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Politics for bibliophiles

October 5

Customers crowded the Trover Shop bookstore on Pennsylvania Avenue last Wednesday evening for the fifth annual Political Book Fair. The Hill, a nonpartisan newspaper on Congressional events, brought a range of authors from the political realm to speak about their works.

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Opinion

The Liberal Nation...Grover Cleveland and the character of our government

By Matt Rozsa | October 5

When Grover Cleveland defeated Benjamin Harrison in the presidential election of 1892, he became the first former president in American history to be placed back into office. Technically, the people had never actually voted him out - President Grover Cleveland received more popular votes than Benjamin Harrison in 1888, but was struck with the misfortune of having lost several of the larger states by very slight margins, thus pushing Harrison over the edge with an Electoral College victory.

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Martin offers one-liners, music

By Natalie Kirkpatrick | October 5

Demetri Martin is on fire. At 33 years old, Martin has a stunning r?sum? listing writing jobs for "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and performances on the "Late Show with David Letterman." He has even been ranked one of Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Arts at AU blossom with Katzen, new season

October 5

Arts at AU have taken off astronomically this year. The quality of on-campus theater and number of shows, provided by the Department of Performing Arts, Rude Mechanicals and AU Players, have increased noticeably. The DPA's production of "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" is so good that it will travel to Russia in December.

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Event to aid kids' hospital

By Tracy Kania | October 5

AU's Panhellenic Association hosted a kick-off meeting for the Up 'til Dawn campaign last Thursday to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Allie Avishai, director of the fundraiser at AU and a junior in both the School of Communication and School of International Service, said St.

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Damon, Dicaprio lift 'Departed'

October 5

The right cast can turn a good script into a great movie. Martin Scorsese's new film "The Departed" started with a cool premise, but knockout performances by its veteran actors make the film a must-see. "The Departed" transplants the plot of a Hong Kong hit called "Internal Affairs" onto the streets of Boston.

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National briefs

By Kyra Smerkanich | October 5

Fifth girl dies after Amish school shooting A 7-year-old girl died Tuesday following the deadly shooting at an Amish schoolhouse. This brings the death toll from the attack to six, with five other girls still in critical condition, according to CNN. CNN reported that several incidents, including the death of his daughter in 1997 and trauma he suffered as a child, could have motivated Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32, to go on a shooting spree Monday before killing himself.

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Sports

Playoff baseball? JP Losman? I'm so excited,

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 5

Welcome to this week's edition of Five Cents, where the entire column will be dedicated to the start of the NHL season. Oh wait, nobody would actually read that, so football and baseball it is. Wait a minute, nobody reads this anyway. Whatever, let's get this over with.

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16th-century play challenges patriarchy in Spanish

By Pamela Fernandez | October 5

"Valor, Agravio y Mujer" GALA Hispanic Theatre 3333 14th Street N.W. Metro: Columbia Heights Through Oct. 22 Grade: B- The 16th century play, "Valor, Agravio y Mujer" has made it to the 21st century, and it's still fighting the macho image. In the play, Do¤a Leonor (Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey) has the courage to cross-dress to take revenge on Don Juan (Mel Rocher).

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Campus calendar

By Kendra Garstka | October 5

Thursday, Oct. 5 Human Rights Film Series: "Amandla!" 6 p.m., Wechsler Theatre The screening is part of the seventh annual Human Rights Film Series that explores the ways film and media can be used to promote and protect human rights. Light refreshments will be served and the screening will be followed by a discussion.

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Nonplussed in Normandy

By Miro Nikolov | October 5

Last Friday, several of my classmates and I had the opportunity to escape from the "metro, boulot, dodo" (metro, work and sleep) routine of Paris and head to the provinces of Normandy and Bretagne for the weekend. While most of Paris still slept, we boarded a bus and set off for Normandy in the gloomy, overcast dawn.

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Opinion

Out of context

October 5

"This has Bakke all over it!" -An AU civil liberties professor discussing school desegregation cases in the Supreme Court During the Honors Program's annual Brain Bowl, one of the questions posed to the panel was, "What disease did the Egyptians think could be cured by swallowing a mouse?" After several wrong guesses, one especially excited audience member shouted out "syphilis" at the top of his lungs.

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'Mr. Smith' revisited

By Neora Luria | October 5

It's easy to give up a marathon when people are trying to break your legs. Peace seems impossible, stardom unattainable, and ideals hard-won. However, imagine the mere sound of your voice and the weight of your reason are powerful enough to inspire people and give them hope Jeffery Smith, the hero of "Mr.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: Turnitin.com pilot raises questions about integrity

October 5

At the beginning of the semester, AU launched a pilot program with TurnItIn.com. About 20 professors and their 1,000 students are in the pilot program. Along with peer review and an online grading system, the site allows professors to submit papers to the site's database to be checked for plagiarism.

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Sports

Club Watch

October 5

Men's rugby: 10/7 Frostburg State Frostburg, Md., @ 1 p.m. Sailing: 10/7 Georgetown, Arlington, Va. 10/8 Georgetown Women's ice hockey: 10/7 Mt. Vernon Ice Arena Fairfax, Va., @ 11:45 a.m. 10/8 Fort Dupont Washington, D.C. Women's rugby: 10/7 GW, Georgetown, Catholic Hyattsville, Md.

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Positive first impressions important for school, sex

By Blair Bryant Nichols | October 5

Our parents always told us, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." Well that is just plain stupid. Obviously you don't get a SECOND chance to make a FIRST impression, but we all understood what it meant. People are eager to judge and thus construct their entire opinion of you based on your initial meeting.

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'Freakshow' debuts, certain to ignite debate

By Chris Moreno | October 5

It's fall and for many television audiences that means channel surfing through a bunch of terrible new sitcoms. With the upcoming fall television season, Comedy Central looks to improve upon its already fine animated programs such as "South Park" and "Drawn Together" with the hilariously disturbing animated sitcom, "Freakshow.

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