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Corrections and Clarifications

February 12

In a Feb. 5 article titled "DNC draws '08 presidential hopefuls," the name of Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., was mistakenly included in a list of presidential candidates. The Eagle apologizes for this error. In a Feb. 8 caption regarding a Young Women's Drumming Empowerment Project event last Tuesday, it was not mentioned that AU's Peace and Empowerment Project was responsible for bringing to event to campus.

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News

Senior Veal stars as Hamlet in AU production

By Drew Richardson and Tara Palmeri | February 12

There are two types of theatergoers: Those who fear Shakespeare and those who adore him. Both types, however, will likely find that director Karl Kippola's vision for the Department of Performing arts production of "Hamlet" is enlightening. The drama may be historic and the Elizabethan language cryptic, but Kippola allows each audience member to see the story in its simplest terms: A college boy who just happens to be a prince must avenge his father's murder.

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Opinion

School Choice: A Pro-Poor Policy, Indeed

By Jared Kotler | February 12

I have been told that I do not care about poor people. This accusation intensified after last week's column regarding the minimum wage. However, such a claim is simply unfair. All of us on either side of the political spectrum want to see our entire society grow and become prosperous.

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News

Fairstein brings courtroom experience to best-seller list

By Ashleight Bartolik | February 12

Linda Fairstein's new novel mirrors her love of cutting-edge forensics, courtroom drama and detective work. The former chief prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Sex Crimes Unit dropped by the Georgetown Barnes and Noble on Feb. 5 in the third week of her book tour to discuss her new best seller, "Bad Blood.

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News

SG to promote off-campus housing options

By Kendra Garstka | February 12

After searching Craigslist for six months, Jill Coyle found a place to live - and then had to threaten to sue for discrimination to sign the lease for her house in the nearby AU Park neighborhood. "[The owner] wouldn't let us rent from her because she was so anti-student," Coyle, a junior in the School of Communication, said.

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News

New student club promotes global trade issues

By Ali Goldstein | February 12

Flyers sporting giant gorillas will soon cover campus, advertising the new Global Trade Justice Club started by a handful of students this semester to raise awareness on trade policy, according to club member Kara Newhouse. "We were talking about how we wanted to do guerilla action," Newhouse, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said.

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Opinion

Letters to the editor

February 12

Kamdar expulsion I am not one to say that in journalism both sides of an issue need to be given equal attention because sometimes, particularly in cases of hatred and prejudice, both sides are not equally valid. However, I have to take issue with Allie Feras' article in the Feb.

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News

Program tutors D.C. students

By Patricio Chile | February 12

DC Reads, a series of tutoring programs in the District that can serve as work-study jobs, means more to some students than just a paycheck. The program allows AU students to tutor kindergartners through sixth-grade students at 12 different community and school sites throughout the District.

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News

Pen/Faulkner authors visit classes, inspire young writers

By Vanessa C. Mueller | February 12

This weekend, the Pen/Faulkner "New Voices in American Fiction" program brought up-and-coming authors Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Kuwana Haulsey and Porter Shreve to read from their latest projects in the Katzen Arts Center. "There are a lot of 'new voices' these days, and a great number of them are enormously talented and interesting," Shreve said.

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News

Play peers into human mind

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | February 12

The GALA Hispanic theatre is currently presenting the U.S. premier of Argentine playwright Griselda Gambaro's "Las Paredes" ("The Walls") as part of its celebration of female authors. In its 31st season, the GALA troupe makes its home in the recently renovated Tivoli Theater in Columbia Heights.

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News

WMATA may raise Metro fares

By Jimm Phillips | February 12

AU students said they would not likely change their use of the Metro system by a significant amount if the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority decides to continue with a proposed fare increase after an ongoing 30-day delay has passed. The Metro Budget Committee is putting the proposed increase in fares on hold while an outside consultant reviews whether WMATA can balance its budget in other ways, according to Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel.

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News

Scholarship program helps students with drug charges

By Denise Moriba | February 12

The University of California Berkeley created a new school-funded scholarship on Jan. 24 for students with drug convictions, according the Los Angeles Times. AU students had mixed reactions to the scholarships. The scholarships were created because students with drug convictions have been unable to receive federal financial aid since a drug-conviction penalty amendment was added to the 1998 Higher Education Act, according to Web site of the Drug Policy Alliance, a D.

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Sports

Horrible conditions make Super Bowl worth

By Michael Hoffman | February 8

While executives at the NFL may have been concerned about the conditions in Miami, after years of seeing championship games played in domed stadiums and under pristine conditions, I was personally very happy to see "monsoon-like conditions" hit during the game.

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News

-Journalism careers more dangerous now than ever

By Kaylor Garcia | February 8

ABTI-American University representatives and American University students challenged Nigerian Election Forum speakers about the intricacies of Nigeria's third election. The term "free and fair" repeatedly came up in discussion because of recent controversies among rivaling parties and accusations of corruption.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

February 8

Caleb Enerson's column decrying racism on the part of certain Democrats completely mischaracterizes the situation. It is true that members of both sides are vulnerable to making verbal gaffes that may be construed as racist. However, in the end, it is highly important to realize that Democrats have been, historically and to this day, in the forefront of advancing issues important to minorities, such as a living wage, crime and poverty, and civil rights.

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News

Honesty, openness key to breakup bliss

By Blair Bryant Nichols | February 8

My sophomore-year roommate loved to play "Something to Talk About" by Bonnie Raitt. We joked that it was our theme song. I was known to be well-acquainted with the boys of D.C. He was known to cavalierly fling empty liquor bottles down our Honors floor hallway.

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News

Urban myths, hoaxes color American life

By Benjamin Lozovsky | February 8

While I've always prided myself on my stellar news coverage (sitting just above FOX News and falling right behind elementary-school PA system announcements in the media spectrum), I only wish I didn't have to report this. Deep in the jungles of Borneo, scientists have discovered a highly advanced race of humans.

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