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By Kyra Smerkanich | March 29

School of Communication professors Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi have been awarded a $600,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to study how educators can teach students to analyze the media without violating copyright laws by showing images and clips, according to an AU press release.

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Grad student depicts Christian comics in new mockumentary

By Taryn McKinnon | March 29

Imagine a Christian version of the hit show "Whose Line is it, Anyway?" featuring games such as "Jesus Freeze" and asking the audience to provide suggestions such as "favorite Biblical city." It's not the newest release from the Evangelical TV network. Instead, it's the basis for AU grad student Daniel Jones and Dann Sytsma's film "Comic Evangelists.

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Out with old, in with new

By Iliana Imberman Berkowitz and Cameron Conway | March 29

Spring has finally sprung. While students pack away their pea coats and scarves, why not also replace wintry soundtracks with more seasonal, jovial albums? Here are a few frosty favorites that can be retired from the everyday rotation, and some fresh new releases to begin rocking out to this spring.

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National brief: Simpson book rights to be auctioned off on April 17

By Jimm Phillips | March 29

Officials from the Sacramento County, Calif., Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday they will auction off the publication rights to O. J. Simpson's controversial book "If I Did It" on April 17, according to Reuters. A Los Angeles judge ordered Sacramento County to put the book's publication rights up for auction in order to help satisfy $33.

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Class of 2011 connects via Internet

By Joe Arancio | March 29

Courtney Klamar has 29 friends at AU from Virginia, Kansas and Massachusetts even though she has yet to set foot on campus. Klamar, a high school senior from Columbus, Ohio, will be attending AU for the first time in the fall. She met these people through the social networking Web site Facebook, and she is not the only person using this site to find friends.

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Moving to New York: an isolating experience

By Benjamin Lozovsky | March 29

Oh boy! Did you read the news today? I hope you did, because I sure didn't. I missed what Eurasian pan-epidemic was stirring the global marketplace, didn't seem to catch the newest allegations against the Revenge Department (I'm sorry, did I say revenge? I meant Justice), didn't even examine the latest ex-starlet toxicology screen or wade chest-deep through any month-old, drug-ridden stomach contents.

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Opinion

A Balanced End to Poverty

By Jong Eun Lee | March 29

How can we end poverty? Stereotypical conservatives would say, "He who doesn't work should not eat." Stereotypical liberals would say, "Rob the rich to feed the poor." Like most Americans, I have come to question both extreme measures and believe solving poverty require lot more comprehensive solutions.

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Sex assault reporting may violate law

By Brittany Aubin | March 29

AU's handling of sexual assault reporting may be in violation of the Clery Act, a national law regulating campus crime reports, according to JoAnna Smith, the president of Women's Initiative and a junior in the School of Public Affairs. Passed in 1990, the Clery Act requires universities and colleges to publish an annual statement listing the crimes reported that year on campus and in the surrounding areas.

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Metro brief: Webb aide arrested with gun in Senate office building

By Jimm Phillips | March 29

Philip Thompson, executive assistant to Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., was arrested Monday after security screeners at the Russell Senate Office Building found a handgun and ammunition in Thompson's briefcase, according to The Washington Post. Thompson appeared in D.

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Trailer Park awaits surefire summer blockbusters

By Christopher Patriquin | March 29

All I can say at the start of this week's Trailer Park is... it's about time! Several studios finally released trailers for films that I know I've been looking forward to and you should too. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" Walt Disney Pictures May 25 Before I start on this one, a brief word of warning: I've been waiting a long time for Disney to drop a trailer for this film, probably too long.

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Sports

Women's softball not afraid to play ball with the boys

By Michael Hoffman and Erin Keaveney | March 29

If you wake up early on a Saturday morning and head out to the William I. Jacobs Recreational Complex, you might notice a group of young women taking batting practice or lunging for fly balls. No, the university hasn't sprung for a new varsity sport, but the AU women's club softball team has been filling the spring athletic void quite nicely.

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Playing third wheel sometimes proves rewarding, eye-opening

By Blair Bryant Nichols | March 29

There's an old saying that goes, "Two's company, three's a crowd." In fact, the television show "Three's Company" was playing off this old clich? by trying to show how it was possible for three people to live happily together. But this sitcom showed the pitfalls of this arrangement.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Successful Wellness Center program is a good start

March 29

"Get Fit Be Well," a health and wellness program for AU students, recently finished its six-week run. More than 100 students participated in the program, far more than the 50 expected by the Wellness Center. The program incorporated a holistic approach including physical, social, spiritual, emotional and environmental health.

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Clubs debate global warming issues

By Kyra Smerkanich | March 29

The causes of global warming were the topic of debate as the College Democrats and College Republicans squared off on Tuesday night. Republicans contended a natural cycle of cooling and warming periods was the attributable cause, while Democrats said carbon emissions and greenhouse gases were responsible for global warming.

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Panelists warn against overuse of anonymous sources in stories

By Kaylor Garcia | March 29

Anonymous sources have become "the crack cocaine of journalism," according to Wendell Cochran, associate professor in the School of Communication, who was part of a panel at the "The Investigative Reporting Forum" sponsored by professor Gemma Puglisi's PR Portfolio class.

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'DOUBT' wows with exceptional writing, acting

By Vanessa C. Mueller | March 26

According to John Patrick Shanley, the author of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "DOUBT," there are two predominant ways of dealing in America. "There is the culture of doubt, and there is the culture of dogma," Shanley writes. This is the challenge he presents to audiences in his theatrical tour-de-force.

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Sports

Lacrosse drops Colgate in Patriot League opener

By Erin Keaveney | March 26

Marking its fourth consecutive win, the American University women's lacrosse team took its Patriot League opener at home on Saturday with a 15-10 victory over Colgate. The Eagles flew onto the field with a dominating presence in the opening minutes of the game, scoring the first two goals of the half with free position shots by senior Caithlin Gorman and junior Jackie Lane.

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