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Campus brief

April 23

Bill Flynn, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, won a 2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship - a science, math and engineering award, according to an AU press release. He was one of 278 Goldwater recipients in the United States this year and competed with 1,097 other students to win the scholarship.

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Players support La. arts

By Ali Goldstein | April 23

Amid the charged media coverage of Hurricane Katrina, little attention was paid to the process of rebuilding community arts education in New Orleans. The Katrina Project emerged out of the city's post-hurricane rubble to create theater opportunities for the local public schools.

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Campus calendar

April 23

Thursday, April 23 Hawaiian Club luau 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Main quad INFO: Enjoy an outdoor luau with food, fun and entertainment at this event. The Hawaii Club, Student Advocates for Native Communities, AU Student Government, Multicultural Affairs and AU After Dark are sponsoring this event.

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News

Student wins comic title

By Meg Fowler | April 23

Molly Martinez became not only the first AU student but also the first woman to ever win the stand-up comedy award "DC's Funniest College Student" at the local comedy club DC Improv on April 15. Martinez, a freshman in the School of Communication, said she was also the only woman and the only freshman in the pool of contestants. She broke precedent by winning the first place award out of competitors from area universities.

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This Providence discover voice, sound

By Traci J. Brooks | April 23

Music is an evanescent entity, and no band knows this more than This Providence, a now four-piece band from Seattle that has had eight different line-ups in a three-year period. The alternative/indie band's current roster features original members Dan Young and Gavin Phillips as vocalist and guitarist, respectively, as well as David Blaise on bass and Andy Horst on drums.

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Senate censures AUTO commissioner

By Jimm Phillips and Lindsey Anderson | April 23

The Undergraduate Senate voted to censure AUTO Commissioner Zack Schwartz during a special session late Wednesday night and approved a motion encouraging Student Government Comptroller Eric Goldstein to file charges against him in connection with allegations he misused AUTO vans.

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Chess master plays 20

By Nick Platt | April 23

There 20 chess players sat, boards in front of them in a large square, waiting for their opponent. However, all were waiting for the chance to play the same person. The opponent was a 30-year-old Kazakhstani international chess grandmaster, Darmen Sadvakasov, who came to AU on Friday to play 20 members of the university's chess club - simultaneously.

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Opinion

Look to law for lessons in medicine

April 23

Everyone hold on to your chairs, tables or bus seats, because Ben and Brittany - the environment-loving, peace-for-all, liberal beings that we are - are about to agree with former President George W. Bush. Well, sort of. In his last months as president, Bush proposed a bill expanding the rights of health care workers to allow them to refuse providing services or advice to patients seeking abortions, contraception or even blood transfusions when the workers morally oppose those treatments.

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The week in fun calendar

April 23

Thursday, April 23 Ponytail, Imperial China and The Gagged 8:30 p.m. WHERE: DC9, 1940 Ninth St. N.W. METRO: U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo (green and yellow lines) INFO: Loved seeing Ponytail at their Capitol Punishment performance? Catch the Baltimore-based band again at DC9.

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News

AUTO oversight law passed

By Jen Calantone | April 20

The Undergraduate Senate held a five-hour-plus meeting Sunday, several hours of which were closed to anyone except the body's members, to discuss legal matters involving allegations of AUTO van misuse. The senate unanimously passed a bill that would require oversight of the AUTO program, which Student Government President Seth Cutter vetoed. The senate then unanimously overrode the veto. During the closed meeting, the senate censured AUTO Commissioner Zack Schwartz, according to Justin Woods, the speaker of the senate.

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Lily blossoms at 9:30

By Jordan Coughenour | April 20

A sold-out crowd seized the 9:30 club Friday night, dancing for the right to acceptance and the power to party on its own terms. British songstress Lily Allen and Seattle-based indie pop/techno band Natalie Portman's Shaved Head (NPSH) played to a crowd that collectively raised its middle fingers in the air in rejection of small-mindedness and sexual frustration.

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D.C. hosts new Kennedy

By Stephanie Jaar | April 20

Actor-comedian Jamie Kennedy is on tour looking to make others laugh. Kennedy played four shows Friday and Saturday at the Arlington Draft House. He is now living the dream that once felt completely out of his reach. Kennedy was 19 years old when he first started trying out some comedy routines.

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Students tidy D.C. park

By Clint Rice | April 20

About 35 AU students found everything from Cadillac tires to wheelchairs to mix tapes while cleaning up a creek in Marvin Gaye Park in Northeast D.C. Saturday morning. The cleanup of the creek - Watts Branch - was part of the 15th-annual Anacostia River Cleanup and Earth Day Celebration.

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Undergraduate Senate's closed-door AUTO actions invalidated

By Jimm Phillips | April 20

April 20 | 10:00 p.m. » The Undergraduate Senate will hold a special session at 11 p.m. Wednesday to reconsider a previously-passed AUTO oversight bill, one of several senate actions - including a censure of AUTO Commissioner Zack Schwartz - currently considered invalid because they violated a previous Student Government Judicial Board ruling.

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News briefs

April 20

The Arbor Day Foundation named AU a 2009 Tree Campus USA University, the university announced during the annual Campus Beautification Day Thursday. The status is granted to campuses around the United States that meet five standards to "promote healthy trees and student involvement" developed by the Arbor Day Foundation, according to the organization's Web site.

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Sports

Crusaders steal Senior day

By Andrew Tomlinson | April 20

The AU women's lacrosse team lost against the College of the Holy Cross 16-12 Saturday, spoiling Senior Day. A day that should have been filled with celebration ended with a heartbreaking defeat. The team came out firing as Leslie Fischer, one of the team's four seniors, scored 12 seconds into the game.

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Opinion

Opinion polls lead politicians astray

By Joe Wenner | April 20

The nation's economy has little chance of a recovery. That is, according to a recent FOX News article published last week. Citing numerous statistics, FOX News paints a dire picture for the United States, concluding that "the worst is yet to come." This information is enough to make even a seasoned economist frantically retract into the fetal position.

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