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America is back

By Jacob Shelly | November 13

While governing may be a delicate art of negotiation and compromise, the elections that invariably must come before are a set of cold, zero-sum contests with clear winners and losers. An abridged scorecard from last Tuesday: Winner: The regular folk. Americans working minimum wage jobs, students paying college tuition, seniors struggling with prescription payments - all of these now have an advocate in the legislative branch.

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News

Teleservice jobs provide flexibility

By Elyse Franko | November 13

More students are contracting as independent telephone service agents, according to LiveOps, a teleservice made up entirely of work-at-home employees. Students can work from their dorms or apartments taking orders for national pizza chains, conducting political polls and doing similar phone-based work, said Elizabeth Gordon, a LiveOps spokeswoman.

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News

Aronofsky breaks out of mold with 'Fountain'

By Stephen Tringali | November 13

With Darren Aronofsky's latest film, "The Fountain," this director has done something uncommon among the filmmaking community: he has reinvented himself. Directors have traditionally sought to carve themselves a certain niche. After several movies they develop a reputation for a particular genre or a particular filmmaking style.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: High student loan interest rates have consequences

November 13

Now that the Democrats have won control of both the House and Senate, many expect them to advocate for more funding for financial aid for higher education. Specifically, the Dems are expected to re-authorize the Higher Education Act, which distributes funds to low- and middle-income families, and authorize a a tax break for the parents of college students.

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News

Kogod revamps logo to change national image

By Howard Perlman | November 13

The Kogod School of Business is undergoing a campaign to improve the aesthetic quality of its logo, Web site and brochures. In the "About Kogod" section of Kogod's newly refurbished Web site, Dean Richard M. Durand said the school hopes to further integrate its approach to interdisciplinary business education into all of its materials.

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News

No escape from corny comedy in latest 'Clause'

By Bryan Koenig | November 13

Looking for a hot movie for a hot date? "Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" is not the answer. Tim Allen returns as the big man in the red suit in this third installment, full of corny warmth and fuzziness. The plot follows a confrontation between Kris Cringle and Jack Frost (Martin Short).

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Sports

Men's hoops wins opener in double OT thriller

By Patrick Ambrosio | November 13

Andre Ingram led the Eagles with 19 points, including a clutch four point play in overtime, in a wild 59-54 win in double overtime on Friday night against Fairfield. The Eagles trailed 44-42 with just six seconds left in the game when Derrick Mercer drove toward the basket and was fouled.

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News

Top 10

November 13

1. Open a daycare With allegations of prison abuse at Abu Ghraib, Rumsfeld has learned more than a few lessons about institutionalized care. 2. Form a cover band It's a little known fact that Rumsfeld strums on the ol' banjo when he gets stressed. He's been covering hits like "War (What is it good for?)" and "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" for years, but only now does he have a chance to record and take his sounds to the people.

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News

National brief: Pledge of Allegiance banned from student trustee meetings at California college

By Jimm Phillips | November 13

Student trustees at a California college banned the Pledge of Allegiance from their meetings because they saw no reason to swear allegiance to God or the United States government, according to Reuters. The decision to ban the pledge from student trustee meetings at Orange County-based Orange Coast College caused controversy on campus, prompting Christine Zoldos, a political science major at the school, to recite the pledge during the board's meeting on Wednesday night.

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News

International students showcase their cultures

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | November 13

The International Student Leadership Team and the International Student and Scholar Services Office presented International Vibe, a night of food, performances and dancing in the Tavern Friday. Fanta Aw, director of International Student and Scholar Services, said the night was put on to introduce the new International Student Leadership Team, made up of both undergraduate and graduate students, and enrich the campus by presenting culture in a fun and educational way.

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Opinion

Op-Eds

November 13

Will Free Trade End Poverty? Tomorrow is the five-year anniversary of the Doha Declaration that marked the beginning of the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. From Doha, Qatar, representatives of the WTO's member nations declared, "The majority of WTO members are developing countries.

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News

Summit highlights environment

By Bill Debaun | November 13

The Kennedy Political Union, in conjunction with other student groups, held two final events Thursday for its Environmental Summit, presenting an environmental issue panel discussion and a climate change parody performance. In the afternoon, KPU, the Community Action and Social Justice Coalition, the Class of 2009 and Eco-Sense presented a panel discussion titled "Bringin' SEXY Back: Environmental Issues Revisited.

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Sports

Women's basketball drops home opener

By Justin Hall | November 13

The AU women's basketball team fell in its home opener to Longwood University 66-59 on Sunday, losing the lead with just under four minutes to go in the game to even their season record at 1-1. The Eagles took the lead out of the gate, building up a 36-25 lead throughout the first half and keeping it into halftime.

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News

Metro site offers real-time schedule

By Allie Feras | November 13

The Metro is now offering real-time Metrorail information via the Internet and local railways will soon be adding a new security system proposed by the Department of Homeland Security, two changes that could affect AU students. Real-time Metrorail information is already available on the Internet and to Internet-enabled wireless phones, such as Blackberries and Treos.

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News

Metro calendar

By Rebecca Kern | November 13

Tuesday, Nov. 14 "Hijacking the Development Debate" 12-1:30 p.m. Institute for Policy Studies, 1112 16th St. N.W. Robin Broad, a professor in the School of International Service, and John Cavanagh, director of the Institute for Policy Studies, will discuss why the theories of bestselling authors Thomas Friedman ("The World is Flat") and Jeffrey Sachs ("The End of Poverty") are wrong, and will present better ways to address poverty and unequal globalization.

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News

Professor discusses role of media in politics, scandal

By Taryn McKinnon | November 13

Adjunct professor Alicia Shepard was the main focus at a School of Communication event last Friday, spotlighting her new book, "Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate." The event, co-hosted by the Society for Professional Journalists, featured Shepard's discussion of the book's content as well as a few of her reasons for writing it.

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Campus briefs

By Brian Kalish | November 13

WAMU to hold reading, signing of NPR series' essay collection WAMU 88.5, AU's National Public Radio affiliate, will hold an essay reading and book signing of "This I Believe," a recently published collection of essays from the NPR series of the same name, according to a WAMU press release.

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