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January 22

Netflix shows movies online Online DVD rental store Netflix introduced a new feature for its subscribers: the ability to watch whole movies right on the Netflix Web site. Netflix customers will be able to stream over 1,000 movies on their PC without paying extra.

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News

Worst Movies of 2006

By Andrew Gardner | January 22

Every year, the Academy honors the best of the year in film. But every year, the worst movies of the year are swept up and thrown into the pile of proverbial Hollywood junk. Unless those lucky few are seen by the eyes of the folks over at the Razzie awards.

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News

National bill to lower student loan interest rates

By Peggy Wu | January 22

The House of Representatives passed a bill that will cut interest rates on student loans in half by a vote of 356-71 Wednesday, which will affect college students across the U.S., including those at AU. Under the new bill, the College Student Relief Act of 2007 and also known as H.

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Sports

Eagle sports briefs

January 22

Swimming reschedules meet against Howard Due to a scheduling conflict, American University swimming and diving's home meet versus Howard University set for Friday has been postponed. No makeup date has been set as the Eagles will return to action at the GMU Quad Meet in Fairfax, Va.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: In e-mail vs. office hours debate, convenience rules

January 22

A recent survey by The Minnesota Daily found that three out of four students prefer to e-mail professors rather than attend office hours. On top of classes, many AU students have additional time commitments with internships, part-time jobs and extracurricular activities.

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Campus briefs

By Kyra Smerkanich | January 22

AU grad's film selected for Sundance "Girl 27," a documentary co-produced by Lindsay Webster, a 2003 graduate of the School of Communication, was selected to compete in the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary tells the story of an underage dancer who was raped at a MGM party in 1937.

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News

Students to be notified of packages electronically

By Kyra Smerkanich | January 22

Housing and Dining is starting a new package system that will notify students of the status of their package electronically and allow them to swipe their student identification card to receive their packages. The goal of the system, according to Chris Moody, associate director of Housing and Dining programs, is to create a "paperless and tracking accountability system.

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News

Metro brief: D.C. Dept. of Transportation putting more speed bumps in District border areas

By Jimm Phillips | January 22

The D.C. Department of Transportation will be installing additional speed bumps on residential streets near the District border, according to ABC 7 News. The new speed bumps, which will be placed by crews at 15 locations in Wards 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8, are being installed to curb the use of residential streets as shortcuts for commuters driving out of the District, according to ABC 7.

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Opinion

NCOR: Never Consider Our Rights

By Caleb Enerson | January 22

American University prides itself on having highly involved students, who heavily involve themselves in the plethora of student organizations here. Each of AU's 5,866 undergraduates is required to pay $73.50 per semester ($147 annually) for an "undergraduate activities" fee.

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News

Top 10

January 22

1. Go to the gym - regularly Have you seen the gym in early January? Everyone's back on campus and ready to "get in shape." Why battle the crowds and cardio equipment sign-up board when you can wait until February, or better yet March, when New Year's is but a faded memory and the pleasures of being well "insulated" and eating ice cream outweigh those of maniacally peddling away on a stationary bike? 2.

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News

Music notes

January 22

Peel "Peel" (Peak-A-Boo Industries) Grade: B+ Sounds like: Fun fodder for a high school freshman's first dance party. Peel's self-titled debut album (set to release April 2) is a quirky blast of fanfare, irony and great percussion. Dakota Smith, Allison Moore, Derrick Cheney, Christie Cahoon and Josh Permenter make up Peel's roster.

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News

Speaker examines issue of race in U.S. population

By Robin Bravender | January 22

AU professor Edward Smith grew up in a Washington, D.C., where the Redskins were an all-white football team, and black children and white children could not go to the same schools. Progress has been made since then, Smith said, but "America is always a work in progress.

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News

House passes '100 Hours' bills

By Jimm Phillips | January 22

The House of Representatives passed the final bill in the Democrats' "100 Hours Plan" Thursday, according to the Associated Press. The plan included six bills, as well as changes to House rules meant to reduce the influence of lobbyists and the deficit.

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Golden Globe winners, box office hits vie for Oscar nods

By Andrew Gardner | January 22

A new year is upon us, and for many it means a slew of failed New Year's resolutions. For a few others, particularly the Helen Mirrens and Eddie Murphys of the world, it means awards season is once again in full swing. The season officially kicked off last Monday at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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National brief: Divorced couple divide house with wall

By Jimm Phillips | January 22

Workers have built a court-order wall in the home of a New York City couple who are going through divorce proceedings, according to the Associated Press. Simon and Chana Taub, whose two-year-long divorce case has been dubbed "The War of the Roses," both refuse to vacate the three-story rowhouse they share in Brooklyn's Borough Park.

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Top 10 of 2006

By Andrew Gardner | January 22

Overall, the movie industry's total box office receipts were up as compared to 2005, and Jack Sparrow and the cast of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" were partly to thank. There were some real winners at the box office this year, and then, as usual, some real losers.

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News

Metro calendar

By Rebecca Kern | January 22

Wednesday, Jan. 24 "World War II: Halsey's Typhoon" Noon. Jefferson Room, U.S. National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Metro: Archives/Navy Memorial (Yellow and Green lines) Bob Drury, co-author of "Halsey's Typhoon," will discuss the true tale of when Adm.

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