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Staff Editorial: Make AU more accessible

April 24

Last week, the undergraduate senate approved a draft version of the Student Bill of Rights, the seminal document designed to protect students and ensure university accountability. The third section of the bill, Health and Safety, includes one provision to assist disabled students on campus: "Students with disabilities have the right to equal educational opportunities and accessible and adequate facilities.

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Sports

Eagles to host Patriot League Tournament

April 24

AU's Patriot League regular season champion lacrosse team will begin its quest for an NCAA tournament bid when it hosts the U.S. Naval Academy in the league semifinals Friday. In their only meeting this season, the Eagles lost to the Midshipmen 13-12 April 1.

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News

Commencement speakers announced

By Marisa Kendall | April 24

On Sunday, May 11, Ken Paulson, USA Today editor-in-chief; Sylvia Earle, National Geography oceanographer and explorer-in-residence; and Vernon Jordan, senior director of Lazard Limited and Lazard Group, will address this year's graduating class as the 2008 AU commencement speakers.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

April 24

I am happy that Mr. Myslinski is concerned enough about this issue to have responded to my article against his meat campaign. Sadly, his understanding of meat production has been terribly skewed by industry propaganda. He points out that millions of animals are killed in crop production each year, while failing to acknowledge that billions of animals are killed in meat production each year, the majority of whom spend their lives in tiny cages or filthy sheds.

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News

Metro Brief

April 24

The weakened economy has helped cause a 21 percent increase in the number of burglaries in D.C. from last year, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The number of burglaries rose from the 761 reported in April 2007 to 922 in April 2008. Capitol Hill and areas of D.

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News

Jimmy Eat World enjoys life on road

By Traci J. Brooks | April 24

As a master of the pop-rock anthem, Jimmy Eat World is no stranger to the music industry. Since its conception in 1993, the four-person rock band has released six studio albums and witnessed crucial changes in the industry first hand. It's an evolution AU fans will be able to be a part of, when the boys hit Bender Arena on Saturday for the second time in four years.

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News

Police blotter

April 24

Tuesday, April 15 A resident director and Public Safety officers responded to an individual's report of an intoxicated female in a taxi. When the taxi arrived on campus, the student was showing the effects of severe intoxication. The student reported she had been drinking at a club and asked for medical attention.

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News

Unfettered access for students

By Lauren Gardner | April 24

Approximately 150 students use Disability Support Services on AU's campus per year, according to Joanne Benica, the office's director. DSS serves students with physical, psychological and mental disabilities and works to ensure that the students it serves have physical and educational access to AU. Several students said the office has been helpful and friendly to them and their needs, while others have said there is room for improvement on the university's end, despite its compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. This article examines all these points of view and brings more insight into what students who use this on-campus office have to do to ensure that their rights are met.

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News

Two restaurants to open in Tenley

By Anna Tuman | April 24

Two new restaurants - Z-Burger and Sandwish - will open in Tenleytown within the next two months. Z-Burger will open April 30 and Sandwish will follow a month after, according to the one of the restaurants' owners, Peter Tabibian. Grete Luxbacher, a sophomore in the School of International Service, said she is excited about Z-Burger.

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News

Take a short study break for thoughts of love

By Dave Stone | April 24

As the semester draws to an end and work starts building up, sex sometimes takes a backseat. So, in my last sex column, I chose to voice some views I hold on sex and relationships. The first point I want to make is that humans are mammals, meaning we are Homo sapiens and part of the animal kingdom, according to Linnaean taxonomy.

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News

National Brief

April 24

A man who was stuck for 41 hours in a New York elevator on October 15, 1999, told his story for the first time in an exclusive interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday. Nicholas White, a 34-year-old New York production manager, told his story after the New Yorker released a time-lapsed video of the hours White spent in the elevator on their Web site on April 21.

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Opinion

Correction for April 24, 2008

April 24

In the "ATec Fest '08" photo, the singer in the top right photo's name is Matt Boerum.

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News

International Brief

April 24

A Brazilian priest disappeared over the south Atlantic Tuesday after he attempted to set a record for the longest flight using 1,000 helium-filled party balloons, the Reuters news agency reported. Father Adelir Antonio de Carli, a 42-year-old Roman Catholic priest, began his journey Sunday in Paranagua, Brazil, and intended to fly 20 hours west.

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News

Rain ends Green Apple Festival early

By Marisa Kendall | April 24

AU students were able to educate the public about the environment Sunday at the Green Apple Festival, before organizers ended the event early. The Earth Day Network organized the festival in honor of Earth Day, which occurred Tuesday. The festival occurred at venues in D.

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News

There's no real taste like home

By Carolyn Phenicie | April 24

The easiest way to sum up the wave of feelings I've had here is to describe my relationship with Spanish food. It begins much the way standard "culture shock" does - with excitement about all the new possibilities and opportunities in the host country. Chocolate and churros all the time! The world's best oranges grown nearby! And, for a while, that's what it was.

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Sports

Sunshine, surfing ... and Stanley Cup? Ways to fix the NHL's playoffs dilemma

By Justin Hall | April 24

Now that the gloom and doom of a long cold winter have given way to the blue skies and warm temperatures of spring, it's time for one of the most important sporting events of the year. Baseball's Opening Day in baseball? College basketball's March Madness? No, its time for the return of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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News

Campus Calendar

April 24

Thursday, April 24 "Designer Denim Sale" 11 a.m.-4 p.m. WHERE: School of International Service Lounge INFO: People will be able to purchase designer jeans at a 40-to-60 percent discount to support Delta Gamma's philanthropy, Service for Sight. CONTACT: For more information contact Christine Lutz at cl5054a@american.

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