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National brief: Girl lights mother's bed on fire in faked abduction attempt

By Jimm Phillips | November 30

A 12-year-old girl in Miami County, Ind., reportedly attempted to fake her own abduction by setting her mother's bed on fire and driving away with two younger siblings in the family's car, according to the Associated Press. Police said the girl was sick of doing chores, according to the AP.

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Opinion

Corrections

November 30

In a letter to the editor, Lynn Nguyen was incorrectly identified as a past participant in the Washington Mentorship Program. She was accepted to the program but did not participate. The Eagle apologizes for this error.

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College debt increasing

By Elyse Franko | November 30

College alumni who owe more than $20,000 in student loans make up the fastest-growing group of indebted "20-something" Americans, according to credit-reporting agency Experian. Between 2001 and 2006, average student loan debt rose 16 percent to $14,379, according to the Experian report.

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Campus calendar

By Kendra Garstka | November 30

Thursday, Nov. 30 Discussion with feminist artist Harmony Hammond 7-8:15 p.m., Katzen Arts Center, room 112 Harmony Hammond, considered a pioneer of the feminist art movement, is the author of the award-winning "Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History.

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Elvis lives at Govinda Gallery

By Christina Fields | November 30

"Elvis at 21: New York to Memphis" Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer Govinda Gallery 1227 34th St. N.W. Through Dec. 30 Nestled between a tailor shop and hair salon in a charming little Georgetown neighborhood, a two-room gallery brings back to life the original King of Pop through a brilliant exhibition of black and white photography.

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Metro briefs

By Jimm Phillips | November 30

Lincoln Memorial briefly closed over suspicious liquids Authorities determined that the "suspicious liquids" that closed the Lincoln Memorial for several hours Monday afternoon were not a threat, according to NBC4.com. The situation began when a visitor found a threatening note next to a traveler's coffee mug near the memorial's steps.

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U.S. youth lack geographic knowledge

By Lina M. Lindahl | November 30

A National Geographic survey conducted in 2005 found that 37 percent of young Americans cannot find Iraq on a map, although U.S. troops have been stationed there since 2003. "These are sad results," said Helane Miller, Assistant Principal at Woodrow Wilson High School in D.

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Campus briefs

By Brian Kalish | November 30

Academy elects SPA professor to help improve government efficiency Roger Durant, professor of public administration and policy in the School of Public Affairs, was recently elected to the National Academy of Public Administration's 2006 fellowship class, according to an AU press release.

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Ladner among highest-paid college heads

By Jimm Phillips | November 30

AU's presidential compensation package was one of the highest among private U.S. colleges and universities in the 2004-2005 school year, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. According to a database of 832 private American colleges and universities on The Chronicle's Web site, AU gave former President Ben Ladner $881,696 in pay and compensation during the 2004-2005 school year.

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Classical pianist plays Smith, Radiohead tunes

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | November 30

Christopher O'Riley reached the white-collar crowd the way Elliott Smith and Radiohead usually capture the T-shirts and ripped jeans bunch during his performance in the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre on Nov. 19. Indeed, O'Riley did so by playing classical arrangements of these alternative artists' music.

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AU alumna continues service despite obstacles

By Carolyn Phenicie | November 30

Beth Hess is a big believer in fate. Hess, like many college students, had changed career plans several times during college before she graduated from AU in 2004. Spurred in part by her participation in Alpha Phi Omega, AU's co-ed community service fraternity, she gave serious consideration to a job in community service.

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AU orchestra performs contemporary pieces

By Drew Richardson | November 30

For many casual fans of classical music, the genre is often narrowly defined by names such as Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. Although these composers spanned hundreds of years and several distinct musical epochs, their distance from contemporary composers has elevated them to a status that threatens to leave modern innovators obscured in their wake.

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'Fast Food Nation' serves up good cast, bad aftertaste

By Sean Silbert | November 30

"Fast Food Nation" does America a service by taking the abuses and disgusting crimes against nature that make up today's fast food industry and making them public. Richard Linklater's dramatic adaptation of Eric Schlosser's 2001 muckraker, about how the burger gets from farm to foil, puts everything that doesn't particularly want to be shown on celluloid.

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Penguins waddle into hearts

By Heidi Davis | November 30

"Happy Feet," which arrived in theaters on Nov. 17, is not the average kid's movie. The proper formula is there: an all-star cast, adorable animated characters, clever lines, a love story and a moral. What one does not expect to see is a little penguin with a political agenda.

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Sports

Eagles beat pair of old rivals, but fall at Xavier 86-68

By Patrick Ambrosio | November 30

AU 81 - Loyola (Md.) 74 Andre Ingram scored 22 points and the Eagles survived a second half surge by Loyola's Gerald Brown to defeat the Greyhounds last Monday at Bender Arena, avenging a 68-60 loss last season at Loyola. "They handed it to us pretty good last year," said AU coach Jeff Jones.

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PSC to announce nominee by spring

By Jimm Phillips | November 30

The Presidential Search Committee hopes to have a presidential nominee by the time commencement occurs by May 2007, said Mark Huey, secretary to the board of trustees, at the second undergraduate presidential search forum yesterday. While AU's presidential search process should have ideally started in mid-August or early September, it is still possible that the committee could choose one or more nominees by this spring, Huey said.

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Arab feminist forms cross-cultural relations

By Elizabeth Royall | November 30

Hadia Mubarak has been driven for years to make a difference by building understanding between Americans and the Muslim world and by working toward greater rights for Muslim women. In January 2006, Mubarak joined Akbar Ahmed, a professor and scholar at AU, and AU students Frankie Martin, who graduated last year from the School of International Service and Hailey Woldt, a sophomore who was in SIS but transferred to Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, as the chief research assistant for a trip to the Middle East and South Asia.

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