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AU adds resource centers

By Julia Ryan | November 1

AU will open a women's center with a library and counseling center in fall 2010 and will also launch an online support network for AU veterans this January.

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News

D.C. man protests Vatican inaction

By Sarah Parnass | November 1

A 67-year-old man has stood outside the Vatican Embassy — near the Naval Observatory on Massachusetts Avenue — every day, accusing the Vatican of hiding pedophiles. A negative experience with the church inspired John Wojnowski’s decade-long protest.

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City considers marriage bill

By Meg Fowler | November 1

The D.C. Council will consider approving same-sex marriages made within the city, after approving legislation to recognize same-sex marriages made outside the District earlier this year.

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Opinion

Cultural relativism is an incoherent doctrine. Let’s abolish it now

By Alex Knepper | November 1

Cultural relativism is an objectively incoherent doctrine. Let me define potentially ambiguous terms at the outset: by “cultural relativism” I mean the idea that it is wrong to cast judgment upon the culture of another nation or ethnicity. By objective, I really do mean objective: it is not up for dispute; the facts demonstrate it in the same way that they demonstrate that AU is located in Washington, D.C.

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News

‘Doc’ site offers SHC alternative

By Julia Ryan | November 1

AU students looking for specialized medical advice outside of the Student Health Center will have more options when ZocDoc.com, a free Web service that helps people book appointments with doctors in their area, expands service to D.C.

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News

Tenley yet to observe tray-less policy

By Meghan Sweeney | November 1

Tenley Café has yet to lose its trays as AU attempts to make itself a more sustainable school.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

November 1

Most AU students share a commitment to service and a desire to have a positive impact on the world around them. But what does it really mean to make a difference and how do you go about doing it?

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News

‘Ariadne’ brings humor to opera

By Sarah Anne Hughes | November 1

Opera audience members were met with more than just impressive singing as Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia joined the cast of the Washington National Opera’s “Ariadne auf Naxos” on Oct. 24. Along with Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., Professor Martin Ginsburg and arts philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, the Justices played dinner party guests of the “the richest man in town” at WNO’s opening night of Richard Strauss’ early-20th century opera.

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News

‘Parks’ hires freaks, geeks

November 1

If anyone could turn the Parks and Recreation government department into the setting of a hysterical sitcom, it’s SNL alum, Amy Poehler. “Parks and Recreation” follows the life of Leslie Knope (played by Poehler), a Parks and Recreation deputy director in fictional Pawnee, Ind. Knope is a feminist, often citing Hillary Clinton and Madeline Albright as her heroes.

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News

Indie duo take act ‘on the road’

By Morgan Wheaton | November 1

Tegan and Sara are proof that indie music can be an ever-changing genre. With their new release, "Sainthood," Tegan and Sara seamlessly blend rock, pop, punk, electronica and experimental with signature harmonies and deceptively simple lyrics — and pulling it off.

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News

SG Senate approves AUTO commissioner

By Katherine Seaton | November 1

The Student Government Senate approved Nicholas Russotto as AUTO Commissioner Nov. 1.

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News

Rock twins show ‘sentiment’

By Katrina Casino | November 1

Eleven years after their first release — an acoustic folk-pop journey through their heads — Tegan and Sara are releasing “Sainthood,” a genre-blending work seamlessly blending rock, pop, punk, electronica and experimental with their signature harmonies and deceptively simple lyrics ­­— and pulling it off.

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News

Speaker explains Foreign Service

November 1

Barbara Cummings’ car was bombed, she had a run-in with the Dalai Lama and she “faked” language skills during her 27 years with the U.S. Foreign Service.

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News

‘Ben 10’ fails to make grade

By Michael Conte | November 1

Never has a game been quite so lousy with so few redeeming qualities. It would be difficult for even a younger child to have fun with "Ben 10: Alien Force Vilgax Attacks.”

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News

Audiences ‘flip’ for Orley

By Haely Jardas | November 1

Halloween may be over, but for those who aren’t quite ready to lay off the paranormal activity, there’s an interesting act coming to the D.C. Improv this weekend. His name is Flip Orley, and he’s not just any comedian: he’s also a hypnotist.

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News

Risotto makes a tricky dish

By Will Koper | November 1

If you’ve ever had a good risotto, you’ll know that it can be one of the greatest dishes on the face of the earth. If you’ve ever tried to make risotto, you’ll know it’s one of the toughest things to make well. If you’re still a little shaky in the kitchen, you might want to skip this one and go back to reading the sex column.

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News

Embassies offer students sweet deal

By Marisa Kendall | November 1

Each year, scores of AU students don their Halloween costumes after class and set out with the goal of getting candy from as many foreign countries as possible.

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