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Shuttle bus drivers need AU support

By Travis McArthur | September 13

As students, we have a responsibility to protect the interests of the campus workers that serve us. Each day, AU's shuttle bus drivers transport thousands of us where we need to go. We depend upon them. It is only decent to return the favor and support them when they ask for our support.

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News

Life and times at the gay rodeo

By Iliana Imberman Berkowitz | September 13

A thick dust settles over the arena as partners Keith Huber and Rob Sterner tie a magenta bow on the tail of an incredibly animated steer. The steer twitches severely, jumping up on its hind legs to avoid being pegged with the vibrant strip of cloth. After several noble attempts, the arena clown, whose uniform dons the moniker "Arena Bitch," announces, "That steer does not like that color, and I don't blame him!" Welcome to the Gay Rodeo.

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Opinion

D.C. voting rights raise hopes, concerns

September 13

D.C. residents may soon by voting for their very own United States representative, if a bill proposed by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) before the end of term passes through the Senate. The District has long been denied a voice in the federal government, with conservatives insisting on strict constitutional interpretations of statehood to block D.

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News

Animal Collective assembles again to explore grief further

By Donny Sheldon | September 13

The key to Animal Collective's staggering stature in the experimental genre is not the band as a whole, but rather the sum of its parts. The band itself is a patchwork of creativity, including the likes of Panda Bear (also known as Noah Lennox), Avey Tare (David Portner), Deakin (Josh Dibb) and Geologist (Brian Weitz), all of whom have released individual work under each of their respective aliases, and unite as Animal Collective.

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Sports

This week in eagle sports

September 13

Friday, Sept. 14 Women's soccer vs. Towson (4 p.m.) at TOWSON Volleyball vs. Columbia (1:30 p.m.) at HOME vs. Cornell (7 p.m.) at HOME Saturday, Sept. 15 Cross country at Annapolis, Md., for the Navy Invitational Field hockey vs. Kent State (noon) at NORTHWESTERN Men's soccer vs.

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News

Panel: secrecy challenges media

By Chris Bedford | September 13

A breakdown of the basic system of checks and balances has forced the United States' press into a unique and dangerous position, according to panelists at the American Forum Monday night in Katzen's Abramson Recital Hall. This week's forum, moderated by SOC professor Jane Hall, brought five experts to discuss how their professions have changed in the past six years, how they expect the course of change to continue and what role they feel the press has to play in the modern age.

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News

Black Lips hit Black Cat Saturday

By Hilary Crowe | September 13

The ferocious foursome that is the Black Lips has been touring relentlessly for the past seven years, stopping at the Black Cat this Saturday. But don't be surprised if you haven't heard of the band - only recently has the band received attention from major media outlets.

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News

Reid to push D.C. voting in Senate

By Patricio Chile | September 13

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., renewed the fight for voting rights in the District last week after announcing plans to push legislation granting D.C. a voting representative in the House, according to Congressional Quarterly. The ongoing effort has garnered support from some AU students.

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News

Religious groups march for unity

By Sakina Rangwala | September 13

Hundreds of people from different religions walked together along Massachusetts Avenue Sunday afternoon to symbolize unity among the communities of Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims and Sikhs in D.C. The Unity Walk, in its third year, united people as Sept.

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News

Don't rock out when 'Woodcock' is out

By Bryan Koenig | September 13

Do you remember the fat kid who grew up to be Seann William Scott? Me neither. It is from this leap of faith that "Mr. Woodcock" begins, a well-intentioned and reasonably funny movie that opens nationwide tomorrow. Scott plays John Farley, the fat kid who left his humble Forest Meadow home in Nebraska to write what is possibly the corniest self-help book ever conceived.

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Opinion

Health care reform saves taxpayers time, money

By Roddy Flynn | September 13

There are those who believe that if we loosen regulations and bring about some simple tort reform, the health insurance industry will be able to operate more efficiently, which will keep costs down and give everyone better health care through the magic of the free market.

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News

AU alumni sue for $1.5 M

By Carolyn Phenicie | September 13

Two AU alumni are suing the university for $1.5 million for defamation of character because of an incorrect item in an alumni magazine. The item stated the two men were married to each other and that one had just been named the chief operating officer of an advocacy organization called the Gay Rights Brigade, according to the New York Post.

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News

ANC holds sway over AU construction

By Carolyn Phenicie | September 13

After all the planning and fundraising, AU has one more hurdle to leap before gaining approval from the D.C. Zoning Commission to complete any construction on campus - the Advisory Neighborhood Commission. University officials must petition the ANC for its endorsement of any construction projects, according to David Taylor, chief of staff for President Neil Kerwin.

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News

Jailed scholar speaks of Iran imprisonment

By Jeanette Lenoir | September 13

Haleh Esfandiari credits her safe return to the United States after eight months in an Iranian prison to a letter from her boss to Grand Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Lee Hamilton, the president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, wrote to Khomeini requesting his help in obtaining Esfandiari's release on humanitarian grounds.

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News

National Brief

September 13

The construction of four new towers where the World Trade Center once stood forced the annual Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony to be held at a nearby park for the first time Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. "Just so long as we continue to do something special every year, so you don't wake up and say, 'Oh it's 9/11'," Kathleen Mullen, whose niece died in the attacks, told The Associated Press.

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News

'Cum' to terms with your foreplay habits

By Pierce Hardcastle | September 13

Dear Pierce: I'm a girl, and my best guy friend and I had sex for the first time this summer. Everything was great -for me, that is. He was a virgin, and we were safe and used a condom, but he couldn't come. The second time, we used a condom again and he was close but didn't.

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News

D.C. Shorts builds film community

By Stephen Tringali | September 13

Filmmaker Jon Gann didn't like what he saw on the film festival circuit, so three years ago, he started his own - D.C. Shorts Film Festival, which begins today at the Landmark E Street Cinema. "I was really disheartened a few years ago that the festival circuit was about parties, and it was not really about the films," said Gann, D.

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