Hot Tub’

By Ben Schwartz | March 24

The defining moment of “Hot Tub Time Machine,” the new comedy directed by Steve Pink, comes right after the title apparatus has done its work, sending the four protagonists back in time (duh) to 1986. What follows is the obligatory leg of any time-travel movie where the characters have to discover ...

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Sports

Los Angeles remains at top of pack with Bryant taking the lead

By Tyler Tomea | March 24

The NBA Playoffs start in less than a month, and it looks like the Los Angeles Lakers will enter as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference for the third consecutive year.

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News

Arrest all in a day’s work for activist

By Ashley DeJean | March 24

Michael Dranove is a self-described anarchist. “It has nothing to do with chaos — that was some Wilson Red Scare propaganda that seems to have stuck to this day for some reason,” said the freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences who was arrested at the recent “Funk the War: Bad Romance” protest. “[Anarchism] advocates workers’ control over the means of production. [It’s] all about organization and community.”

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News

Clean Energy Revolving Fund referendum passes, results will be passed to Board of Trustees

By Allie Mooney | March 24

Student supporters of the CERF referendum gathered Monday to talk about the issue. The referendum passed in elections this week.

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Burton’s latest films fail to live up to past achievements

By Donny T Sheldon | March 24

I was standing in line to see his latest film at a huge multiplex theater behind two young girls dressed up in blue jumpers when I decided that I was in a huge fight with Tim Burton. I realized that I’m no longer a part of his target audience. Growing up, my VHS copies of “Edward Scissorhands” ...

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‘Benjy’ adds ‘soul’ to old formula

By Stephan Cho | March 24

Music notes.

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