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Campus brief

November 6

School of Communication professor Chris Palmer will be recognized with the International Wildlife Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award for Media, according to information on SOC's Web site. The IWFF's Lifetime Achievement Award for Media is the organization's highest honor.

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WMATA begins bag search

By Caitlin Treanor | November 3

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials announced Oct. 27 they would immediately begin a random bag inspection program in which they would search passengers' bags, purses and backpacks prior to entering the Metro system, including the Tenleytown-AU stop.

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Metro brief

November 3

D.C. will serve as party center for a nationwide birthday celebration for Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial. Museums, including the Smithsonian museums, and theaters announced their plans Thursday for the yearlong celebration. More than 80 events and programs in honor of the 16th president will run from January to April, according to the Associated Press.

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Stars navigate politics, ethics

By Jordan Coughenour | November 3

The concrete outside of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles is dry and cracked, and the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are now no more than a place for streetwalkers to spit their gum and stomp their cigarettes. Both are obsolete monuments to the long-faded glory of the "Golden Days" of entertainment.

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Guest curators revise gallery

By Maria Fufidio | November 3

Who wouldn't want to have one of the most expansive collections of contemporary art in the world at their disposal? The "Ways of Seeing" series of exhibitions at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden lets a few select guest curators have this unique opportunity.

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Faulty ballots mailed in D.C. area

By Meg Fowler | November 3

The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics recently sent out approximately 126 erroneous absentee ballots for the Nov. 4 election to voters from D.C.'s Single Member District. The 126 ballots out of 2,000 resident voters represent about 6.3 percent of votes in the Single Member District, SMD 2F03.

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No 'Far Cry' from perfect

By Michael Conte | November 3

Open-world games have fascinated players since the days of "Grand Theft Auto III," but since then most games that have dared the concept have been "GTA" clones or simply role-playing games - a slow-paced genre that doesn't always make for the most exciting gameplay.

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Gallery honors modern women

By Kia Muhammad | November 3

Whether they are women who refused to give up their seat on a bus one stormy afternoon in Alabama and sparked a civil rights revolution, such as Rosa Parks, or women that created a standard of etiquette, such as Emily Post, many women stand as pieces of the great puzzle of 20th century America in the National Portrait Gallery's "Women of Our Time" exhibit.

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Opinion

McCain has earned election victory

By Michael Cartier | November 3

Undecided about your choice in this election? Our next president will either be The Messiah or Rambo. One vice presidential candidate seems to live in Disneyland, while the other, due to "rhetorical flourishes," has disappeared into the Witness Protection Program.

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Sports

Sukaj's experience lifts AU

By Bethany McMillion | November 3

Senior volleyball outside hitter Rubena Sukaj routinely kills records and aces competition in the Patriot League. However, she owes much of her success to her parents. Sukaj grew up in Tirana, Albania. It was because of her father and brother's love for sports that she got involved with volleyball at 12 years old.

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Election '08: Blogging students' reactions

By Tony Romm | November 3

Reporters at politics@theEAGLE, the newspaper's politics blog, chronicled all of Election Day, from the polling anomalies early Tuesday morning to Barack Obama's acceptance speech later that night. Click to read the full day's coverage.

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Hirsch makes civil rights statement in 'Milk'

By Donny T Sheldon | November 3

Considering his roles from "Into the Wild" to "Alpha Dog," it's clear that Emile Hirsch has a knack for portraying real people, and he continues his success as Cleve Jones in Gus Van Sant's new Harvey Milk biopic "Milk." Hirsch, who was in town to promote the film and the real life inspiration for his character in the story, Jones, led a question and answer session this past Thursday.

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Cell service reminds youth to vote via text

By Amanda Glensky | November 3

In addition to "get out the vote" efforts, a new study by Student PIRGs and CREDO Mobile suggests presidential campaigns should text out the vote, blog out the vote and YouTube out the vote to attract youth supporters. Credo Mobile, a cell phone company that contributes to non-profit organizations, and the student activism organization Student PIRGs, sent text messages to 3,600 randomly selected young voters Feb.

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Obama projected to be next president

November 3

MSNBC, among other networks, projected at 11 p.m. that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will be the 44th President of the United States.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Concerning the African- American studies program

By Brandi Mirzakhani and Seth Cutter | November 3

One of the Student Government's foremost policy initiatives this year is to see the adoption of an African American studies program in the College of Arts & Sciences. As a community that values, seeks and affirms diversity, AU must look beyond solely programming for the many cultures we celebrate on campus.

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Sports

Eagles lose to Colgate, 1-0

By Justin Hall | November 3

The AU men's soccer team dropped a hard-fought decision on the road to Colgate University Saturday, losing to the Red Raiders 1-0. The defeat drops the Eagles record to 7-7-2 on the season and 3-1-1 in the Patriot League. The only scoring of the game came in the fourth minute of the match, as Colgate junior midfielder Alex Weekes took advantage of an Eagle defensive turnover and buried a shot from just outside the 18-yard box past freshman goalkeeper Matt Makowski to give Colgate the 1-0 lead.

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Opinion

Corrections for October 27, 2008

November 3

In "Free speech forum angers AU students," The Eagle incorrectly reported that there are 1.5 million Muslims worldwide. The number of Muslims worldwide is actually between 1.3 and 1.4 billion. Additionally, the same article stated that many audience members booed and snickered.

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