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MLB preview: American League outlook

By Huw Roberts | April 7

As the 2008 Major League Baseball season gets underway, it is time to see which teams have the chance to play in October and which ones will see their seasons fade away like the last firework on the Fourth of July. In the first of a two-part series, we will first examine the teams looking to grab the American League pennant from the defending World Champions, the Boston Red Sox.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: A world of financial trouble

April 7

Although we sympathize with cash-strapped AU students studying abroad in Europe, we have little desire to echo their complaints. For as long as many of us care to recall, the euro has been stronger than the dollar. Even cursory research could have predicted that the situation was bound to worsen by 2008.

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News

Find good exercise for healthy, good causes

By Darcie Piechowski | April 7

It is amazing what we will do in the name of charity. I knew a group of girls who even went skydiving for charity. That's right; people will jump out of planes all in the name of raising a few bucks for a good cause. The thing is, doing something for other people is often more motivating than doing something for yourself.

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News

Class launches campaign for HPV awareness

By Rachel Trainer | April 7

People should be able to speak out openly about sexually transmitted infections without the current stigma that is associated with them, according Giovanna Chesler, a School of Communication professor who helped create a Web site where people who have contracted STIs can submit their stories.

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News

SG proposes senate, executive reform

By Rebecca Kern | April 7

A series of proposed amendments to the Student Government Constitution would make the SG comptroller and secretary appointed positions. The Undergraduate Senate held its first reading yesterday of the Commission on Reform's proposed amendments to the constitution, which the commission claims would improve the executive branch's efficiency and reduce the size of the senate.

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News

U.S. dollar weak; students go for broke abroad

By Marisa Kendall | April 7

The falling value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies has made it increasingly expensive for AU students to study abroad. Europe is currently the most expensive region for American students to visit; the exchange rate in countries that use the euro is now .

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News

AU to switch e-mail to Google

By Allie Feras | April 7

The Office of Information Technology will move all AU e-mail accounts to Google before New Student Orientations begin in June, according to Chief Information Officer Dave Swartz. The change will give students access to Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar and Google Docs - applications that the current LotusNotes system does not support, Swartz said.

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Sports

Lacrosse drops fourth straight game to Hokies

By Justin Hall | April 7

The women's lacrosse team could not complete a late rally from an early deficit, falling on the road to Virginia Tech on Saturday 14-11. The loss was the fourth straight for the Eagles, whose season record now stands at 5-8 overall and 3-0 in Patriot League play.

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Opinion

Corrections for April 3, 2008

April 7

In the article "New scooters to help increase response times," the phrase "increased response times" is counterintuitive; it suggests it takes longer for Public Safety officers to mobilize using the scooters. In fact, as the article itself pointed out, the new scooters lower Public Safety response times.

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News

Briefs

April 7

METRO WMATA considers new ad options Engineers at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority are mulling over the addition of new, interactive advertisements in D.C.'s stations and trains in a struggle for much-needed revenue dollars, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

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News

Don't let weather rain on your fashion parade

April 7

April showers bring May flowers, but what should you wear when the rain won't go away? Believe it or not, it is possible to look cute when it's disgusting outside, so this week we have included our best tips on how to look chic until those May flowers show their faces and we can put our rainwear away for the summer.

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News

Foster saves 'Nim's Island' from family movie doldrums

By CLARE SHEPARD | April 7

At times charming and funny, at times borderline environmental lobby propaganda, "Nim's Island" is a movie that should not be seen without a child in tow. The plot centers on Nim (Abigail Breslin) and her scientist father, Jack (Gerard Butler), who move to a secluded island in the South Pacific after the death of Nim's mother.

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News

Cultures meet, characters clash in GALA's 'Blood Wedding'

By Traci J. Brooks | April 7

Though perhaps initially daunting to the average English-speaking college student, GALA Hispanic Theatre's production of the Spanish play, "Blood Wedding/Bodas de Sangre" - subtitled in English - is worth the minimal confusion caused by the foreign language.

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News

Experimental Japanese noise band never 'bores'

By Josh Levitz | April 7

Osaka, Japan's Boredoms are one of the most celebrated experimental bands of the last 20 years. Their music has shifted from strikingly original noise to something of an amalgamation of kraut-rock, electronics and throat-singing. However, percussion has always anchored them.

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Opinion

When good men do nothing: Olympics expose forgotten injustices

By Shane Carley | April 7

If there is one good thing about the Beijing Olympics, it is the issues brought to light as a result of their location. One of the most important is the status of Tibet, a problem that has been around for decades (though often without the public spotlight).

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News

Pope to speak at Nationals Park, CUA

By SANDRA FLORES | April 7

Forty AU students who contacted the Rev. David John Paul Mott, AU's Catholic chaplain, will attend Pope Benedict XVI's April 17 Mass at Nationals Park. Benedict will also address Catholic educators and the Catholic University of America the same day. Both events are "invitation only," and people will need to have papal tickets that dioceses distributed among local parishes upon request, according to Zenit, a nonprofit news agency that reports on the Catholic Church.

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News

Doughty and crew continue to please loyal fanbase

By Ty Budde | April 7

Mike Doughty took the stage at the 9:30 club Saturday night in a black T-shirt and a black jacket. He was dressed like a small-time label owner, a businessman. His tattoos were covered and his mannerisms were reserved. All this could be considered carryover from the opening act, the Panderers, a band composed of a couple of Mike Doughty's own band members and fronted by the kin of a coal miner.

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