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Staff editorial: Democrats: Be careful with potential new powers

November 6

A recent poll by the Harvard Institute of Politics shows that 32 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds intend to vote in tomorrow's election. If this holds true at the polls tomorrow, it will be the highest youth turnout in 20 years. The poll also shows that the majority of youth favor a Democrat-controlled Congress and that, overall, the president is doing a completely average job.

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Former friends, future lovers

By Blair Bryant Nichols | November 6

Dear Blair Bryant, Before my sophomore year of school started, I hooked up with a guy I met at a club. He goes to another school in D.C., and although it wasn't a bad hook-up I wasn't really interested in seeing him again. So after a few semesters, I just began seeing him out this semester at the same bars I frequent - and by "see him out," I mean he seems to be at the same bars on the same night EVERY time I go out.

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News

Flash aids in WCL foreign recruitment

By Brittany Schell | November 6

The International Legal Studies Program at the Washington College of Law launched an interactive "flashmap" on its Web site about two weeks ago to allow prospective students to learn about the program in their native languages and provide information for recruiters who are looking for employees with legal expertise in certain areas.

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Prof makes students aim high

By Rebecca Shillenn | November 6

Professor Karen O'Connor's voice has a tart edge and her gaze does not waver when she speaks. She would never let her students sleep in class or get away with not doing the assigned work. Her office is neat, orderly and impressively stocked with books. She does not hesitate to remind students that she once sent failure warning notices to almost an entire class and that she "tears apart" paper drafts.

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High youth turnout expected at polls

By Rebecca Kern | November 6

A recent poll by the Harvard Institute of Politics showed that 32 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds said they "definitely" plan on voting in this midterm election, which would be the largest proportion of this age group to vote in a midterm election in the past 20 years.

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NPS to renovate Mall

By Emily Blanck | November 6

The National Park Service unveiled a new planning effort Wednesday that marked the beginning of a major overhaul of the National Mall and other sites maintained by the NPS. Vikki Keys, superintendent of the Mall and Memorial Parks, said the goal of this new effort is to "keep the monuments as beautiful and accessible as possible.

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Minimal props, maximum morals

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | November 6

The Keegan Theatre's production of "Agnes of God" challenges its audience. That is the very reason why director Susan Marie Rhea chose to put on the show. "It is a topic that fascinates me," she said. That topic would be, as Rhea puts it, "miracle versus logic.

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Opinion

Election predictions: Dems to take House

By Jong Eun Lee | November 6

Only a day before the fall election, I look optimistically toward the result. It is hard to believe that the tide of politics has changed so much from two years ago. When 2005 began, the Republicans were in control of the White House, Congress and a majority of gubernatorial offices.

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Opinion

Letters to the editor

November 6

Office of Campus Life responds to Counseling Center criticism Dear Editor: I am writing to correct some misperceptions expressed in "Lack of campus psychiatric services" ("Letters to the Editor," The Eagle, November 2, 2006). The Student Health Center did experience a change in staffing for psychiatric services recently.

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Tech bits

November 6

'Street Fighter' returns to theaters, 'Halo' on hold A new film based on Capcom's classic "Street Fighter" series is in the works, reports Variety magazine. College students may remember the last "Street Fighter" movie, which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as American fighter Guile and Raul Julia as M.

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National brief: Evangelical leader resigns from posts amid gay sex scandal

By Jimm Phillips | November 6

The president of the National Association of Evangelicals resigned Thursday after a male escort alleged that he and the former president engaged in a sexual affair, according to The Washington Post. The escort, Mike Jones, revealed in radio and television interviews that the Rev.

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Writer criticizes U.S. global warming policy

By Rachel Miller | November 6

Global warming is the most important and dangerous problem facing the world today and humans are doing nothing to stop it, according to Mike Tidwell, writer, filmmaker and former Peace Corps volunteer, at "The Future of Africa: Village Life and the Coming Threat of Global Warming" Wednesday in the McDowell Formal Lounge.

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'Monster' a new, eerie take on Shelley's classic

By Tara Abell | November 6

The Rorschach Theatre's newest production has been hailed as one of the most inventive and frightening adaptations of a famous book ever to be put on stage. Directed by Randy Baker, the show is sure to surpass the expectations of horror seekers everywhere with the on-stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's famous novel "Frankenstein.

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U.S. Christians target Chinese, but not at AU

By Melissa DeCosmo | November 6

Christian organizations at colleges in the Washington area, including George Mason and the University of Maryland, are working hard to contact Chinese students to either convert or at least give them information about Christianity, according to The Washington Post, but members of the AU Christian community say Chinese students have not been singled out here.

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Time sheet case settled

By Cait Douglas | November 6

The Judicial Board submitted the findings of its investigation into the summer time sheet controversy to the Undergraduate Senate and Student Government executives yesterday, citing no SG executives or cabinet members will be punished but the SG bylaws may be changed to prevent future controversies.

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Campus brief: WCL program to monitor area polls

By Brian Kalish | November 6

Dr. Robert Pastor, director of AU's Center for Democracy and Election Management, will lead a group of international lawyers and judges to polling places in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. on Election Day to observe the elections, according to an AU press release.

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'They Shoot Horses' heads to Russia with love

By Andrew Gardner | November 6

The curtains may have fallen on "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" at AU's Greenberg Theatre, but there is still a chance to see it once more. Director Gail Humphries Mardirosian is bringing the production back to the stage at the Russian State Academic Nikolov Theatre in Yaroslavl, Russia, this month.

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