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More than 25% of Metrobuses late

By Marisa Kendall | September 11

New technology allowed the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to report that more than 25 percent of its buses did not arrive on their scheduled times in July, according to data released recently on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Web site.

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Celebrate D.C. diversity

By Kristen Boghosian | September 11

The Adams Morgan community will celebrate its culture and diversity this weekend with its 30th annual Adams Morgan Day Festival. Adams Morgan Main Street, a coalition that works to keep Adams Morgan alive and vibrant, will host the event from noon to 7 p.m.

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Police blotter

September 11

Sept. 2 A female student approached an officer in the Letts-Anderson quad and reported that an unknown person struck her in the face on the 3300 block of New Mexico Avenue N.W. The student stated she was not injured and did not need medical assistance. The Metropolitan Police Department responded.

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News

Tuition prices to go on Web

By Elizabeth Royall | September 11

The College Opportunity and Affordability Act signed into law in August requires the Department of Education to list the least affordable universities on its Web site. The Education Department will post the universities with the highest percentage increases in tuition and fees in a three-year period as well as the 5 percent of universities with the highest tuition by July 2011.

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Opinion

Construction makes AU shine

September 11

AU students will surely welcome the opening of the new bridge to Mary Graydon Center and Butler Pavilion. Since the start of this school year, the bridge has been closed to foot traffic as construction crews crafted rounded steps to replace the simple "straight" steps from years past.

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National brief

September 11

Fresno, Calif., police arrested a man Monday after he broke into the home of two farm workers and proceeded to rub one with spices and beat the other with an eight-inch-long sausage before he fled, according to the Associated Press. Authorities found Antonio Vasquez, 22, hiding in a nearby field wearing only a T-shirt, boxer shorts and socks, the AP reported.

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Opinion

U.S. needs to get its priorities straight

By Dave Stone | September 11

I am in no way a pacifist. I believe in military strength, covert operations and being able to fight when someone threatens our livelihood or that of our allies. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama share that belief with me. But that is where our shared views on the military end.

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Metro brief

September 11

Police evacuated a dormitory at Gallaudet University Wednesday morning after finding what they believed to be bomb-making supplies, the Associated Press reported. A maintenance worker found six boxes of fertilizers and pesticides in an air duct in an unoccupied dorm room, fire department spokesman Alan Etter told the AP.

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International brief

September 11

A London jury found three men guilty Monday of participating in a plot to detonate bombs on trans-Atlantic airlines headed for the U.S. and Canada in 2006, CNN reported. The jury failed to reach a verdict on four other men charged in connection to the plot and found one not guilty on all counts.

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Low turnout in D.C. primary attributed to rain, disinterest

By Will Koper | September 11

Intermittent rain and uncontested races resulted in a low turnout citywide as former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry won the Democratic Party's re-nomination for his Ward Eight city council seat with almost 80 percent of the vote. A large number of write-in votes appeared on city ballots, muddying the results of the Republican at-large council seat in which challenger Patrick Mara claimed victory over five-term incumbent Carol Schwartz.

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Sports

WOMEN'S SOCCER BRIEF

September 11

Women's soccer junior forward Kelsey Brasher was named AU Student Athlete of the Week and Co-Patriot League Player of the Week after scoring three goals in matches against Mount St. Mary's University and the University of Maryland, College Park. Brasher became the league's Offensive Player of the Week while teammate junior defender Erin Stebbins became Defensive Player of the Week.

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News

Senate considers SUB director nomination

By Anna Tuman | September 11

The Undergraduate Senate heard the first reading Sunday of Tre Matthews' nomination to be the new Student Union Board director. Matthews will go before the senate on Sunday for further consideration.

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Sports

BASKETBALL BRIEF

September 11

The AU women's basketball team hired Erin Lindroth as an assistant coach this season. Lindroth joins the Eagles after spending the last four years as an assistant at Daytona Beach State College in Daytona Beach, Fla., where she worked on practice and game preparation as well as academic tutoring and counseling.

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News

Centennial renovations debuted

By Tamar Hallerman | September 11

Students, resident assistants and Housing and Dining employees crowded Centennial Hall's first floor lounge for the brief ceremony, which gave residents the opportunity to hear about the renovation process from many of the individuals who helped plan the changes.

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Campus brief

September 11

Parvez Sharma, a 2004 graduate of the School of Communication, directed and produced an award-winning documentary that was shown in D.C. from Sept. 5 to 11. Sharma's film, "A Jihad for Love," received worldwide praise, including awards from the Toronto International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and TRI Continental Film Festival in India, according to the movie's Web site.

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Film festival celebrates fifth year

By Donny Sheldon | September 11

The D.C. Shorts Film Festival, which MovieMaker Magazine recently called "one of the nation's leading short film festivals," has become a premier venue for local and national filmmakers alike. The festival, which is into its fifth year, showcases a broad scope of genres, from animation and experimental work to documentaries and musical trailers.

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MGC bridge nearly complete

By Ethan Klapper | September 10

The new pedestrian bridge between the main quad, Mary Graydon Center and Butler Pavilion will open this weekend after unstable soil found over the summer forced delays in its construction, according to University Architect Jerry Gager. "We found some unsuitable soil, so we had to change some engineering aspects of the structure," he said.

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