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Farewell to RFK Stadium

By Shaun Flynn | September 24

The Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the final baseball game at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. The stadium was packed - even the high, yellow nosebleed seats, normally left deserted by the sparse Nationals fans, were filled to the brim. Cheers echoed through the stadium, reminding people why baseball is America's national pastime.

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Campus brief

September 24

Mindy F. Hirsch was chosen to be the new associate director of AU's chapter of Hillel, according to an announcement made by Rabbi Kenneth L. Cohen, the group's director. "I fell in love with the students my first week in the temporary position, and I knew I just had to stay," Hirsch said.

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Metro brief

September 24

D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said Friday that a minibike at the center of a controversial killing of a 14-year-old boy by police has been found and the FBI is analyzing it for clues, The Washington Post reported. The boy, who was found with the bike, was fatally shot in the head when police confronted him.

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Top 10

September 24

10: Hulk Hogan Hulkamania is still alive and well in our hearts, and you have to think that someone with Hogan's irresistible charm is a natural for public speaking. If the hit VH1 series "Hogan Knows Best" is any indication, his unique brand of tough love and casual espionage could provide hours of inspirational stories.

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Week's events meant to raise campus civility

By Christopher Cottrell | September 24

The Office of Campus Life hosted a series of events last week to raise awareness of domestic violence and the power of civil actions as part of the ongoing CIVITAS campaign. The week's main attraction was a keynote presentation Wednesday by Katie Koestner, a date rape survivor and national spokeswoman on sexual abuse.

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Nation finds its silenced voice

By Andrew Gardner | September 24

It's staggering how close Budapest seems to the West when you look at a map. Hungary, smack dab in the middle of Central Europe is a short train or plane ride away from pretty much everything in Europe. But throughout its millennium of existence, Hungary has endured a great many obstacles, making its journey into the industrialized West a difficult one.

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Review: 50 Cent dies trying

September 24

50 Cent "Curtis" (G Unit) Sounds like: Fiddy's lost the battle to Kanye. Not everyone can rock timbs like a legit gangsta, but people know good rap and hip-hop music when they hear it - and 50's latest release simply isn't it. The entire album sounds like something that's been done before.

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Girl Talk turns music, law upside down

By Cameron Conway | September 24

The drone of Boredoms, the soul of James Brown and the erratic bass of OutKast mingled with Jeff Mangum's count-offs and the strings of The Verve last Wednesday at the Black Cat. The venue wasn't host to some bizarre new version of "We Are the World," but packed to capacity for a single performer's set.

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'Bioshock' brings new frontier to shooter genre

By David Tannenbaum | September 24

In 1994, Irrational Games created "System Shock" in order to provide gamers with an open-ended experience to navigate a game using different approaches. Have a room full of enemies? The game allowed you to combat them either with blazing guns or in more tactful ways like hacking turrets or using telepathic powers to drop heavy objects on them.

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Sports

Men's soccer loses to Rams despite outshooting opponents

September 24

The AU men's soccer team lost its home game against Virginia Commonwealth University 5-0 on Saturday following their 0-0 tie in double overtime with James Madison, on Wednesday. Six minutes into the game, the Virginia Commonwealth Rams started the scoring early with an assisted goal that landed in the back of the net to place the Rams over the Eagles on the scoreboard 1-0.

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Opinion

Athletes benefit from revised bylaw

September 24

Kudos to the National Collegiate Athletics Association for considering a bylaw that would protect student athletes from losing their scholarships due to illness. Amid the stress of rigorous academic and practice schedules, it is good to hear that the NCAA understands that some things are out of students' control.

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Review: Foo Fighters

September 24

Foo Fighters "Echoes Silence Patience & Grace" (RCA) Sounds like: AC/DC Guitarist Angus Young had a love child with Pearl Jam Singer Eddie Vedder. The Foo Fighters' new album, "Echoes Silence Patience & Grace," is like starting up a passionate love affair with an old flame; it has the comfort of their signature rock sound without merely reproducing it, like many bands of their stature get away with.

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Students hone note-taking skills

By Olga Ivshina | September 24

Successful note-taking requires work before, after class and during class, said BJ Soto, a counselor for international students and writing lab coordinator of the Academic Support Center, at a note-taking workshop Tuesday organized by the Academic Support Center.

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Opinion

Apathetic voters elect lazy politicians

By Shane Carley | September 24

When I was last with you, dear readers, I ended with a jab at one of the most important issues plaguing our political process today: voter apathy. In today's atmosphere of division and polarization, it seems crazy that some of our peers simply don't care enough to make it to the polls on Election Day.

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Review: Metro Station

September 24

Metro Station "Metro Station" (Red Ink) Sounds like: The product of a freaky and possibly drug-induced Mika-Franz Ferdinand-Depeche Mode orgy. Despite the fact that Metro Station guitarist Trace Cyrus is actually the son of mullet-master Billy Ray Cyrus, the band's self-titled full-length debut is far from country.

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Panel: U.S. policy in Iraq fuels hostility

By Hannah Pakray | September 24

Current U.S. foreign policy in Iraq has damaged the nation's reputation abroad, and the U.S. should make every effort to avoid going to war with Iran, several experts said during a symposium on Iraq and Iran held in Katzen Arts Center's Abramson Recital Hall Thursday evening.

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International brief

September 24

Chile's Supreme Court ruled Friday that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori must be extradited to face charges of human rights violations and corruption in Peru, the Associated Press reported. Fujimori has been in Chile since November 2005 following a five-year exile in Japan, where he fled after a corruption scandal collapsed his administration, according to the AP.

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