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Students consider D.C. schools' safety on Election Day

By Carol Cummings | October 30

D.C. public schools will remain open on Election Day despite concerns about students' safety in these schools. AU students typically agree with this decision, yet some still worry for children's safety with strangers in their school buildings. A record number of voters are expected to vote this election year, leading some school polling locations to close for the day.

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Calendar

October 30

Thursday, Oct. 30 Doggy Happy Hour Howloween Costume Contest 5 p.m. WHERE: Hotel Monaco Alexandria, 480 King St., Alexandria, Va. METRO: King Street (blue and yellow lines) INFO: It's a pet and owner costume contest to celebrate Halloween and the last Doggy Happy Hour of the season.

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Fright night: Scene picks horror flicks

October 30

Watching movies has become as customary a Halloween tradition as trick-or-treating and bobbing for apples. After the holiday's festivities and parties are over, there is nothing better than settling down with some friends and a good horror flick. The Scene staff has compiled a list of films that tingle our spines and cinematic senses around the Halloween season.

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Magnetic Fields span catalog at GWU

By Jeff Lambert | October 30

Stephen Merritt has never been one to rest on his laurels. The pop virtuoso has added numerous side projects to the already impressive discography of his main group, indie rock darlings The Magnetic Fields. The band's performance Sunday night at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium was enough to leave the heads of Merritt's fans spinning for its career-spanning set list.

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Exploring politics of going down: places, spaces not to fear

By Mia Libido | October 30

Since we are in the heat of the election season and judgment day is just around the corner, I figured I would inform the public about a newfound discovery: the Web sites ObamaCondoms.com, McCainCondoms.com and ThePalinCondom.com. Benjamin Sherman, Practice Safe Policy's vice president of marketing, said in a press release that "our intention is to expose the unspoken, steamy connection between getting elected and getting laid.

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AU explains holiday scheduling

By Sarah Rudnick | October 30

Although AU students come from different backgrounds, different parts of the country and even different corners of the world, they must all adhere to the same calendar, only getting days and holidays off that the university delineates. AU's academic and holiday schedule goes through an involved process before it becomes the university's legitimate annual calendar.

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Campus calendar

October 30

Thursday, Oct. 30 Speech: French Deputy Ambassador Fran?ois Rivasseau 2:30-3:30 p.m. WHERE: School of International Service Lounge INFO: Rivasseau will speak about the French presidency of the European Union and diplomatic relations between the United States and the EU.

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Yamagata 'sinks teeth' into 9:30 club

By Traci J. Brooks | October 30

In a tiny dressing room upstairs at the 9:30 club, Rachael Yamagata sat on a counter, talking into her phone. "Is that a good star rating?" she asked the caller. She listened for a moment and then said "That's a good sentence." Reviews are still coming in on Yamagata's latest album, "Elephants .

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Opinion

Arr! Piracy on the high seas really ticks us off

October 30

Ahoy, maties! The two of us are slightly obsessed with pirates. You know, the shiver-me-timbers louts that wear silly clothes, talk funny and complain that the rum is always gone. The responses from bewildered friends have been varied. Some politely attempt to change the subject - we've also received discreet inquiries whether we should be on some medication.

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Metro brief

October 30

Metro has begun random bag searches on Metrorail trains and Metrobuses to increase rider safety and privacy and minimize delays, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials announced Tuesday. The program is not in response to any specific threat, but rather to increase safety before next week's presidential election, according to The Washington Post.

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Police blotter

October 30

Oct. 21 A Public Safety aide reported an unconscious student in a bathroom. When officers arrived, the student appeared to be intoxicated but was conscious and coherent. The student stated he was not intoxicated but was suffering from a severe stomach ailment.

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Views move left in college

By Julia Ryan | October 30

A study on how students' politics change over the course of their time in college has raised discussion at AU about what and who are the most significant influences on a person's political beliefs. College students are decidedly more liberal by the time they reach junior year than they were as freshmen, according to a recent study done by the University of California, Los Angeles' Higher Education Research Institute.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Fashion columnists don't understand true style

By Louise Brask | October 30

I have a problem understanding the placement of the recent "Brand Name Must Haves" article inside The Eagle. I understand the authors were trying to highlight expensive brand names, but to have a whole article dedicated on high spending may be out of line.

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French language student sings blues, learns to listen

By Ali Goldstein | October 30

I vividly remember the hearing tests I had to take in elementary school, and how they made my heart race and palms sweat. There was a poorly lit room and a doctor with a soothing voice behind a pane of glass who was telling me to push the green button when I heard the blocks fall.

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Election Day no holiday for AU

October 30

The last time the Faculty Senate convened to discuss and decide the structure of the student academic calendar was in 1976. It was then that the skeleton of what became our school year was formed: the panel of faculty from both AU and the Washington College of Law dealt with questions regarding exam scheduling, winter and summer break timing, and the policies governing religious holidays.

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Registration simplified with waitlist system

By Meg Fowler | October 30

AU students may not face the same difficulties they did with course registration in previous semesters because of improvements to the wait-list system, according to University Registrar Linda Bolden-Pitcher. A major change in the wait-list process was put in place last spring to apply to this fall semester's classes.

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Calif. students to vote on gay marriage ban

By Sarah Rudnick | October 30

AU students from California will be able to consider Proposition 8, an initiative to ban gay marriage in the state, on their Nov. 4 election ballot. In May, the state's Supreme Court ruled that individuals of the same sex had the right to marry and be recognized by the state, according to information on the California Secretary of State's Web site.

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