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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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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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Sports

Field hockey falls to No. 1 Wake Forest in NCAA tourney

By Patrick Ambrosio | November 13

The AU field hockey team's season came to an end on Saturday with a 5-0 loss to Wake Forest in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Playing on their home field, the top-seeded Demon Deacons took the lead just 10 minutes into the game off of a penalty corner goal by senior Lauren Crandall.

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News

SG Senate passes transparency bill

By Cassie Passinault | November 13

The Undergraduate Senate passed legislation yesterday, a bill on the establishment of open government. The bill was sponsored by College of Arts and Sciences Senator Peter Wahlberg and was established to facilitate better communication between the legislative and executive branches of Student Government and between the SG and the university community.

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Comedy lounge opens doors to amateur comics

By Greta Wicklund | November 13

Rendezvous 2226 18th Street N.W. Wednesdays, 8-10 p.m. No cover fee $3 drink specials for those 21+ From the corner of Kalorama and 18th Street, Rendezvous Lounge looks quiet on Wednesday nights. But the door is open, inviting anyone off the streets up the narrow staircase and into a night of good laughs.

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News

Book satirizes Bush's 'destined' presidency

By David McNamara | November 13

With the Senate and House elections turning in the Democrats' favor last week and the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld, it seems like the perfect time to add some insult to injury with the new book "Destined for Destiny." "Destined For Destiny: The Unauthorized Autobiography Of George W.

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News

Iraqis react to guilty verdict

By Kate Winston | November 9

The timing of Saddam Hussein's death sentence was a blow to the independence of Iraqi courts, said Bilal Wahab, an Iraqi Fulbright scholar and AU graduate student. Wahab and fellow Iraqi Fulbright scholar Zina Abdul Latif spoke Monday at a forum sponsored by the School of International Service and Center for Global Peace.

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'Harsh Times' for Bale's war veteran

By Tracy Townsend | November 9

The new drama "Harsh Times," opening this weekend, centers on Christian Bale's character Jim Davis, a military vet who returns to the streets of Los Angeles with few skills other than those of a trained killer. As Jim attempts to reintegrate himself into society, he is haunted by memories of war and the temptation to break all the society's rules that were foreign to him for so many years.

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Opinion

Correction from Nov. 6

November 9

In a photo on the front page, field hockey player Camila Infante was incorrectly identified as her teammate Irene Schickhardt. It was also incorrectly stated that Holy Cross was ranked No. 19 at the time of their loss to AU, but in reality it was AU that was ranked 19th.

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RFK tackles global warming

By Bill Debaun | November 9

Americans know more about pop culture than global warming, said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his speech "Our Environmental Destiny" in Bender Arena Wednesday night. Kennedy, who has been named one of Time magazine's "Heroes for the Planet," is also a distinguished environmentalist, best-selling author and former New York City district attorney.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: AU sex health awareness OK, but could use a boost

November 9

A recently released survey by Trojan graded sexual education at colleges nationwide. Although AU was not selected (Georgetown and George Washington were D.C.'s two representatives in the survey), there is debate about how AU would rate. The survey based its ratings on several criteria, including the availability of condoms, contraception and testing for HIV and other diseases and the existence of a sex health Web site and sex advice column.

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News

College cuts teams under Title IX rule

By Elizabeth Royall | November 9

Over 100 James Madison University student athletes protested in front of the Department of Education Nov. 2 due to the university's cutting of 10 athletic teams not in compliance with Title IX regulations, according to the Inside Higher Ed Web site. In 2005, AU decided to cut its men's and women's tennis and golf teams for budgetary reasons, according to Faculty Senate meeting minutes.

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Balancing work, play

By Blair Bryant Nichols | November 9

If studying literary theory has taught me anything this semester, it is that language has the power to draw both negative and positive things into presence and that it is inherently contradictory. I'm sure many of you are familiar with saying one thing while meaning another and regretting what you might have said or perhaps that you didn't say more.

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Dupont's Raku pleases with Asian diner cuisine

By Andrew Gardner | November 9

Raku - An Asian Diner 1900 Q Street N.W. Metro: Dupont Circle (red line) (202) 265-7258 Price: $7-$17 Grade: B+ Finding a unique dining experience in D.C. for the cost-conscious student is not always easy. But in the quest for the perfect Asian fusion dining experience, look no further than Raku.

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