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Gallaudet's retention increases to 'adequate'

By Jen Calantone | February 15

A year has passed since the federal Office of Management and Budget deemed Gallaudet University as "ineffective" in retaining and graduating students. This year, according to a report by the Office of Management and Budget, Gallaudet has been promoted to "adequate" status, despite its still low retention rate of around 40 percent.

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Thurber headlines semester's first Honors Tea Talk

By Ali Goldstein | February 15

Our generation carries the responsibility of ending the War in Iraq, James Thurber, Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, told students at an Honors Tea Talk last night. Thurber's lecture on "Congress and the President: Cooperation and Conflict" transformed into a dialogue with the students gathered in the Honors Office over cake and tea.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Kudos on HPV vaccine, but students need information

February 15

The Health Center will begin offering Gardasil, the vaccine that protects women from HPV (a virus that can cause cervical cancer), as soon as the first shipment arrives, which is expected to be by the end of the month. The vaccine is administered in three doses and each dose will cost $150 at the Health Center.

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Sports

Spring training:The return of baseball bitterness

By Michael Hoffman | February 15

Snow making you sick, depressed, or rowdy? Well, hang on Panama Blue, because spring training baseball is just around the corner, and by obvious extension, so is the spring. Unfortunately, amidst the coming return of America's pastime, one team's fan-base knows that it has no hope of doing anything.

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RAs in N.Y. fired for their video portrayal of Muslims

By Jewel Edwards | February 15

Five resident assistants from the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University were fired after portraying Muslim kidnappers in a homemade video. Some AU students said the video was indecent and insensitive to the Muslim community. The university fired the Brookville Hall resident assistants because administrators said the video violated their RA employment contract and reflected insensitivity.

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Sports

Men's hoops in PL picture with win over Army

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 15

Andre Ingram led all scorers with 15 points and AU scored 38 points in the second half to pull away for a 64-49 victory over Army on Wednesday night at Bender Arena. The Eagles led by just three points early in the second half, but broke the game open with a 20-4 run that was capped off by back to back three-pointers by Arvydas Eitutavicius and Garrison Carr.

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Glover injects trademark rhythm into famed classical compositions

By Josh Kramer | February 15

Savion Glover manages to do what "A Fifth of Beethoven" from "Saturday Night Fever" fails to accomplish: combine great classical music with percussive elements. Glover, widely considered one of the greatest tap dancers alive, performed "Classical Savion" to a packed house in Washington's decadent Warner Theatre.

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Sedgwick biopic shallow, 'Factory'-made bust

By Jen Turner | February 15

The Village Voice recently described George Hickenlooper's off-centered opus about the life and times of Andy Warhol's notorious chanteuse and Factory queen as "Edie For Dummies." The movie follows the humble time line of socialite and debutante Edie Sedgwick from her questionable start at art school to her ultimate drug-induced demise.

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Opinion

Op-Ed: Morning News: Waking up to Pop Culture

By Allen Xu | February 15

Something huge happened last week. It was such an important event that it dominated all of the major news channels, from FOX News to CNN to the evening news programs on ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS. Thousands of people across the nation tuned in to get the latest bit of information in regards to that huge news happening.

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Bush's FY '08 budget increases federal loan limits for students

By Howard Perlman | February 15

AU students may soon be affected by the Bush administration's proposal to increase the federal loan limits for undergraduates and graduates. The proposed increases were first made public Feb. 5 with the release of President Bush's Budget of the United States Government for the fiscal year 2008.

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Irreverent noise-pop best served loud

By Stephen Tringali | February 15

Deerhoof's performance last Sunday night at the Black Cat saw its fair share of problems. Not only did the show start nearly two hours late, but Deerhoof experienced a number of technical issues: Guitarist John Dieterich broke a string and had some pedal difficulties, while singer Satomi Matsuzaki blew out her bass cabinet on the last song before the encore.

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Collegiate transitions taxing on mind, body

By Blair Bryant Nichols | February 15

When I was a freshman, I indulged in as many friends and lovers that came my way. Every weekend it seemed like there was someone new to go out on a date with and a new group of friends inviting me to party. It was an endless smorgasbord of social interaction.

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Students love to hate 'Hamlet'

By Vanessa C. Mueller | February 15

The Department of Performing Arts opened a gem of a play Wednesday night. "I Hate Hamlet," written by Paul Rudner and directed by Carl Menninger, is the perfect counterpoint to their concurrent production of "Hamlet." The two plays run in repertory with alternating performances at the Greenberg Theatre until Feb.

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Health Center to offer HPV vaccine

By Kim Selman | February 15

The Health Center is expected to make available its first shipment of Gardasil, the Human Papillomavirus vaccine, by the end of this month, according to the Health Center's Web site. HPV, as the virus is more commonly referred to, is a sexually transmitted disease that will infect approximately 50 percent of sexually active people in their lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control Web site.

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Metro brief: D.C. government may pass law to ban job discrimination against ex-felons

By Jimm Phillips | February 15

Employers in the District will not be able to look at an applicant's criminal history until after a job offer is made if a proposed bill is passed by the D.C. City Council, according to The Washington Post. If enacted, the Human Rights for Ex-Offenders Act would also allow an employer to only look at the last 10 years of an applicant's criminal record.

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ANC asks AU to do more about off-campus disruption

By Robyn Slagle | February 15

Local community Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D members voted at their monthly public meeting on Feb. 7 in favor of a proposed renovation and expansion of AU's McKinley Building. The ANC's favorable vote included a series of conditions, which were prompted by reports of disruptive behavior in off-campus houses.

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Top ten

February 15

Life at AU is pretty standard. There are a few basic truths we all stand by: Wednesdays will always provide mac-and-cheese in TDR; the Tavern will always be lame; political science majors will always carry dorky briefcases. Nevertheless, there are a few things about this fine institution that we just don't get.

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